Really. Bread Farfalle? Tear the bread, food process it with water,
pat it out but is to sticky to work with so dry it in the oven, then cut with a pastry cutter and pinch in the middle? Uh, why not just buy of bag of Farfalle and boil in water.....
This is even worse than the column in the food section of the Dallas Morning News
It is called "Take Home Miracles" and the sad thing is it is written by Anne Lindsay Greer McCann who was one of the instrumental chefs in the Southwestern Food movement. She was taped in the "Great Chef's of the Southwest" special for PBS many years ago. Now she writes a column that effectively is just making really expensive fast food by buying takeout stuff and using things like Knorrs mixes. Some of her "quick and easy" things would probably cost $30 to make. I couldn't believe she actually was recommending one time to buy a whole beef tenderloin and then using gravy mix.