Review- Creamy Tomato & Salami Fettuccine- EDC

[Wonder]

My husband made this last night and apart from adding additional salami he made it exactly as per the recipe. I found it a little oily and would probably cut down on the oil and add some chicken stock as well as the cream as I found it a little too rich. Saying that we all devoured our bowls with husband going back for seconds and son enjoying it despite saying he wasn't going to eat it - we did however hide the zucchini when he was in the kitchen and told him the salami was ham!!

[Very Happy Jan]

I love this recipe and "doctor" it regularly to include more vegies. Put broccoli in it last time and almost got caught as it was a bit grainy. I often use milk instead of cream or a light evaporated milk and put bacon instead of salami in it. I make sure the bacon is in large enough to see pieces so the boys are attracted to eating it. 

[Meagan]

I made this with chicken thigh in place of the salami, cut into really small pieces added with the pasta and it was really yummy. One of my customers suggested it. The recipe is so versatile.

[faffa_70]

replacing the salami with mushrooms is a great option with this recipe too. This recipe is a standby in our house too 

[Denzelmum]

replacing the salami with mushrooms is a great option with this recipe too. This recipe is a standby in our house too 

Agree!  That's our vegetarian version, including some zuchinni.  I only use 120-250g cream and top it up with water and found best to use spaghetti no 3.  We have this once a week as the whole family enjoy it.

[Cornish Cream]

Made this tonight for the first time for supper, very simple to make,we all enjoyed it.Substituted bacon for the salami. Liked all your ideas for different variations and will keep it mind next time I make it.

[Millipede]

I've only made this recipe only once (a few years ago when I first got my TM) and my notes on the recipe page say "Nice but not fab. Too floury because the pasta is stirred. Maybe cook pasta seperate". I didnt think enough of the meal the first time to bother tryingit again with my suggestion.

It always bothers me when members love a recipe that I think is average-awful. Is it just that members tend to post positive reviews and remain silent on the recipes they dont like... or should I begin to doubt my cooking skills 

[Denzelmum]

Maybe try different pasta?  I make this nearly every week, as the whole family love this.  Tried angel hair pasta, fettucini, bigger spaghetti but my fav is with spaghetti no 3. 

[Meagan]

Interesting, my DH made this and used meat stock concentrate by accident and it tasted way too salty. I think there are lots of variants. I like it with corriander and it completely diffent if you use tinned tomatoes versus fresh.

[auds]

At the risk of being a forum hog I have yet another question, sorry !

Does the tomato in this cook down so you cant see it?  doing it tonight and my hubby and kids wont eat it if the tomatoes are still in chunks.  Also this seems like a lot of liquid does it cook down a lot?

thank you

[judydawn]

If you let it sit for 5 minutes after cooking auds, the pasta will absorb the liquid as you do for risotto.  You can pour it into a thermosaver or just leave it in the TM bowl.  Perhaps cut the tomato into smaller pieces to disguise them.

[auds]

ok I made this for dinner tonight.  before I started I blitzed the tomatoes into a liquid and then put it into a bowl.

then I started as per the recipe.  Tweaks were I only put about 100g water in as I thought the tomato liquid would help (also read another review that said the sauce was a bit too liquidy)  I also put about 170g salami in as another review again said there wasnt enough in there.

Result - I thought 100g salami would have been fine.  I didnt let it sit but the sauce was very thick.  Next time I think I would use the tomato liquid + 200g water.  I would also maybe put a whole capsicum in it (loved the taste)  I put the lot into a big bowl and stirred through a big bunch of baby spinach before serving yum

Son no 2 didnt like it but he doesnt like salami.  The rest of us thought it was delicious.

I would give this a 4.5/5 and will definately cook again maybe put a bit of chicken in instead of salami for no 2 child

[judydawn]

Well it didn't sound too bad auds, you learn as you go - just remember to make notes in the recipe book too.

[deedub]

I had never considered making this before, just didn't sound like my cup of tea. However there were so many glowing reviews that I just had to try it, and I'm so glad I did. This was delicious, and so easy. Unfortunately the kids didn't love it, but I told them too bad because we'll be having it again!
It just shows that reviews are important as people like me depend on them to decide what to cook, so thank you to all those who take the time to post reviews!

[cookie1]

Would you believe I still haven't made this, even after all the great reviews. I do make a similar one though using salami, pasta, bocconcini, tomatoes and spinach. Will do this one one day.