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Potatoes with tomato sauce

Potatoes with tomato sauce

Hello people ! how was the weekend ? Here, in the name of the birthday party !

Today is still a family recipe .

These are potatoes with tomato sauce that my mom often did. They’re a nice dinner saves, she often  made ​​them in the evening . Great paired with cheeses .

It ‘ a simple recipe , simple, but  different  to eat potatoes, potatoes with tomato sauce:

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Potatoes with tomato sauce handed down from mother to daughter
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Ricetta: side dish
Cucina: italian
Ingredienti
  • 800 g of potatoes
  • 100 g of tomato sauce
  • salt q.b.
  • Parsley and marjoram as much as necessity
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • Water as much as necessity
  • pepper to taste
  • 1 small onion
Preparazione
  1. Finely chop the onion and brown it in a pan with a little oil .
  2. Cut the potatoes into chunks and add them to the onion. Brown them a bit with the oil for 2 minutes.
  3. After that, cover with water, add the tomato sauce, parsley, marjoram and salt. Again add a little oil and bake for half an hour until they dry well and form a nice sauce.
  4. Serve with a sprinkling of pepper if you wish.

Good week!

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Meat with tomato sauce

Meat with tomato sauce

Hello boys and girls! They start nice days! I hope are also beautiful in itself and should be full of good things!
Today’s recipe is one of many that was my mom.
Here, too, a great comfort food! Meat with tomato sauce, a souce with the taste of pizzaI remember when I came back home from school I was hungry and I was very happy to find it!
Here is the recipe,  :

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Meat with tomato sauce, meat with original Italian flavor
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Ricetta: Second course
Cucina: Italian
Ingredienti
  • 4 slices of beef or veal to taste
  • 340 g of tomato puree
  • oregano as much as necessary
  • some olive oil
  • sage q.b.
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1 onion
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • salt and pepper as much as necessary
Preparazione
  1. In a sauté pan with a little oil brown off the finely chopped onion and garlic , add the tomato puree , salt and sprinkle with oregano.
  2. Cooking the tomato sauce for about 45 minutes, if necessary by adding a bit of water.
  3. At this point, add the olives and meat previously salted and a few leaves of sage.
  4. Cook the slices of meat for 5 minutes turning them. Serve with plenty of bread.

Good sunny day to everybody!

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Spaghetti with bottarga

spaghetti with bottarga

Hola people! While I’m writing this post finally there is a ray of sunshine!

Today I cooked spaghetti with bottarga I met for the first time thanks to a friend Sardinian who has kindly given me a long time ago, came directly from the original Sardinia!
The bottarga is a food made up of the gonads of the fish, whose eggs are salted and dried by conventional methods.
It’s obtained from the eggs of tuna or mullet.

I embellished with a spectacular Sicilian condiment made with chillies and spices that I was affectionately given to me by my friends, directly from Pantelleria!! So ‘here’s the great spaghetti with bottarga:

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Spaghetti with bottarga, a dish seasoned with a delicate Italian specialty based of tuna eggs dried and salted dried and salted
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Ricetta: Main
Cucina: Italian
Ingredienti
  • 320 g of spaghetti
  • 40 g of bottarga
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • cooking water as much as necessary.
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1 teaspoon of spices for spaghetti or some pepper
  • parsley as much as necessary.
Preparazione
  1. Bring salted water to a boil
  2. Cook spaghetti cooked until just firm
  3. In a wok brown a drizzle of olive oil a clove of garlic and a little pepper, (to me prepared for the Sicilian spaghetti).
  4. When pasta is ready, drain, place in the wok and sprinkle with grated bottarga. Sprinkle with parsley and sauteeing pasta for few seconds, adding a little cooking water. Serve with grated bottarga here and there '.

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Omelette with turnip tops

Omelet with turnip tops

Ciaooo! How are you getting? Here it’s always raining … uff!

Talking about food, today I cooked a receipe of my mom’s family: The omelette with turnip greens.

My grandmother, in Abruzzo, often made ​​this and It was often cooked by my aunts  now. My grandmother had lots of peaks that grew in the garden. I remember my aunt told me that she always put it in the middle of the sandwich and eat at lunch in the factory, when she still lived in Torino di Sangro, the birthplace of my mother.

A simple omelette, full of flavor and memories:

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Omelet with turnip tops recipe from family tradition. Handed down from mother Abruzzo
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Ricetta: Second Course
Cucina: Italian
Ingredienti
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 bunch of turnip tops
  • 60 g of grated cheese
  • parsley as much as necessary
  • salt as much as necessary
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 clove of garlic
Preparazione
  1. Wash the tops and remove the outer leaves.
  2. Cut them into pieces.
  3. In a pan fry with a little oil a clove of garlic
  4. Combine the tops, a little salt and cook for a half hour, adding water if necessary.
  5. Beat the eggs with the cheese, parsley and a pinch of salt, pour the mixture over the vegetables and cook for 5 minutes, then flip it over and cook another 5
  6. minutes on the other side.

Well … how my aunt did, I put it  a slice a sandwich in the sandwitch.

