Faralle And Chicken Di Toscana Food

PASTA AND CHICKEN DI TOSCANA

Steps:

• Cook pasta as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken; cook 2 to 3 min. on each side or until lightly browned on both sides. Remove chicken from skillet; cover to keep warm. Add mushrooms and garlic to skillet; cook 3 to 4 min. or until mushrooms are tender, stirring frequently. Stir in pasta sauce.
• Return chicken to skillet. Bring sauce just to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 6 to 8 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF).
• Drain pasta. Serve topped with chicken, pasta sauce mixture and basil.

FARALLE AND CHICKEN DI TOSCANA

Steps:

• Mix wine and Italian seasoning in large skillet. Add chicken; bring to boil. Cover; simmer on medium-low heat 15 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF).
• Meanwhile, cook pasta as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Remove chicken from skillet; cut diagonally into slices. Return chicken to skillet. Add pasta sauce and peas; simmer 5 to 6 min. or until heated through, stirring frequently.
• Drain pasta. Serve topped with pasta sauce mixture.

PAPPARDELLE WITH SAUSAGE RAGU

Steps:

• Heat a large straight-sided skillet over medium-high heat. Add the oil and sausage and cook, stirring often and breaking apart the sausage with the back of a wooden spoon, until beginning to brown, about 7 minutes. Add the onion, carrot and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring often, until fragrant and the vegetables are almost cooked through, about 4 minutes. Deglaze with the wine, scraping up the brown bits from the bottom of the skillet. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree and cheese rind. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Season the water generously with salt. Add the Pappardelle and cook until the pasta is floating and barely al dente, 2 to 3 minutes. Reserve 1 cup pasta water, then drain well.
• Remove and discard the Parmesan rind from the sauce. Add the pasta to the sauce and sprinkle the bare pasta with the Parmesan cheese and basil. Add 1/2 cup pasta water and toss well to coat, adding more pasta water as needed to maintain a light sauce. Serve with more Parmesan cheese on top if desired.
• In a large bowl, combine the 00 and semolina flours and salt and form a well. Add the egg and yolks to the center of the well. Using a fork, slowly start to incorporate the flour into the eggs to form a rough dough. You may add a splash of water if the dough is too dry or a dusting of flour if it is too wet.
• Lightly flour a smooth work surface and pour the dough onto the flour. Knead the dough until it springs back when you press a finger into it, 10 to 12 minutes. Flatten the dough into an even square. Wrap the dough well in plastic wrap and allow to rest for 1 hour at room temperature.
• Cut the dough into 3 pieces. Set up a pasta roller according to the manufacturer's directions and set it at the widest setting. Dust one section of the dough with semolina flour and press firmly to flatten the dough to 1/4 inch. Roll the dough through the machine on the widest setting. Fold the pasta dough in thirds and dust the outside with flour. Send it through the widest setting again. Reduce the setting to the next setting. Send the dough through the machine. Fold it in thirds once again and send through the setting one more time. Continue sending the dough through the machine, reducing the setting each time, until the desired thickness is reached, about 1/8 inch. Lay the sheet out on the counter and dust with flour. Use a knife or pizza cutter to cut strips 1 inch by 10 inches. Dust the strips with more flour. Continue with the remaining dough.

FARFALLE WITH CHICKEN, PORCINI MUSHROOM AND SWISS CHARD

Steps:

• Boil the broth and mushrooms over medium-high heat in a small saucepan. Turn off the heat and allow the mushrooms to soften in the liquid, about 20 minutes. Remove the mushrooms and coarsely chop. Reserve the liquid.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Cook the pasta until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and reserve about 1 cup pasta water.
• Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a large nonstick saute pan. Add the shallots mushrooms, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Cook until the shallots are soft, about 3 minutes. Add the chard in batches and cook until wilted, about 7 minutes. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon salt and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• Remove the pan from the heat and add the mascarpone cheese. Stir until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Add the mushroom mixture, chicken and the reserved mushroom-cooking liquid to the pasta. Add reserved pasta water if necessary. Toss until all the ingredients are coated and serve.

CHICKEN FARFALLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cream the cream cheese and the sour cream together in a bowl and set aside.
• In a large bowl blend the 2 cups of nonfat powdered milk with the 3 ½ cups of water.
• Add the envelope of Knorr Vegetable soup mix, the 1 teaspoon of salt and the 1 teaspoon of pepper to the milk and set aside.
• It is important to allow the dry soup mix time to reconstitute a little while you are preparing the other ingredients.
• Heat the Olive Oil and 4 Tablespoons of the butter or margarine in a large skillet or wok.
• Sauté the mushrooms & onions in this with the ½ teaspoons of salt and pepper until the mushrooms are slightly browned.
• Remove the mushrooms & onions from the pan with a slotted spoon and drain them on a plate lined with several layers of paper towels.
• Add the other 4 Tablespoons of butter or margarine to the drippings of the pan.
• When melted, stir in the 3 Tablespoons of white flour and stir while cooking for about 1 minute.
• Turn down the heat to medium low.
• Slowly add the milk/soup mixture and the parmesan cheese to the butter/flour mixture in the pan, stirring while simmering until the mixture starts to thicken to about a medium thin sauce.
• Turn off the heat and let sauce cool slightly.
• Add a small amount of the hot sauce to the cream cheese/sour cream mixture stirring well.
• Add all the cream cheese/sour cream mixture to the hot sauce and blend well.
• Add the mushrooms & onions to the sauce and blend.
• Add the spinach, chicken and cashews to the sauce.
• Turn the burner on very low to keep warm while cooking the pasta.
• Cook the Farfelle Pasta for about 13 minutes in about 2 quarts of hot boiling water.
• Drain the pasta and then add the hot pasta to the hot vegetable sauce.
• Pour all of the ingredients into a greased 13 x 9 baking dish/pan.
• Mix the topping ingredients together in a small bowl.
• Sprinkle the topping evenly over the casserole.
• Bake 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
• Serve & enjoy.

FARFALLE (BOW TIE) PASTA WITH CHICKEN & SUN-DRIED TOMATOES

Steps:

• In large skillet, heat olive oil over medium high heat.
• Add the chicken, onions, sundried tomatoes, basil, thyme, oregano and garlic.
• Sauté until chicken is almost cooked.
• Add the whipping cream and parmesan cheese.
• Continue to simmer until slightly thickened.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• In large pot, bring water to boil and cook pasta until al dente.
• Drain.
• Toss the pasta with the sauce.
• Place in individual pasta bowls.
• Serve with freshly grated parmesan cheese and black pepper.