Garofalo Pasta Needs Very Little Help

I recently received a couple of packages of Garofalo pasta to try....I'm always open to trying new products, but I only write about the ones I love. And these cuties....I love! It's from Gragnano, Italy and is very popular "back home". Hopefully it will become a household name on this side of the ocean as well.

The bag of lumachine is waiting for a cold day so I can make some soup. Those tiny "snail" shells will be so good with a brothy, tomato based soup with lots of seasonal veggies and herbs.

The bag of penne mezzani rigate (which even sounds delightful - Italian is not the language of love for nothing!), on the other hand, is empty...sigh! These miniature penne made an awesome quick dish of pasta, so simple there really is no recipe....
...just add some creamy goat cheese (Ran Cher Acres right here in Nova Scotia is awesome and my first stop at the Halifax Farmers Market) as much as you like to hot, freshly cooked pasta - the heat will melt the goat cheese into the creamiest sauce ever; add some fresh vegetables - it's Spring so blanched asparagus and baby spinach were tossed in this time with a juice and zest of a lemon and some freshly ground black pepper. It's the perfect adult Mac 'n Cheese.

Don't forget that Sara of I'm a Food Blog is hosting this week's Presto Pasta Night. Send your entries to her at - sara (at) imafoodblog (dot) com and cc me ruth (at) 4everykitchen (dot) com by Thursday, May 28th...where has the month gone!

See you at the roundup!