29 May 2011 // flaviabi
I do not know how, when I cook at Nadia’s home I can take the chance to pic my courses. So I decided to post this pictures of Aquilagia, shoot today at La Romita
Ingredients (4 people):
350 gr. Of MEZZE MANICHE (short maccheroni)
3 fillets of cod
4 king prawns
½ cup of white wine
chilli
1 clove of garlic
1 spring onion
parsley
Extra virgin olive oil
100 gr. Of fresh fava beans
1 egg
Breadcrumbs
Olive oil
Corn oil
In a pan with olive oil and half clove of garlic, cook for 4-5 minutes, the cod fillets cut into cubes; add the white wine, a pinch of salt and chilli. In a large pot with salted water, boil the podded fava beans for 20 minutes. When cooked divide them into two parts: half will be season with oil and salt and pass to the blender the other with half a clove of garlic, onion, parsley, salt and pepper, until creamy. In the meanwhile, shell the prawns (keeping the tail) and cut in half. Pass them in beaten egg and bread crumbs, and fry in hot corn oil. Cook the pasta in salted water. When it is half cooked, drain and finish the cooking in a large pan with the cream of beans. Add the cod (with its dressing) and when it is finished cooking, garnish the pasta with whole beans and fried shrimp.
Category Primi piatti: pesce | Tags: codd,fave,gamberone,merluzzo,mezzemaniche,pane grattugiato | 2 Comments
26 May 2011 // flaviabi
Today I just could not resist when I saw this small and fresh mixed-milk ricotta (sheep and cow) … and then I put on it a generous spoonful of chestnut honey (lovely bitter), a handful of pine nuts, a dusting of cinnamon and I enjoyed it. Delicious!!
Category I dolci | Tags: cannella,miele di castagna,ricotta pecora e mucca | 2 Comments
25 May 2011 // flaviabi
Ingredients (4 people):
200 gr. Flour
3 eggs
15 gr. Yeast
½ cup of milk
200 gr. Ricotta cheese
50 gr. Grated parmigiano cheese
100 gr. Peas
100 gr. Cooked ham in slices
1 clove of garlic
Salt
Chilli
Single serving baking molds
Put the flour into a bowl and combine it with 2 eggs, warm milk and yeast and work the dough with a whisk. Let it rest for an hour. In the meanwhile, combine the ricotta cheese with the grated parmigiano and a pinch of chilli. Cook the peas in a frying pan with oil and a clove of garlic, adding water if necessary. When the dough has risen, put a spoon of it in each mold and bake for 10 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees. After 10 minutes’ cooking, put a layer of ricotta cream, a slice of ham, a spoonful of peas and a tablespoon of beaten egg. Let’s finish cooking in the oven for 15 minutes and serve them with few drops of balsamic vinegar.
Category Antipasti: vari, Le verdure | Tags: piselli,prosciutto cotto,ricotta,uova | 2 Comments
// flaviabi
Because I do not use the pepper (I can not digest it) …. And I do not put the bread because I have people with celiac disease in my house!
Ingredients (4 people):
800 gr. Ripe tomatoes, 400 gr of “datterini” and 400 gr of “sammarzani”
1 red onion (sweeter, colorful, and more everything!)
1 clove of garlic
1 celery stalk
1 cucumber
1 courgette
Fresh basil
A small cup of white wine vinegar
A teaspoon of sugar
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt
a lot of CHILLI
Peel the tomatoes, cut into pieces, removing the seeds. Put them in a bowl with all the other chopped vegetables (onion, courgette, cucumber, celery, garlic). Add vinegar, salt, sugar and chilli. Let it rest in refrigerator for two hours. Now create using the masher (with a lot of patience). Do not use the blender to make the cream: it takes too much air and makes the foam! Once the cream is ready, take two tablespoons and add a bit ‘of water: Pour this mixture into ice cube trays and put them in the freezer. Leave the remaining soup in the fridge until is time to serve it. Before serving, put on two or three cubes, thinly sliced chives, basil and a drizzle of olive oil.
