Golden Cream Pasta (Olympic Rings Short Pasta)

Golden Cream Pasta (Olympic Rings Short Pasta)

A dish celebrating 100 days until the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics, starring short pasta shaped like the Olympic rings. Inspired by the idea of turning Milanese risotto into pasta, saffron is added to the cooking water so the pasta itself takes on its aroma and golden color, then paired with a Grana Padano cream sauce. It is finished with milk foam infused with white pepper to evoke a winter snowscape, and gold leaf as an homage to the legendary chef Gualtiero Marchesi.

ItalianNoodleStaple1 serving25 min(Prep 10 min + Cook 15 min)620 kcal
EntertainingAuthenticSolo Meal

ファビオ飯 /イタリア料理人の世界

Hi, I'm Chef Fabio! "Italian cooking, right now" — with no time lag from Italy. I want to share the world only I can offer, built from a lasting love for Italy and for cooking. For my recipes, I filter the essence of what's really happening in Italy through my own lens, and translate it into something you can recreate at home. I also keep learning as a chef — eating my way around, thinking things through — and that's what lets me bring you food reports where I take a real, honest look at top restaurants on the ground in Italy and at Japan's traditional food culture. I'm still on my own path, still figuring things out as I go. If the version of "what it means to be a chef" that I've found along the way can light a path for young people chasing their own future, that would make me really happy. Main activities/achievements 🧑‍🍳🇮🇹 ◆ Official "FIAT" Ambassador (August 2023 – 1 year) ◆ Official "Fabio Meshi" app released (September 2024) ◆ Appearance at Hokkaido Prefectural Government's "Oh!! Sakana Fair" (January 2025) ◆ "Nutella®" Ferrero Japan Shibuya Pop-Up (January 2025) ◆ Eat-in stand at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store's "2025 Italy Exhibition" (April 2025) ◆ Ibaraki Prefectural Government "Let's Eat Ibaraki" PR (May 2025–) ◆ Official "Marukome" Ambassa

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INGREDIENTS

Ingredients

1 serving

INSTRUCTIONS

Instructions

  1. 1

    Put equal amounts of heavy cream and milk (80cc combined) into a small saucepan.

    3:21~2 min
  2. 2

    In another saucepan, add the amount of milk needed for foaming, infuse it with white pepper as an accent, and add a little salt.

    3:36~2 min
  3. 3

    Add saffron to water salted at 1.5% of the water and bring it to a boil. The color and aroma of the saffron transfer into the water.

    4:04~3 min
  4. 4

    Add the Olympic rings short pasta to the saffron cooking water and boil gently for 7 minutes, keeping it from boiling too hard since the pasta is delicate.

    4:29~7 min
  5. 5

    While the pasta cooks, bring the cream and milk base almost to a boil once, then lower the heat.

    4:52~3 min
  6. 6

    Add half the amount of Grana Padano to the cream and milk (80cc) over low heat, mix immediately, and let it melt in the residual heat. It will begin to thicken.

    5:06~2 min
  7. 7

    Once thickened, strain it once to remove any graininess and finish it into a smooth Grana Padano cheese sauce. Keep it warm a little longer until serving.

    5:29~2 min
  8. 8

    Blend the milk warmed with white pepper and salt with a blender to create foam on the surface.

    5:52~1 min
  9. 9

    Lift the cooked pasta into a bowl without breaking it. It has become beautiful Olympic rings pasta fully colored by the saffron.

    6:22~1 min
  10. 10

    Toss the pasta with the Grana Padano cheese sauce and plate it on a black dish. Top with the milk foam and finish with gold leaf as an homage to Milan.

    7:09~3 min

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