Luscious Pasta

Literally ‘butterfly’ in Italian, this is pasta shaped like little butterflies or bow-ties. Certain pasta shapes hold different sauces better than others - Cheese or Rich Tomato Sauces cling well to Farfalle because it’s a relatively small pasta shape with a large surface area.

Farfalle Pasta               200 gm

Garlic Cloves                1-2 crushed & roughly chopped

Fresh Basil Leaves           A handful torn roughly

Olive Oil                        1 tbsp, + more for drizzling

Green Olives                              50 gm, stoned & roughly chopped

Red Capsicum                            2 finely chopped

Whole Baby Tomatoes                     4

French Beans, boiled                   a handful

Mozzarella                                  1 ball, torn into bite-size pieces

Red Onion                                    1 small, roughly chopped

Lightly Roasted Sesame Seeds                1 tbsp

Salt                                            as per taste

White Pepper                             a dash

Tabasco Sauce                           a few drops  

    

Method:

                      Cook Pasta as per instructions on the packet. Cool slightly. Blend Garlic, Oil & Basil in a stone mortar or with a hand blender to make Pesto. Toss all the ingredients with Pasta. Drizzle more oil. Serve at room temperature.

Tip: Can serve as a Salad on a bed of Lettuce or Starter.

                 Also delicious on toasted Garlic Bread.

          Any normal Pasta can serve the taste too.