Greetings dear friends, welcome to my blog. Today I am once again joining the weekly contest Qurator's: Hive Top Chef! | Creamy. This time I wanted something creamy, so I decided to cook pasta, which I hadn't eaten in a while, and served it with a béchamel sauce that I whipped up in no time.
The secret to béchamel sauce is to make it thick so that it has that much-desired creamy texture. In addition to milk and wheat flour (specially for thickening), I added onion and garlic for flavor, and of course, salt. This pasta also has diced ham and some stuffed olives. I hope you like the recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of cow's milk
- 1 tablespoon of all-purpose wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons of margarine
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 150 grams short pasta
- 50 grams diced ham
- 40 grams stuffed olives
- 20 grams onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 sprig chives and 1 sprig parsley for garnish
Preparation
1.-. Wash the parsley and chives and chop them into small pieces. Wash the onion and chop it into pieces, then peel the garlic clove.
2.- To prepare the béchamel sauce, place the cup of milk, onion, garlic, salt to taste, and tablespoon of wheat flour in a blender. Blend everything well.
3.-. Melt a tablespoon of margarine in a saucepan. Once melted, add the mixture from the blender. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens. Turn off the heat. Set aside.
4.- Cook the pasta. Bring a pot of water to a boil with a tablespoon of salt. Once it boils, add the pasta and cook until al dente. Drain and add a teaspoon of olive oil to prevent sticking.
5.- Sauté the ham. In a skillet over low heat, melt a tablespoon of margarine and brown the ham a little.
6.- Finally, wash the olives to reduce the saltiness, then crush them slightly with a fork.
7.- Assemble the dish, first the pasta, then the ham, olives, and cream. Stir well and immediately garnish with parsley and fresh chives.
We serve the creamy pasta with ham, olives, chives, and fresh parsley.
I hope you liked it, this has been my participation in Hive Top Chef competition. See you another time.
All photos are original, taken with my Xiaomi Redmi 9 cell phone. The editions were made with the application GridArt.
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