Farfalle Pasta - Interesting Observations

If we see farfalle pasta is one of the most artistic kinds of pasta available in the world. The texture and fine shape is really attractive and when made correctly the flavor with texture make an excellent sensation for our mouth.

It's really nice because has the form of a bow-tie what makes it look pretty different than other kinds of pasta, such as spaghetti, fettuccini, etc. The farfalle pasta is the king in artistic side.

Because of its nice shape it's perfect to be served in elegant dinners or events. Also this kind of pasta can be made with different ingredients and make it look even more exotic and attractive.

As with other pastas you can make the farfalle pasta with the common pasta's ingredients or sauces that we normally use with other kinds of pasta such as spaghetti, there are plenty of farfalle pasta recipes that will satisfy you and your family in case you are cooking for them. Also, this kind of pasta is a very nice gift, for example you can make your own farfalle pasta in a nice colour pattern and give it as a present for a birthday or just because you want to surprise a loved one.

We can prepare farfalle pasta in the ways we want but if you are really new into this as I said in another posts, all the time follow the instructions and portions from the recipe to obtain the best result possible. Then when you've earned more experience and practice you can innovate and create your own recipes, even you can share them here! 

This post isn't about the history of farfalle pasta but a few interesting facts about its history is that its name is derivate from the Italian word "farfalla" that means butterfly in English and if we see the farfalle pasta has shape of a little butterfly. Also some studies say that Farfalle comes from 16th century.

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Ricotta Cheese - Awesome Facts

You may have heard about the Gouda cheese, Dambo cheese, Blue cheese or the well known Cheddar. Today we are going to discover a delicious, nutritive and useful cheese for our cooking, it's the Ricotta cheese.

Maybe you've eaten and used it before but you should keep reading and if you even don't about Ricotta cheese is a must to keep reading because you are going to know many useful facts about this kind of cheese.

For starting, the Ricotta cheese is not a common cheese because is made from sheep milk whey left over from the general production of other cheeses. As we can see it's a special cheese and is even more fantastic what it can do.

It has plenty of protein and is really nutritive, a lot of calcium for our bones. Also it's fabulous for the large variety of dishes you can make, specially desserts.

The Ricotta cheese is used very much in Italy to make many pasta recipes and as well delicious desserts such as cakes, pies, etc. If you want to taste or prepare something exotic and different you should use ricotta cheese in your next dinner to prepare an excellent dessert for your loved ones or why not only for yourself?

Another good idea to prepare the ricotta cheese is on a pizza, that would be excellent together with dambo cheese and pepperoni with salami and a bit spicy tomato sauce. As well you could implement ricotta cheese in a lasagna or cannelloni. Just be creative and bring out something new!

Now you know a bit more about this fabulous kind of cheese, in other posts I will keep in mind to publish how to make your own ricotta cheese at home, if you want to start another culinary adventure!

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Italian Desserts - An Overview

Surely you love Italian gastronomy and desserts are not the exception, they are different and delicious because of their texture, combination of flavors and fresh sensation (depends on which dessert you are eating).

In this post you will see an overview and in fact funny experiences and interesting facts about Italian desserts.
We could name many Italian desserts, such as ravioli dolci, panna cotta, ricotta pie, zeppole and of course the classical and delicious Tiramisu.

The Tiramisu is in my opinion the most known from all the Italian dessert because it's easy to make and its
flavor and texture are simply awesome that can delight children and adults at the same level. Also it's an elegant dessert that you could serve even in the most elegant event without any shame or as well you could serve it in a familar meeting without any problem.

There are many variations of the Tiramisu but what I most like is the classical one but with a bit of chocolate fudge in the center, it is sweet and really tasty. The first time I made  this for my children they were only requesting me for more and more of this Tiramisu that I had to make another one to satisfy them!

Also I can say that the Tiramisu is my favorite Italian dessert because it's delicious and too has brought me really nice experiences with my loved ones.

The Italian gastronomy brings to us a variety of delicious dessert where to choose from, another one you should prepare or taste is Biscotti. Of course there is nothing better than eating a delicious Biscotti with a Capuccino or a delicious Tiramisu.

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Pasta Dough - Observations And Tips

So you have decided to make your own pasta dough but you have some doubts, let's this post help you with that and give you some tips about how to make your pasta dough better and more delicious.

Make pasta dough is a fine art, where the correct portions of ingredients plus the technique how you prepare it are essential and conected to each other.

The first thing you should remember is that if you want to obtain a soft and consistent pasta dough you must care very much about the portion of ingredients because they will be decisive if you obtain an excellent or a bad pasta dough.

Also the technique is very important, all the time remember to clean your hands to don't contaminate the
pasta. You must mash your pasta dough slowly and caring that every ingredient is mixing correctly, the more you care about that the better your pasta will be.

Is not that hard obtain a fresh pasta dough but if you are new into this you should take it calm and start making it slowly and soon you will gain enough experience to make different kinds of pasta.

You should start making pizza dough, is easier and will encourage and motivate you for higher challenges such as farfalle pasta (remember that you need more practice before that), then you can try with spaghetti and fettucini and so on.

Consider also to buy a pasta machine, what could make your task a lot easier but if you like "old school" style just use your knife, hands and imagination. A pasta machine may be useful for hard kinds of pasta dough such as farfalle, penne, etc. But with enough experience you can make them by your own and surely you will obtain an excellent result and feel very proud of yourself.

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