10 women coming to supper (my turn to host book club) - is pasta for 10 possible?

[Enid]

because I want to make
bruschetta things
pasta with broccoli and cream sauce with watercress
pear and almond tart

Can I come?

I would say it is poss. Make your sauce in advance and then just cook the pasta at the last minute and combine with gently warmed sauce.

I guess I'll need two big pans of boiling water

this is sooooooooo good

conchiglie con broccoli
italian
river cafe cook book

1.1kg broccoli heads and leaves
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 large garlic cloves peeled and cut into fine slivers
2 small dried chillies crumbled
100g salted anchovies prepared (qv)
50g unsalted butter
150mldouble cream
250g large conchiglie
120g parmesan freshly grated

Cut the broccoli vertically into small pieces so that each has flower stalk and leaf.
Blanch very briefly in boiling salted water.
Heat the oil in a large heavy saucepan and fry the garlic gently until light brown.
Add the chilli the anchovies and butter.
Mash the anchovies with the garlic using a wooden spoon; they should go creamy.
Add the broccoli and the cream bring to the boil then simmer for 6 minutes or less.
Larger heads will take longer to break up.
Mash or pulse chop half of the broccoli sauce in a blender and then return to the pan with the other half of the sauce.
Cook the conchiglie in a generous amount of boiling salted water then drain well and mix into the sauce.
Season with salt and pepper and half the Parmesan.
Serve sprinkled with the remaining Parmesan.

It is best to use the large pasta shells for this recipe use purple sprouting broccoli leaves or alternatively cime di rape.

as long as you have a large pan.

It sounds delish Enid.

blimey the last book club i went to years ago was just a glass of wine

where do you live

i was in dorest the other weekend camping and i thought i could live here

i could couldnt i

zippi its a bit of a nightmare as when I joined there were only 6 of us - we go to each others houses - now its my turn and the group has grown to 10

and two of them are now veggie

dorset is one of the best places on earth when the weather is good and its May

it can be horrid in the winter though

So no anchovies then!

do the veggies eat anchovies?

yes they are pescatarians