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Bernadette Ní Chadhain's Meal

Carbonara with Tagliatelle

Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 200 ml Double cream
  • Salt and pepper
  • 500g Tagliatelle
  • 3 oz parmesan (grated) (plus some for decoration)
  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • Parsley
  • 6 bacon slices
  • 6 mushrooms

Method:

  1. Put the butter and 150ml of the cream in a pot.
  2. Boil it, then lower the heat.
  3. Heat for a few seconds until the cream thickens.
  4. Fry the bacon and dice into small pieces.
  5. Chop the mushrooms.
  6. Cook the tagliatelle in hot water, with some salt, for a few minutes.
  7. Drain the water from the pasta.
  8. Pour in the cream sauce.
  9. Add the parmesan, nutmeg, salt and pepper, mushrooms and bacon, and mix through the tagliatelle.

10. Serve on a plate and decorate with parsley.

Dessert

Strawberry Roulade

Ingredients:

  • 6 egg whites
  • 1 teaspoon of rose water
  • 1 tsp of white wine vinegar
  • 12 oz of caster sugar

Filling :

  • Almond flakes
  • Strawberries
  • 250ml cream

Method:

  1. Separate the egg whites from the yolks.
  2. Beat the egg whites and add the rose water, vinegar and sugar, beat until the mixture thickens.
  3. Coat some greaseproof paper with oil and spread the mixture onto it.
  4. Sprinkle the almonds on top and bake in the oven at 180C for 12 minutes.
  5. Beat the cream and cut the strawberries.
  6. Spread the cream onto the meringue and top with the strawberries and almonds.
  7. Roll and leave in the fridge for a few hours.
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