RECIPES

Scratch Corned Beef Hash (serves 2-3)
*Time involved approx. 30 minutes

2 TBSP bacon or duck fat, butter, or olive oil (in order of preference)
 1 cup diced onion

Sweat the onion in the fat of your choice.
Add:

1½ cups of chopped corned beef
Cook for 5 minutes until the meat softens and begins to shred

Add:
1½ to 2 cups shredded Yukon Gold potatoes (about 2 medium potatoes)

Season to taste with salt and black pepper

Continue to cook until the shredded potatoes have cooked through and their starch binds the meat and onions and they are browned.

Serve  


 Basic Fresh Pasta Dough (enough for 1 16"x9" Lasagne or Taglietelle for 2 persons)
*Time involved approx. 20 minutes + resting time of 2 - 8 hours


3 cups flour sifted
1 tsp salt
3 eggs (large) + 1 yolk
2 Tbsp water
1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil


Sift the flour and salt onto a work surface.  Create a well in the sifted flour and put the eggs and water and oil into the well.
Using a large tined fork, work the flour into the well to combine it with the eggs/water.  When you have a workable dough, knead it by hand for about ten minutes until it becomes firm and silky on the surface.
Put the dough into a container and allow it to rest for 2 - 8 hours refrigerated.  Remove it from the refrigerator 45 minutes before working with it.