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Spelt with aromatic herb with chicory

Spelt with aromatic herbs on a bed of chicory

Hola! For today’s post I was inspired by the recipe which is located behind the pack of the food.

Some time ago I cooked spelt and  I had  half a pack to finish. Turning round and round, I realize that behind the pack there was a fantastic proposal for how to cook it! Good! I have reviewed all according to my taste and here it is a wonderful and healthy receipe, Spelt with aromatic herbs with chicory:

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Spelt with aromatic herbs on a bed of chicory, first healthy and tasty
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Ricetta: First Course
Cucina: Italian
Ingredienti
  • 250 g of spelt
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 sprig of rosemary
  • parsley to taste
  • herbs (thyme, marjoram, sage grass)
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato puree
  • 1 bunch chicory
  • 1 onion
  • salt to taste
  • extra virgin olive oil
Preparazione
  1. Wash and slice the chicory.
  2. In a skillet, brown the sliced ​​onion and add the chicory previously.
  3. Season with salt and cook over medium heat for about 30 minutes, covering it with the lid, turning occasionally and adding a bit 'of water if necessary.
  4. Cook the spelt in boiling salted water for 40 minutes (mine did not require soaking)
  5. Combine the cooking water a carrot cut in half, passata, bay leaf, rosemary and a drizzle of oil.
  6. At the end of cooking cool water in its spelled, drain and season with olive oil, chopped herbs, parsley and a sprinkling of parsley.
  7. Accompany it with the chicory

 

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Pasta with spinach and philadelphia

Short pasta with spinach and philadelphia

I know philadelphia again, I have not taken the craze, do not worry.

Since the pairing in sofficini was a success, I’m here to make a small pasta for dinner short pasta with spinach and philadelphia. Yes, because these are made in the first second, they are light and therefore  suitable for dinner:

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Short pasta with spinach and philadelphia, save dinner fast and complete
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Ricetta: First Course
Cucina: Italian
Ingredienti
  • 100 g of spinach in cream
  • 1 shallot
  • 100 g of Philadelphia
  • extra virgin olive oil to taste
  • salt to taste
  • 320 g short pasta (such as the Italian penne)
Preparazione
  1. Blanch the spinach in salted water, drain and sauté them with a little shallot, oil and blend.
  2. Philadelphia mix with the spinach mixture to make a smooth paste.
  3. Cook pasta al dente in salted water and toss in the cream cheese and spinach.
  4. Serve with a drizzle of olive oil and parmesan.

I know that this is an obvious and simple pasta, but  if you do not have an idea on what to do, now yes! … Hello everyody and Happy weekend!

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Cream of peas

Cream of peas

Today’s recipe is a great cream of peas, velvety and light, suitable for young and old people, here it is:

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Cream of peas, green creaminess of legumes that also likes to children
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Ricetta: First course
Cucina: Italian
Ingredienti
  • 500 g of frozen peas purposes (if you have them too fresh)
  • 100 ml of milk
  • extra virgin olive oil to taste
  • 1 shallot
  • parsley to taste
  • enough water
  • grated cheese to taste
Preparazione
  1. Slice the shallots into thin slices
  2. Combine the frozen peas and fry a couple of minutes with scallions.
  3. At this point, add the milk and cover flush with the peas with water.
  4. Sprinkle with parsley, bring to a boil and add salt.
  5. Cook about a half hour, if too dry add a little water
  6. After cooking, blend well with the immersion blender and add a little milk if you feel the mixture is too dry.
  7. Go all the passes or vegetables in a colander to remove the skins.
  8. Serve with a drizzle of olive oil and a good sprinkling of cheese.

 

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Puglia bagels with kamut flour homemade

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Taralli pugliesi or Puglia bagels with kamut flour. Tarallo is a kind of bagel from Southern Italy.

Do you remember the stocking of the Epiphany??? My daughter wants the bagels and so I decided to make them homemade! it was easy, turning between cookbooks paper and web, here is the recipe. I decided to do it with kamut flour, since I love it, Taralli pugliesi or Puglia bagels with kamut flour:

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Puglia bagels with kamut flour homemade of course, home made, with the lightness of kamut flour.
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Ricetta: Appetizer
Cucina: Italian
Ingredienti
  • 250 g of flour Kamut
  • 100 ml white wine (prosecco for me)
  • 65 ml of oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
Preparazione
  1. Add the salt to the flour
  2. Place a mound in the center,joint the oil, and then begin to knead with wine.Form a homogeneous mixture, cover with plastic wrap and let it rest a half hour.
  3. After Try to form cylinders of about 4 cm long and close.
  4. Spread on a floured surface to line up all the bagels prepared.
  5. Boil the water and put the bagels, when they come to surface they are ready.
  6. Drain them and put them on a plate and let them dry.
  7. Place them on a baking sheet and bake at 200 ° C for 20 minutes
Note
with these doses prepare two baking sheets, about forty bagels

Oh my mom .. I go to see Masterchef!! You follow it?  What do you think? kisses Kisses

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Small ridged pasta with peas and smoked cheese

Small ridged pasta with peas and smoked cheese

Hola guys! how are you? Here is pulled forward, sometimes I seem to lose the light of reason and I pissed, but then I take the reins … uffff ….

