Three Tasty Ways to Serve Our Italian Harvest Foglie d' Oliva Pasta

One of our very favorite pastas from Italian Harvest is Foglie D' Oliva. We love the olive leaf shape, and you have to taste this pasta to understand how very delicious it is!

This gourmet organic pasta is quite unusual, so we think it makes an excellent gift. Stock a bag or two in your vacation home as a nice surprise for guests, too.

Look at the beautiful olive leaf shapes! We find sauce tends to cling, wonderfully, to the pasta, making it extra delicious. Speaking of sauce, what is the best sauce to serve with this pasta? We have three suggestions for you!

This pasta is best when cooked slightly al dente. The package recommends a nine minute cooking time in boiling salted water, stirring every two minutes. Be sure to stir gently - the leaf shapes, especially towards the end of the cooking time, are a bit fragile.

Alfredo Sauce

Here's Foglie d' Oliva pasta with a nice creamy Alfredo sauce. It supports, but doesn't obscure, the natural flavor of the pasta. As you can see, it's not the best sauce for presentation - it looks a bit "gloppy" in the bowl. Perhaps some basil for garnish would help. I might serve this Alfredo pasta from a giant tureen my guests could serve themselves from, but I probably wouldn't "plate" the pasta ahead and bring out bowls to serve in front of guests.

Use your favorite supermarket Alfredo sauce, or make your own at home.

Pesto

Look how gorgeous Foglie d' Oliva looks with a nice green pesto sauce stirred in! I garnished it with a little freshly grated Parmesan, but thought basil leaves would be an unnecessary extra bit of green. Serve with your favorite grocery store pesto, or make your own classic pesto at home.

Basil Marinara

This is my personal hands down favorite flavor combination! I like the contrasting colors, as well. Garnish with grated Parmesan and several snips of fresh basil from your herb garden.

Make easy homemade marinara sauce or serve with your favorite grocery store jarred sauce.

Shop for Foglie d' Olivo and our other gourmet pastas from Italian Harvest at the Gilded Lily in downtown Wenatchee. Or pick up a package via our website!

New Gourmet Pastas from Italian Harvest

Just arrived to the gourmet foods section of the Gilded Lily Home!

"Canule" pasta features coils in a unique spiral shape. They remain tight after cooking, presenting beautifully on the plate and holding onto your sauce perfectly. $7.50 per bag.

New from Pastifico Morelli, Linguine with Garlic & Basil includes wheat germ for extra nutrition and to add a nutty flavor. $11.75 per bag.

We're very excited about the new Foglie d'Oliva: spinach-infused organic pasta made to resemble olive leaves! The green color stays bright even after cooking. $8.50 per bag.

These classic pizzoccheri from the Valtellina region of northern Italy, among the peaks of the central Alps, is high in protein and fiber, making it a healthy alternative to durum wheat pasta. The traditional recipe calls for boiling cabbage and potatoes in water before adding the pizzoccheri. Drain and serve hot with fontina cheese, parmesan, fried butter and garlic, and a sprinkle of pepper. $6.50 per box.

We now carry Italian Harvest's Ziti organic pasta. This classically shaped southern Italian pasta works with any sauce, and is ideal for casseroles or "pasta al forno." $7.50 per bag.

Mezze Penne organic pasta is "half penne" cuts that present beautifully on the plate and go well with any sauce. $7.50 per bag.

The word ditali comes from 'dita', which means fingers in Italian: Ditali are things that can fit around a finger. This hard-to-find short pasta is ideal in soups, or in the classic dish, Pasta e Ceci.

Shop for these and our other gourmet pastas from Italian Harvest at the Gilded Lily in Wenatchee, or on our convenient website.

Tasty Gourmet Pasta Meals for Cold Winter Evenings

Welcome family members home on a dark, cold weeknight to a comforting hot gourmet pasta meal.

Whip your meal up fast and easy using our gourmet pastas and sauces from Italian Harvest and Rossi Pasta.

Stop by our Wenatchee store to stock up on gourmet pastas for winter, or shop online at our online store!