Farfalle all’Indivia

Name: Farfalle all’Indivia (Pasta bows with curly endive)
Yield: Serves 4-5
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 lb (450 g) curly endive; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 oz (100 g) freshly grated parmesan cheese; 4 oz (100 g) mozzarella cheese, diced; 12 oz (350 g) farfalle or other small shaped pasta; ½ pint (300 ml) chicken or beef stock; 1 small onion, chopped finely; 2 tablespoons (2 X 15 ml spoon) olive oil; 2½ oz (65 g) butter

Pasta bows with curly endive

Preparation info

Serves
4-5

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pasta Italian Style

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1991

About

The slight but agreeable bitterness of curly endive is used here to create an unusual and excellent pasta dish. You can also use the small red Italian radicchio lettuce which is finding its way into more and more greengrocers.

Ingredients

1 lb (450 g) curly endive
2½ oz (65

Europe
Italy
Main course
Mediterranean
Pasta

Method

Wash and dry the endive leaves, including the coarse outside ones. Chop them into 1-inch (2.5 cm) strips. Heat the butter and oil in a saucepan and sauté the onion until soft. Add the endive and stir until it is well coated in the butter and oil. Add the stock and simmer covered for about 10 minutes, or until the endive is wilted. Season with salt and pepper.

At the same time cook the p