Pasta and Rocket alla River Cafe

Get a big bag of rocket (remember - Sainsbury's sell big bags for the same price that others sell a wee sprig,)
Fry up some garlic in a little olive oil.
Add half the rocket a little crushed, dried chilli and some salt.
Sweat for a while.
Put in a food processor and blend with a wee drop of cream (not too much),

Cook some orechietti (which translates as little ears?) pasta, or similar shape (The River Cafe lassies reckon that the shape is crucial).
Chop the other half of the rocket coarsely.
Drain the pasta.
Toss in the sauce and rocket.
Crumble some Ricotta DI Buffala into it. I.e. proper ricotta from a proper Tally shop, the sort that comes wrapped in soggy paper (The cheese, that is, not the shop. Don't be silly.). The stuff in tubs is inferior and doesn't crumble.

(What is it with Buffalos in Italy, anyway? They seem to produce lots of buffalo cheese. Do they have vast herds wandering across the prairies of Tuscany? Are the Apennine mountains sacred to the Lakota Sioux?. But I digress......)

Serve with parmesan, black pepper and a drizzle of oil.

**** DRINK! ARSE! FECK! ******
The entrants so far in our Perverse Drinks competition......

Advocaat and blue bols (don't stir).
Guinness and lime
Guinness and Tomato Juice (believed to be a favourite of Sadam Hussein)
Guinness and Creme de Menthe (known to rugger types as "green nasty")
Baileys and Orange Juice

But in the lead so far.......

McEwans Export and McEwans Export.