Prep Time: 40 min
Skill: Super Easy
Servings: 5
Skioufihta is a traditional hand rolled pasta originating in Crete. It comes from the word “skiofizo” which literally means “to twist”. The dough is rolled out, cut and then rolled with your fingers twisting it together. In Crete its commonly prepared with browned butter and topped with heaps of grated dry anthotiro or mitzithra cheese, also super yum!
With the success of Gina’s black eyed beans and spinach recipe previously posted to our Instagram feed, many of you have been asking for more recipes. So we’ve heard your requests and Gina has graciously agreed to provide us with more of her delicious dishes that we can make at home for our friends and family. Yayyyy Gina!!! Stay tuned.
This recipe is her take on an quick and easy pasta dish with a little Cretan twist…no pun intended.
Ingredients
• 500g Skioufihta Pasta
• 4 Precooked Sausages (we used the Macedonian Leek ones)
• 1 lg Green Pepper
• 1 lg Red Pepper (we suggest the long Florina ones currently in season)
• 1 med Onion
• 150g Cretan Mitzithra
• 120ml Olive Oil
• 120ml White Cooking Wine
• 120ml Water
• 500g Barba Stathis Grated Tomatoes
• 1tsp Salt
• 1tsp dried Oregano
• Pepper to taste
• 1oz Acropolis Organic Balsamic Glaze with Honey
1. Dice the onion and chop the red and green peppers.
2. Slice the sausages (we sliced them on an angle as to get a larger piece of sausage per bite)
3. In a large skillet on high heat add the olive oil until hot. Add the sausage and sauté until browned.
4. Add the onion, peppers, wine, grated tomatoes, water, salt, pepper, oregano and balsamic glaze and stir.
5. Reduce heat and cook for 15 min.
6. In a large pot of water, add a dash of salt and olive oil and bring to a boil.
7. Add skioufihta stir and boil for 10 min.
8. Strain the skioufihta and add to the sauce (we transferred the sauce to the large pot before adding the pasta because it had more room).
9. Here you can add the mitzithra to the pot (as per Gina’s suggestion) but we added it as a garnish because we’re cheese lovers and it looked prettier in our video and pictures.
10. Turn off the heat and let sit covered for 10 min.
11. Serve and enjoy!!!