A recipe – Tagliolini with peas and pancetta

Pasta dish recipe with Lurpak
Ready for the oven

A trip down memory lane

Like many of my recipes, this is also inspired by memories of old, when I was in Italy and was at home being treated to lovely meals by mum and grandma. I remember eating something similar to this during school years, perhaps it was trendy but a few mums used to make it with a variety of results, but usually always linked to mid week lunches with family and friends.

When I was recently asked to join Lurpak’s #GameOnCooks campaign, I actually thought about it for a little bit. I consume social media in extortionate amount, I am constantly checking my posts, my likes, everyone else’s photos and of course, a lot of this revolves around food. While I can’t deny it’s been inspirational to see others’ work (in the kitchen) and share my own ‘creations’, it does beg the question, could we cook more and spend less time ‘cooking virtually’?

Lurpak is stirring a cooking revolution with a new Game On, Cooks campaign – which aims to tackle the problem head on – by challenging Brits to turn their screens off and ovens on.

So I joined the #GameOnCooks campaign and started planning.. especially wondering what to make using butter. I wanted to steer away from baking, for some reason, yet butter is an ingredient I do not use a huge amount of in other recipes. This pasta bake came to mind as it is made using creamy, delicious besciamella sauce, which should of course, be made with good quality butter. 

Pasta recipe with Lurpak

Original recipe

The original version used tagliolini, a thinner type of tagliatelle which I could not find locally; my mum used to add a little tomato sauce and mushrooms, which @bmcboy can’t eat.

Yet he loved my version, strangely (he’s fussy!) so will be repeating soon, perhaps using sausage meat for a more wintry version. This is home cooking at its best: easy, satisfying, delicious.

Pasta
Out of the oven

     recipe with Lurpak

Our two guests were also impressed, and made for an easy and satisfying Sunday evening supper. Recipe is below. Anyone else who’s joined Lurpak’s #GameOnCooks campaign, please share your posts in the comments, I would love to see them (see what I am doing here?)

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I received a supermarket voucher to buy ingredients; opinions are my own.


Comments

2 responses to “A recipe – Tagliolini with peas and pancetta”

  1. This looks lovely. My mum used to make something very similar and we used to love it. I will have to try this version soon

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      pastabites

      Easy as you can make it advance and then pop in the oven… 🙂

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