Monday, March 10, 2014

Scemendi Spiraili Pepper Pasta


Made this for our office Potluck where each one of us got something really interesting and tasty.

Ingredients:
For the White Sauce:
1) Milk - 1 cup (150 ml)
2) Corn Flour - 1 tsp (if you don't want to use too much cheese)
3) White Cream - 100 ml / gms
4) White pepper powder - 1 tsp
5) Oregano dry - 1 tsp
6) Basil dry - 1 tsp
7) Olive Oil or Butter - 1 tbsp
8) Red & Yellow Capsicum (Bell Peppers) - 1 each cut lengthwise
9) Broccoli - 1/2 head cut into small florets
10) Processed Cheese - 100 gms
11) Black olives (optional)

Method: 
1) Saute capsicum & broccoli in molten butter or olive oil in a sauce pan, add half of salt & pepper powder
2) To this mixture add cream and bring to boil.
3) Add Milk and Corn flour mixture to enable thickening - keep stirring
4) Add Oregano, remaining pepper, butter and salt.
5) Mix until the sauce thickens and take it off the heat.

For the Pasta ...

6) Boil pasta with salt and lot of water as per the instructions on the packet. Drain the water and keep aside.
7) Add the pasta of your choice to the mixture and mix well on low flame for a minute.
8) Add grated cheese along with olives as a garnish
9) Serve hot !