Cooking with Garafalo Childrens pasta.
And so, as I completed my daily chill down after a long day at work, my eyes settled on the Facebook Garofalo Page and widened as I read of their proposal.
Their idea was to ask the readers and followers to send for some free childrens pasta and together with your children, create a dish and send them the link, enabling them to share with everyone else.
Well, followers of 'Team Elvy', know that I don't really need any excuse to hit the kitchen, and with the other 'Team Elvy' members (Mummy '34', Phoebe '9' and Amy '5'), this was a no-lose situation. We would have a fun day in the kitchen cooking free pasta and get to share our creation with the people of Garofalo....and their followers.
A week after sending my email, the pasta arrived and, having done my homework, I was aware that the pasta created by Garofalo was recognised as a truly exemplary pasta, of a very high standard. The company have been around since 1789 and they have a great History . The product range is diverse and if you check out their news page, you'll notice a regular stream of awards being won by this company.
The pasta we were sent was, as my little Amy will tell you in the short film we made, really 'cute'. It appeals to the children, which is obviously the aim...but truth be told, Mummy and Daddy kinda liked it too. You can't really not smile at the 'cute shapes as they fall into the pan...or onto your plate.
Well....How did it go?
Cheese and Smoked Ham Pasta.
Ingredients:
500g Dried Pasta shapes (Garofalo bambino in this case)
Salt
1 Pint Whole milk
50g Plain Flour
200g Mature Cheddar Cheese
150g Butter or Margarine
4 or 5 Spring Onions
3 Salad Tomatoes
100g Smoked Ham
Small punnet of Baby plum tomatoes
Mixed Salad leaves
Garlic (fresh, puree or dried)
1 French Stick.
Method:
Pasta-
Add the Pasta to a large saucepan and cover with boiling water.
Add salt to taste, then cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Sauce-
Take 50g of butter, put it in a large microwavable bowl and melt (in microwave)
Add the flour and stir.
Gradually add the milk and whisk, before returning the mixture to the microwave.
Take the sauce from the microwave regularly and whisk, adding the onion, ham and cheese near the end.
Side Salad-
Use the salad leaves, tomato 'flowers' and anything else that takes your fancy.
Garlic Bread-
Make your garlic butter by mashing your garlic into the rest of your butter or margarine with a fork. You may choose to add chopped chive, parsley or ground pepper. Spread this liberally over pieces of french bread, cut in half and in 4 to 6 inch sections. Add to a pre-heated oven.
Garlic bread will take approximately 10 minutes.
Drain Pasta, stir into sauce. Spoon onto a plate decorated with a side salad and garnish with garlic bread....
RESULT - FUN & FANTASTIC
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