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How to make tomato sauce!

- January 26, 2019

The tomato sauce is certainly one of the main condiments for pasta and rice in Italy, this is in fact tasty, healthy and low in calories, it is also very easy to prepare and even the less expert in the kitchen can make in few simple steps a genuine dish. Ingredients for tomato sauce: Tomato puree 1 l (usually come in a bottle) Onion 1 Fine salt as needed Garlic clove 1 Basil leaf 5 Extra virgin olive oil 4 tablespoons Preparation: To prepare the baked pasta, start with the sauce: in a large non-stick pan pour the oil, a whole clove of garlic and finely chopped onion. When the oil is hot, pour the tomato sauce, add salt and cook for 30 minutes over low heat and with lid, stirring occasionally. After cooking the sauce, remove the garlic; season with salt and stir. Cook over a low heat for 15 minutes; then add the basil and continue cooking for another 5 minutes. After these minutes your sauce is ready. Storage: You can keep it in the f

Italian Baked Pasta!

- January 25, 2019

The baked pasta is the first dish on Sunday in Italy. Tasty and rich will really please everyone! The version that I propose is very substantial and involves the use of tomato sauce, ham, beschamel, mozzarella and parmesan cheese, which amalgamating with pasta, will give life to an unforgettable dish! When preparing baked pasta it is very important to pay attention to the cooking of the pasta, which should be drained in the middle al dente, to avoid overcooking due to the prolonged passage in the oven that will give it a really inviting crust on the surface! Difficulty: Low Preparation: 30 minutes Cooking: 80 minutes Portion: 10 people Ingredients for baked pasta: Pasta rigatoni 600 g Mozzarella 300 g Parmesan cheese as needed Slice ham as needed Ingredients for tomato sauce: Tomato puree 1 L (usually come in a bottle) Onion 1 Fine salt as needed Garlic clove 1 Basil leaf 5 Extra virgin olive oil 4 tablespoons Ingredients for bechamel sauce:

How to make beschamel sauce!

- January 22, 2019

The beschamel sauce is an old basic sauce, the most versatile of the cooing sauces, easy and quick to prepare, will add a touch of flavor to all your baked lasagna dishes. Here you will discover all the secrets to get a creamy bechamel and without lumps!! Ingredients Fresh whole milk 1 liter Butter 100 g White flour 100 g A tiny pinch of nutmeg to great to taste A pinch of salt Preparation Take a saucepan and warm the milk, but don't let it boil. In meanwhile in a separate pan, melt the butter into a small pieces over low heat. As soon as it is melted, removed from the heat and gradually add the flour. Stir energetically with the whisk, making sure that no lumps form. Place the pan with the butter and flour mixture back on a low heat and add your warm milk, salt and nutmeg. Stir rapidly with the the whisk, let them thicken over a gentle heat, the mixture must be homogeneous and without lumps. Cook it for about 5-6 minutes until it becomes smooth.

Ostuni, the magic White City!

- January 17, 2019

Ostuni, a small city in the beautiful Apulia, is the only city in the Valle d'Itria to have access to the sea. A crystalline sea, which for the different awards given, seems to be the cleanest in Italy. It's called the "White City" par excellence, because of its historic center painted in lime, characterized by a labyrinth of small streets and alleys, which you can walk on a 'ape calessino' (a kind of small car with three wheels), which thanks to its small size, can easily slip into each street revealing every hidden corner of the ancient city. Ostuni is without a shadow of doubt one of the most renowned tourist centers of Puglia: through its streets meet visitors who come from every part of the world and at any time of the year. Many souvenir shops and many restaurant where you can taste delicious meat and vegetable dishes, lie on its splendid hill, in the high plateau covered with olive trees, where green plunges into the blue of its Adriatic se

Soft biscuits: The Nutellotti!

- January 14, 2019

Are you looking for a delicious sweets to taste during your breaks or to prepare as a snack for your children? Then the nutellotti are what you are looking for! They are small and soft biscuits prepared with a nutella dough. The nutellotti are characterized by a creamy heart, wrapped in a soft dough to which it is really difficult to resist: by tasting them, you will be pleasantly surprised by the sweet surprise you will find inside them! Serve the nutellotti perhaps accompanying a good hot tea or a good coffee and you will see that their goodness will win you over at the first taste! Difficulty: Low Preparation: 40 minutes Cooking: 10 minutes Portions: 25 biscuits Ingredients: Nutella 180 g Flour 135 g Egg 1 medium To fill up: Nutella as needed Hazelnut grains or icing sugar as needed Preparation: To start preparing the nutellotti pour in a bowl 180 g of nutella together with the whole egg and beat everything with the electric whisk for

Original Spaghetti Carbonara!

- January 13, 2019

Spaghetti alla Carbonara are a typical dish of Lazio cuisine, especially Roman, prepared quickly by cooking pasta al dente and then moving it into a pan with bacon, eggs, pepper and pecorino. Even today the origin of the carbonara remains very uncertain indeed there are many hypotheses about it. Now the spaghetti alla carbonara are famous throughout Italy and in the world, thanks above all to its goodness, the result of simple but quality ingredients. One of the basic things to prepare this dish is that the egg must be poured over the dough over a low heat as it should not be cooked but only slightly solidified, creating a sort of cream that will bind to the dough to get a riot of flavor. Difficulty: Low Preparation: 10 minutes Cooking: 15 minutes Portions: 4 people Ingredients: Spaghetti 400 g Bacon 200 g Yolks 6 Extra virgin olive oil as needed Pecorino or parmesan cheese 50 g Fine salt as needed Black pepper as needed Preparation: As a first step

