Another wet Bank Holiday!

[london1967]

The Jubilee 4-day Bank Holiday week-end has been so far a washout. 
As the weather is grey and rainy, I didn't really mind not going to see the river pageant - it would have been a different story with a blue sky and the sun. When it's grey, the Thames is even greyer. 
Call me a fair weather subject! lol

At least the rain is good for the garden, after

Comments

[bobalone]

What a lovely meal, suitably celebratory, and your garden looks lovely. I will make that pasta recipe as it includes all the ingredients I like. As for the panna cotta...well, I wouldn't even attempt it, but it certainly sounds delicious. The Queen would approve.

[london1967]

Thank you, Bob!

Here's the pasta recipe (by Clarissa Hyman)
(I used penne, and I didn't use a food processor - I mashed the tuna with a fork and chopped finely the mind and capers with a 'mezzaluna' as I wanted some texture in the sauce).

Spaghetti with tuna, caper and mint sauce
(Another recipe from the Aeolian Islands.)

FOR 4

150ml / 5floz extra virgin olive oil
100g / 4oz capers
220g / 8oz canned tuna in oil
25g / 1oz fresh mint
400g / 14oz spaghetti
juice of 1/2 lemon
salt
peperoncino or black pepper

Whizz the capers, tuna and mint in a blender with a drop of water.

Turn into a bowl and add the lemon juice and enough of the olive oil to make a moist sauce. Add salt to taste.

Cook the spaghetti according to the packet instructions, then drain and mix with the tuna sauce.

Sprinkle with peperoncino or black pepper to give a little kick.

[bobalone]

Thanks for this, Franco. I will make it tonight or tomorrow.

[london1967]

Thank you, Eduardo!

Here are the recipes:

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/chicken-mango-and-chilli-salad-199

Spaghetti with tuna, caper and mint sauce
(Another recipe from the Aeolian Islands.)
(by Clarissa Hyman)

FOR 4

150ml / 5floz extra virgin olive oil
100g / 4oz capers
220g / 8oz canned tuna in oil
25g / 1oz fresh mint
400g / 14oz spaghetti
juice of 1/2 lemon
salt
peperoncino or black pepper

Whizz the capers, tuna and mint in a blender with a drop of water.

Turn into a bowl and add the lemon juice and enough of the olive oil to make a moist sauce. Add salt to taste.

Cook the spaghetti according to the packet instructions, then drain and mix with the tuna sauce.

Sprinkle with peperoncino or black pepper to give a little kick.

(I used penne, and I didn't use a food processor - I mashed the tuna with a fork and chopped finely the mind and capers with a 'mezzaluna' as I wanted some texture in the sauce).

[arktos62]

I just knew you'd do something fabulous for the jubilee. Give me a jubilee salad over a river pageant any day!

[london1967]

LOL! Yes, the river pageant on a grey day wasn't all that it was cracked up to be.

[sunsmogseahorse]

La bella vita. You haz it.

[london1967]

Mona's Law 'You can have a hot lover, a hot job and a hot apartment, but you can't have all three at the same time' applies.
I don't have a hot job!