Description: Simple and beautiful homemade pasta. Can be served hot or cold. Just adding cheese and ham on top, then it already looks like one of fancy restaurant pasta.
Serves: 2 
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

• Pasta (bucatini was used, alternatively linguine may be used)  – 160g
• Prosciutto – cut into 4 pieces, 2 slices
• Mozzarella di bufala – sliced, 1 piece
• Garlic – chopped, 2 cloves
• Ground black pepper – 2 dashes
• Olive oil – 1 tablespoon

Method

1. Cook the pasta until al dente in plenty of boiling water with salt.
2. When pasta is almost cooked, heat a large non-stick frying pan and fry the garlic for 30 seconds. 
3. Add the hot drained pasta to the pan and mix well.
4. Place the cheese and prosciutto on top, and sprinkle some ground black pepper.

Nutritional Values Per Serving

Kcal	Protein	Fat	Carbs	Fibre	Sugars	Salt	Saturated Fat	Calcium
516.7	21.3g	19.9g	59.7g	3.0g	4.3g	1.1g	10.8g	178.4mg
25.8%	42.7%	28.5%	22.9%	9.9%	4.8%	17.5%	53.8%	25.5%

Nutritional Tips

Calcium is one of the important minerals to our body. It is found 99% in bones and teeth in our body. Calcium has several roles in our body. It is needed for our muscle contraction and nerve impulse transmission (release of neurotransmitters), acid-base balance, blood pressure regulation, blood clotting, hormones, enzymes… 

In our blood, calcium is maintained within a narrow range by hormones such as parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, and calcitriol: 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D. So if your calcium intake is deficient, your body tries to reabsorb calcium from your bone and this causes it to weaken your bone. Therefore, it is important to incorporate calcium-containing food in your diet.

Calcium-rich sources are milk and milk products, fish with bones. Good sources are cereal & cereal products, tofu, dried fruit, nuts, pulses, bread, and green vegetables.