The artichokes season is getting towards the end. Today’s dish is a marriage between winter and spring, and thus between artichokes, fresh peas and beans. Start with cleaning 5 baby artichokes. Cut them in quarters and put in water with lemon juice. Clean 800 grams of fresh beans and 1 kilo of fresh peas. Fill … More Vignarola😋
Today I bought 2 mullets. I do admit that the fishmonger prepared me already 4 nice fillets. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves and 1 chili in a large drizzle of olive oil. Add 500 grams of vongole. Stir. Add 100 ml of white wine. Allow to evaporate. Add 400 ml of good quality stock. … More I’m not afraid of more complexe cooking😉
For 2p, chop 2 garlic cloves. Heat a large pan. Add a drizzle of olive oil. Add the garlic and 500 grams of fresh, clean spinach. Bake until the spinach has reduced until 3 handfuls of vegetables. Drain. Mix with 175 grams of ricotta, pepper and salt. Put 2 garlic cloves, 1 large handful of … More Spinach, tomato sauce and ricotta in a delicious vegetarian pasta dish
If I have to make a choice between the taste of a meal or the appearance, I will certainly go for the taste. If I can make a dish more attractive without the need of all my patience, I will do my very best, of course. Layers of food are always a surprise for your … More A vegetarian artistic lasagna
Beetroot has an awesome color. Buy 1 kilo. Boil them in salted water with a few bay leaves. Once al dente, drain and cool down. For a risotto for 2p, take 600 grams. Keep the others for a salad. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves, 1 red onion and 1 table spoon of dried basil … More Certain meals taste better than they look 😉
A polpo vulgaris can be big. For 2p try to find a small ( cleaned) one of approx 900 grams and . After simple cooking in salted water with a few bay leaves until soft ( +/- 1 h) the weight will almost reduced to 1/2. Chop the polpo in elegant pieces and store in … More Octopus vulgaris or polpo in Italian
There is a visible change in the vegetable department, spring is not only in the air. To join winter and spring, I prepare a lovely combination of polenta ( which for me is more connected to winter) with the ‘barba di frate’ or ‘agretti’ which is a real spring ingredient. For 2p, melt 1 table … More Winter goes into spring
Today let’s go to the Middle East. What do you think about falafel, roasted cauliflower and roasted eggplant, a yoghurt sauce and a tahini sauce? For the falafel I start the day before. 350 grams of dried chickpeas from the Crete Senese will be too much for 2, but a falafel the following day, for … More Tahini, the smell of the Middle East
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