SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Pasta 2, Chapter 2 (Hand-Shaped Pasta)

Specialist items: fine semolina flour (semola rimacinata) is at larger supermarkets and Italian delis; a mix of plain flour and fine semolina is a good substitute. Breadcrumbs can be made from stale bread.

Orecchiette with broccoli (1 portion)
[ ] 100 g fine semolina flour (semola rimacinata), or 50 g plain flour and 50 g fine semolina
[ ] 50 ml warm water
[ ] 1 pinch fine salt
[ ] 150 g broccoli
[ ] 1 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 1 garlic clove
[ ] ¼ tsp dried chilli flakes
[ ] 15 g parmesan or pecorino

Cavatelli with tomato and ricotta (1 portion)
[ ] 100 g fine semolina flour (semola rimacinata), or 50 g plain flour and 50 g fine semolina
[ ] 50 ml warm water
[ ] 1 pinch fine salt
[ ] 150 ml tomato sauce
[ ] 2 tbsp ricotta
[ ] 4 basil leaves

Pici with garlic breadcrumbs (1 portion)
[ ] 100 g fine semolina flour (semola rimacinata), or 50 g plain flour and 50 g fine semolina
[ ] 50 ml warm water
[ ] 1 pinch fine salt
[ ] 30 g breadcrumbs
[ ] 2 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 2 garlic cloves
[ ] ¼ tsp dried chilli flakes
[ ] 1 tbsp parsley

Farfalle with peas, lemon and ricotta (1 portion)
[ ] 100 g plain flour (or Italian "00" flour)
[ ] 1 Lion-marked medium egg
[ ] 1 pinch fine salt
[ ] 2 tbsp fine semolina (or extra flour), for dusting
[ ] 80 g frozen peas
[ ] ½ lemon
[ ] 40 g ricotta
[ ] 1 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 1 tbsp mint

For the experiments
[ ] 300 g semolina flour or a plain flour and semolina mix
[ ] 100 g plain flour for the flour comparison