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  1. RAVIOLI FILLED WITH LENTILS

    5 November 2012 // flaviabi

    ravioli di lenticchie

    To make pasta dough see here, to make the filling for 4 people:

    250 gr, lentils from Castelluccio di Norcia

    A glasso f white wine

    Breadcrub

    Half onion

    Half garlic

    Seller

    Carrot

    Lots of parsley

    2 Bay leaves

    2 sage leaves

    Chili

    1 truffle

    Extra virgin olive oil

    Honey aromatized with onion

    Put lentils in water for 12 hours and then boil in water and wine for 1 hour adding onion, garlic, carrot, seller,bay leaves, sage, salt and chili. When ready mash it to make a cream. Add the breadcrumb to solidificate but please be careful not to make it too strong. Roll the pasta and prepare your ravioli. In a pan put olive oil and garlic and heat, add the grated truffle, chili and salt. When ravioli are cooked pass them into the pan, adding the parsley finely chopped. Serve your ravioli with a taste of honey aromatized with onion. DELICIOUS!!


  2. POTATOES AND LENTILS

    18 February 2012 // flaviabi

    patate e lenticchie

    I am lucky  to live in Umbria, because I can eat lentils from Castelluccio di Norcia: small, tasty, crunchy cooking ….. what a delight!
    Ingredients for 4 people:
    200 gr. Dried lentils from Castelluccio di Norcia
    1 onion
    2 bay leaves
    1 clove of garlic
    ginger in powder
    A tablespoon of tomato paste
    ½ lt. Vegetable stock
    4 potatoes
    salt
    oil
    chili
    parsley
    Let the lentils soak for 12 hours and then boil in salted water for 25 minutes. In the meantime, brown in oil  onion and garlic  finely chopped. Add tomato paste and a ladle of water and lentils  previously boiled .Cook  about 25 minutes, with bay leaves and ginger, adding  broth of necessity. Season with salt and pepper. Boil potatoes in water when are cooked, cut into slices about 1 cm high, and arrange on a serving plate. Dress with extra virgin olive oil, salt and finely chopped parsley. When lentils are cooked, pour over the potatoes and serve hot.