Colored cookies with kamut flour

Here are today a dessert recipe that is always nice, cookies, that even in the heat are always a doc snack especially if homemade.

As you know my daughter loves them, so every week I’m “forced” to cook them!

I wanted to color a bit the pastry   to make funny  simply incorporating a bit of colored tails that will melt and go to color biscuits.

I decided to get them made from kamut , but you can pick as the most you like.

To you coloured cookies with kamut flour:

Colored biscuits with kamut flour
 
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Delicious cookies having the coloured tails
Autore:
Ricetta: Drinks
Cucina: American
Ingredienti
  • 250 g of flour kamut
  • 100 g of butter
  • 50 ml of milk
  • 1egg
  • 110 g of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
Preparazione
  1. Arrange in the flour mixed with sugar and a teaspoon of baking powder
  2. Combine the egg in the center, the butter into pieces and begin to knead.
  3. At the end add milk.
  4. Form a smooth paste.
  5. Now insert the dough, manipulating it, the colored tails, keeping aside a little to the surface.
  6. You will see the dough will be a little colored.
  7. Remove balls, forming braids and bake at 180 ° C for 12 minutes.
  8. Remove from the oven and enjoy

Byebye

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Sticks codfish homemade

The sticks of codfish are a must for anyone who does not have time to cook or do not have any idea what to do until the end, as happened to me one morning.

So I cooked this sticks codfish homemade

Sticks codfish homemade
 
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cod fish sticks homemade, good and healthy
Autore:
Ricetta: First Course
Cucina: Italian
Serves: 4
Ingredienti
  • 350 g of cod
  • 2 eggs
  • 150 g of bread crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons of flour
  • zest of one lemon
  • parsley. q.s.
  • extra virgin olive oil q.s.
  • salt q.s.
Preparazione
  1. Steaming cod
  2. Chop fine in a blender.
  3. Season with salt, add the flour, lemon zest and parsley.
  4. Mix well.
  5. Bring to room temperature a little extra virgin olive oil in a frying pan
  6. Wet your hands, take cod form a rectangle and pass it in bread crumbs, egg and then in bread crumbs again.
  7. Cook two minutes on each side, drain on paper towels and enjoy them hot.

 

A quick way to make good use frozen fish.

The children will love, guaranteed ..

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Smarties’ Cookies

Hello Friends! Today is Sunday and there is a nice sweet, smarties’ Cookies!

I made them this week, thanks to the sick child at home (as usual: D) and drizzly weather.

As soon as the weather is a bit dreary, my daughter wants them to do ….ahahha

They are colorful, healthy and good for children:

Smarties' biscuits
 
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Cookies decorated with sprinkles of smarties
Autore:
Ricetta: Dessert
Cucina: Italian
Ingredienti
  • 230 g of flour type 00 + 20 g approximately flour for dusting
  • 1 egg
  • 50 g of butter
  • 50 ml of milk
  • 110 g of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
Preparazione
  1. Add sugar and yeast to the flour and mix.
  2. Have a fountain, add the middle egg, butter, diced, begin to knead then add the milk little by little.
  3. Form an homogeneous mixture, remove small balls, mash a little ', arrange them on the baking sheet.
  4. Enter at this point of the sweets smarties.
  5. Sometimes put floured on work surface.
  6. Bake about 12 minutes at 180 ° C, preheated oven.
  7. Do not panic if you subtract them when they seem too soft, when it will cool theywill become beautiful fragrant

 

Byebye and good week

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Dumplings with rice flour

Hello Guys !!!! Hello and welcome hot sun !!!!

Today I propose another recipe dedicated to health, for people with celiac disease in  first case and also for those who  want to keep more health and eliminate refined foods, such as flour type 00.

These are dumplings made with potato and rice flour, made thaks to  the advice of a friend who is doing a diet and I gladly gave the receipe.

I cooked them both seasoned with pesto with red sauce.

