If you are running this year’s Comrades Marathon that means you have worked towards a training programme and are probably itching for the big run! There’s not a lot left to do but feed your body for the race – drinking and eating foods rich in carbs.
If you are stuck for a recipe, here is how to make our Alfredo, so you can fuel your body with the energy it needs for the marathon without breaking a sweat in the kitchen:
You will need:
– A knob of butter;
– Olive oil;
– A pack of streaky bacon;
– 2 eggs;
– Pasta;
– 250ml of cream;
– Fresh parsley;
– A selection of different mushrooms – finely chopped;
– Garlic;
– Salt and black pepper;
– Some grated cheese.
Bring a pot of water, a teaspoon of salt, and a slug of oil to the boil and add your pasta. Cook until soft.
At the same time, cook your bacon in about a tablespoon of olive oil. Beat your eggs. Once the bacon is cooked, remove from the heat and let it sit in its juices for five minutes. In the same pan, add your eggs, cream, mushrooms, and garlic and cook over a low heat. Try not to let the cream boil and the low heat will stop the eggs from scrambling, but you will see that the sauce starts to have a stiffer consistency.
Serve over your cooked pasta, seasoned with salt and pepper, and garnished with plenty of grated cheese and parsley.
Lemonwood wishes you the best of luck this weekend. The Comrades Marathon is a race that promises glory and heartbreak, pain and victory, but it is always a great show of humanity – a race that people from all over the country and the world run as friends. It is an enormous achievement.
If you are looking for a place to stay on the Midlands Meander that will help you to unwind after the race, we would love to have you. The Meander is always hugely atmospheric and abuzz with life over Comrades weekend, yet gives guests a true sense of relaxation in the country after pounding the tarmac in the race.
All the best, runners, as you run the race of dreams!
Lemonwood 