Farfalle With Crawfish And Artichokes Recipes

Steps:

• Fill a bowl with water and add the lemon juice. Cut away the stem and the top third of each artichoke, break off the leaves and trim them down to the bottoms, placing them in the water as you go along. Quarter them and slice large quarters about 1/4 inch thick. Save the leaves and steam them; serve them as a first course or a side dish.
• Drain the artichoke hearts and dry on a clean dish towel. Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a large, heavy lidded skillet or Dutch oven. Add the sliced artichoke hearts and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Turn the heat down to medium, add the onions (or scallions) and cook, stirring, until the onions are tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the peas and favas, 2/3 cup water and salt to taste and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes, until all of the vegetables are tender. Taste, adjust salt and add pepper to taste. Stir in the mint and remove from the heat, but keep warm while you cook the pasta.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add salt to taste and the pasta. Cook al dente, usually 10 to 11 minutes for farfalle. Add a ladleful of the cooking water from the pasta to the vegetable mixture and drain the pasta. Toss with the vegetables and serve, with Parmesan or Pecorino, or both.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add farfalle and cook until al dente. Drain. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add jalapenos, parsley and artichokes and cook for 3 minutes, stirring often. Stir in the crawfish tails, cover and cook until heated through, about 4 minutes. Toss in tomatoes and 6 tablespoons of mint and cook for 1 minute.
• Place the pasta in a large bowl and toss in the crawfish mixture. Add the lemon juice, salt and pepper and mix well. Divide among 4 plates and garnish with the remaining parsley and mint. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Season the cut-up chicken pieces with the salt and pepper.
• Heat 4 tbsp of olive oil on low, in a saute pan (big enough to accommodate the entire finished product of chicken and pasta) and throw in the smashed garlic cloves, leave for 3-4 minutes (this flavors the oil).
• Raise the heat to med-high and add the chicken to the pan (at this point you may remove/discard the garlic, but I like to leave it in). Leave the meat to sear on one side 3-4 min and flip chicken pieces over, allow to cook for 3 min more. If the pan is too crowded move cooked chicken to a plate. Leave chicken to one side until ready to add in final stages.
• Add 2 tbsp olive oil to the pan and heat to medium heat. Add onions and saute until translucent, about 3-4 minute Add the sundried tomatoes and saute, careful not to burn for 2-3 minute.
• Return chicken to pan with drippings. Bring chicken to temp for about 5 minute and add seasoning mixture, stir to coat.
• Add the artichoke hearts and fold to combine. Be careful not to break up hearts.
• Squeeze lemon juice over chicken and add white wine. Simmer for 3 minutes. Add the sliced mushrooms, gently stir and let soften, about 3 minutes more.
• Add the chicken broth and carefully stir the mixture.
• Add the cooked pasta to the chicken and toss carefully.
• Add the heavy cream and simmer on low for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and sprinkle generously with Parmesan cheese, parsley and basil. Serve with extra Parmesan cheese. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Bring six quarts of water to a boil. While it is coming to a boil, trim the artichokes. Slice off the top half-inch and slice the stem flush with the bottom. Pull off the two or three outermost layers of leaves, exposing tender, yellowish leaves. Quarter the artichokes vertically. As the artichokes are trimmed, toss them in a bowl with the lemon juice.
• When the water is boiling, add the artichokes and potatoes and simmer about 20 minutes, until both are tender. Scoop them out of the water with a skimmer or a slotted spoon and add the farfalle to the water. Increase the heat and boil the farfalle about eight minutes, until it is just tender. Drain it when it is done, retaining about a cup of the cooking water. Toss the pasta with one-third cup of the water to keep it moist.
• Meanwhile, quarter the potatoes. Slice the mushrooms.
• Heat the oil in a large, heavy skillet, add the mushrooms and garlic and saute over medium-high heat about 10 minutes, until the mushrooms have wilted. Add the artichokes and potatoes and stir over medium heat a few minutes, then season lightly with salt and pepper. Stir in the stock and soy sauce. Add the cooked farfalle and toss all the prepared ingredients together. Check seasonings, adding more salt and pepper if necessary. Add additional cooking liquid if the mixture is too dry.
• Transfer everything to a warm serving bowl, sprinkle the basil on top and serve with Parmesan cheese on the side.

Steps:

• In a small skillet, sauté crawfish tails in butter or olive oil for about 2 minutes to until warm--Do not overcook.
• In a bowl, combine crawfish, pan juices, artichokes, mayonnaise, cream cheese, Asiage cheese, and salsa.
• Stir in green onions.
• Pour into a greased casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or until hot.
• For low carb eaters, serve with low card crackers or chips or over low carb pasta.
• For others, serve as a dip on crackers or as a topping for pasta.

Steps:

• Cook the farfalle until al dente. While that's boiling, you can chop those artichoke hearts.
• Heat EVOO in medium sized frying pan. Add the artichokes and saute with garlic until heated thoroughly. Add lemon juice and cook for about a minute.
• Add half and half and most of the mint and simmer for another minute. Then add the shrimp and heat through.
• Remove from heat and add approximately half of the parmesan. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Toss pasta with the sauce and serve with the remaining mint and parmesan sprinkled on top.