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  1. SPAGHETTI WITH BROCCOLI CREAM, PECORINO CHEESE AND CRISPY BACON

    12 May 2015 // flaviabi

    spaghetti crema di broccoli, pecorino e pancettaFor 4 people

    350 gr. egg noodles

    300 gr. Fresh Broccoli

    wild fennel

    1 shallot

    1 fresh onion

    1 clove garlic

    70 gr. Of grated pecorino cheese

    Thyme

    Parsley

    4 slices of bacon

    White wine

    Chilli

    Salt

     

    Cook the broccoli complete with stem, in plenty of water with  a glass of white wine and a pinch of salt.

    In a pan with extra virgin oil, cook shallot, fresh onion and a clove of garlic, wet with water and wine and add the chopped thyme and wild fennel.

    In this pan add the previously boiled broccoli and cook for 20 minutes, adding white wine on need, salt and pepper.

    When cooked pass everything to the blender to make a cream.

    While the noodles are cooking, roast bacon in the oven at 200 ° covering it with a sheet of greaseproof paper and putting a weight on top, so it will not curl during cooking.

    Drain the spaghetti and finish their cooking into broccoli cream, add the grated cheese and parsley and a drizzle of oil. Serve with a slice of crispy bacon on it….BUONI!


  2. PASTA WITH CAULIFLOWER AND RICOTTA CHEESE

    25 February 2013 // flaviabi

    fusillic alla crema di cavolfiori e ricotta salata

     

    For 4 people:

    320 gr. Fusilli (short pasta)

    250 gr. cauliflower

    1 onion

    1 clove of garlic

    Fresh chives

    basil

    milk

    white wine

    ginger

    150 gr. Salted hard Ricotta

    Sauté finely chopped onion in the pan, crushed garlic, a few leaves of basil and grated ginger. Pour in the white wine and add the cauliflower. Bring to a lengthening cooking with milk and water (in equal amounts). Season with salt and when cooked, pass them to the blender. When the pasta is cooked, drain and put it in the pan with the cauliflower puree, add the grated ricotta and chives thinly sliced.


  3. SPAGHETTI GARLIC,OIL AND RED CHILI PEPPERS….my style

    // flaviabi

    chitarra spuma 007

    Beppe, our magical director, made delicious home made spaghetti without eggs (here is the recipe), and we serve them as follows:

    2 cloves of garlic

    Extra virgin olive oil

    2 red dry chilli peppers

    Water Cooking

    Marine salt

    350 gr. Gr Of Long Pasta

    A sprig of parsley

    saffron

    Lemon Juice

    250 gr. Of cream

    Breadcrumbs

    Lemon Peel

    Parmigiano cheese

    While the pasta is cooking, wipe the garlic and cut into thin slices, fry in a pan with olive oil and crushed red pepper. Let it  brown slightly, add the pasta and half cup of the cooking water and a bit ‘of parsley. Whip the cream, adding a pinch of salt, saffron and  the juice of half lemon.

    When the pasta is almost cooked, sauté it in the pan with the oil sauce,  add the breadcrumbs and grated lemon rind .. Serve the pasta with the flavored cream


  4. SMALL LASAGNA WITH SEAFOOD AND VEGETABLES

    1 June 2012 // flaviabi

    lasagnette di mare e verdure

    Being in the middle of nowhere, gives me lot’ of opportunities: I can cook a lot, I can create, invent and dream! And it seems the results is quite good:

    350 gr. of fresh lasagna
    1 eggplant
    1 zucchini
    1 onion
    a bunch of chard
    a clove of garlic
    a squid
    an handful of shrimp
    an handful of mussels
    an handful of clams
    100 gr. Swordfish
    white wine
    extra virgin olive oil
    chive
    parsley
    salt
    chilli
    Dice all vegetables and fry in a pan with olive oil with garlic and onion finely chopped.wet with white wine only when just cooked, add salt and pepper.
    In another pan, again with oil, brown cuttlefish cut into strips, and swordfish fillet. Long with white wine and water and cook for 8-10 minuti.
    Add mussels and clams previously opened, and shrimps, salt, pepper, parsley, chives and chives and let it finish cooking for a few minutes.
    Take one quarter of the vegetable mixture and pass it into the blender to create a puree, stretching with water if necessary. At this point
    add the fish to vegetables, mix well and assembled the lasagna: a layer of pasta, a spoon of puree and a spoonful of fish and to vegetables.
    Put in the oven 180 degrees until the pastry is crispy. Serve it with a drizzle of olive oil.


