Pasta Trapanese box

A Tasty Summer Pasta Recipe Box

Ever heard of Trapani and its famous Pasta alla Trapanese?

Imagine the perfect Sicilian coastal city that feels like a town, and offers an idyllic location to relax, swim, and just be, enjoy the best food and views, and live life the Sicilian way. Trapani is that city!

So, you’ve made it to Trapani.. What are you going to eat for lunch? Of course, it’s a large plate of Pasta alla Trapanese, a local recipe that’s perfect during the warmer months, featuring a beautiful homemade red pesto.

This box brings you that experience with just the click of a button.

It comes with easy instructions on which other ingredients you need and how to quickly make this delicious pasta – in jsut 3 steps.

Order your Pasta alla Trapanese box and make an authentic Sicilian pasta just like you would enjoy it in Trapani.

Once you’ve ordered it, come back to this page and follow the recipe below.

PASTA TRAPANESE RECIPE

Gather these other ingredients:

  • 50 gr pecorino cheese
  • 5 fresh basil leaves
  • 10 cherry tomatoes
  • salt and pepper (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons EVOO
trapanese pasta step 1
trapanese pasta step 2

Make your Trapanese Pesto:

  1. Chop the garlic, the cherry tomatoes and basil; add to a blender with all the other ingredients above.
  2. Add these from your box:
    1-2 teaspoons Garlic Spread
    3 tablespoons Basil Sauce
    50 gr Almond Butter.
  3. Blitz for 10 seconds, and check the consistency. Keep blitzing until you reach what you are looking for. Ideally, the final pesto should be chunky.

Cook the pasta & assemble:

Set the pesto aside, even in the fridge. 

Cook your Casarecce pasta (included in the box) – 150 gr per person for a nice portion, following the packaging instructions.

Drain, mix in the pesto, and serve with more Pecorino cheese and a drizzle of Belmorso EVOO.

trapanese pasta step 3
pasta alla trapanese

Buon Appetito!

This recipe and the pasta make 3 to 4 portions.

Taste with Gusto
Unit 2 Santry Hall Industrial Estate, Dublin 9

Tel. 01 2544448

Email: info@tastewithgusto.ie