Yeah, lets crack the eggs now. I'm going to do the flour.
We're all so used to shopping in supermarkets these days that we forget
what's actually on our doorstep. Stinging nettles might sound a bit of a
weird ingredient but they're actually packed full of vitamins and they're
nothing to be afraid of. They've been used in food and cooking for millennia.
They're super nutritious and you can cook it like spinach, like swiss chard
delicious. Get your rubber gloves on have a pick up, try and go for the nice top
new growth leaves the smaller ones they're sweeter, and then you can braise
them down, steam them, boil them. I use them in soups, minestrones, you can
put them in stews at the last minute. You can do amazing bean dishes with these beautiful
things you can braise them down with garlic and onions, marjoram and make the
most delicious silky smooth pasta sauces. Or put it into a risotto or braise it
down and sprinkle it over a pizza, or a quiche come on.
So these under loved little greens let's give them some love, and next time you go
for a walk maybe, maybe, there's a dish for you. Just give them a good wash and
once you've added a few extra ingredients they really make a tasty
ravioli filling.
All that needs now is some pasta. Okay, shall we have some fun?
We need to crack it in the middle of the flour.
Look at this, 1, 2 and then you pull it open.
There you go. Now we mix it in, up, in, up, in.
Now what you can do, is you go around the outside and you bring it in.
But you do it slowly in the middle, and then you slowly go around the outside.
I might add a little bit of water, mix that in.
Just try and get it nice and smooth, and then you start moving in the flour now
and then we start using our hands.
Shall we pull your little things up like Daddy?
Just move it, you take a bit and I'll take a bit.
Do you not want to do it any more?
Come and have a look Riv.
Dad, is that lasagne? Yeah, sort of like lasagne.
Take your hands off, don't touch anything.
What is this? This is pasta, we're going to make it for your lunch, it's going to be so good.
Now we turn them into like little presents, with this little thing here.
Can I help? Let Daddy do the first one because these are very fragile
and these are very delicate.
Right watch Daddy and concentrate for once, you go here and you
push through.
Ravioli's are very very fragile
and they're very nice to eat.