Nigel Slater served up crisp noodle cake with basil cream on Nigel Slater: Eating Together.

The ingredients are: 600ml double cream, 40g dried ancho chillies (mild Mexican chilli pepper, available from larger supermarkets), left whole, 1 lemon, whole peeled zest only, ½ onion, skin on, 4 cloves, 150g linguine, 200g parmesan, grated, 4 smoked garlic cloves (available from larger supermarkets), finely chopped, 2 tsp cracked black peppercorns, 6 tbsp olive oil and 25g fresh basil leaves.