Black pasta: features, recipe

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Today on the shelves of Russian stores you can find an unusual product for our country - black pasta. What are they? Are they harmful to the digestive system? How to cook pasta from them? The answers to these and other questions will be announced in the article.

General information

Black pasta, the photo of which is posted above, has an original look. Not every person dares to try them. And in vain. After all, this is ordinary pasta obtained from durum wheat. And a dark shade is acquired after cuttlefish ink is added to them. Pasta acquires not only an unusual color, but also useful substances. Cuttlefish ink contains amino acids, trace elements and vitamins of various groups.

Black pasta: unusual seafood pasta recipe

Grocery set:

• garlic - two cloves will suffice;
• 20g white wine;
• basil - to taste;
• take 50 g of shrimp (peeled) and olive oil;
• favorite spices;
• 100-gramportion of black pasta;
• cherry tomatoes - garnish only;
• 30g mussels;
• ground cardamom on the tip of a knife.

Practical part

1. Where do we start? We take black pasta, send it to a pot of boiling s alted water. The recommended cooking time is 10 minutes (detects after the liquid boils again). Then we turn off the fire. Carefully drain the water from the pot. And we shift the pasta into a colander. Be sure to rinse with cold water.
2. Peeled garlic cloves are passed through a special press. Put the resulting mass into a pan. Fry using olive oil. There we also send shrimp and mussels in a purified form. S alt. Sprinkle with your favorite spices. Fry all these ingredients for 5 minutes. Don't forget to stir with a spatula. At the end of the frying process, pour a little white wine into the pan. We mix. Simmer seafood with garlic until the wine has completely evaporated.
3. Now let's make the sauce. Put chopped basil in a bowl (1-2 bunches). Add olive oil and seasoning "cardamom" in the right amount.
4. The black pasta we cooked earlier is placed on a large flat plate. We put seafood fried with garlic on them. And the whole "picture" is completed by a fragrant sauce based on olive oil. Cherry tomatoes (whole fruits or halves) are suitable for decorating the dish. Bon appetit everyone!

Black pasta at home

Went through all the stores, but did not findthis unusual product? Do not worry. You can make your own pasta and give it an original look by using cuttlefish ink. Detailed instructions are provided below.

Required ingredients:

• 2 whole eggs + 2 yolks;
• 1 teaspoon cuttlefish ink;
• flour (grade is not important) - 300 g;
• s alt - no more than one pinch.

Cooking process

Step number 1. Sift the flour directly onto the table. S alt. Make a well in the center of the flour heap. Break two eggs into it. We also add a couple of yolks. We introduce cuttlefish ink into the egg mixture.

Step number 2. Take the fork. Let's start the process of beating eggs with ink.

Step number 3. Now manually knead the dough. If the mass sticks to the palms, then you can add more flour. We give the finished dough the shape of a ball. We put it on the middle shelf of the refrigerator. We get it in about 1-1.5 hours.

Step number 4. Let's start rolling out the dough. It is best to use a special device for making homemade noodles for this.

Step number 5. Cut the well-rolled layers of dough into thin strips. We got black pasta. They should lie down on the table for at least half an hour, sprinkled with flour. Then you can boil them.

Another recipe

Product List:

• 300g salmon fillet (skinless);
• garlic cloves - 3 pcs.;
• pasta (black) – 200 g is sufficient;
• 0, 4 kg sea cocktail;
• 100g serving of cream(fat content - 35%).

Cooking instructions:

Let's start with the main ingredient. This is black pasta. Boil them over medium heat. This will take 10-15 minutes.

Cut garlic cloves with a knife. We send it to a heated pan. Fry for 3 minutes using refined oil.

Add the chopped salmon fillet to the garlic pan. We fry for another 5 minutes. We put the next component - a sea cocktail. With the lid closed and medium heat, seafood, pieces of fish and garlic should sweat for at least 10 minutes. Then pour the cream into the pan in the right amount. We mix. Cover again. Reduce the fire to a minimum. Everything will be ready in 5 minutes.

Distribute pasta on plates. On them we lay out pieces of salmon, fried with garlic and seafood. As a decoration of the dish, we suggest using grated Parmesan cheese.

In closing

Black pasta will be appreciated not only by lovers of unusual food, but also by those who follow their figure. After all, the dish is light, does not cause a feeling of heaviness in the stomach. Pasta is made from wholemeal flour, without the use of eggs. They belong to the category of low-calorie foods. In such pasta there is fiber that relieves people of hunger. As for cuttlefish ink, their calorie content does not exceed 79 kcal/100 g.