I’ve been teaching myself to cook over the last few months and while I’d hated the thought of cooking anything before, putting it down to hating spending time in the kitchen and a general ignorance of what makes a good meal, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the process.

Normally I would start with an ingredient I have or want to cook with, look up some recipes and take it from there. Occasionally I ask Twitter for help and suggestions. This too can often work wonders. Either way, the time I spend in my kitchen fills me with a lot of satisfaction; having created (or in the process of creating) something [usually] very tasty. While I feel I’ve mastered the art of home-made spaghetti bolognese, and my meals aren’t the most adventurous — normally some sort of curry/pasta/chilli/stew mix — they’re very tasty. I look forward to attempting to bake sweet things soon. But I’m going to master dinners first.

Here’s the recipe for my Creamy Sausage & Rocket Linguine I made recently:

Serves 1
Ingredients:
4 thick butcher’s sausages
Linguine (around 100g pp)
100g rocket
Chilli flakes (or whole chillies)
100ml single cream
Olive oil

1. Get some butcher’s sausages — ‘cos these are hands down better than any supermarket sausage!
2. Remove the skin from each (normally a small slit in the middle with a knife helps start it off. Cut the sausages in small pieces, and roll into small grape size balls. Heat pan with a small amount of olive oil. Fry the sausages for 10mins, until crisp and golden



3. Cook the pasta in a separate pan.
4. Add the chillies and cook for 1min. Add the cream and rocket.





5. Once the rocket has wilted, drain the linguine and add to the pan. Add a little more rocket.

   Serve and enjoy.
   

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