CHRONICLE

FAMILY FEAST!
Now that Summer is here and the weather is a little bit better, quick and easy dinners are just what you need
to make sure you can to enjoy every blink of summer sunshine. Try this tasty spaghetti carbonara recipe.
It’s sure to be a hit with all the family! And, if you have a sweet tooth, our yummy chocolate fudge brownies
are the perfect after dinner treat!
Spaghetti
Carbonara
Ingredients
400g spaghetti
1 tbsp olive oil
200g chopped streaky bacon
2 garlic cloves, crushed
3 eggs
75ml double cream
50g finely grated cheese
Tip: Substitute streaky bacon
with chopped peppers,
mushrooms and other
colourful veg for the perfect
veggie carbonara!
Method
1. Bring a large, deep pan of
salted water to the boil.
Plunge spaghetti into the
water, stir well and cook
until the pasta is soft but
still with some bite in the
middle.
2. Meanwhile heat oil in a
frying pan, tip in the bacon
(or veg) and fry over a
medium heat until lightly
golden. Remove from
heat.
3. To prepare the sauce,
crack two of the eggs into
a mixing bowl and add only
the yolk of the third egg.
Beat together, along with
the cream and cheese.
Add a pinch of salt and a
sprinkling of pepper for
more flavour.
4. Add garlic to the bacon
and fry for 1 min until garlic
is cooked and the bacon is
warmed through.
5. Meanwhile, drain spaghetti.
Tip back into the hot
saucepan off the heat.
Pour egg mixture over
pasta, followed by the
bacon and garlic. Toss
quickly and thoroughly
to combine all of the
ingredients. The sauce
will thicken and become
smooth and creamy.
6. Serve, topped with cheese
and freshly ground pepper.
Chewy Chocolate
Fudge Brownies
Ingredients
225g plain chocolate
140g butter (cut into pieces)
4 large eggs
225g golden caster sugar
100g self raising flour
Method
1. Preheat oven to Gas Mark
4/ 180°C/ 160°C (fan
oven)
2. Line a rectangular tin with
non-stick baking paper
3. Break 175g of the
chocolate into pieces and
put into a glass bowl over
a pan of simmering water
along with the butter, stir
until melted.
4. Chop the rest of the
chocolate into small
chunks and set aside.
5. Whisk eggs and sugar
together in a large bowl
using a hand mixer until
the mixture is thick, pale,
fluffy and almost doubled
in volume.
6. Add the cooled melted
chocolate to the egg and
sugar mixtures, and gently
fold, before sifting in the
flour and gently folding
again.
7. Stir in the chopped
chocolate.
8. Pour the mixture into the
lined tin and lightly spread
it into all the corners
and bake for about 20
minutes, or until the
middle is just set and the
top is crusty.
9. Remove from the oven
and leave to cool in the
tray.
10. Cut into squares and
enjoy!
Do you have any easy tasty recipes that you would like to see featured in the next edition of the Clanmil Chronicle?
Send them our way – we’d love to hear from you and there’s a £30 supermarket voucher up for grabs if your recipe
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