Farfalle With Cherry Tomatoes Peas Fresh Mint And Feta Recipes

BAKED CHERRY TOMATOES AND FETA

Steps:

• Steep garlic in olive oil at least 1/2 hour. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wash and stem tomatoes and cut them in half (put unwrapped bread into the oven). Put tomatoes in a shallow baking dish, pour olive oil and garlic over and toss lightly. Bake 10 minutes; sprinkle over chunks of cheese (cut into 1/2 inch pieces) and slivered basil. Stir gently. Serve with bread to mop up juices.

MINI FARFALLE WITH CHERRY TOMATOES, BASIL AND MOZZARELLA

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to a boil.
• Add oil and onions to a medium saute pan and heat over medium-high heat. Saute for 3 minutes or until onions are soft.
• Add cherry tomatoes to skillet. Saute tomatoes for another 3 minutes until skins are blistered and flesh is heated through; season with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, cook Piccolini® Mini Farfalle according to directions on the package.
• Remove sauce from heat, puree 1/3 of sauce in a blender on high, for 2 minutes. Return the puree to saute pan.
• Drain and toss pasta with sauce. Finish with basil and mozzarella cheese.
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BOW TIES WITH PESTO, FETA AND CHERRY TOMATOES

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Stir in the bow ties and cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain the pasta and run it under cold water just until it stops steaming. Bounce the pasta around to get rid of as much water as you can.
• Dump the pasta into a large serving bowl. Stir in the pesto until the pasta is coated. Toss in the cherry tomatoes and the crumbled feta. Taste the salad and season it as you like with salt and pepper. You can make the salad up to about 1 hour before you serve it. Check out the salt and pepper just before you serve the salad. If it's looking a little dry, add some olive oil and stir it around.
• Pesto:
• 5 big handfuls basil leaves (about 2 hefty bunches)
• 1/2 cup pine nuts or 3/4 cup walnuts
• 1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan or Pecorino cheese
• Juice of 1 small lemon
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled
• Kosher salt
• About 20 grinds freshly ground black pepper
• 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• Place all ingredients with 1/2 cup of the oil in a blender and blend. Gradually drizzle in the remaining 1/4 cup of oil until pesto is thick and smooth.
• Yield: about 1 1/2 cups

FARFALLE WITH SALMON, MINT, AND PEAS

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente, according to package instructions. Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta water; return pasta to pot.
• Meanwhile, season salmon with salt and pepper, and place in a medium skillet. Add 1/4 cup water and lemon juice and zest. Bring to a boil over medium heat, cover, and let steam for 10 minutes.
• Add peas, and continue to steam, covered, until peas are tender and salmon is opaque throughout, 2 to 3 minutes more.
• Slide entire contents of skillet onto pasta; add butter and mint. Season with salt and pepper. Toss carefully to combine, gently breaking salmon into large flakes. Add reserved pasta water as necessary to smooth sauce. Serve immediately, sprinkled with additional mint, if desired.

FARFALLE WITH CHERRY TOMATOES, PEAS, FRESH MINT AND FETA

Steps:

• Brin a large saucepan of salted water to a boil.
• Add pasta and cook until al dente, 10-12 minutes.
• Set aside 2 tbsp of pasta cooking water.
• Then drain pasta.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in a large deep frying pan on medium.
• Add pancetta, stir occasionally, and cook until crisp.
• Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender.
• Add tomatoes, stirring until they begin to soften and release juice, 5 minutes.
• Stir in peas and salt.
• Cook until peas are hot.
• Add a generous sprinkling salt.
• If pasta is not cooked, reduce tomato mixture to low.
• Add drained pasta and reserved cooking water to tomato mixture.
• Stir to mix.
• Stir in feta until pasta is evenly coated and feta begins to melt.
• Stir in mint.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve with additional Parmesan.

ONE-PAN FETA PASTA WITH CHERRY TOMATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. In a shallow 2-quart casserole or gratin dish, or an 11-by-7-inch baking dish, combine tomatoes, garlic, thyme, rosemary and 3/4 teaspoon salt. Toss with 1/4 cup of the olive oil to coat. Place the feta in the middle of the dish, and top with the remaining 1/4 cup olive oil. Sprinkle the black pepper and red-pepper flakes over everything. Bake for about 40 minutes, until the garlic has softened and the tomatoes have burst their skins.
• Add the pasta to the pan in an even layer and sprinkle with remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt. Pour the boiling water on top. Using a wooden spoon or spatula, carefully submerge pasta. Cover tightly with foil and bake until pasta is al dente, 17 to 19 minutes. Remove from oven and let the pasta stand, covered, for 5 to 10 minutes to absorb the excess liquid.
• Stir in basil until everything is well incorporated, and the tomatoes and cheese create a creamy sauce. When serving, top with more black pepper, oil and flaky sea salt.

FARFALLE WITH TOMATOES AND FETA CHEESE

Steps:

• 1. Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
• 2. Combine the pasta, tomatoes, olives, onions, capers, cheese, and basil. Pour on the vinaigrette and toss lightly.

ORECCHIETTE WITH GARBANZOS, TOMATOES, FETA, AND MINT

Steps:

• Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain.
• Meanwhile, combine tomatoes, 6 tablespoons olive oil, chopped mint, green onions, chopped cilantro, and garlic in large bowl. Season to taste with salt.
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add garbanzo beans and sauté until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add garbanzo beans and pasta to tomato mixture in bowl; toss to coat. Add feta; toss briefly. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with mint and cilantro sprigs. Serve warm or let stand at room temperature up to 2 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before serving.)

FARFALLE WITH PEAS AND PROSCIUTTO

Steps:

• Fill a 5-quart kettle to within 1 inch of top with salted water and bring to a boil for peas and pasta. Into kettle fit a large sieve so that its bottom is submerged in several inches of boiling water. Add peas to sieve and boil until just tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove sieve, keeping water at a boil, and rinse peas under cold water. Drain peas and transfer to a small bowl.
• In a blender purée 2/3 cup peas with mint, zest, 1/2 cup hot cooking water from kettle, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook pasta in boiling salted water until al dente. Ladle out 1/4 cup cooking water, reserving it, and drain pasta in a colander. Return pasta to kettle with pea purée, prosciutto, 2 tablespoons Parmesan, and remaining 1/3 cup peas and heat over moderate heat, stirring and thinning mixture to desired consistency with reserved cooking water, until heated through. Season pasta with salt and pepper.
• Serve pasta with additional Parmesan on the side.

FARFALLE WITH ROASTED CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Preheat gas grill to a medium heat.
• Trim peppers to remove stems and seeds. Quarter and set aside.
• Half the plum tomatoes longwise and set aside.
• Rub 1 Tbsp olive oil onto the bottom of an 11 x 14 inch baking pan and stir in all the chickpeas to lightly coat with the oil. Set aside.
• On the stove, heat 2 Tbsp olive oil to a large frying pan or Dutch Oven and slowly saute onion and garlic.
• Place peppers and tomatoes skin side down onto grill. Place the pan of chick peas onto grill. Adjust the heat to low or leave grill lid open while grilling. Stir chickpeas occasionally to prevent burning. Remove when chickpeas have shrunken somewhat and have some darkened areas, after about 10-15 minutes.
• Turn peppers to prevent charring and remove after about 10-15 minutes when tender.
• Do not turn tomatoes and remove when tomatoes appear to have darkened inside and no longer appear "juicy," about 10-15 minutes. Set aside and allow to cool enough to handle.
• Coarsely chop grilled tomatoes and peppers and add to onion and garlic--I use a kitchen shears and cut right into the cooking pan because it is much easier and it preserves the juice in the tomatoes. Stir in chick peas, lemon juice, basil, oregano. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and keep warm.
• Cook farfalle according to package directions and drain. Top with the chickpea sauce. Sprinkle with parsley and shredded Parmasean cheese to taste. Serve with a green salad and enjoy!

ROAST CHERRY TOMATOES AND FETA

Steps:

• Preheat oven 200°C, arrange tomatoes in a single layer in an ovenproof shallow dish (use two if you don't have one that is big enough, but it is important that there is only one layer), cut side up.
• You don't need to grease the dish Sprinkle salt, pepper, herbs, breadcrumbs, parmesan and feta crumbles evenly on tomatoes Bake for 20 minutes or until tomatoes are tender and cheese is melted and bubbling Let cool 5 to 10 minutes and serve.

CHICKPEA, CHERRY TOMATO, AND FETA SALAD

Steps:

• Rinse and drain chickpeas.
• In a bowl, combine all ingredients.

FARFALLE WITH SAUSAGE, TOMATOES, AND CREAM

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage and crushed red pepper. Sauté until sausage is no longer pink, breaking up with back of fork, about 5 minutes. Add onion and garlic; sauté until onion is tender and sausage is browned, about 3 minutes longer. Add tomatoes and cream. Reduce heat to low and simmer until sausage mixture thickens, about 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite. Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid. Return pasta to same pot. Add sausage mixture and toss over medium-low heat until sauce coats pasta, adding reserved cooking liquid by 1/4 cupfuls if mixture is dry. Transfer pasta to serving dish. Sprinkle with basil. Serve, passing cheese separately.