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Cappelletti pasta, Tossed in Basil Pesto and served with tomato salsa Recipe

Hand made pasta if most luxurious and delicate food to serve your loved ones. Cappelletti, is a round hat shapped pasta which can be stuffed with your favorite ingredients. Here i am stuffing my cappelletti with cheese and roasted eggplants. FIRSTLY, We make dough with all the ingredients {flour/whole egg and egg yolk/olive oil/vinegar}, wrap dough in plastic wrap and let it rest for 20min. After resting, take out the dough and make thin sheet using rolling pin( thinness must be to almost transparent or you can see light through it), spread the sheet and cut in round shape of 2-inch diameter size using cookie cutter, place 1teasoon full of stuffing in the center of each piece, and moist the edges of each piece with water so it can seal nicely, fold in half moon shapeand seal nicely then stretch both corners of D-shapped towards each other and moist little to stick them together, keeping all stuffing part in center, so it will looks like a cap. Repeat same for all the pieces you got and keep in a dry tray. Boil water with salt and little oil in it, once it gets a boil, little lower the heat and put shaped pasta in boiling water for 5-6minutes, and take it out gently. Heat a pan with enough pesto to coat each piece and tossed cappelletti and remove from pan and arrange in plate, keep the salsa dip in center to give it a tangy flavor.

  • Prep time:
  • 30mins
  • cook time:
  • 10mins
  • serves:
  • 5

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Vegetarian

Level : Moderate

Cuisine : Italian

Course : Mains

Allergy Information

  • - Dont use pinenuts, if nuts allergic, dont use chesse if lactose intolerant , not for those who are gluten allergic
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Recipe Notes

Dont over blanch pasta in boiling water, it can bust in water,

Ingredients

Ingredients For Cappelletti pasta, Tossed in Basil Pesto and served with tomato salsa Recipe

Methods
  • 1. Prepare your Basil Pesto, blend all the ingredients{fresh basil/olive oil/salt/pepper/pinenuts/garlic/parmesan cheese},Do not blend to a fine paste, just make it to little chunky texture.
  • 2. For stuffing prepare mixture in a bowl using all the ingredients {roasted deskinned eggplant(use only when get cold)/goat cheese/pistachio,chopped/jalapeno,chopped/gherkin, chopped/capers chopped}, mix all and leave in refrigerator.
  • 3. For tomato salsa, Mix all ingredients {deskinned deseeded chopped tomatoes/shredded basil leaves/salt,pepper/lemon juice/pinch of sugar/olive oil}mix lightly, don't mess, keep in fridges.

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