Soft and Fragrant Apple Cake

- January 12, 2019

The apples have always been the undisputed protagonists of homemade desserts, just like apple cake. A classic dessert of Italian cuisine, soft, light, fragrant and easy to make, excellent to enjoy especially in winter. Difficulty: Low Preparation: 20 minutes Cooking: 40-50 minutes People: 8 people Ingredients: Apples 700 g Eggs 3 Butter 70 g Flour 00 350 g Sugar 250 g Milk 200 ml Lemon 1 Baking powder 1 (16 g) Preparation: First of all, to make the apple cake, peel and cut the apples into a slices, and put them to macerate with lemon juice to prevent them from becoming dark. At this point carefully separate the yolks from the whites; whip the yolks with the sugar until a light and frothy cream is obtained. Leave the whites aside. Add to the dough of the yolks the flour, the melted butter and the milk. Mix well with a spatula from bottom to top to prevent the mixture from being taken apart; then add the yeast and the grated lemon zest a

Delicate milk chicken breast!

- January 12, 2019

The chicken breast cooked in milk is a second course very easy and quick to prepare. In a few minutes you will be able to bring to the table a tasty and genuine dish, which with the addition of milk will give the delicate and creamy taste with which you will be able to conquer everyone and even the little ones. Difficulty: Low Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking: 10 minuti Portions: 4 people Ingredients: Sliced chicken breast 600 g Butter 40 g Extra virgin olive oil 10 g Latte intero 170 g Flour 00 as needed Fine salt as needed Sage as needed Garlic 1 clove Black pepper as needed Preparation: To prepare this delicious dish start by cleaning the meat from pieces of excess fat and cartilage. At this point make some chicken breast slices. when this is done, place the butter and the oil in a pan, let it blend and in the meantime flour the chicken slices. Transfer the slices into the pan, lightly raise the flame and wait about 2 minutes until a cru

Breathtaking City: Alberobello!

- January 11, 2019

The City of Alberobello, one of the most beautiful small city in Puglia, has now become one of the most famous tourist destinations in Italy. Thanks to its spectacular trulli, it offers its visitors a unique show in the word. These particular houses make it a real postcard, each of its alleys is a whim to be discovered. Alberobello can be reached through the classic streets of Puglia, full of olive trees, classic fry stone walls but above all history. In fact, you pass through the marvelous landscape of the Murgia and the Valle d'Itria, a very special place, which is the setting for this small town. It is very fascinating how, both the trulli and the olive trees, have merged their lives together. In Puglia there is an undefined number that is around 50 and 60 million olive trees, in fact only Puglia produces 40% of Italian olive oil. But not to be underestimated are their size, their appearance and the age of some of these ancient olive trees; with their immense trunk

Exquisite chocolate salami cake!

- January 07, 2019

The chocolate salami cake is a perfect dessert for a tasty snack, for a simple end of the meal or to rich enrich a dessert buffet. Very easy to prepare, able to put everyone in agreement. Its particular shape, which can be cut into small slices, will cause young and old to fall into temptation. With this delicious chocolate salami every occasion will be excellent to enjoy a moment of pleasantness in company. Difficulty: Low Preparation: 30 minutes Portions: 8 people Ingredients: Dark chocolate 200 g Dry biscuits 175 g Burro 150 g room temperature Sugar 150 g Eggs 2 medium Rum 10 g Icing sugar as needed Preparation: To create chocolate salami, first you have to cut dark chocolate into small pieces. Put it in a cup and let it melt in the microwave, and once it is completely melted, let it cool. In the meantime add the butter at room temperature into a small pieces and whisk it with the sugar using the electric whisk, and add the rum. Lightly beat the eg

The Classic Italian Tiramisù

- January 05, 2019

The Tiramisù, the most famous and loved dessert...the Italian dessert par excellence!! In fact, even if its origins are not well know, from which city exactly it comes, it is still a strong point of Italian cuisine prepared both in the North and in the South, and in the rest of the world. Difficulty: low Preparation: 40 minutes (+2 h for resting in the fridge) Portions: 8 people Ingredients: Savoiardi sponge finger 300 g Sugar 100 g Mascarpone 500 g Cocoa powder as needed Fresh medium eggs 4 Caffè 300 g Milk as needed Preparation: The first ingredients from which you start to prepare the tiramisù are the eggs: then separated into two different bowls (preferably glass bowl), very carefully, the yolks from the whites, remember that to whisk the whites there should be no trace of the yolks. Then whip the yolks with electric whips, pouring only half of the sugar 50 g. As soon as the dough has become clear and frothy, with the whips still in operation, yo

Delicious small chocolate cake with a melting heart!

- January 04, 2019

The small chocolate cake with a melting heart is a perfect dessert to conquer your guests, quick and very easy to prepare: a soft shell in which to dip the spoon to discover the soft and creamy heart. a dessert as good as a meal, which you can also prepare the day before and then be baked at the time of serving, so ad to be sure that the heart is perfect. a real explosion of testa that will hit the heart of the guests who will have the good fortune to taste it. Difficulty: low Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking: 13-15 minutes Portions: 4 people Ingredients for 4 small cakes with a diameter of 8 cm Dark chocolate 150 g Butter 80 g Flour 00 20 g Cocoa powder 10 g Medium Eggs 2 Yolks 1 Icing sugar 90 g Vanilla pod seeds 1 To butter and sprinkle the molds: Butter as needed Cane sugar as needed Preparation: The first thing you need to do is to cut the dark chocolate into large pieces with a knife, pour it into a bowl and let it melt in the mi

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