Bloody Red Wine Pasta With Mozzarella Bats Recipes

SPICY RED-WINE SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Add the pasta and cook for 6 minutes, stirring pasta occasionally, until par-cooked. Drain and reserve the pasta water.
• In a 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, shallots, crushed red pepper flakes and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook until the garlic becomes fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add the wine and tomato paste. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer gently for 3 minutes.
• Add the pasta to the skillet. Cook, stirring frequently, until almost all of the wine is absorbed and the pasta is tender but still firm to the bite, about 5 minutes (if the pasta mixture is too dry, add pasta cooking water 1/4 cup at a time).
• Stir in the butter and 1 teaspoon salt. Increase the heat, and toss until the wine sauce thickens enough to coat the pasta, about 1 minute. Toss to blend.
• Add the parsley and goat cheese and serve.

PASTA ALLA SORRENTINA

Steps:

• Start a large pot of water boiling for the pasta and salt it well. Once boiling, add the pasta to the pot and cook according to package directions, or until al dente.
• Add the olive oil and garlic to a skillet on the stovetop. Turn the heat on to medium-low and heat the oil and garlic slightly. As soon as the oil is heated and you can see tiny bubbles around the garlic, add the cherry tomatoes and basil to the pan and raise the temperature slightly. Add the red pepper flakes and salt (and a pinch of sugar, if using). Cook, stirring, until the skin on the cherry tomatoes starts to crack open. **Make sure the garlic doesn't brown during this process. If it is starting to colour at all, add a Tbsp or 2 of water to the pan to stop the garlic browning.
• When the tomatoes start cracking, use the back of a large spoon to smash about 1/2 of the cherry tomatoes. Add the butter (if using) and stir to combine.
• When pasta is ready, spoon out of pot with a slotted spoon, allowing the excess water to drain off back into the pot. Add the drained pasta to the skillet with the tomatoes. Stir to combine. Add a 1/2 ladle or so of pasta water to the skillet and cook the pasta with the sauce about 2 minutes. Season with some freshly ground pepper.
• Remove skillet from heat and stir in the cubed fresh mozzarella. Stir in and allow the residual heat from the pan to soften the cheese. Serve immediately with freshly grated Parmesan and some fresh, chopped basil. *If using regular mozzarella cheese, you may need to leave it on the heat for a bit to soften the cheese.

BATS AND COBWEBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water, bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Stir in the bow tie pasta and return to a boil. Boil pasta, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but still firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain well.
• Cook and stir ground beef and onion in a large skillet until beef is no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Drain fat. Stir in pasta sauce and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer.
• Stir cooked pasta and half of the mozzarella cheese into the sauce; toss to combine. Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish. Top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned and bubbly, 15 to 20 minutes.

BLOODY RED WINE PASTA WITH MOZZARELLA BATS

Steps:

• Combine water, red wine and beet juice (around 3/4 cup) in a large pot and bring to a boil. Add linguine and cook until al dente. Reserve 1 cup of the cooking liquid and drain the pasta. Set aside.
• Add beets, remaining 1/4 cup red wine, garlic, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, 1/2 cup parmesan and a pinch of salt and pepper to a blender. Pulse until smooth.
• Pour the beet mixture into a saucepan. Add the reserved cooking liquid and heavy cream and bring to a simmer. Add the sugar, remaining parmesan and a pinch of salt. Simmer for 3 minutes.
• Add the pasta to the sauce and toss to coat. Garnish with fresh mozzarella bats and parsley.

BOWTIE PASTA WITH MOZZARELLA SAUTE

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over high flame. Put 3 tablespoons of olive oil, onions, garlic, thyme, and saute for 1 minute. Then add the chicken stock, and allow the sauce to reduce by 1/2. Now add the pasta, tomatoes, mozzarella, spinach, and toss to combine. Season the pasta with salt and pepper, to taste. Drizzle with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil.

MINI CHEESE BALL BATS

Steps:

• Combine the room temperature cream cheese, grated parmesan cheese and pesto into a glass bowl and mix until all the ingredients are incorporated. Refrigerate the cheese mixture for 1 hour.
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Use a small ice cream scooper to scoop out 10 cheese balls and let rest on cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Finely chop the bunch of parsley before rolling each cheese ball. Cover cheese ball completely with finely chopped parsley.
• Press 2 olives onto cheese ball for eyes and 2 slivered almonds for vampire teeth. Press 2 green tortilla chips on each side of the cheese ball to create little bat wings. Enjoy!

BAKED BOW-TIE PASTA WITH MOZZARELLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain; set aside.
• Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, heat oil over medium. Add garlic; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add tomatoes, oregano, and sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer; cook, stirring and breaking up tomatoes until slightly thickened, 5 to 8 minutes. Season with salt.
• Add pasta, sausage, and half the mozzarella; toss to combine. Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish. Top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan. Bake until bubbly and top is lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes.

RED WINE PASTA #2

Steps:

• Put a large pot of water on to boil. (I add salt to water). Let it come to a boil.
• Add the pasta to the pot of water, cook until al dente (check recommended cooking time found on the box of pasta; remove pasta from heat and drain about 2-4 minutes before end of recommended cooking time; pasta will finish cooking in the red wine sauce).
• Meanwhile, in a large high-sided skillet, sauté the shallot, garlic and cayenne in the olive oil over medium-high heat until tender, about 1 minute.
• Add the red wine and basil (optional) to your skillet and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat slightly, keeping the sauce simmering.
• Drain the pasta and add it to your skillet. Set the timer for the remainder of the cooking time for the pasta. As the pasta cooks, the wine should reduce down into a thick sauce. When the pasta is finished, add the butter to glaze. Season with salt and pepper. Take it out of the pan and serve.
• Garnish with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

PASTA WITH MOZZARELLA, MINT & FRESH TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Put the lemon juice and zest into a large bowl, tip in the onion, then season with salt and pepper. Set aside for 10 mins, to let the onion soften a little.
• Boil the spaghetti for 10 mins. Mix the oil, capers, chilli and sugar into the lemony onions, then season generously.
• When the pasta is ready, drain, toss with a splash of oil, then let cool awhile. Put into the bowl with the dressing, tip in the tomatoes and most of the herbs, then toss well. Tear in the mozzarella and toss ever so gently. Put into bowls, top with more herbs and drizzle with more oil to serve.

SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE WITH RED WINE

Steps:

• Place the minced meat, red wine, mixed herbs and salt and pepper in a bowl.
• Stir well.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight or all day.
• Heat oil in pan.
• Stir fry onion and garlic until soft.
• Add red wine mixture, tomato paste, canned tomatoes, sweet chili sauce and chili flakes.
• Bring to the boil then simmer uncovered for 45 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated and the mixture resembles traditional bolognese consistency.
• (it will be much darker colour than usual).
• Cook the spaghetti as mentioned on the packet.
• At the last minute, stir the chopped parsley through the sauce.
• Add sauce to the drained spaghetti and top with grated Parmesan cheese.
• Serve with a nice glass of red.

ROTWEIN-NUDELN (RED WINE PASTA WITH SPRING ONIONS)

Steps:

• Sauce:.
• In saucepan, heat butter over medium heat. Add green onions and saute until softened. Add cream and cinnamon and bring to boil. Let simmer 5 minutes.
• Add Parmesan, stirring constantly. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Pasta:.
• In large pot combine red wine and water and bring to a boil. Add salt.
• Cook pasta al dente, stirring occasionally. Drain.
• Serve pasta topped with cream sauce.