Pasta bows: recipes

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What are bow pasta? How to cook them? We will consider these and other questions in the article. This pasta is otherwise called "Farfalle" and is made from durum wheat in the form of butterflies. For the original form of farfalle, kids are especially fond of. This pasta was invented in Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy in northern Italy in the 16th century. In shape, they belong to curly paste.

Farfalle

Have you ever seen bow pasta? They are made in the form of squares of dough, pinched in the middle. They have gained popularity among other pastas due to the different thickness of the dough - thin at the edges and thicker in the middle. Due to their smooth texture, farfalle pairs well with light vegetable-based sauces.

They are used in the preparation of various salads and pasta, and also go well with both non-standard sauces and traditional ones (cheese, tomato, cream). Farfalle are combined with all provisions: fish, meat, cheese, vegetables and so on. They are often sold in a mixture of the colors of the Italian flag.

Actually farfalleare made in the form of butterflies, and our population calls them simply - "bows".

Famous Recipe: Ingredients

How to cook pasta-bows with tomatoes, parsley and pine nuts? It should be noted that this recipe is known to many. Instead of parsley, you can buy dill. You can replace the cherry tomatoes with larger ones by removing the core. You can also add some grated cheese to pasta.

So, to prepare two portions of the dish you need to have:

• pasta-bows - 150 g;
• 2 tbsp. l. olive oil;
• olives - one handful;
• pine nuts - 1 handful;
• one large bunch of parsley;
• a small bunch of basil;
• two cloves of garlic;
• small bunch of chives;
• 12 cherry tomatoes;
• 50ml white wine;
• freshly ground black pepper - ¼ tsp;
• sea s alt.

By the way, pine nuts are regarded as a delicacy and are used in cooking for making sauces, fish, meat and vegetable dishes, seasonings.

How to cook?

So how do you make delicious pasta bows? Finely chop and cut the chives with scissors. Pound it in a mortar with a pinch of pepper and s alt. Combine the resulting mixture with olives and leave for a while. Boil pasta in s alted water, then drain and save. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.

Peel the garlic andcrush with the flat side of a knife. Finely chop the parsley. Heat the olive oil in a pan and lightly fry the garlic. Add tomatoes, pine nuts and olives to the garlic in the pan along with the dressing and fry for a couple of minutes.

Then remove the pan from the heat, add parsley to the food, mix. Pour in white wine, pepper and s alt. Pour into the farfalle pan and stir. If necessary, add a little water in which the pasta was cooked. Sprinkle with hand-cut basil and serve immediately.

Delicious dish

So, you already know how to cook pasta-bows. Recipes with these amazing products are loved by everyone. Few people know the recipe for farfalle with chicken and mushrooms. It's an amazing treat! Now we will tell you how to cook this delicious dish (3-4 servings). You need to have on hand:

• farfalle - 350g;
• mushrooms - 350 g;
• 300 g chicken fillet;
• 400g broccoli;
• 200 g hard cheese;
• 200 ml cream.

So, pre-cook pasta until tender in s alted boiling water. Fry chicken fillet pieces in vegetable oil. Add the chopped mushrooms to the chicken, pepper and s alt to taste. In parallel, boil the broccoli in boiling water.

Add cream to the chicken, simmer for five minutes. Drain water from cabbage. Add broccoli to the pan with meat and mushrooms and mix. Then add cooked pasta (drain water), and sprinkle this delicious dish with grated cheese.