FIOCCHI - gorgonzola and pear purses of pasta

There are three steps to this dish:
1) Making the Pasta
2) Caramelizing the Pears
3) The Mushroom White Sauce

and we start:
MAKING THE PASTA

what you need:
2 cups of flour
3 1/2 large eggs
1/2 tsp of salt
(for one pound of pasta)

Step:1
make a mound of the flour (with salt) , with a dip in the center. place the eggs in the center.

Step 2:
whisk the eggs in the dip without the flour

Step 3:
slowly incorporate the eggs and flour

Step 4:
blend well

Step 5:
form and dough ball and knead for 10 minutes

Step 6:
Separate into 3 balls, and cover for 20 minutes

Step 7:
Roll the pasta,  flatten the dough (very thin)  and cut

continue with: 

CARAMELIZING THE PEARS

what you need: 

 3 pears (green or red)

2 tsp sugar

1/4 cup fruit juice (I used berry juice)

Step 1:

dice two pears, and slice the other

Step 2:

place diced pears with 1 tsp of sugar in the pan. sautee and add fruit juice. and let cool.

Step 3:

place remaining sugar on the sliced pear and face down on the pan till you get nice color. and let cool on the side.

and finish with the: 

MUSHROOM WHITE SAUCE

what you need:

5 baby bella mushrooms

4 tsp of butter

1/2 tsp garlic power, or 1 clove of garlic, or 3/4 tsp of crushed garlic

pepper to taste

1 tsp of salt (leveled)

1/2 tsp of chili powder

1/2 cup of flour

1/4 cup of gorgonzola cheese

1 cup of milk (skim, whole, 2%, or even soy)

Step 1:

slice mushrooms

Step 2:

melt butter, and sautee mushrooms

Step 3:

add flour to make roux. then stir in garlic, pepper, salt (less salt if salted butter was used), chili powder, garlic,  and cheese. this will give you a paste in the pan.

Step 4:

slowly add temperate milk to the pan while stirring. It should look like this:

to make the 

PASTA PURSES:

take the cut pasta and place it in a cupped hand, then place a few crumbles of gorgonzola and the cooled caramelized pear mixture. 

fold over to create a "purse"

then boil until al-dente 

(this can take anywhere from 5 - 12 minutes)

SERVE: pasta with white sauce, and caramelized pear on top.

and a thank you to my friends, for joining me in the kitchen today. much love<3

A la cuisine!