Today's attempt: Lemon, Parmesan & pine nut crumbed pork escalopes with Speedy Roasties, served with lemon wedges and a side salad (lettuce, tomato and balsamic glaze).
The pork escalopes were a new recipe but we've had pork escalopes in breadcrumbs a few times, so I'm not really counting that, although they were delicious (anything with pine nuts is a winner in my book). The new make/bake was the speedy roasties. For these I oven baked a packet of ready-made Gnocchi (found with pasta in most supermarkets) with a few splashes of rapeseed oil. I also crisped them up in a frying pan as my oven was going a bit slow today and they just weren't golden brown enough for my liking!
M doesn't like Gnocchi in its more traditional serving method (boiled like pasta), he thinks they taste bland and rubbery and I can see what he means, they are quite an acquired taste, but personally I love them! I think they are like little potato dumplings, perfect smothered in a lovely pasta sauce and loads of cheese and are one of my favourite comfort foods so I always have a packet in the cupboard. They also freeze well and you can cook them from frozen so are great for mid-week meals. Because M doesn't like them, I didn't tell him what they were until after he had tried one and said he thought they were lovely - sneaky? me?! They tasted a bit like little roast potatoes and had a lovely crispy shell with a light fluffy potato filling. Very quick and easy and definitely one to have again.
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