Category Primi piatti: le zuppe | Tags: basilico,cetriolo,pomodoro,zucchina | No Comments
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Ingredients (4 people):
350 gr. Pasta, fusilli in this case, best kind of pasta to keep the sauce
5 ripe tomatoes
1 spring onion
1 clove of garlic
5-6 leaves of fresh basil
Chives (abundant)
Chilli
4 pitted black olives
Extra virgin olive oil
One tablespoon of bread crumbs
Salt
In a frying pan with oil, put the clove of garlic,the onion thinly sliced, chopped black olives, tomatoes cut into small pieces, put salt and chili cook it for 10 minutes, adding a small cup of hot water. In the meantime cook fusilli in salted water and when ready, put them in the pan with the sauce, add the chives and basil and a spoonful of bread crumbs.
Category Primi piatti: pasta | Tags: basilico,erba cipollina,fusilli,olive,pomodoro,salsa | No Comments
24 May 2011 // flaviabi
1kg of apples
3 eggs
200 gr. icing sugar
50 gr. butter, melted
80 gr. flour
150 ml. milk
1 packet of vanilla
15 gr. Yeast – cinnamont powder
Peel the apples and cut into thin slices (as thin as possible). Combine all ingredients, whisking well the eggs before you put them into the mixture. Put the mixture into single tins. Bake at 200 degrees for about 30-35 minutes. Dust with icing sugar and cinnamont powder and served them still warm … .. delicious!
Category I dolci | Tags: cannella | 2 Comments
23 May 2011 // flaviabi
Ingredients (4 people):
4 potatoes – mid size
½ kg of marine salt
1 buffalo mozzarella
2 ripe tomatoes
6-7 basil leaves
Extra virgin olive oil
A tuft of arugula
Place the potatoes in their skins (wash them well pls!) in a baking dish, cover with the salt and cook in the oven at 200 degrees for 40 minutes. Once cooked, clean them well taking out the salt and make small cuts to create segments. Cut tomatoes and mozzarella slices and insert them into the small cuts that you have practiced on the potato. Add the basil and a drizzle of oil. Serve with arugula or baby salad.
Category Antipasti: vari | Tags: basilico,mozzarella di bufala,olio,patata,POMODORI | No Comments
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Ingredients (4 people):
350 gr. Pasta PENNE
50 gr. Of grated pecorino cheese
50 gr. of bacon in small cubes
1.5 kg of fresh fava beans in their pods;
1 fresh spring onion
1 clove of garlic
Two or three basil leaves
Salt
Chilli
Cook the podded broad fava beans,in salted water for 15 minutes.
When cooked, drain and put half of it in a blender with all other ingredients until creamy. In a pad brown the bacon and when ready add to the fava cream. Cook the PENNE in salted water. When it is “al dente” drain it and put in the pan with fava beans cream and cook for other 2 minutes. Serve the PENNE with fava beans, a sparkle of olive oil and grated pecorino cheese.
Category Primi piatti: pasta | Tags: aglio,basilico,cipolla,fave,pecorino,PENNE | 4 Comments
// flaviabi
Ingredients (4 people):
1.5 of fresh fava beans in pod
1 onion
Basil
Extra virgin olive oil
2 yolks
100 gr. Grated pecorino cheese
Chilli
SalT
4 slices of bread
Peel the fava beans and boil for 15 minutes in salted water. When cooked, drain and dress with extra virgin olive oil, sliced onion, basil, a pinch of salt and chilli and let it cool. In a bowl mix the yolks of eggs and the grated cheese until is creamy. Spread the cream over the bread slices and cook in oven until it is gold. Serve the hot croutons with the fava beans salade.
Category Antipasti: vari | Tags: cipolla fresca,fave,PANE,pecorino | No Comments
21 May 2011 // flaviabi
Our land gives us an amazing amount of different tomatoes. To do this sauce we will use datterini tomatoes, which are very sweet.
Wonderful over toasted bread or on grilled vegetables.
Ingredients:
100 gr. Of datterini tomatoes
5-6 leaves of basil
Chive
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Chilli
Cut the tomatoes into small pieces. Add the basil and chives, salt, chilli, and be generous with extra virgin olive oil. Marinate it for half an hour before serving.
Category le salse | Tags: DATTERINI,olio,POMODORI | No Comments