  5. MACCARONI WITH CABBAGE AND CHEESES’ FONDUE

    19 March 2012 // flaviabi

    mezzepenne con cavolo cappuccio e fonduta

    Before fresh cabbages disappear from the market, it is worth to make this pasta!
    Ingredients for 4 people:
    350 gr. of maccaroni
    1 small head cabbage
    1 shallot
    1 clove of garlic
    1 glass of dry white wine
    parsley
    50 gr. Fontina cheese
    50 gr. Parmigiano cheese
    50 gr. Emmental cheese
    Three tablespoons of cream
    ½ cup of milk
    A sprig of parsley
    oil
    salt
    chili
    Cut the cabbage into thin strips. In a frying pan with olive oil, place the shallot and garlic finely chopped,and fry. Add the cabbage and cook, cover,  for 15 minutes, with white wine and half glass of water. When cooked, season with salt and pepper. In the meantime soft cheeses in a water bath, and when totally melted, mix the cream and milk. Cook the pasta in salted water, and when it is “al dente” sautè with -fried cabbage, mix with melted cheese and sprinkle with parsley.


  6. LINGUINE WITH EGGPLANTS AND OLIVES

    16 August 2011 // flaviabi

    linguine melanzane e olive

     

    Ingredients for 4 people:
    350 gr. linguine
    1 eggplant
    1 onion
    20 olives
    3 ripe tomatoes
    1 clove of garlic
    Extra virgin olive oil
    Oil for frying
    200 gr. Salted Ricotta (if you can’t find it Parmigiano will be ok)
    20 basil leaves
    A bunch of parsley
    A bunch of chives
    a bunch of thyme
    ½ cup white wine
    salt
    chili
    Cut the onion into thin slices and garlic into small pieces and brown all in a pan with olive oil. Add sliced olives, parsley and chives thinly sliced, thyme, diced tomatoes and blend with the white wine. Cook for 10 minutes.Add salt and pepper and turn it off. Cut the eggplant into small cubes and fry in oil.. Cook the linguine in salted water, and when they are al dente, drain and sauté in the pan with the tomato sauce. Add the basil and the fried eggplant and stir with a little ‘olive oil. Before serving, grate over the pasta a nice amount of salted ricotta.


  7. UMBRICELLI WITH EGGPLANT AND GORGONZOLA

    5 May 2011 // flaviabi

    umbricelli

    Facciamo le melanzane a dadini e facciamole cuocere in olio ben caldo con l’aglio a pezzetti e l’erba cipollina. La cottura delle melanzane deve risultare quasi come se fossero fritte. Doriamo la pancetta in una padellina a parte e aggiungiamola al composto. Scoliamo gli umbricelli e ripassiamoli nella padella delle melanzane, aggiungendo il gorgonzola a pezzetti ed il mascarpone, sale e peperoncino.

    (in the absence of umbricelli you can use noodles)
    Ingredients (4 people)
    350 gr. Umbricelli or Tagliatelle
    1 Eggplant
    100 gr. Bacon (cut in small cubes)
    200 gr.Gorgonzola cheese
    2 tablespoons Mascarpone cheese
    Chive
    garlic
    Cut the eggplant into small cubes and cook it in hot oil with chopped garlic and chives. Cook the eggplant until almost fried. Sautè the bacon in another frying pan and once fried put it into the eggplant. Drain the umbricelli and put it in the sauce, adding  gorgonzola and mascarpone cheese, pepper.