Fabulous Food the Way the Italians Do It
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Kath Here is a quick, easy and delicious summer Italian pasta recipe that you just have to make for dinner tonight. Anyone can make this. Your family will feel like they are eating at an authentic Italian restaurant after [...]
This was a good concept for a cook book, and the recipes are quite good.
Pasta
Pasta recipes for young and old alike. Not so long ago rumor had it that pasta was fattening, and many people, particularly women, avoided pasta recipes afraid of putting on weight.
You can buy dried pasta virtually everywhere, and you find [...]
In this article, I am going to share with you three delicious pasta recipes that you can prepare for any occasion that suits you. The recipes are very easy and can be prepared in less than 30 minutes.
So, here we go
Lemon Tuna Pasta
4 tsp Butter
18 Black olives, pitted and sliced
1 tsp Oil; olive
2 can Tuna; [...]
Pasta doesn’t always need a tomato or cream base though. Take your cue from the Italians and make the most of the Mediterranean’s aubergines, courgettes, peppers and basil. Toss choice vegetables together with your favourite pasta shape, plenty of extra virgin olive oil and a grating of Grana Padano or Parmigiano-Reggiano for a simple supper, [...]
Handmade Pesto
Pounding the ingredients in a mortar produces a pesto of incomparable texture: silky basil leaves and olive oil bind coarser bits of garlic and Parmesan.
Olive-Mint Pesto
Try using a mix of brine- and oil-cured olives for a more complex pesto; our favorites are green Sicilian, Calamata, Cerignola and oil-cured Moroccan.
Charred Poblano and Garlic Pesto
“This is [...]
Lampascioni (pampasciuni ‘n salentinu) are walnut-sized hyacinth bulbs (not onions as they are often erroneously described) with a distinct bitter taste. They are native to Puglia and are prepared in a myriad of ways. I ate them for the first time in Lecce and they were served in agrodolce (sweet and sour), a preparation that [...]
Tiramisu’ is one of the latest additions to “traditional” Italian cooking. Everybody knows by now that Tiramisu’ means “pick-me-up” in Italian, for the high energetic content (eggs and sugar) and the caffeine of the strong espresso coffee. Tiramisu has become one of the most popular desserts served in restaurants of all types, not just Italian [...]
But not just for vegetarians
You don’t have to be a vegetarian to like these dishes but you can eat them with vegetarian friends. Just keep it quiet form the hardened carnivores in your family and they’re sure to surprise themselves to discover they just enjoyed authentic Italian food without meat. The key to producing [...]
By now you should be aware that simple food with fresh ingredients can be the best food.
Oregano is the anglicized form of the Italian word origano, which is also a derivation from the Greek origanon ὀρίγανον oros ὄρος “mountain” + the verb ganousthai γανοῦσθαι “delight in”. Also known as wild marjoram and adding more confusion to the mix is the close relationship between marjoram (Origanum majorana) and oregano, which [...]
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