Orecchiette with pesto sauce, spicy touch

Orecchiette with pesto sauce, spicy touch

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Genoese pesto is a simple and quick first course of Ligurian cuisine. Garofalo offers you an original recipe with spicy notes and orecchiette pasta.

Genoese pesto is a simple and quick first course of Ligurian cuisine. Garofalo offers you an original recipe with spicy notes and orecchiette pasta.

Genoese pesto is a simple and quick first course of Ligurian cuisine. Garofalo offers you an original recipe with spicy notes and orecchiette pasta.

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 480 g Garofalo Orecchiette

Pesto sauce

  • 120 g arugula

  • 200 g Thai basil

  • 100 g grated Grana Padano

  • 30 g extra virgin olive oil

  • Fleur de sel

Chilli condiment sauce

  • 30 g SAVORA mustard 40 g of chilli jam

  • 1 Peperoncino from Calabria (if not a bird's eye chili)

  • 15 g of balsamic vinegar

Garnish

  • 1 piece of Grana Padano

  • 1 small tray of red Shiso

Method of Prepration

Method of Prepration

  1. PREPARATION OF PESTO: Blanch arugula and basil in boiling salted water for 20 seconds. Drain. Put in the blender; add grated Grana Padano, olive oil and a pinch of fleur de sel. Mix, making sure to leave some lumps.

  2. PREPARATION OF CHILI CONDIMENT SAUCE: In another blender, mix the Savora mustard, chilli jam and bird's eye pepper until it becomes a smooth condiment. Put in a pipette for plating.

  3. PREPARATION OF PASTA: Cook the Garofalo Orecchiette for 11 min in a large amount of boiling salted water. Drain in a bowl and take off the heat, add the pesto, salt and pepper.

  4. PLATING AND PRESENTATION: Plate in the centre of a plate. Decorate with a few drops of Condiment sauce all around the Garofalo Orecchiette. Grate some Grana Padano and place some red Shiso leaves.

  1. PREPARATION OF PESTO: Blanch arugula and basil in boiling salted water for 20 seconds. Drain. Put in the blender; add grated Grana Padano, olive oil and a pinch of fleur de sel. Mix, making sure to leave some lumps.

  2. PREPARATION OF CHILI CONDIMENT SAUCE: In another blender, mix the Savora mustard, chilli jam and bird's eye pepper until it becomes a smooth condiment. Put in a pipette for plating.

  3. PREPARATION OF PASTA: Cook the Garofalo Orecchiette for 11 min in a large amount of boiling salted water. Drain in a bowl and take off the heat, add the pesto, salt and pepper.

  4. PLATING AND PRESENTATION: Plate in the centre of a plate. Decorate with a few drops of Condiment sauce all around the Garofalo Orecchiette. Grate some Grana Padano and place some red Shiso leaves.