Pizzoccheri alla Valtellinese Pasta
How to make Northern Italian Pizzoccheri alla Valtellinese. Homemade buckwheat noodles are baked with cabbage, potatoes and bitto cheese.
Servings: 6
Calories: 543kcal
Equipment
- Kitchen Scale
- Rolling pin
- French knife
- Large pot
- Small Pan
- Casserole dish
- Slotted spoon
Ingredients
- 200 g Buckwheat Flour
- 50 g OO Pasta Flour
- 100 ml Water
- 200 g Savoy Cabbage torn
- 250 g Yukon Gold Potatoes cubed
- 100 g Unsalted Butter
- 2 cloves Garlic sliced
- 250 g Bitto, Valtellina Casera or Fontina Cheese shaved
- 150 g Parmigiano Reggiano shredded
Instructions
- On your kitchen counter add the buckwheat flour and pasta flour. Form a nest in the center and add the water, slowly incorporating it into a dough with your hands.
- Knead the dough while ensuring the surface is well floured, for 5-7 minutes.
- Roll the dough out into a pasta sheet using a rolling pin until it is 3 mm thick. Cut the dough into strips, approximately 10 cm wide. Place the strips on top of each other then slice the strips into pasta ribbons approximately 6 mm wide. Repeat until all pasta is used.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Add potato to a large pot of boiling salted water and cook for 5 minutes. Add torn cabbage and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile melt butter with garlic slices until golden brown in a small pan.
- Once water is simmering, add pizzoccheri noodles, cooking for 10-12 minutes or until al dente. Strain pasta.
- In a buttered casserole dish, layer the pasta/cabbage/potato mixture with shaved Bitto, Valtellina Casera or Fontina Cheese.
- Top the casserole with grated parmesan cheese then gently pour the butter and garlic mixture over the pizzoccheri casserole.
- Add the casserole dish to the oven and bake for 5-10 minutes until the cheese has melted. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 543kcal | Carbohydrates: 40.3g | Protein: 25.1g | Fat: 33.1g | Saturated Fat: 20.4g | Cholesterol: 102mg | Sodium: 675mg | Potassium: 462mg | Fiber: 5.4g | Sugar: 3.1g | Calcium: 491mg | Iron: 2mg
