forum: Food, Wine and Gardening
#1 Wed 07 Nov 12 7:17pm
siwaller
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Farfalle with Fennel, Chorizo and Truffel
Raided the cupboard tonight thinking what I could make and had my weekly delivery of organic veg and in it was a nice fresh fennel.
So put some Farfalle on to cook, chopped up a small onion finely into a pan with a little hot olive oil. Cooked until soft then added some randomly chopped up chorizo chunks, cooked to release the oils and then added similarly chopped up fennel. I also added a small but relatively hot chilli for added spice.
When the pasta was cooked al dente, drained off saving a small amount of the cooking water; added one large teaspoon of truffles in oil (bought in italy) to the onion/chorizo/fennel/chilli mix and ensured it was well combined. Added the pasta and a little of the cooking water and mixed well. Left to rest for a few minutes to absorb the delicious flavours.
Served up topped with a little shaved parmesan.. Was delicious.
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#2 Wed 07 Nov 12 8:43pm
koukouvagia

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Re: Farfalle with Fennel, Chorizo and Truffel
Sounds wonderful. Next time try starting off cooking the chorizo first. It creates a wonderful fond that when you add the onions and fennel they scoop up that wonderful fond and create a richness only fond can create!
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#3 Wed 07 Nov 12 9:06pm
siwaller
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Re: Farfalle with Fennel, Chorizo and Truffel
I should add I used more of an italian style chorizo that is already dry cured so didnt need much cooking and isnt very fatty, but yes if I was using a uncooked chorizo I would definately go with the method you describe. ![]()
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#4 Thu 08 Nov 12 12:20am
JoyYamDaisy

- From Melbourne Australia
- Member since Sun 12 Apr 09
Re: Farfalle with Fennel, Chorizo and Truffel
Yum Siwaller! ![]()
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