Having decided to carry on a blog of recipes, I couldn’t try to make myself a video recipe !!!! Here is the video of our first first attempt, making it was laborious but fun. I hope you like it and I hope to be soon able to make more! If …
Cime di Rapa & Bottarga Spaghetti
Servings = 3 pax – Prep Time = 30 minutes – Cooking Time = 25 minutes
INGREDIENTS
- 300 gr. Guitar Spaghetti
- 600 gr. Turnip Peaks
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 1 Anchovie
- Extra Virgin olive Oil
- Salt
- 30 gr. Tuna Bottarga
DIRECTIONS
Clean the turnip peak by hand, separating the leaves and the peaks and discarding the stem.
Deeply wash in fresh water.
Boil half a litre of salt water in a pot and cook the vegetables for 5 minutes, then drip and wring it.
In a large pan heat oil with the garlic clove and the anchovy. When garlic is golden remove it and add the turnip peaks. Stir fry for 5 minutes.
Bring a large pot of water on fire. When it boil add 1 ½ tsp of salt and cook pasta according to packet directions, but reduce the cooking time by 4 minutes (because the pasta will finish cooking in the sauce).
Reserve 1/2 glass of pasta water, then drain the pasta.
Stir and toss the pasta in the turnip peaks for 4 minutes at high flame, adding, if necessary, the cooking aqua and a little oil.
Pour everything into a serving dish and grate over with the tuna bottarga.
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Fennel and orange salad
The orange and fennel salad is a delicious winter salad. In Sicily, home of Tarocco oranges, this salad is served as an appetizer, but also as a side dish with meat and fish dishes. Its ingredients make it a concentrate of vitamins and minerals and at the end of the …
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Clams Sautè
Servings = 4 pax – Prep. Time = 2 h – Cooking Time = 7 minutes INGREDIENTS 1 kg. clams 6 sp. extra virgin olive oil 2 garlic cloves 1 cup white wine 1 Red Chili Parsley Leaves as you like 1/2 Lemon DIRECTIONS Put clams in 2 liters of …
Seafood Spaghetti
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Carbonara Spaghetti
Spaghetti alla Carbonara is undoubtedly the queen of Roman traditional pastas, its origins are ancient.
Carbonara is a dish prepared with popular ingredients and with an intense flavor.
According to legends Carbonara would have been “invented” by the charcoal burners – “carbonari” in Roman dialect – who prepared it using ingredients that are easy to find and preserve.
Servings = 4 pax – Prep. Time = 5 minutes – Cooking Time = 11 minutes
INGREDIENTS
- 440 gr. spaghetti
- 200 gr. guanciale
- 250 gr. pecorino cheese
- 5 egg yolks + 1 egg white
- black pepper
- salt
DIRECTIONS
Beat the eggs, 100 gr of pecorino cheese and two pinches of pepper in a glass bowl using a fork. Leave the mixture to rest 5 minutes away from the heat.
In a non-stick iron pan, brown the bacon by removing the rind and cut into cubes or strips, over high heat without adding any oil for 5 minutes. Remove half of the fat.
Cook the pasta for 3/4 of the cooking time, in a pot with plenty of salted water.
Drain the pasta and stir-fry for 1 minute with the bacon and its fat. Turn off the stove.
Out of the stove, pour the eggs and cheese mixture over the pasta and stir quickly, adding 2 tablespoons of the pasta cooking water if necessary.
Put pasta on you plate and sprinkle with pecorino and pepper.
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Maccheroni Norma
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