Black pasta: features, recipe

Today on the shelves of Russian shops you can find an unusual product for our country - black pasta. What are they? Do not harm the digestive system? How to cook a pasta from them? The answers to these and other questions will be announced in the article.

general information

Black macaroni, the photo of which is placed above, have an original appearance. Not every person dares to try them. And in vain. After all, these are ordinary pasta obtained from durum wheat. A darker shade is acquired after they add ink cuttlefish. Macaroni products are not only an unusual color, but also useful substances. The composition of ink cuttlefish includes amino acids, trace elements and vitamins of different groups.

Black pasta: a recipe for unusual pasta with seafood

Grocery set:

• Garlic - two teeth are enough;
• 20 g of white wine;
• Basil - to taste;
• We take 50 grams of shrimp (in a purified form) and olive oil;
• Favorite spices;
• 100 grams of black pasta;
• Cherry varieties - only for decoration;
• 30 g of mussels;
• Cardamom in the ground form - on the tip of the knife.

Practical part

1. Where do we start? We take black pasta, we send in a saucepan with boiling salted water. The recommended cooking time is 10 minutes (after the liquid boils again). Then turn off the fire. Accurately drain the water from the pan. And put the macaroni in a colander. Be sure to rinse with cold water.
2. We peeled the husks of garlic from the husks through a special press. The resulting mass is spread on the pan. Fry by applying olive oil. There we send shrimps and mussels in a cleaned form. Solim. Sprinkle with your favorite spices. All these ingredients are fried for 5 minutes. Do not forget to stir with a spatula. At the end of the frying process, pour a little white wine into the frying pan. Stirring. Stew seafood with garlic until the wine completely evaporates.
3. Now make the sauce. In the bowl, put crushed basil (1-2 beams). We add olive oil and seasoning "cardamom" in the right amount.
4. Black macaroni, cooked by us earlier, we place on the big flat plate. On them we put fried with garlic seafood. And completes the whole "picture" of a fragrant sauce based on olive oil. To decorate dishes suitable cherry tomatoes (whole fruit or halves). Have a nice appetite!

Black macaroni at home

Walked all the shops, but did not find this unusual product? Do not worry. You can prepare the pasta yourself and give them an original look, using ink cuttlefish. Detailed instructions are provided below.

Necessary ingredients:

• 2 whole chicken eggs + 2 yolks;
• 1 teaspoon of cuttlefish ink;
• Flour (the variety is not important) - 300 g;
• Salt - no more than one pinch.

Cooking process

Step number 1. Sift flour directly on the table. Solim. In the center of the flour "heap" we make a deepening. We split two eggs into it. We also add a couple of yolks. In the egg mixture we introduce ink cuttlefish.

Step 2. Take the plug. We begin the process of beating eggs with ink.

Step # 3. Now mix the dough by hand. If the mass sticks to the palms, then you can pour more flour. We put the finished test into the shape of a ball. We remove it to the middle shelf of the refrigerator. We get about 1-1.5 hours.

Step number 4. Let's start rolling out the dough. It is best to use a special device for making home-made noodles.

Step number 5. Cut well dough strips cut into thin strips. We got macaroni in black. They must lie down for half an hour on the table, sprinkled with flour. Then you can boil them.

Another recipe

Grocery list:

• 300-gram piece of salmon fillet (without skin);
• Garlic cloves - 3 pcs .;
• Macaroni (black) - enough 200 g;
• 0,4 kg of sea cocktail;
• A 100-gram serving of cream (fat content - 35%).

Instructions for cooking:

Let's start with the main ingredient. It's about black pasta. We boil them with medium heat. This will take 10-15 minutes.

Chop the garlic with a knife. We send it to the heated frying pan. Fry for 3 minutes, using refined oil.

In the pan to garlic, add sliced salmon fillets. Fry for another 5 minutes. Put the next component - a sea cocktail. With the lid closed and medium heat, seafood, pieces of fish and garlic should be cooked for at least 10 minutes. Then pour the cream into the skillet in the right amount. Stirring. Again, cover the lid. We reduce the fire to a minimum. After 5 minutes everything will be ready.

We distribute macaroni on plates. On them lay out pieces of salmon, fried with garlic and seafood. As a decoration of the dish we suggest using grated parmesan cheese.

Finally

Black macaroni will be appreciated not only by fans of unusual food, but also by those who watch the figure. After all, the dish is easy, does not cause a feeling of heaviness in the stomach. Macaroni is made from wholemeal flour, without the use of eggs. They are classified as low-calorie foods. In such pasta, there is fiber, which relieves people from hunger. As for the ink of cuttlefish, their calorific value does not exceed 79 kcal / 100 g.