White hen pasta (Gallina Blanca)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Gallina Blanca
Date:	22/12/05 (209 review reads)
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Gallina Blanca. White hen

I thought I would write about an easy pasta meal that comes in a packet, I am trying to escape thoughts of turkey and stuffing.
I have bought several of these pasta meals on holidays so I can dream about the summer too.

Gallina Blanca is a Spanish firm based in Barcelona. I have not seen these meals in England but in Spain and in France.

I will tell you about the pasta meals that I am familiar with they also make soups, broths, seasonings.

The Gallina pasta that I have used are those dehydrated pasta meals in a bag.
The Gallina Blanca logo a white hen with 2 chicks is on all their products.

I usually camp on my holidays so these meals are really my easy to prepare and cook meals. All you need is a single camping stove a pan some water and one of these foil pasta bags and you have a quick easy fairly tasty meal. I usually find one bag with some bread enough for 2 people.


These meals can easily be coked on the hob at home or are microwavable.

Gallina pasta make a variety of these pasta meals, some are Spaghetti Piamontessa style, Esparoles al fungi, (mushroom pasta) “Talarines al pesto, Taglatelli carbonara, I am sure there are others but I cannot think of them.

I found these meals available at $ 1.99 on the net. When we bought them on holiday I remember that they did not seem too expensive.

My camping gaz by the side of my tent in the mountains of Spain. We have been walking all day and are tired, to tired to go to the next town to the restaurant so we sit on the grass and light our camping gaz.
I boil some water about 2 cups full, while my husband opens the wine. When the water is boiling I tear open the packet, mmm have to cut open with a knife. I pour the contents in to the pan of boiling water. There is some dried pasta and a powder with some grey pieces of dried mushrooms which is the sauce mix, we have chosen the Esparoles al fungi.

I have a sip of wine and then get a spoon and give the pan a little stir, sip stir sip sip stir, sip stir for about 8-10 minutes. The pasta becomes cooked and the sauce thickens. It is now ready to eat so another sip of wine and I turn the camping gaz of and serve the pasta into 2 small portions. We have some crusty bread to eat it with and a tomato salad, (ok tomatoes that are left over from our picnic lunch).
This pasta is quite tasty a mild mushroom flavour. It was a good quick easy meal. One I would cook at home if I was short of time. Gourmet ? well It was when I prepared it by the side of the stream in Spain.

Thanks for reading It was good to remember sitting in the sun eating Gallina Blanca in the summer. Happy Christmas everyone .Mary

Summary: good tasty easy pasta meal convenient