More Great Recipes: Italian | Main Dish | Pasta


Pizzoccheri Alla Valtellinesi


User Avatar
Member since 2007
No Video

Serves | Prep Time | Cook Time

Why I Love This Recipe

OK, this is the recipe that spawned the homemade Pizzoccheri pasta. This is Lombardian comfort food at it's finest.


Ingredients You'll Need

16 oz Pizzoccheri
12 Oz Savoy or Napa Cabbage, shredded thick
2 medium sized Red potatoes; Peeled and Cubed
1 Leek, sliced thinly, white part only; Divided
7 Sage leaves
1/2 cup butter (1 cube)
5 oz Fontina (The real stuff, not the red wax stuff)
3 oz Parmagiano-Reggiano
Salt and Pepper


Directions

Bring a large pot of water to a boil.


Salt water liberally and add cabbage, potatoes and 1/2 of the leek.


In a small saucepan, melt the butter and add the sage leaves and the remaining leek.


Slice the Fontina thinly, as this will be used for layering and you want it to melt fairly quickly.


Watch the butter closely, you need to cook it until it is hazelnut brown (noisette) but don't burn it.


When the cabbage starts to soften, add the pizzoccheri and cook for 10 minutes. (If you are using dried pasta is till need to cook about 15 minutes so add it when the cabbage becomes bright green, but not yet softening)


When the butter is nut brown, remove from stove and move to a container you can pour from easily, like a glass measuring cup (This will stop the cooking so the butter doesn't get any more brown.


Fish out the sage leaves.


Using a skimmer, remove 1 1/2 skimmers full of the pasta/cabbage/leek/potato and let drain for a few second, then move to a warm pasta bowl.


Add a few slices of Fontina cheese adn a sprinkle of Parmagiano.


Add another skimmer full of the pasta mixture, a layer of Fontina, sprinkle of Parmagiano, drizzle of sage/leek butter.


Continue until all ingredients have been used.


Then pour the Sage butter over the top.


Serve.


Questions, Comments & Reviews


'CHEF' the Film Cookbook: Recipes from El Jefe
By CHEF the Film

7 Recipes

11876 Downloads
FREE
The Official "Burnt" Movie Cookbook
By Burnt Movie Cookbook

7 Recipes

51222 Downloads
FREE
Disney's Tinker Bell Secret of the Wings Cookbook
By BakeSpace Fairies

6 Recipes

489 Downloads
FREE
Mixed Berry Tart
Mixed Berry Tart
Slutty Brownies
Slutty Brownies
Torta Cubana
Torta Cubana