Desserts

• Sorbetto di Fragole(Strawberries Sorbet)

Sorbetto di Fragole(Strawberries sorbet)

Sorbetto di Fragole(Strawberries sorbet)

ingredients:600g of strawberries,

                      300g of sugar,

                      white wine,

                      1 glass of water

Wash the stawberries with the white wine so they remain with a nice porfume.

Blend the strawberries with a blender and reduce them like pure', put them in a bowl.

In a pot melt the sugar with the glass of water at low flame and stiring until the water makes big bubbles.

After prepared the scirop, let it cool down and than add it to the bowl with the strawberries pure'.

Now that the mixure is ready, freeze it in a suitble container for at least 2 hours.

Serve using a nice tall glass and decorate with fresh strawberries and leafs of fresh mint.

BUON REFRESHING..

Side dishes

• Green peas with Italian pancetta
  

Green peas with Italian pancetta

Green peas with Italian pancetta.

ingredients: green peas

                      diced Italian pancetta,

                      1/4 of white onion,

                      olive oil,

                      salt - pepper

In a pan brown the onion in olive oil, than add the Italian pancetta and leave it to brown too.

Now add the peas, season with a just little salt and black pepper.

Stearing leave all to cook for 3-4 mnutes and finish.

Serve hot or warm.

This shows how once again the italian cooking can be so easy, tasty, and healthy at the same time in a simple recipe...

BUON APPETITO!!

Meat balls in Tomato sauce

Meat balls in Tomato sauce

Ingredients: Beef mince meat,

                       Parslay,

                       1/2 clove of garlic,

                       2 full spoon of thin bread crumb,

                       1 egg,

                       salt - black pepper,

                       parmisan (be generous)

On a chopping board shred the parslay and chop the garlic as thin as you can.

In a bowl mix the mince meat with the parslay, the garlic, the bread crumb, the grated parmisan adding a little salt and black pepper, than add the egg mixing all together until the mixture is nice and solid but soft.

Now start to make balls with the mixture of the size that you like (I suggest not too big otherwise they will taste less than what they should). Once you have done put them on a side covered with climfilm.  

The sauce:   1/4 of chopped white onion,

                       500g of tomato sauce (passata di pomodoro),

                       leafs of fresh basil,

                       olive oil,

                       salt - black pepper

In a large pot, brown the chopped onion with olive oil and add the tomato sauce (passata di pomodoro).

When the passata start to boil, put the meatballs in and leave it to cook for at least 20 minutes (slow-medium flame), adding a little salt, black pepper and  some leafs of basil to the sauce, making sure that the balls don't stick to the bottom of the pot, and finish.

Serve hot or warm.

BUON APPETITO!

Farfalle (Butterfly) with creamy Salmon sauce

Farfalle (butterfly) with creamy Salmon sauce 

ingredients: 500g of farfalle(butterfly),

                       100g of smoked salmon,

                       1/4 of white onion,

                       50g of double cream,

                       olive oil,

                       1 fresh tomato,

                       fresh flat parslay

Wash the tomato, dry and cut into cubes. Cut the salmon in small pieces.

In a large pan brown the chopped onion in olive oil, than add the salmon, after 30-40 seconds add the fresh tomato in cubes, leave it to cook for 1-2 minutes,

Now you can pour the cream and leave all to cook until the cream starts to buble and finish,

Boil the farfalle (butterfly) and when cooked season it with the salmon sauce and sprinkle with fresh parslay,

Serve hot(4 people).

Add some black pepper on top for more flavor.

BUON APPETITO!!!     

Classic Caprese Salad

Classic Caprese Salad

ingredients:  1 fresh tomato,

                       1 fresh mozzarella,

                       leafs of basil,

                       olive oil,

                       salt

                      

Wash the tomato, dry and slice it in rounds, slice the mozzarella.

In a flat dish, lay a slice of tomato, a slice of mozzarella, a leaf of basil and keep doing until finish.

Now drizzle it with olive oil and season with a little salt.

Serve cold.

Let's stay light!! Great dish for the summer..