Pappardelle is a type of pasta cut into wide strips, very similar to a slightly wider fettuccine. So, today you will use this pasta in a delicious Pappardelle Pasta Recipe, we will teach you how to use both the white sauce and the alfredo sauce which is perfect with this pasta.
Originating from the region of Tuscany, Italy, the term pappardelle derives from the verb “pappare”, which literally means “to swallow” in Italian. This dough is in the form of strips and can be cut manually with irregular edges. It is a 100% durum flour dough, characteristics that guarantee its quality and differentiated texture. Check out some Pappardelle Pasta Recipes now:
RECIPE FOR PAPPARDELLE PASTA IN WHITE SAUCE
Ingredients:
500 grams of Pappardelle pasta
1 tablespoon full of wheat flour
2 tablespoons full of butter
200 grams of grated mozzarella
1 kilo of onion
3 glasses of milk (200ml each)
salt and pepper to taste
Preparation method:
First, we will peel the onions, cut them into slices and soak them in cold salted water for 30 minutes.
In a pan with plenty of water, place the Pappardelle pasta to cook in salted water.
Then, drain the onion and brown it in 2 tablespoons of butter.
Then, sprinkle with wheat flour, stir well and sprinkle with milk, season with salt and pepper, wait for it to boil, lower the heat and cook until the onions are very soft.
Pass this cream first through a blender and then through a sieve.
Finally, mix with the cheese and heat, when the cheese is melted, pour the cream over the Pappardelle cooked al dente, in salted water, and serve very hot.
PAPPARDELLE PASTA RECIPE WITH ALFREDO SAUCE
Ingredients:
400 grams of Pappardelle pasta
Ingredients for Alfredo Sauce :
½ (tea) freshly grated Parmesan cheese
2 (tea) fresh cream
5 (soup) butter
salt and crushed black pepper to taste
How to prepare:
Cook the pasta in a pan with 4 liters of boiling water and 3 teaspoons of salt. Stir occasionally until al dente. Remove from heat, drain the water and distribute the pasta on plates. Reserve.
Sauce:
First, in a heatproof bowl, add the cream.
Then, place the bowl in a pan with water to make a bain-marie. Bring to the boil and cook, beating occasionally with a hand whisk until it boils.
Then, gradually add half the cheese and butter without stopping beating. Adjust the salt and add the black pepper.
Finally, remove the sauce from the heat and pour it over the pasta. Serve with the remaining Parmesan cheese.
Pappardelle Pasta With Bolognese Sauce:
Ingredients:
Pappardelle type pasta
300 grams of ground beef
200 ml of tomato sauce
black pepper to taste
Salt to taste
Preparation method:
First, put the pasta in a pan to cook in salted water.
Then, in another pan, add the ground meat with the olive oil and stir well to seal the meat.
Then add the tomato sauce and other seasonings, let it boil.
Finally, mix the pasta into the sauce and serve.
HOW DO YOU EAT?
Italians usually eat pasta by wrapping it around a fork, creating a kind of nest. The purpose of rolling the pasta around the fork is to capture other ingredients that made up the dish.
Traditionally, you also see many people using forks and spoons to taste the pasta. In other words, the spoon is used as a support to shape a bite that can be taken to the mouth in a more stable way. Although this technique is not wrong, the most common thing is to just use a fork.
HOW TO CUT PAPPARDELLE?
After the dough has been prepared, it is time to cut it, and this cut can be made to your liking. However, if you want a standard reference, you can do it in lengths of strips that are equivalent to a finger and a half or so.
After the dough is cut, it’s time to cook it in boiling water. It is worth remembering that the appropriate amount of water is one liter for every 100 grams. It’s good to know that 100 grams is more or less equivalent to one person’s consumption, and once cooked, the dough doubles in volume.
WHAT’S THE LENGTH?
Fresh pappardelle dough is about 2 cm wide and is made with flour, egg and salt. This cut can be done with the dough cutter, which will give more uniformity to the cut, but it can also be done manually.
Now just buy this pasta and make the best Pappardelle Pasta Recipe in your home, I’m sure it will be a huge success.
