Mille crepe master Food Foundry has gone into the wholesome food segment with the introduction of its rice and pasta kits, something to elevate your home dining experience.
Made with freshly made pasta, an authentic sauce and delicious garnish, these dishes are great for date-night meals, home dinner parties with friends or busy moms looking for a quick school-night meal.
The pasta kits are vacuum-packed for freshness and can be frozen for up to three months. Otherwise, keep in the chiller for a life shelf of a week.
The pasta and sauces are pre-cooked, so all you have to do is boil the pasta, warm the sauce in a pan and toss them together.
Garnish it with the Grana Padano cheese and add a splash of olive oil for an extra touch.
NEW START
Food Foundry founder and chief executive officer Jennifer Kuah says the pasta kits are the first in what is hopefully an expansive collection of savoury meals that you can whip up in the comfort of your own home.
"Now you can enjoy restaurant-quality dining experience at home," she says.
I tried the Kale Pesto Fettucine and absolutely loved it! Made with kale, cashews, garlic, parmesan, lemon and olive oil, the hearty dish is loaded with benefits and proves that there is still better or and more delicious way to eat your greens.
It's tasty, minus the herb taste of basil, typically found in normal pesto. The homemade pasta is chewy and solid, something I like too.
The portioning is great. It's not too hefty, and great for a light meal. I add roast chicken slices for protein and salad on the side and it makes for a great meal to break my intermitten fasting (IF) with.
Other choices include Lamb Ragu Pasta, made of lamb shoulder slowly braised with onions, carrots, celery, tomatoes and fresh herbs, yielding an intensely flavourful sauce.
If you like something creamy, the Chicken & Leek Pasta is a light, creamy and flavourful dish that gets its great flavour from sliced leeks, juicy chicken breast, Grana Padano cheese, and a touch of lemon juice.
FOR RICE LOVERS
Rice lovers would adore its Vietnamese Beef Stew which is part of the Sekfan Kit. Each kit comes with two packs of 200g white rice that's more like Thai rice is sweetness and texture.
Packed with tender, braised chunks of beef loaded with herbs, aromatics and a delicious broth, the Vietnamese Beef Stew is the ultimate comfort food. It's delicious without being too heavy or salty and you can skip the rice if you are going on a low-carb diet.
I find the rice is better steamed using my rice cooker than soaked in boiling water, as per instruction. With the latter, some grains were still hard and that's easily solved by steaming instead.
My husband (who is a perennial rice eater) loves it for its taste and wholesomeness. It's delicious and tastes like something out of an aunt's kitchen instead of a restaurant.
Both the Pasta and Sekfan Kits are available on FoodFoundry.co.
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