Tortino di alici

Strong taste and healthy omega 3 for a fish that is very good and cheap: anchovy!

This is an appetizer that is very easy to prepare if you find the fillet anchovies at the supermarket otherwise, as it was for me, you need to remove the bones from each fish! Anchovy is not so big so it takes time to fillet it since you cannot use a knife but just hands! 

500 gr anchovies (for 4/5 savoury pies)

250 gr buffalo mozzarella

Breadcrumbs

Lemon zest

Parsley

Oil

Mix the breadcrumbs with lemon zest and parsley than bread the fillets.

Cover the base of mold with the anchovy fillets than put in the middle some mozzarella pieces and close with others fillets!

Preaheat the oven to 180 C and cook for 5 min.

Serve with a good glass of cold white wine!

Raspberry jam

After summer holiday I am used to prepare jams and preserved tomatoes. Let’s start with this simple and taste recipe that will make your  smile.
 
1 kg raspberries
300 gr sugar
100 gr brown sugar
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
 
Once sterilized your jars, select the raspberries, washing them without rinsing.
 
 Put a pot on medium-low heat with the raspberries, sugar and lemon juice and stir gently. Once on high-boiling, skim the foam off and turn on medium-high heat. Stir with a wooden spoon for 10 min.
 
Your jam is ready when putting a spoon of jam on a cold dish,  It does not start to fall down, otherwise the jam needs more cooking time.
 
Pour your hot jam in the jars and close them.  Store  in a cool, dry and dark place for up to 1 year.
 

When I grow up

When I turn 18, I'll...

When I leave the College, I'll...

When I get my first job, I'll...

When I grow up, I'll...

When...

From today on I am sure that my whens would not have the same meaning as before but I am not reluctant at all to move on from 29 to 30, even if I have noticed some gray hair.

Why?

Because even if I have no idea about my future, I dig what I see in my past and I am so damn passionate in my present!

September

It’s the beginning of a new year more than January itself because August is like a freeze moment in which everything, good or bad, stops so in September everything can start again as It was before or in a different way…It’s up to you, you can choose your own direction!

Where are you going to? Where will you go? No more space for the past, just future: Go Ahead!

Which is my direction? I still do not know but I have tons of projects, ideas and always the same child spirit even If I turn 30 this month!

Yes, September is my month, it’s my choice, it’s my new beginning!

September, it's my challenge!

Linguine del marinaio

Enjoy this last recipe before the summer break!

200 gr linguine

300 gr canned tomatoes

10 fresh datterino tomatoes (cherry tomatoes are also fine)

Fresh chili pepper

Parmesan flakes

7 anchovies (preserved in oil or salt)

Fresh basil

A garlic clove

In a hot pan put the garlic with the canned tomatoes and cook for 20 min. The last 5 min add the fresh datterino chopped and the red chili pepper!

Put the pasta very al dente in your pan with the sauce, turn off the heat! Add some Evo oil, the fresh basil and the Parmesan flakes! Let covered for 3/5 minutes before serving with anchovies!

I serve with some Cervia salt

Spaghettoni aglio, olio e peperoncino

After three weeks of holiday, started in the Emirates and finished in Japan, I needed a super Italian pasta dish: spaghettoni aglio, olio e peperoncino!

200gr spaghettoni (I used Gentile pasta)

A clove of garlic, crushed

Fresh hot red chili 

Parsley

Evo oil

Cervia salt

Put a pan with 2 tbs of Evo oil and the crushed garlic over low heat with the fresh hot red chili and let it cook for 8, 10 min.

In the meanwhile cook the pasta al dente and add to the pan 1-2 cup of the pasta boiling water!

Drain the past and toss with the sauce and the fresh chopped parsley! 

My touch:I serve wih lemon zest and some grains of Cervia salt!

Cuore di bue

I know that I have been offline for a while but now it is time to come back stronger than before with my big passione: red and tomato.

2 big oxheart tomatoes

1 buffalo mozzarella

Basil

Oil

 

Slice the tomatoes (quite big slices) and the mozzarella (as thick as the tomatoes).

Preheat the oven to 200°C. In a baking pan lay a mozzarella slice on a tomato slice for 3, 4 layers. Season with oil and salt.

Bake for 15/20 till the mozzarella starts to melt. Serve with fresh basil.

You could also avoid to bake it and serve it as vertical caprese