3/27/2015

So Beautiful, Colorful Pasta Bowties for Puttanesca High Hog



I love, love, love this Farfalline Multicolori, it is Specialita for sure.  A bit (uulp) pricey to say the least, but  your spirits will be raised, just looking at the package.  Mine were.  A possible cure for depression.  Color therapy.  A friend was behind me in line, and both she and the checker totally convinced me.  Not that I needed much convincing.  Healthy too, no fake colors in there, they use spinach, turmeric, paprika, beetroot or squid ink.  So colorful.


Having just finished the latest (in our library anyway) set in Venice, Donna Leon mystery, By It's Cover, I was hankering for Italian.   Always enjoy her tantalizing descriptions of meals eaten along the way.  So inspired by the book, did a Puttanesca on the high hog (wearing fancy bow ties, with pork, ha ha) with it last night.  Just added some cubed ham, crisped up in olive oil, garlic, olives, capers, and cream.  Some of the saved pasta water as well.  Also, the colors do not leach out as some other colored pastas have a tendency to.  Lovely and deelish!  Will share this with Beth Fish's Weekend Cooking.  She is sharing a delightful cookbook with contributions from mystery writers this time.

5 comments:

Beth F said...

I *love* the look of that pasta. So pretty. And definitely worth the cost for a pick-me-up. I just a new batch of cozies from Penguin and several of them are culinary. Such fun escape reading. I need to see if the Leon books are available as audiobooks.

Kay said...

That is so cool! Colored pasta. And your meal looked very yummy and sounded even better. Thanks for sharing it!

Claudia said...

Thanks Beth, now I'll wait for it to go on sale:)

It was great for a stand-alone pasta meal, thanks Kay.

(Diane) bookchickdi said...

I make a similar pasta dish that is my go-to weeknight dinner. I love the multicolor pasta, I will be looking for this in the grocery store.

Melody said...

I don't think I've seen these colourful pasta before! They do make the dish looks more appetising!