Set aside an additional 1/4 c. of AP Flour for dusting.
Small pinch bowl with room temperature water for pinching the pasta.
¼ c. Corn Meal to aid in drying
For the Pesto & Chicken:
375º F Oven
3 Large Boneless, Skinless, Trimmed Chicken Breast, cut into 1-2 inch strips
½ c. Pesto Sauce (store bought will do)
1 c. Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Large Glass Baking Dish
For Sautéed Tomato & Balsamic Topping:
½ c Grape Tomatoes, halved
2 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper to Taste
Pinch of Garlic Powder
ENJOY!
Spoon Pesto and Chicken over pasta and top with a spoon full of tomatoes.
Add halved tomatoes to a hot, oiled pan. Saute for 3 minutes, add salt and pepper and balsamic vinegar and a pich of garlic powder continue to saute until tomoates are just breaking down.
Remove foil, cover with shredded cheese. Set oven to broil, place back into oven until cheese is just golden. Remove and let cook for 5 minutes.
Spray glass baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Spread 1/4 c. of Pesto onto the bottom of dish, add chicken spread remaining Pesto over chiicken. Cover with foiil, cook for 25 – 30 minutes at 375.
Add pasta in small batches to a stock pot of rapidly boiling water for 3 – 4 minutes until aldente. Toss with olive oill.
Place shapes onto a corn meal dusted sheet pan to dry. Let dry at least 2 hours.
Pasta should form an even bow shape.
Water will hold pasta together like glue.
Place your pointer finger in the center of the pasta shape and with thumb and middle fingers pinch to the middle.
Be sure not to add to much water, a little goes a long way.
Fill a small pich bowl with water, with finger place 1 drop of water onto very center of the pasta.
Use either a small knife or a straight edge and a pizza cutter and remove very top and bottome ruffles.
Take one shape at a time, dust with flour if needed.
Remove excess dough. Pull apart each shape, set aside.
Flour surface, take one sheet and use either a roller or a stamp, create your ravioli shapes. I am using an oversized ravioli stamp.
Once you have moved through all seeting on the machine, flour the sheet and cut into more managable sheets. Set to the side.
Fold into thirds, feed through machine at least three times repeating.
Dust the sheets as needed.
Begining at the widest setting on your pasta machine, feed the disc through serveral times.
Flatten one half into a disc shape.
Once rested, divide in half.
Form into a balll, cover and rest at room temperature for 20 minutes.
Adding flour as needed, knead dough for 5 – 7 minutes, until desired texture is reached.
Continue to combine until a doughy, sticky ball begins to form, work into a balll and turn out onto a flour dusted surface.
Using a wooden spoon or fork combine flour and eggs.
Pour egg mixture into the well.
In a small bowl add eggs, water and olive oil, wisk together.
Add salt and combine thoroughly. Create a well in the center of your flour mixture.
Begin with a large mixing bowl, adding both the Whole Wheat and the AP Flour.
I am starting this blog in hopes to inspire a little cooking, fresh foods eating and urban gardening in the Richmond, VA area. I fell in love with cooking a long long time ago and urban/container gardening last spring and summer when I planted my first container garden and ate the resulting bounty.
I did not have the ability to plow a plot of land. I started researching container and square foot gardening. As it turns out, there are quite a few veggies and herbs the not only do well in containers but thrive.
On this site I am going to provide as much info, recipes, how to’s and as many photos of our gardening, cooking, most importantly EATING and hopefully inspire you to COOK SOMETHING!!
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1 thought on “Fresh Whole Wheat Farfalle & Pesto Chicken”
I thought I already left a comment about this??? Oh, well – I can vouch for this recipe. It was wonderful – even with plain old store bought pasta! Thanks to you, missy, Mike and I were drooling over pasta makers at the store last night. I think that I see where my gift card is going!
You should go to cookskorner.com and see SilverSage’s comment on the fried chicken thread. It concerns this recipe. You will like it!
Cook Something! RVA 
I thought I already left a comment about this??? Oh, well – I can vouch for this recipe. It was wonderful – even with plain old store bought pasta! Thanks to you, missy, Mike and I were drooling over pasta makers at the store last night. I think that I see where my gift card is going!
You should go to cookskorner.com and see SilverSage’s comment on the fried chicken thread. It concerns this recipe. You will like it!