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Pasta & rice

Fusi

Small fresh tubular pasta typical of Istria and Kvarner. Often served with a truffle or mushroom sauce, or with grated cheese and bacon.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Sauce

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Instructions

  1. Mix the flour and salt on the work surface, make a well, and break the eggs into the center with the oil and lukewarm water.
  2. Knead for 8 to 10 minutes until you have a smooth, elastic dough. Wrap it and let it rest for 30 minutes.
  3. Roll the dough into a thin strip about 2 mm thick, then cut rectangles about 3 cm wide.
  4. Wrap each rectangle around a thin stick or wooden skewer, pressing firmly, then gently slide out the stick to form a tube.
  5. Let the fusi dry for a few minutes on a clean cloth while you prepare the sauce.
  6. Fry the diced bacon and sliced onion in a pan until golden, then lower the heat and add the cream.
  7. Plunge the fusi into a large pot of boiling salted water and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, until they rise to the surface.
  8. Drain, toss with the butter and sauce, then sprinkle with grated cheese, nutmeg and pepper. Serve immediately.

Variations and tips

Mushroom fusi. Replace the bacon with 200 g of button mushrooms sautéed in butter, and keep the cream.

With what's available here. Fresh tagliatelle cut into 4 cm pieces make a good stand-in for homemade fusi.

More ideas

Original Ecomely recipe.