Everyone agrees that freshly cooked pasta oozing with your favourite sauce, glistening with Parmesan cheese, makes the perfect fun meal for family and friends. Add a salad, some fruit and cheese,maybe a gelato affogato (ice cream drowning in liqueur), and a coffee, and you have an instant supper.
Some sauces take no time at all to prepare, involve very little cooking, and are more like dressings than sauces. Other sauces, particularly meat sauces, can be prepared well in advance (a plus when entertaining) and reheated when required. Many have store-cupboard equivalents, which are great for unexpected guests and last minute meals. The choice is yours.
Chapters include Classics,Vegetables, Fish and Seafood, Meat and Poultry, and sauces made with Cream, Cheese and Egg Sauces All this, plus wise advice on how to cook pasta, how to choose oils and tomatoes, which pasta goes best with which sauce - and why.
