Master Pasta

Salmon Ravioli with mushroom tomato sauce

I am in love... in love with my pasta machine!!

I was inspired by the Masterchef to make fresh pasta. (I was addicted!!) I bought the pasta machine for about 4 weeks now and have been make fettuccini and I was wanting to do something different..

Cath bought some smoked salmon and she wanted to have it with pasta. She gave me 2 hours to prepare the dish. So the clock started ticking, "chop, chop"...

With the freshly grown dill in our backyard, I added the dill in the pasta dough to make "dillie" pasta. With a twist, I then made ravioli.

The mushroom tomato sauce: fresh tomato, mushroom, bulb spring onion and garlic.

I left a bit of a mass in the kitchen at the end, but it was ALL FUN and tasty!! The other good news is that I made it in time with 1 minute to spare!!! AWESOMENESS

First time Pasta

Pasta - here I come...

I just bought a pasta machine - WOO HOO..

First time making pasta, it was LONG... it took me almost 2 hours to make 3 serves of pasta - the dough was too sticky and the rolling pin kept falling out, it was exhausting!

At the end I made carbonara, something simple. It was all worth it, the pasta was fresh and well cooked... LOVE IT!!

Chocolate Fondant - Masterchef style

My heart melts...

Chocolate Ganache tart with raspberry

Masterchef's Chocolate ganache, lavender cream and raspberry tart WITHOUT the lavender cream :S

Insipired by Masterchef, I attempted to make pastry... it was a disaster!

First, it was too dry, it did not shape properly and crumbled as soon as you touch it. Second time, it was over cooked, it was burned. Third time, it was a little better.

However, our lavender bush died, so this Chocolate ganache, lavender cream and raspberry tart was in fact - Raspberry chocolate ganache tart WIHTOUT lavender cream!

My top tips are - never, never, never, ever give up!!! And use fresh raspberry (for freshness and for presentation sake!)