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Pasta with Horse Meat and Leeks

08/12/2015 by Franceska Leave a Comment

Pasta with horse meat and leeks

Horse meat called sfilacci is very popular in Italy, especially in Veneto region. Sfilacci are shredded thin strips of horse meat used for preparing different kinds of dishes like cold salads, pasta and appetizers. It can be eaten on its own with a few drops of lemon juice and olive oil.

Pasta with horse meat and leeks

The most prepared combinations are sfilacci with gorgonzola, sfilacci with cherry tomatoes and sfilacci with cooking cream. Today I prepared sfilacci with leeks and cooking cream, which is really a super tasty meal. Preparing dishes with sfilacci is very easy because they don’t require cooking, so you can just  top your dish with them or if you prepare risotto or pasta with it, you won’t need more than 5 minutes to make the sauce.

Pasta with horse meat and leeks

I usually use onions for preparing this recipe, but today I decided to use leeks that have mild onion-like taste and they pair perfectly with cooking cream and sfilacci. You can also add blue cheese like gorgonzola to this recipe to make it ever more tasty. When I use cooking cream for pasta recipes I usually add lots of grated Parmesan cheese instead fo salt. Parmesan cheese and cooking cream are a really great combination and sometimes when I’m in a hurry, other than eating “pasta in bianco” as they call here pasta seasoned just with olive oil and Parmesan cheese, in 10 minutes I prepare a tasty pasta with just two ingredients.

Pasta with horse meat and leeks

As I said before pasta with sfilacci is a traditional Venetian dish and for example, in my country, you cannot find sfilacci anywhere, even horse meat is almost impossible to find… So I have a question for my readers, can you tell me if sfilacci can be found in your country?

Pasta with horse meat and leeks

Well, if you cannot find sfilacci anywhere, you can use thin slices of dried beef, it will be tasty as well.

Enjoy your pasta!

 

 

 

Recipe - Pasta with Horse Meat and Leeks

Pasta with horse meat and leeks
Pasta with horse meat and leeks

Pasta with Horse Meat and Leeks

  Pasta & Meat

December 8, 2015

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Cook: 20 mins
  • Yields: 4 Servings

Ingredients

320 g Fusili

2 leek stems

4 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

3 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil

250 ml Cooking cream

Directions

1Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta as indicated on the package.

2Meanwhile, rinse the leeks, remove the dark leaf end and the root end. Slice the leeks into rings.

3Warm the oil in a skillet and add sliced leeks. Cook for 3 minutes.

4Add sfilacci and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat.

5Add cooking cream and mix well.

6Drain the pasta and add it to the skillet. Add grated Parmesan cheese and toss well to coat.

Sprinkle with chives and serve immediately.

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Filed Under: Pasta & Meat Tagged With: Cooking Cream, Fusili, Horse Meat, Leeks

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