Eat Like Italians – 1X03: Lentil soup with cannolo of stuffed Paccheri.

buononaturale’s tomato-based sauces are also available in Singapore!

In the tradition of our Eat Like Italians cooking miniseries, we will show possible ways of customizing century-old hearty recipes from across the Italian peninsula to modern needs: speed, simplicity, quality, aesthetics. Let us start off by combining Southern Italy’s baking and cooking traditions in a lovely: Lentil soup with cannolo of paccheri stuffed with capers, olives and mashed potatoes.

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INGREDIENTS for 2 portions:

• buononaturale Soup with lentils and tomato;
• buononaturale Paccheri;
• buononaturale Capers in sea salt;
• buononaturale Black olive paté;
• 100g potatoes (1 large red potato);
• 1 clove of fresh garlic;
• Extra-virgin olive oil, oregano, salt, and black pepper to taste.

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PROCEDURE:

1. Cook 2 pieces of the buononaturale Paccheri and 1 potato in boiling salted water;
2. Add olive oil to a pan;
3. Crush a clove of garlic and add it to the pan;
4. When cooked, remove the Paccheri and the potato from the water;
5. Peel the boiled potato;
6. Crush the peeled potato with a fork for a minute;
7. Add the buononaturale Black olive paté and Capers to the crushed potato;
8. Mix together using a fork;
9. Stuff the Paccheri with your potato mix;
10. Finish sautéing the garlic clove in olive oil for 4 minutes;
11. Heat up the buononaturale Soup with lentils and tomato at low temperature for 8-10 minutes;
12. Add olive oil to another pan;
13. Crush and sauté a clove of garlic;
14. Pan-fry the stuffed Paccheri in oil for 4 minutes;
15. Add salt and black pepper to taste to your lentil soup;
16. Add oregano to taste to the stuffed Paccheri;
17. Remove the garlic clove from the lentil soup;
18. Plate up your course starting from the soup;
19. Add the cannolo to it;
20. Decorate with oregano and a drizzle of olive oil.

Buon Appetito!