What are pasta bows? How to cook them? We will consider these and other questions in the article. These pasta are also called Farfalle and are made from durum wheat in the shape of butterflies. Babies are especially fond of the original form of farfalle. These pasta was invented in Emilia Romagna and Lombardy in northern Italy in the 16th century. In shape, they relate to curly paste.
Farfalle
Have you ever seen pasta bows? They are produced in the form of dough squares, pinched in the middle. They gained popularity among other pasta due to the different thickness of the dough - thin along the edges and thicker in the middle. Due to the smooth texture, farfalle are perfectly combined with light vegetable-based sauces.
They are used in the preparation of various salads and pastas, and are also perfectly combined with both non-standard sauces and traditional (cheese, tomato, cream). Farfalle combined with all provisions: fish, meat, cheese, vegetables and so on. They are often sold in a mix of colors of the Italian flag.
In fact, farfalle are made in the shape of butterflies, and our population simply calls them “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 cherry tomatoes with large tomatoes by removing their core. You can also add a little grated cheese to the pasta.
So, to prepare two servings 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 pieces of cherry tomatoes;
- 50 ml of white wine;
- freshly ground black pepper - ¼ tsp;
- sea salt.
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 to cook delicious pasta bows? Finely chop and chop the chives. Rub it in a mortar with a pinch of pepper and salt. Combine the resulting mixture with olives and leave for a while. Boil the pasta in salted water, then drain the water and save it. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.
Peel the garlic and crush it with the flat side of the knife. Chop the parsley finely. Heat the olive oil in a pan and lightly fry the garlic. Add the tomatoes, pine nuts and olives to the garlic in the pan with the dressing and fry for a couple of minutes.
Then remove the pan from the heat, add parsley to the products, mix. Pour in white wine, pepper and salt. Put the farfalle in a pan, mix. If necessary, pour some water in which the pasta was cooked. Sprinkle with basil, chopped by hands, and serve immediately.
Delicious dish
So, you already know how to cook pasta bows. Recipes with these amazing products are popular with everyone. A little known recipe for farfalle with chicken and mushrooms. This is a delightful pleasure! Now we will tell you how to cook this delicious dish (3-4 servings). You need to have on hand:
- farfalle - 350 g;
- champignons - 350 g;
- 300 g chicken fillet;
- 400 g broccoli cabbage;
- 200 g of hard cheese;
- 200 ml cream.
So, pre-cook the pasta until cooked in salted boiling water. Fry slices of chicken in vegetable oil. Add chopped champignons to the chicken, pepper and salt to taste. Simultaneously boil broccoli in boiling water.
Add cream to chicken, simmer for five minutes. Drain the cabbage from the water. In the pan for meat and mushrooms, add broccoli and mix. Then add the cooked pasta (drain the water), and sprinkle this delicious dish with grated cheese.