Recipe for dumplings with rice flour:

Dumplings with rice flour
 
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Dumplings with rice flour, light, egg-free and gluten free
Autore:
Ricetta: First Course
Cucina: Italian
Serves: 4
Ingredienti
  • 500 g of potatoes (recommended those red-skinned)
  • 150 g of rice flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
Preparazione
  1. Wash and boil potatoes for about half an hour.
  2. I used the red skin potatoes.
  3. The important thing is not exceed the cooking and drain immediately anyway.
  4. Let them cool and pass masher.
  5. Season with salt and stir.
  6. Let them cool a bit , don't start puting flour if it is too hot, cause the steam of the cooking would incorporate more flour, thus risking to have the dumplings a little hard.
  7. When the potatoes have cooled a little, begin to knead, adding flour little by little.
  8. Mix until a homogeneous ball.
  9. Now remove small pieces, and cut drimpling form
  10. Store them hand by hand on a floured tray.
  11. Boil water, add salt and toss the gnocchi.
  12. Drain them when they surface with a slotted spoon not to break them, then season them to taste

 

Bye bye

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Salad of buckwheat gluten free

Hello dear! How are you? Well past April 25 ….

Talking about food, now I would like to propose a nice recipe, perfect for  summer which opens soon, a dish that you can enjoy both cold and warm.

I bought a pack of buckwheat, usually I used it in the form of flour, but it’s more exciting to cook, also it doesn’t need to soak and boil about 20 minuti.

You can find it in all the well-stocked supermarkets and it is cheap.

As you know the buckwheat is not a cereal then it’s for celiac in the first place and those who,  takes some ‘limit the gluten, it is ideal.

You will see that in addition to the palate will benefit ‘also your health, plus it is also very easy and quick to prepare.

To you:

Salad of buckwheat gluten free
 
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Salad of buckwheat gluten free, perfect hot and cool, for celiac and not
Autore:
Ricetta: First Course
Cucina: Italian
Serves: 4
Ingredienti
  • 280 g of buckwheat
  • 1 zucchini
  • 5-6 asparagus
  • 110 g of peeled shrimp
  • salt q.s.
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • parsley q.s.
Preparazione
  1. Rinse under running water buckwheat and boil in salted water for about 20-30 minutes.
  2. Drain and let cool in a large bowl, add a little oil to keep it sticking.
  3. Set aside.
  4. Boil shrimp in salted water for about 15 minutes, drain and peel them.
  5. Meanwhile in a wok kitchen cook for about 10 minutes the diced zucchini and asparagus-made pieces and private stem.
  6. Season with salt and sprinkle with parsley.
  7. At this point, add the sauce of zucchini and asparagus also the shrimp and cook everything for 5 minutes, adding a little water or broth if it tends to stick.
  8. When cooked, add the mixture to the buckwheat, season if necessary with salt, sprinkle with parsley and still make a last lap of virgin olive oil.
  9. Stir well and serve either warm or cold to your pleasure.

 

Good evening to everybody! See you to the next !

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Filei patties with cod ball lemon

Hello guys! Spring is here!!!!

Today I propose a very tasty dish that makes happy children and adults, the balls you know all satisfied.

I used filei, a pasta shape typical of Calabria, full-bodied flavor and charm.

Here is filei with codfish  balls:

Filei patties with salt cod 'lemon
 
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Type of pasta Calabrian filei with meatballs codfish 'lemon
Autore:
Ricetta: First Course
Cucina: italian
Serves: 4
Ingredienti
  • 240 g of filei
  • for the sauce:
  • 10-12 cherry tomatoes
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • basil
  • salt q.s.
  • extra virgin olive oil q.s.
  • For the meatballs of codfish ':
  • 200 g of salt cod 'desalted
  • 125 g ricotta
  • white wine
  • parsley
  • 1 egg
  • 40 g breadcrumbs more 'q.s. to pass the meatballs
  • extra virgin olive oil.
Preparazione
  1. Prepare the sauce of tomatoes:
  2. Brown with a little oil the clove of garlic, add the tomatoes cut in half , season with a little basil, salt to taste and bake 15-20 minutes with lid.
  3. Prepare the balls:
  4. Desalinate salt cod holding it to soak for 48 hours and changed the water every so often.
  5. Wash, dry and remove skin and bones to the cod .
  6. Cook about 10 minutes with a little oil in a frying pan with white wine sfumandolo.
  7. Transfer to a bowl, press it with a fork, add ricotta, egg, parsley and breadcrumbs.
  8. Mix everything.
  9. Shape into small balls and in a frying pan, brown them with a little oil.
  10. Add fishtballs to tomato.
  11. Cook pasta , drain and toss in the preparation obtained.
  12. Sprinkle with pepper to taste and serve

bye bye….

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