Cooking Green pasta gratin with ham and cream

Recipe Description Ham denotes pork which belongs to hind legs of hog. Ham which is made with front leg of a hog is known as ‘pork shoulder picnic’. You will find various varieties of hams which are cured, smoked or smoked and cured. The ham which is cured has pink or deep rose color while one which is fresh has beige or pale pink color. Prosciutto or country hams which are cured dry and range from mahogany to pink color. There are ready to eat hams also available which can be consumed directly with delicious sauce. There are several techniques in which you can prepare ham and add flavor to them. There are even semi-cooked and fully-cooked hams also obtainable from supermarket. As far as pasta is concerned, then bacon, parmesan and broad beans are some of the tempting pasta forms. Broad beans can be popped out of their skins in order to provide beautiful green color to entire skin. A combination of fresh ham and pasta makes it a perfect dish for any occasion. If you want some more flavors to come out of it then you can add more seasonings to it. To get more wonderful and unique recipes like these you can visit www.thesaladsite.com.
Recipe Details Cooking Green pasta gratin with ham and cream Servings: 4 People Preparation time in minutes:  140 Recommended wine with the dish: Valpolicella

1/4 lb. cooked ham cut into julienne (thin, long slices), 1/2 cup cream, ½ lb. green taglierini (see below), béchamel sauce (white sauce), grated parmesan cheese Taglierini: 2.2 lbs. flour, 1/2 lb. spinach blanched and finely ground, 3 or 4 eggs (depending on the amount of juice from the spinach), 1 tablespoon NAME OF INGREDIENT MISSING

Mix all the ingredients such as cooked ham, green taglierini, grated cheese and béchamel sauce and parmesan cheese together in order to obtain dough for pasta. Now knead it for 5 minutes till the time you obtain smooth, homogenous dough. Allow it to rest for around 2 hours in plastic sheet or bag. With help of pasta making device, spread the prepared dough into equal sizes while maintaining an optimal thickness of 1/10inches. After this cut it into fine pieces and then leave it aside to dry. Now place the dough into machine again and cut it into pieces of taglierini. Now spread this taglierini on piece of cloth and cover it with plastic sheet in order to keep it moist. After this place some amount of butter in a copper pan and place ham into it and allow it to get brown. Now add cream to it and reduce it. Meanwhile, take one large size saucepan and cook pasta in it along with some amount of salted water. Carry on this step till the time it is done. Now drain it and mix cream, pasta and ham and place this entire mixture into an oven proof dish. Now cover it well with béchamel sauce. Finally, sprinkle grated parmesan over it and bake it in oven till you obtains freshly prepared au gratin. Serve your dish.