Today on the shelves of Russian stores you can find an unusual product for our country - black pasta. What are they? Do they harm the digestive system? How to cook pasta from them? Answers to these and other questions will be voiced in the article.
general information
Black pasta, the photo of which is posted above, have an original look. Not every person dares to try them. And in vain. After all, these are ordinary pasta obtained from durum wheat. And they get a darker shade after they add cuttlefish ink. Pasta acquire not only an unusual color, but also useful substances. The composition of cuttlefish ink includes amino acids, trace elements and vitamins of various groups.
Black pasta: recipe for unusual pasta with seafood
Grocery set:
- garlic - two cloves are enough;
- 20 g of white wine;
- basil - to taste;
- we take 50 g of shrimp (in purified form) and olive oil;
- favorite spices;
- 100 gram serving of black pasta;
- cherry tomatoes - just for decoration;
- 30 g mussels;
- ground cardamom - on the tip of a knife.
Practical part
- Where do we start? We take black pasta, send it to the pot with boiling salted water. The recommended cooking time is 10 minutes (it is detected after the liquid boils again). Then turn off the fire. Gently drain the water from the pan. And we put the pasta in a colander. Be sure to rinse with cold water.
- Peeled garlic cloves pass through a special press. We spread the resulting mass in a pan. Fry using olive oil. There we send shrimps and mussels in peeled form. Solim. Sprinkle with your favorite spices. Fry all these ingredients for 5 minutes. Do not forget to stir with a spatula. At the end of the frying process, pour a little white wine into the pan. Mix. Stew seafood with garlic until the wine has completely evaporated.
- Now make the sauce. In the bowl we put the chopped basil (1-2 bundles). Add olive oil and cardamom seasoning in the right amount.
- We place the black pasta that we cooked earlier on a large flat plate. We put on them fried garlic seafood. And the fragrant sauce based on olive oil completes this whole “picture”. Cherry tomatoes (whole fruits or halves) are suitable for decorating a dish. Bon appetit to all!
Black pasta at home
We went around all the stores, but did not find this unusual product? Do not worry. You can make pasta yourself and give them an original look using cuttlefish ink. Detailed instructions are provided below.
Essential Ingredients:
- 2 whole chicken eggs + 2 yolks;
- 1 teaspoon cuttlefish ink;
- flour (grade not important) - 300 g;
- salt - no more than one pinch.
Cooking process
Step No. 1. Sift the flour directly onto the table. Solim. In the center of the flour “heap” we make a depression. We break two eggs there. Add a couple of yolks. Cuttlefish ink is introduced into the egg mixture.
Step number 2. Take a fork. We begin 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. The finished test is shaped like a ball. We remove it on the middle shelf of the refrigerator. We get out after about 1-1.5 hours.
Step No. 4. We begin rolling out the dough. It is best to use a special device for making homemade noodles for this.
Step number 5. Well-rolled layers of dough cut into thin strips. We got black pasta. They should lie on the table for at least half an hour, sprinkled with flour. Then you can boil them.
Another recipe
Grocery list:
- 300 g piece of salmon fillet (without skin);
- garlic cloves - 3 pcs.;
- pasta (black) - enough 200 g;
- 0.4 kg of sea cocktail;
- A 100-gram serving of cream (fat content - 35%).
Cooking Instructions:
Let's start with the main ingredient. It's about black pasta. Boil them over medium heat. This will take 10-15 minutes.
Cut the cloves of garlic with a knife. Sent in a heated pan. Fry for 3 minutes using refined oil.
Add the chopped salmon filet to the pan to the garlic. 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 be sweat for at least 10 minutes. Then pour the cream into the pan in the right amount. Mix. Cover again. Reduce the fire to a minimum. In 5 minutes everything will be ready.
We distribute pasta on plates. We lay on them slices of salmon fried with garlic and seafood. We suggest using grated Parmesan cheese as a decoration for the dish.
Finally
Black pasta will be appreciated not only by lovers of unusual food, but also by those who follow the figure. After all, the dish turns out easy, does not cause a feeling of heaviness in the stomach. Macaroni 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, which relieves people of hunger. As for cuttlefish ink, their caloric content does not exceed 79 kcal / 100 g.