Buckwheatpastanoodles Recipes

BUCKWHEAT PASTA

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, arrowroot, and salt until well-combined.
• Add the thickened psyllium powder mix, oil, and start with the first 6 Tbsp. of water. Mix with a wooden spoon until a nice dough forms. You are looking for slightly moist but not sticky at all. If your dough is still too dry, add the remaining tablespoons of water. At some point you are going to have to ditch the wooden spoon and start using your hands so you can feel the consistency and knead the dough. If it's too sticky add a tablespoon of buckwheat flour until moist but not sticky.
• Bring a pot of 8 cups of water and a generous pinch of sea salt to a boil.
• Divide the dough into two smooth balls. Flour your surface with more buckwheat flour and roll out one dough ball as thin as you can. You will notice this dough is beautiful to work with! It should be like elastic and easy to roll out.
• Using a knife or pizza cutter, create thin strips. Sprinkle with more buckwheat flour to prevent sticking together.
• Pour into the boiling water in two batches and cook for approximately 2 minutes. Drain and serve immediately.

BUCKWHEAT PASTA NOODLES

Steps:

• Combine flours and salt in food processor and whiz to combine.
• Add egg and olive oil and whiz.
• With machine running, SLOWLY add water until ball forms.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and knead for 10 minutes.
• Place in plastic and let rest for 30-60 minutes.
• Cut noodles according to your pasta machines instructions.
• (usually put on widest setting, smoosh a small chunk of dough in flour on both sides, fold in half and run through maching. Fold again and run through and repeat once more. Then proceed to next smaller setting, etc.) I do not recommend using the very smallest setting.
• Cut as fettucini noodles.
• Bring large pot of water with olive oil to a boil.
• Add 1 Tbls salt.
• Add noodles, stir and cover with lid.
• Once the water returns to a boil, cook for approx 1 minute.
• Drain in colander and enjoy!

BUCKWHEAT NOODLES WITH RED CAVIAR AND SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• In a pot of boiling water cook soba for about 8 to 10 minutes or according to package directions. until done. While soba is cooking heat butter in a small skillet until it is golden brown; you want the flavor of the butter. Drain soba and return to saucepan and toss with golden butter and 4 tablespoons of sour cream, chives and half of caviar. Portion out and top with more sour cream and caviar if you wish.

BUCKWHEAT PASTA

Steps:

• Food-processor mixing recommended, following the directions on page 160.
• Pappardelle with Long-Cooking Savoy Cabbage, Bacon, and Mushroom Sauce (page 138)-a wonderful winter pasta.
• A tomato-based sauce, such as Mushroom Ragù (page 141) or Slow-Cooked Summer Tomato and Eggplant Sauce (page 259).
• Do not smother the pasta with too much sauce.
• A few spoonfuls of chopped walnuts lend marvelous texture and flavor to buckwheat pasta. Use about 1/3 cup of finely chopped walnuts for 1 pound of pasta; see below, for details on incorporating nuts into dough.
• Hand-cut lacce.
• Dress with Butter, Fresh Sage, and Walnut Sauce (page 120). For convenience, chop up the walnuts for the sauce when you're processing the nuts for the dough, but leave them larger, in 1/8- to-1/4-inch nuggets.
• Ground nuts can be incorporated into pasta doughs with great success. Try the ones I give here-walnuts in buckwheat dough, and hazelnuts in ceci dough-and experiment with other combinations, using almonds and pecans too. Follow these guidelines whenever you are adding nuts:
• For a 1-pound batch of dough, start with a generous 1/3 cup of whole nuts (or halves) to get 1/4 to 1/3 cup of ground nuts. First toast whole nuts lightly in a dry pan to bring out flavor. After they have cooled, pulse them in a food processor into tiny bits, smaller than 1/8 inch. This will take only 1 or 2 seconds-don't grind them into a powder. Pick out any remaining larger nut pieces; crush them smaller-or eat them.
• Mix the dough by hand or food processor, as usual. When you turn it out for final kneading, spread the dough into a small rectangle and sprinkle the nut bits on top. Fold the dough over the nuts, and knead as you would normally, distributing the nuts well, until it is smooth and shiny; then let it rest.
• To roll a dough with nuts using a pasta machine: Divide the dough in quarters and roll each piece slowly, at the widest setting, twelve times, folding and turning between rolls. Then roll through narrower machine settings. If you see any nut pieces that are making the dough tear, remove them. If a strip does tear, fold it over and reroll at a wider setting to repair it. Roll the dough as thin as possible (it will never be as thin as plain dough, however).
• Cut any dough with nuts by hand, crosswise, into lacce, or shoestrings (page 168). Or fold the strips and cut lengthwise to form pappardelle, as shown in the photos on page 166.

BANANA BUCKWHEAT PANCAKES

Steps:

• Mix flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl until well combined. Clear a hole out in the middle and pour in milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla. Stir until well combined but do not overmix. Stir banana slices into the pancake mix; set aside for 5 minutes.
• Lightly oil a griddle with vegetable oil and heat to 325 to 350 degrees F (165 to 175 degrees C). Drop batter by large spoonfuls onto the griddle; cook until bubbles form and the edges are dry, 3 to 4 minutes. Drop some chopped walnuts on top.
• Flip the pancakes over and if you added walnuts, lightly press down with a spatula to drive the nuts in. Cook until browned, 3 to 4 minutes, then flip back over to the original side for just 1 minute. Continue with remaining batter.

BUCKWHEAT NOODLES AND ORIENTAL STYLE SOUP

Steps:

• Noodles.
• Mix the buckwheat & white flour in a large bowl.
• Using one hand and pouring approximately 3/4 of the water into the flour, swirl the flour around mixing it with the water.
• This step should be done quickly.
• Set the remaining water aside.
• Using both hands, pick up chunks of dough, squeeze and drop it back into the bowl.
• Keep doing this until the water and flour are well mixed.
• Your dough should be pliable but not sticky.
• Add remaining water if necessary.
• If you have a mixer, transfer the dough to it and knead for at least 10 minutes or until the dough forms a ball and has a shiny look.
• If you do not have a mixer knead by hand as you would bread dough.
• This may take you 15 minutes or more until the dough forms a ball and has a shiny look.
• Dust a board or surface generously with buckwheat flour -- divide your dough in three and roll each piece out until it is approximately 1/8-inch thick.
• Using a sharp knife cut into 1/4-inch noodles, separate them and hang on a pasta rack or spread out on paper towels.
• Continue doing this until you have cut up all the dough.
• Meanwhile have a large pot of water boiling on the stove, Have the water in a rolling boil and drop in the noodles, cook for 3-5 minutes and immediately drain & rinse with cold water, rinse well & drain.
• Place noodles in a bowl.
• Soup.
• Heat saucepan, add oil, saute the garlic, onions and mushrooms approximately 4 minutes.
• Add stock, soy, wasabi, honey & balsamic vinegar.
• Bring to a boil, add zucchini, peas & peppers.
• Simmer for not more than 5 minutes -- you want the vegetables to remain crisp.
• To serve, place approximately 3/4 cup of noodles (they will be cold) in the bottom of each individual soup bowl and ladle in the soup distributing the vegetables evenly and enjoy.
• For Vegetarian use only the Vegetable broth.