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December, 2015

  1. CROUTON WITH ARTICHOKES

    30 December 2015 // flaviabi

    crostoni ai carciofi

    crostoni ai carciofi

    For 4 persons

    4 slices of bread (preferably two or three days old)

    4 artichokes

    4 eggs

    1lemon

    Salt

    Chilly

    White wine

    Garlic

    Thyme

    Parsley

    Extra virgin olive oil

    White flour

     

     

    Wet the slides of bread into water and white wine, then pass them first into flour and then into beaten eggs and then fry, until crispy.

    In a frying pan with olive oil and garlic, cook the artichokes cut into thin strips, add thyme and parsley, salt and pepper and cook adding some white wine. When almost cooked, add two beaten eggs and lemon juice. Do not coagulate the egg while cooking but let remain creamy and soft. Put this artichoke cream on fried bread and passed all in the oven (grill) for a few minutes .


  2. RAVIOLI WITH PUMPKIN AND TRUFFLES

    16 December 2015 // flaviabi

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    450 gr. pumpkin
    A glass of white wine
    A medium potato, boiled (about 125 grams)
    breadcrumbs
    Half onion
    a clove of garlic
    Celery
    Carrot
    Abundant Parsley
    Two bay’ leaves
    Two sage’ leaves
    chilli
    1 black truffle
    Extra virgin olive oil
    Lemon zest
    Fresh ginger
    Honey flavored with onion
    Dice the pumpkin and cook in the oven at 220 ° with water and wine with celery, carrot, onion, garlic, sage and bay leaf until soft (about 20-25 minutes), adding salt and pepper. When cooked, add the boiled potato, and then blend the whole (by removing the bay leaves) to create a puree. Now add the breadcrumbs to solidify the mixture, but please do not let it become a brick !!! Grate half of the truffle ( be generous) and add it to the pumpkin puree. Roll out the dough and prepared ravioli putting a teaspoon of mixture : make them small, so they are more and more appreciated. In a large skillet warm up the oil with garlic and let it heat and add the remaining grated truffle and mix well. Add with grated fresh ginger and lemon zest. Finely chop the parsley and when ravioli are cooked ravioli sauteè in this pan and season with pepper and the chopped parsley. Serve the ravioli with a drizzle of honey flavored with onion … ..BUONISSIMI!