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How To Make Basil Oil And Add Fresh Summer Flavour To Your Dishes
I absolutely love basil, and grow it every summer in my garden. It’s a must have for tomato lovers like myself, you can’t have one without the other! This year my plants have done amazingly well and they are still going strong, despite my constant leaf picking for salads. But now the time has come to start thinking about preserving some, before the inevitable arrival of fall… There are many ways to capture and preserve the intense, aromatic flavour of fresh basil. Here is one of my favourite methods…Basil Oil. This delightful and flavour packed oil is reminiscent of a simple pesto but in liquid form, which as you might…
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Instant Pot Italian Meat Sauce
Can you make a good Italian meat sauce in the Instant Pot? It’s something I was very curious about trying… In my kitchen a good meat sauce needs to simmer on the stove for several hours, or even better all day. So it goes without saying that the idea of it being ready to serve in under an hour was very appaling, and yet very appealing. Most days we just don’t have a lot of time to spend on cooking. So this is exactly the kind of time saver I was hoping for when I purchased the Instant Pot. My goal here was to use my usual meat sauce recipe…