Friday 24 May 2013

My recipe rolled out in Jamie's Italian Restaurants for Food Revolution Day

The Jamie's Italian chain were looking for a Spring inspired pasta dish created by one of it's customers to be sold for a week in May in all it's branches nationwide, with £1 of proceeds going to Jamie's Better Food Foundation.

Food Revolution Day was on on 17 May! If you don't already know about it, it was a chance for people who love food to come together and share knowledge, cooking skills and resources to get people to improve their eating habits and get them cooking from scratch.

I love a recipe challenge, so decided to enter my dish of Smoked Trout & Spring Leaf Pasta with a Rocket Pesto Crostini.  The pasta dish is a staple in our house especially after a workout, it's a great low fat but tasty bowl of goodness as the sauce is made with creme fraiche and horseradish.  It was a worthy winner and I was proud to see it on the menu and to go down to my local restaurant at Gunwharf Quays to try it out.  There were recipe cards too issued to anyone ordering the dish.  So here it is: