Cheese Pasta

Cheese Pasta is a very popular  Italian recipe. Learn how to prepare Cheese Pasta by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 2 cubes Cheese (grated) 
• Boiled Pasta 
• 1 cup Boiled Corns 
• 1 tbsp Butter 
• Salt and Pepper to taste 

How to make Cheese Pasta:

• Melt 1 tbsp butter in a pan and cook the pasta for few minutes.
• Add corns and again cook for some more time.
• Remove from flame and add grated cheese.
• Mix salt and pepper to taste.
• Saute again for few seconds and then cool.
• Cheese Pasta is ready.

Bean and Pasta Soup

Bean and Pasta Soup is healthy and delicious soup, from the Italian cuisine. Learn how to make/prepare Bean and Pasta Soup by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:
• 5 Fresh Sage Leaves 
• 16 ounces Dried Cannellini Beans (or white beans) 
• 1 tsp Rosemary Leaves (fresh) 
• 1/2 tsp Cayenne Flakes 
• 6 cups Water 
• 2 tbsp Tomato Paste 
• 3 cloves Garlic (minced) 
• 2 cloves Garlic 
• 9 tbsp Olive Oil 
• Salt (as per taste) 
• Pepper (as per taste) 
• 8 oz Ziti or Tubular Pasta (short)

How to make Bean and Pasta Soup:
• Soak the beans a night before in cold water. In the morning, drain and rinse them.
• Take a large stew pot and put beans in it, along with whole garlic, water, sage leaves and 3 tbsp oil.
• Bring the beans to a boil and cook them on simmer for approximately 1 hour. Make sure they are tender.
• In the meantime, take a small skillet and heat 6 tbsp of oil and garlic and stir for 1 minute.
• Now, add cayenne pepper flakes, tomato paste, salt, pepper and fresh rosemary leaves in it and stir again.
• Take the cooked beans and add the above mixture in it. Stir well again.
• Pass soup through food mill, pour it in the stew pot and cook on low heat, till it is slightly thick.
• Cook the short pasta in a pot, with water and salt added to it, until it becomes soft. Drain the water and add soup in it.
• Again cook it for 15 minutes and serve hot.

Asparagus & Chicken Pasta

Ingredients:

• 16 oz packet Pasta
• 8 Asparagus Sprigs
• 4 Chicken Breasts (skinned)
• 2 tsp Olive Oil
• ½ tsp Basil Salt & Pepper
• ½ cup Parmesan Cheese
• 2 tsp White Wine

How to make Asparagus & Chicken Pasta:

• Cook the pasta for about 8 minutes in boiling water.
• Meanwhile, cut asparagus into 2-inch long pieces and set aside.
• Add to the pasta in the last three minutes of cooking.
• Drain the pasta and asparagus. Set aside.
• Cut chicken into strips. Fry in oil, over medium heat. Cook for 3 minutes.
• Mix wine, cheese and seasoning with the chicken.
• Toss the pasta and asparagus with chicken and serve.