Friday, September 11, 2009

Ditali Rigati, Italian Pasta with Cream Cheese and Hickory BBQ Sauce

It is Ditali Rigati (try to pronounce with some Italian accent)......not ‘tarik tali’ ahhhh! Ha ha ha! A half packet of this pasta has been sitting in my kitchen cabinet for quite while. Ditali Rigati is actually Italian pasta shaped like the gears in machines. My kids love the shape of this pasta and they think that it look very cool! I thought that it would be nice if I cook it using the cream cheese that I have in my fridge. As for the aroma, I used hickory barbecue sauce which already has herbs such as oregano and thyme in it, so it save me the trouble and time of adding all these stuff or making a bouquet barni (French for a bunch of herbs, eg thyme, parley and bay leaf). This is one of the quickie recipes that I cook for supper!

Ingredients
Ditali Rigati Pasta, 250 gms,
Boiled in hot water until it soften
Minced Chicken Meat, 150gms
Onions, 1 large
Tomato paste, one cup
Sugar, ½ teaspoon
Cream Cheese, 2 table spoons (you can use any other type of cheexe)
Hickory BBQ sauce, 3 table spoons
Salt to taste
Olive Oil, 3 table spoons, (can use normal vegetable oil)

Thyme, (optional), a little Heat up pan and pour some olive oil into it. Sautéed onions until it caramelized and then add in the chicken meat. Stir the mixture over slow fire and then add cheese. Add tomato paste, sugar, hickory BBQ sauce and salt to taste. Pour the sauce over the cooked pasta and garnish with lettuce or fresh tomato.

15 comments:

eastcoastlife said...

I have not seen this Ditali Rigati. I shall search for it in the supermarket. my kids would like these. :)

smallkucing said...

Looks good :)

CheaHSan said...

Pete ~ Buongiorno bro your Italiano food with tarik sini sana looks yummy. grazie

Anonymous said...

LOL... dono y after read this... i feel like singing Hickory Dickory Dock! :-D

Spice up your Life! said...

Supmtuous, I am now starving lol...

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Pete said...

East Coast life : Real cute and the cavity in the middle soak up all the gravy! I got it from Tesco.

Smallkucing : Nice to eat, very creammy!

Bro Hosan : Where got tarik....pasta tarik, he he he!

Spice up you life : Just a light snack for supper.....LOL!

wenn said...

pasta...yummy..but I hardly cook..

Pete said...

Wenn : Actually, rather easy to prepare.

A Full-Timed Housefly said...

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Pete said...

A Full timed housefly : Thks for the award. Will do!

suituapui said...

Looks nice...got presentation summore! Tambah markah! LOL!!!

Ayie said...

hmmm....pasta, pasta, pasta! you can't go wrong with it =)

Pete said...

STP : Ha Ha ha, cikgu always give marks, like exam leh! LOL!

Ayie : Easy to cook and good to eat! he he he!

ladyviral said...

aiyar! you making me hungry! you're too good a cook! Need to learn from you :P.

Pete said...

ladyviral : Eh, just passed lunch time only leh....hungry again? ha ha ha!