Caviar egg fettuccine recipe

Prepare the quail eggs. Boil the quail eggs for 3-4 minutes. Plunging the boiled eggs into very cold water as they are cooked helps loosen the shell. Once cold, shell the quail eggs and cut into halves. Put them apart. You can shell the quail eggs while pasta is cooking to optimize the preparation time.

Prepare the sauce. Place the olive oil in a large saucepan. Saute the onion and then add the bell peppers (cut into thin strips), chives and wine. Bring to the boil and cook over a low flame until the cooking sauce is reduced. You need few minutes. Season to taste with salt.

Cook the pasta and prepare the caviar. Meanwhile cook the pasta al dente stage following our instructions or the directions on the package. Drain the pasta.
While you're cooking the fettuccine, prepare a large bowl with caviar. Mix the caviar with a couple of tablespoons of boiling water.

The last step. Transfer the fettuccine to the saucepan with the sauce, stir with a wooden spoon over a fierce heat.
This is the secret of a tasty pasta dish: finish cooking the pasta in the sauce!
Pour the pasta into the bowl with caviar and add the quail eggs but put apart some of them to garnish every dish.
Stir gently.
Your dish is ready!
Serve at once transfering the pasta in every plate and garnishing with some quail eggs.

Note

• - In the preparation time there isn't the time necessary to roast the bell peppers.
• - This is a pasta recipe for all season. In fact you can find all the ingredients every month of the year.
• - You can use the egg-laden ovary of other cheap fish instead of authentic caviar.
• - For a quicker recipe: use frozen grilled bell peppers but remember to thaw them in advance. Boil the quail eggs 1 hour ahead to let them cool well.
• - Serve it as one-plate meal at your Sunday lunch or as a course in a full-course dinner menu for a celebration. In the second case remember the doses are enough for more people (at least 8).
  Don't serve at buffet party. It's too difficult to serve and eat long pasta in such a situation.
  Interested in an Italian menu idea? Read our tips on our post dedicated to caviar fettuccine.
  

Healthy eating

• - Daily menu. Obviously this dish, rich in ingredients, is a perfect one-plate meal if chosen among your daily menus. Complete your meal with fresh fruit but if you are still hungry you can also add raw vegetables such as bell peppers, carrots ...). Another idea according to the Mediterranean diet instead of raw vegetables: a tasty dish made with fruit combined with green seasonal salad. For example: young spinach with orange slices or corn salad with green apple pieces or strawberries ... Look for other side-dish ideas on this page. Season to taste these salads with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Obviously no bread and no more fruit.
  We remember pasta should be eaten preferably at lunch and the calories eaten at lunch should be 500 - 700 (30 - 35% of energy needs for an adult if his daily needs are about 2000 calories and he correctly divides his calories into 5 micro-meals).
  Here are the doses per head: 60 g (2 1/4oz) fettuccine, 1 to 2 large strips bell peppers, 3 to 4 quail eggs, 1 teaspoon roe, 10 ml (1/2fl oz) white wine, a bit of onion, aromatic herbs and less than one tablespoon olive oil.
• - Special occasion menu. As we've just written you can also choose this recipe for an important dinner menu, a celebration menu. Don't worry about fat, calories, sugars ... it happens rarely, doesn't it?
• - It's a tomato-free recipe, ideal for people intolerant or allergic to tomatoes.
• - If you want to drink a glass of wine remember you have to add 80-85 kCal per 100 ml.
• - Read more about Italian pasta and its nutrition value.
• - We remember you our original home recipes can be made without salt; there is a combination of flavors that substitutes salt. Other no salt recipes on the Italian cooking page

What's the right wine for " Egg fettuccine with caviar and bell pepper sauce " ?

Match Franciacorta Spumante and Franciacorta Spumante Rosé (both sparkling wines of Lombardy - Italy) if you serve this fettuccine dish in a celebration menu.
If you choose this dish for your family you can serve a white wine such as Trebbiano, white wine of Italy.