This is a very easy recipe to give to the usual beef a different taste. I bought a nice piece of meat and cut it in thin slices. On top of each slice I put a slice of cheese, a thin slice of bacon and a leaf of sage, then I rolled each piece and fixed it with tooth sticks. I fried the rolls in a pan with little oil adding fresh grounded white pepper and some white wine. It just took a few minutes for them to get ready before I served them with a tasty glass of chianti.
Today I made my friends very happy by preparing for them a huge plate of fish and vegetable tempura. I started preparing the light batter by mixing flour and water, and then leaving it in the fridge to maintain a cold temperature – this is the secret of the tempura. I then sliced different vegetables such as courgettes, paprika pepper, broccoli, orange peppers and onions which I then one by one dipped in the batter and deep fried in oil. I did the same procedure with squid rings, but you can use any kind of vegetables or sea food. We enjoyed it with sticky soy sauce and some cold beer.
Hi guys, as you may have noticed over the last couple of weeks, I am posting less than usual. It’s August, this means that most of you are on holiday, so for all of this month I will help you to survive posting just a recipe a week. But don’t worry, from September more tasty recipes will come. Enjoy your holidays and I look forward to see you all back in September.
This is a recipe that I am most certain you have never tried before. A typical specialty from the Italian traditional cuisine, the one that grandmothers used to do, with real genuine ingredients. It takes about 30 minutes to make. First you need to bring to boil some milk with little salt and then add the semolino and cook it for 10 minutes. When this is done you add grated parmesan cheese and an egg, and you lay it all on a cold surface. When it is cold you cut it in several discs and place them in a baking pan adding on top grated Parmesan cheese and Gruyère cheese and a bit of pepper, before shoving the pan in the oven for 10 minutes.
On some days one is running late and it is too late to go to the market. Today it was one of those days and so I prepared something quick with what I had at hand. I did some dough with flour and water to make focaccia. I displayed the dough on a layer of baking paper and I covered it with onions, bacon and rosemary. After 15 minutes in the oven it was ready to be eaten with a good beer. This is a good recipe that is also nice to serve as a starter to your guests.
Here something to spice up your day just by using a little bit of creativity! I sliced a chicken breast in various fillets and on each I placed a slice of bacon and a slice of cheese. I then rolled every fillet fixing it with a tooth stick. When all the rolls were done I put them in a backing pan with some white wine, fresh grounded pepper and little salt, and then up in the oven for about half an hour. When the chicken fillets were ready I sliced them and topped each slice with a small piece of bacon and a small piece of cheese before putting them again for a couple of minutes in the oven for the cheese to melt properly. I served with a tasty rucola salad dressed with boiled potatoes, shrimps, and white beans. At last I sprinkled on top some black pepper and olive oil.
It has been a long time since I last cooked this recipe, so I thought now would be a good time to eat it again. I simply fried together in a pan with oil and garlic, some minced meat with onion, breadcrumbs, raisins and almonds. For extra flavour I added rosemary leaves and salt. On the side I prepared very simple polenta omelettes that I served together with the meat. Very tasty!
Today I invented a new cake by combining different tastes for a new sweet experience. I started preparing the mix for the base of the cake using eggs and powdered sugar. I first prepared a layer that I backed in the oven for 15 min. In the meantime I did a second layer adding to the mix some cacao powder. I then did a wild blackberries jam to use as filling between the two layers. Finally I covered the cake with melted chocolate and served with a spoon of vanilla ice cream and a drop of mirto, a delicious myrtle liquor from Sardegna.
What a tasty mussels recipe I did today. I was in the mood of eating shellfish and I decided to prepare it in the most simple and tasty way. I put in a pan a whole bunch of cleaned mussels together with olive oil, garlic, lemon, parsley, some chilly pepper and a lot of fresh grounded black pepper. I brought everything to boil and left cooking until the shells were open. A piece of bread and a glass of white wine and that’s it… there ain’t nothing more that you need!
What a strange weather this is, one day it is hot and sunny and the other day cold and rainy. That is why today I was in the mood of cooking something hearty that is both nice as a main course during winter, as well as a starter during summer. I cut small some leek, white onions, potatoes, cheese and bacon. I started doing in a baking pan one layer of leek and onion, then one layer of pieces of bacon, cheese and pepper, then again another layer of leek and onion and so on until all ingredients were used up. I drizzled some white wine on top and then up in the oven for about 40 minutes. It was really delicious and tasty.