Today’s recipe is great, also liked to Romina … anyway, Let’s go to the recipe, Small ridged pasta with peas and smoked cheese:

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Small ridged pasta with peas and smoked cheese, quick and easy recipe that appeals to children
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Ricetta: First course
Cucina: Italian
Ingredienti
  • 320 g of Small ridged pasta (In Italy it is called "ditalioni rigati")
  • 30 g of peas (also frozen)
  • 120 g of smoked
  • A knob of butter
  • pepper to taste
Preparazione
  1. Boil peas in salted water for 15 minutes.
  2. Add pasta and cook for the time indicated on the package (usually 10 minutes)
  3. Meanwhile, cut cheese into cubes and melt it in a pan with a knob of butter.
  4. Drain the pasta and dress with the cheese melted.
  5. Mix well and sprinkle with a little 'pepper.
  6. Serve hot

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Lentil stew

Happy New Year everyone! And with lentils stewed many many money at all!

In this post I will be very fast, because I hope as much as possible to be able to take over the reins of this blog, because lately the child did not give me respite, when the kids are sick there is none for anybody.

I would post and do a lot of recipes, today is the birthday of my popes and are not even able to make a cake.

Since the last post of the year I have not been able to consider their own, at least the first I will devote myself with all my heart. The lentils are auspicious and you bring especially health and serenity ‘, (then if you take even a little’ of euro even better).

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Lentil stew, recipe for this rich side dish of vegetables. Excellent serve with cotecone as good tradition of fine and start the new year !.
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Ricetta: Side dish
Cucina: Italian
Serves: 4
Ingredienti
  • 250 g of lentils
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 celery
  • 3-4 tablespoons of tomato puree
  • vegetable broth to taste
  • parsley to taste
  • salt to taste
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • Bay leaf
Preparazione
  1. Soak the lentils for a few hours in warm water, then drain and rinse.
  2. Finely chop the shallots, carrot and celery and sauté them with a little oil.
  3. Add the lentils and cover with vegetable broth.
  4. Sprinkle with parsley, add a bay leaf and the tomato puree.
  5. Season with salt and cook for about an hour and a half, adding vegetable broth if necessary.

 

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Little basket of bresaola carpaccio with parmesan and fennel

Basket of bresaola carpaccio with parmesan and fennel

Here’s a dish that could be part of an Christmas appetizer: a basket of dried beef carpaccio with parmesan and fennel and generous shavings of grana padano, voilà:

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Basket of bresaola carpaccio with parmesan and fennel, Tasty and particularly enriched with fennel.
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Ricetta: Appetiser
Cucina: Italian
Ingredienti
for the basket of grain:
  • 80 g of grated cheese
Inside:
  • fennel sliced
  • 3 slices of bresaola
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • grana padano cheese
  • pepper as much as necessity
Preparazione
  1. Preheat a non-stick pan, sprinkle the base with grated cheese and wait for a minute to melt and combine.
  2. Lift the edges and remove from the heat, immediately place it upside down on a bowl and let it cool.
  3. Meanwhile, cut and serve with a drizzle of olive oil fennel and dried beef.
  4. Take out the trash, lean over rosettes of bresaola, and beautify healthy alongside the fennel and shaved parmesan cheese.
  5. Sprinkle with pepper and serve.

 

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Chicory tart

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Did you happen to be sutisfied because you make something that everbody eat as you want??? ahahaha yes!!!! Not to be repetitive, but tonight I was able to bring my daughter to eat chicory :)ahahah with a nice tart chicory.

Well .. my husband and I we would have also eaten simply sauteed or otherwise smooth , but for her it’s impossible.
Let’s say that you will not and the second time I buy it, other years I’ve never done and I regret it because in addition to being very good I found that has a taste that I really like.
I invented these little cakes, accomplices of the molds heart-shaped silicone with a heart and the little mouth of your puppies is conquered! So,  chicor tart:

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Chicory tart, a good way to get children to eat vegetables and more. It fills the mouth and satisfies hunger. Great as an appetizer.
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Ricetta: Appetizer
Cucina: Italian
Ingredienti
  • 1 bunch chicory
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1 potato
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 egg
  • 30 g of grated cheese
  • 30 g of fresh ricotta
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato puree
  • 20 g breadcrumbs
  • parsley to taste
  • salt to taste
Preparazione
  1. Bake a potato mash with a fork and set aside.
  2. Wash and slice the chicory, salt and cook with a little oil and a clove of garlic for about half an hour, basting if necessary with a little water.
  3. Blend the cooked chicory with 2 tablespoons of tomato puree
  4. In a bowl, put the chicory, the mashed potato, egg, cottage cheese, cheese, salt and parsley and mix well.
  5. Finally add grated bread.Form an homogeneous mixture, distributing it in cups or buttered muffin molds (if no silicon).
  6. Sprinkle the surface of each pie with little oil
  7. Bake in preheated oven at 200 ° C for 20 minutes.

Sell ​​like hot cakes! Until next time!

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