Cavateddi

Buongiorno,

Cavateddi are a special Sicilian pasta, made from scratch. they are similar to Gnocchi but they are made with Semolina Flour. It is Easy to prepare in few steps and it is important to dress it with a lot of Sauce, mainly a meat sauce or, as in this case with tomatoes and pesto!

Follow me in my kitchen and I show you how to prepare this delicious Pasta.

Here are the ingredients and the steps. You can find the video recipe in my Instagram page or in my YouTube channel.

Ingredients

• 400 gr / 3 cups Semolina Flour

• 240 Lt Water

• a pich of salt

• Cherry Tomatoes

• Garlic

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil

• Pesto (home made. See my recipe)

• Mozzarella Cheese

Steps

1. place in a bowl the Flour, the Water and the Salt and mix to obtain a dough very smooth

2. Leave it for 30 minutes covered with Plastic Paper

3. prepare some strings and cut in little pieces

4. using a fork (to obtain the stripes), dig in the middle using your thumb

5. Cook them in boiling and salted water for few minutes until they float

6. Prepare you sauce placing in a frying pan, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cherry Tomatoes (peeled) and Pesto

7. Add Pasta in the sauce and mix all together, adding Mozzarella Cheese at the end

Buon Appetito!