Pasta recipes that suit everyone
Nov 08, 2007
PASTA was originally an Italian staple food, but it has become one of the most popular dishes around the world. <br>Pasta includes spaghetti and macaroni. <br>It is available in supermarkets and retail shops worldwide. <br>
PASTA was originally an Italian staple food, but it has become one of the most popular dishes around the world.
Pasta includes spaghetti and macaroni.
It is available in supermarkets and retail shops worldwide.
It is also so versatile that you can prepare it with fish, meat, vegetables or chicken.
It takes just a few minutes to prepare Pasta. Sheraton Kampala Hotel and Seascallop Restaurant take us through the ways of preparing pasta.
Cooking Pasta:
Use a large saucepan and make sure that the water boils before you add the pasta.
Add a few drops of cooking oil and stir for about 20 seconds so that the pasta does not stick together.
Cook for about 15 minutes and drain. You can now spice it up in the following ways:
Arrabiata
Ingredients
250g penne pasta
Two tablespoons of olive oil
Two cloves garlic, thinly sliced
Two fresh chillis, chopped
Chopped tomatoes.
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
One sprig of basil
Preparations:
Cook the pasta in salted water and drain
Heat olive oil in a saucepan and add garlic and chilli.
Cook over low heat until the garlic turns golden-brown.
Stir as you cook so that the oil is evenly distributed
Add the tomatoes and season with salt and pepper.
As you cook, mash the tomatoes with a wooden spoon for about 20-30 minutes or until the sauce is rich and thick.
Add basil to the sauce and season before serving.
Pour sauce over the pasta and toss gently.
Serve with a salad of your choice.
Pasta with greens
Ingredients:
590g pasta
45mls (or three tablespoonfuls) of olive oils
Two cloves of garlic
100g of spinach
185g of goat’s cheese
Freshly ground black pepper
Capers
80g fresh parmesan cheese
Preparations:
Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until it turns golden-brown.
Remove from the fire, place the greens in the oil and toss to mix.
Place the pasta in a serving dish and top with the greens and cheese.
Season with salt pepper, capers, olives and parmesan shavings. Serve as salad.
Pasta with roast Potatoes and Cheese
Ingredients:
750g of sweet potatoes
Salt
30mls (two tablespoonfuls) of oil
Three leeks, sliced
One red pepper
15 mls or I teaspoonful of rosemary
500g of pasta
Two tablespoonfuls of butter
185g of feta cheese, chopped
250g of spinach
Cracked black pepper
Preparations:
Peel and dice the sweet potatoes. Place them on a baking pan, add a little oil and salt and bake at 2000C for 30 minutes or until soft and brown.
Pour a little oil in a frying pan and heat. Add the leeks, red pepper and rosemary and cook for seven minutes or until the leek softens and is golden-brown.
Mix the pasta with the sweet potatoes, leek, butter and feta. Arrange the spinach leaves on a warmed serving dish and top with pasta and the sweet potato mixture. This is enough for five people.
Macaroni Primavera
This is the commonest pasta recipe in town
Ingredients:
500g of pasta or macaroni
Diced carrots
French beans
Diced cauliflower
Zucchini or baby marrow
Chopped onions
Chopped garlic
Olive oil
Tomatoes
Preparations:
Cook the pasta in salted water and run cold water over it.
Boil the diced carrots, French beans, cauliflower; zucchini and peas in a lot of water.
Fry the chopped onions, chopped garlic, tomatoes and fresh cream together and add the pasta and greens.
Add the mixture, boil for about two to three minutes and serve with parmesan cheese.
Compiled by Titus Serunjogi
Pasta includes spaghetti and macaroni.
It is available in supermarkets and retail shops worldwide.
It is also so versatile that you can prepare it with fish, meat, vegetables or chicken.
It takes just a few minutes to prepare Pasta. Sheraton Kampala Hotel and Seascallop Restaurant take us through the ways of preparing pasta.
Cooking Pasta:
Use a large saucepan and make sure that the water boils before you add the pasta.
Add a few drops of cooking oil and stir for about 20 seconds so that the pasta does not stick together.
Cook for about 15 minutes and drain. You can now spice it up in the following ways:
Arrabiata
Ingredients
250g penne pasta
Two tablespoons of olive oil
Two cloves garlic, thinly sliced
Two fresh chillis, chopped
Chopped tomatoes.
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
One sprig of basil
Preparations:
Cook the pasta in salted water and drain
Heat olive oil in a saucepan and add garlic and chilli.
Cook over low heat until the garlic turns golden-brown.
Stir as you cook so that the oil is evenly distributed
Add the tomatoes and season with salt and pepper.
As you cook, mash the tomatoes with a wooden spoon for about 20-30 minutes or until the sauce is rich and thick.
Add basil to the sauce and season before serving.
Pour sauce over the pasta and toss gently.
Serve with a salad of your choice.
Pasta with greens
Ingredients:
590g pasta
45mls (or three tablespoonfuls) of olive oils
Two cloves of garlic
100g of spinach
185g of goat’s cheese
Freshly ground black pepper
Capers
80g fresh parmesan cheese
Preparations:
Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until it turns golden-brown.
Remove from the fire, place the greens in the oil and toss to mix.
Place the pasta in a serving dish and top with the greens and cheese.
Season with salt pepper, capers, olives and parmesan shavings. Serve as salad.
Pasta with roast Potatoes and Cheese
Ingredients:
750g of sweet potatoes
Salt
30mls (two tablespoonfuls) of oil
Three leeks, sliced
One red pepper
15 mls or I teaspoonful of rosemary
500g of pasta
Two tablespoonfuls of butter
185g of feta cheese, chopped
250g of spinach
Cracked black pepper
Preparations:
Peel and dice the sweet potatoes. Place them on a baking pan, add a little oil and salt and bake at 2000C for 30 minutes or until soft and brown.
Pour a little oil in a frying pan and heat. Add the leeks, red pepper and rosemary and cook for seven minutes or until the leek softens and is golden-brown.
Mix the pasta with the sweet potatoes, leek, butter and feta. Arrange the spinach leaves on a warmed serving dish and top with pasta and the sweet potato mixture. This is enough for five people.
Macaroni Primavera
This is the commonest pasta recipe in town
Ingredients:
500g of pasta or macaroni
Diced carrots
French beans
Diced cauliflower
Zucchini or baby marrow
Chopped onions
Chopped garlic
Olive oil
Tomatoes
Preparations:
Cook the pasta in salted water and run cold water over it.
Boil the diced carrots, French beans, cauliflower; zucchini and peas in a lot of water.
Fry the chopped onions, chopped garlic, tomatoes and fresh cream together and add the pasta and greens.
Add the mixture, boil for about two to three minutes and serve with parmesan cheese.
Compiled by Titus Serunjogi