It’s awesome how some people create new recipes and using parts of vegetables which you would normally throw on the compost pile. Clean 750 grams of carrots. Keep 100 grams of the green part(foliage). Put in a small blender. Add 1 table spoon of roasted pine nuts, 1 chopped garlic clove, pepper, salt, 1/2 teaspoon … More Foliage of carrots in pesto
Jerusalem artichokes is one of those ingredients which gradually are re introduced in recipes. Again Yotam Ottolenghi gives me a few delicious ideas. In the beautiful book Nopi, by Scully and Ottolenghi, I found this awesome soup. Knowing that Jerusalem artichokes can cause intestinal problems ( often an impressive flatulence đ), don’t exaggerate in amounts. … More Jerusalem artichokes in a velvety soup
Butternut is the number 1 pumpkin, because of flavor, shape, variety in recipes. A small butternut of approx 800 grams is perfect for 2p. Wash the pumpkin, cut in two halves and remove the seeds. Put the two halves on baking paper. Spread olive oil, pepper, salt and chopped garlic. Cover and bake in the … More Filled squash
Tuscany has its own rice of the Maremma. The carnaroli risotto rice has the perfect texture. For a risotto for 2p, chop and fry 1 large red onion, 4 garlic cloves in a mixture of butter and olive oil. Add 160-180 grams of risotto rice. Stir and bake until the rice is glazy. Add 1 … More Risotto and radishes
For 8 larger, or 13 smaller portions you need : 1 can of cherry tomatoes, 1 small onion, 2 garlic cloves, 50 grams of grated parmigiano, 250 grams of mascarpone, 2 eggs, 8 grissini, 100 grams of green pesto, a few fresh leaves of basil. Prepare the tomato juice in advance. Fry the chopped garlic, … More Savory tiramisu
It’s time to organize a small dinner for a nice international group (US, Venzuela, Germany, France at the table; love it :-)) of people visiting the Siena division of the company Iris is working for. For 6 p- for sure really tired from the hard work of the last 10 days and ready to go … More Busy week, lots of guests: Menu
Find a small tenderloin for 2p. Remove the greasy bits and open the filet (not completely). For the filling, mix 100 grams of ricotta with 6 chopped dried tomatoes (put the salty tomatoes first in water to get rid of the salt), 1 table spoon of the home made pesto (blogpost 18/9/2017). Close the meat … More Pork tenderloin, a piece of meat with âpossibilitiesâ
The variety of pesto recipes is incredible. The absolute must for traditional pesto is : a bunch of fresh basil, a handful of pine nuts, 1-2 garlic cloves, a few table spoons of parmigiano and olive oil. Donât make the pesto too salty (like ready- made- ones are). Against the holy rule, save your handpower … More The lovely smell of fresh basil
Ursula Ferrigno has a few excellent cookbooks with delicious italian recipes. One of my top recipes is ârisotto di zucca e mozzarellaâ. Pumkin, garlic and mozzarella are the protagonists here and are also on my toplist of ingredients (ask my family….). Make home made pesto cutting a bunch of basil, 3 cloves of garlic, 3 … More Some of my favourite ingredients: Pumpkin risotto with caramalized garlic
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