Valentine’s Asian Chicken

Ingredients:

12 oz chicken into pieces
6 oz fettuccine
1 oz dried shiitake mushrooms
1 cup chinese peas
12 mini carrots, peeled
4 leeks, into strips
2 garlic cloves, mashed
2 tbsp dry sherry
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp chopped fresh ginger fine
1 tbsp of cornstarch

Preparing:

Place the mushrooms with 1 cup hot water and let stand for 15 minutes.
Drain, sliced and remove the stems.
Add the cornstarch in the mushrooms liquid reserved.

Cook pasta according to directions, drain and keep warm.

Mix chicken, sherry, soy sauce, ginger and garlic and let marinate for 5 minutes.
Fry peas and carrots in a wok with oil for 3 minutes.
Add leeks, cook for 1 minute and remove vegetables from wok.

Add the chicken mixture and fry for 4 minutes.
Add in the center of the wok cornstarch and cook for 3 minutes.
Incorporate vegetables, mushrooms and pasta.
Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.

Saint Valentine’s Bavettine with Smoked Salmon and Arugula

Ingredients:

350 g dried bavettine
115 g smoked salmon, cut into thin strips
55 g arugula
2 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove, chopped finely
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Cook pasta in boiling water for 10 minutes.
Fry garlic in olive oil for 1 minute.
Add salmon and arugula, season with salt and pepper and cook for 1 more minute.

Drain the pasta and add the smoked salmon and arugula mixture.

Ham and Asparugus Saint Valentine’s Pasta

Ingredients:

500 grams noodles
150 grams ham
60 grams grated Parmesan cheese
50 g butter
2 tied fresh asparagus
1 1/2 cup cream
1 tbsp chopped parsley
1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Cook noodles in plenty of water with salt.

Cut the tough part of asparagus.
Cook them in salted water for 8 minutes, drain them and cut them into pieces.

Fry the ham in butter, add asparagus and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the parsley, basil, cream, salt and pepper.
Allow to boil over a low heat for 10 minutes.

Pour the sauce over the noodles and serve.