Showing posts with label Italian dishes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian dishes. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Chilli-Brocolli pasta


Ingredients;
Pasta 225 g
Brocolli 225 g
Coktail Tomatoes or Normal tomatoes cut in cubes 200 g
Chilli red chopped 3
Garlic very finelly chopped 2 pearls
Italian herbs mix( thymian, basilikum and oregano) 1 tbsp
Olive oil 3 tb sp
Salt to taste.
freshly crushed pepper for garnishing

Method:
Boiling the pasta
Take a big vessel with water. Add 1 tsp of olive oil and 1/2 tsp salt.
Bring it to boil.
Add the pasta and allow it to cook.
When it is 3/4 th cooked, remove it from heat, filter it in a sieve and show it under running cold water and drain it.

For the sauce:
Remove the florets of Brocolli.
Take a big vessel with water. Add some salt to it and bring it to boil.
Add the Brocolli florets to the boiling water and cook for 5 minutes.
Filter it and show it under cold water and set aside.
Take a  pan, add 2 tbsp of oilve oil.
Add the well chopped red chilli and garlic and fry for 3 minutes.
Add the herbs mix and mix it.
Add the cubed tomatoes or small tomatoes  to the pan and cook for 3 minutes.
Add salt to it.
Add the Brocolli florets to the pan and mix well.
Finally add the boiled pasta and mix well.
Garnish with Pepper powder and Serve hot.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Pasta fungi, spinaci

Serves 2

Ingredients:
Pasta (rigatoni, spaghetti, penne)  200 g
Button mushrooms cut into halves100g
Spinach finelly chopped 50g
Milk 50ml or cream 25 g
Italian herbs ( Basilikum, Oregano, Petersilie, Thymian) 1 tb sp
Crushed Peppers 1 tsp
fresh red chillies or dried chillies 2
Garlic 2 finely chopped 
Olive oil 2 tbsp

Method

Boiling the pasta
Take a big vessel with water. Add 1 tsp of olive oil and salt.
Bring it to boil.
Add the pasta and allow it to cook.
When it is 3/4 th cooked, remove it from heat and drain it.

For the sauce
Take a big pan. Add 2 tb sp olive oil and add red chillies and garlic.
Add the italian herbs and fry for a minute.
Add the mushroom and spinach and cook for 5 minutes.
Add milk or cream and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Add salt.
Add the cooked pasta and mix.
Add the crushed pepper and mix well
Garnish with parmesan cheese and serve hot.

Spaghetti Gorgonzola

Serves 2

Ingredients:
Spaghetti 200 g
Gorgonzola cheese 50 g
Milk 100ml
Italian herbs mix ( Basilikum, Oregano, Petersilie, Thymian) 1 tb sp
Crushed Peppers 1 tsp
 Fresh red chillies or dried chillies 2
Garlic 2 finely chopped
Olive oil 3 tbsp
salt to taste

Method

Boiling the Spaghetti
Take a big vessel with water. Add 1 tbsp of olive oil and salt.
Bring it to boil.
Add the spaghetti and allow it to cook.
When it is 3/4 th cooked, remove it from heat and drain it.

For the sauce
Take a small vessel and add milk. Let it boil, remove from heat.
Add the gorgonzola cheese and leave it aside.

The final mixing
Take a big pan. Add 2 tb sp olive oil and add red chillies and garlic.
Add the italian herbs and fry for a minute.
Add the gorgonzola sauce and mix well.
add the required amount of salt.
Add the cooked spaghetti and mix.
Add the crushed pepper and mix well.
Garnish with parmesan cheese and serve hot.

note: dont add too much of salt as the cheese has some salt