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"Chi trova un amico, trova un tesoro." (He who finds a friend finds a treasure.) Welcome to another recipe edition from Adriana's Italian Bakery!
This week's Italian recipes:
-Celery in Bechamel Sauce
-Carp with Olives
-Semolina Pudding
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Recipe: Celery in Bechamel Sauce |
Celery in Bechamel Sauce
Sedano alla Besciamella
Ingredients:
1 oz (25 grams) butter, plus extra for greasing
3 heads of white celery, trimmed
1 and 1/2 oz (40 grams) Parmigiano cheese, freshly grated
Salt
For the Bechamel Sauce:
2 oz (50 grams) oz butter
2 oz (50 grams) plain flour
18 fl oz (500 ml) milk
Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg (optional)
Salt and pepper
Directions:
Prepare the Bechamel Sauce:
Melt the butter in a saucepan over a medium heat.
Whisk in the flour.
Pour in all the milk, whisking constantly until it starts to boil.
Season with salt, lower the heat, cover and simmer gently, stirring occasionally, for at least 20 minutes. Bechamel sauce should not taste floury.
Remove the saucepan from the heat.
Taste and add more salt if necessary and season with pepper and/or nutmeg.
If the sauce is too thick, add a little more milk.
If too runny, return to the heat and add a knob of butter mixed with an equal quantity of plain flour.
Note: For a richer bechamel sauce, replace half the milk with the same amount of double cream; for a lighter bechamel sauce, add half milk and half water.
Prepare the Celery:
Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F) Gas Mark 6.
Grease an ovenproof dish with butter.
Halve the celery stalks lengthways and cook in salted, boiling water for 10 minutes, then drain and place in the prepared dish.
Spoon the bechamel sauce over them, dot with the butter and sprinkle with the Parmigiano cheese.
Bake for about 15 minutes until golden and bubbling. Serves 4.
That's it!
Recipe: Carp with Olives |
Carp with Olives
Carpa alle Olive
Ingredients:
Extra virgin olive oil, for brushing
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 fresh flat-leaf parsley sprig, chopped
4 carp, cleaned and soaked
4 tablespoons white wine vinegar
12 green olives, stoned and chopped
Salt and pepper
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) Gas Mark 4.
Brush an ovenproof dish with olive oil.
Mix together the garlic and parsley in a bowl, season with salt and pepper and stuff the cavities of the carp with the mixture.
Place the carp in the prepared dish, pour 1 tablespoon of the vinegar over each fish and sprinkle with the olives.
Bake for about 40 minutes.
Transfer the carp to a warm serving dish and spoon the cooking juices over them. Serves 4.
That's it!
Recipe: Semolina Pudding |
Semolina Pudding
Budino di Semolino
Ingredients:
2 oz (50 grams) sultanas
1 oz (25 grams) unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
Breadcrumbs, for sprinkling
l and 1/4 pints (750 ml) milk
3 and 1/2 oz (100 grams) caster or superfine sugar
5 oz (150 grams) fine semolina
Grated rind of 1 lemon
4 eggs, lightly beaten
Salt
Directions:
Put the sultanas in a bowl, add warm water to cover and leave to soak for 15 minutes, then drain and squeeze out.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) Gas Mark 4.
Grease a mould with butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs to coat.
Pour the milk into a saucepan, add 4 fl oz (120 ml) water and the sugar and bring to the boil.
Sprinkle in the semolina, add a pinch of salt and simmer, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the butter, sultanas, lemon rind and eggs.
Pour the mixture into the prepared mould and bake for 40 minutes. Serves 6.
That's it!
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Italians Sick of Driving And Not Buying New Cars
Rome - February 5, 2009 - Hopes that upcoming government incentives will jump start the automobile market in Italy were slightly diminished Thursday by a poll which found that 56.5% of Italians are driving less and 75% have no intention of changing cars. On the bright side, the report found 82.2% of Italians considered owning a car as something indispensable and only 1.5% have given up owning one because of the economic situation.
Among the Italians who are driving less, 85.3% said this was in order to save money on fuel and maintenance, while 13.2% claimed it was for the environment.
Out of the 25% of Italians ready to buy a new car only 19.7% said they would opt for a more economic one, while 50.9% said they would stay in the same price range as their previous vehicle, 26.1% were ready to spend a little more and 3.4% said money would be no object.
The incentives the government is expected to adopt to boost car sales include a 1,000-euro subsidy for a 'greener' (Euro 4 or 5) car in place of a more polluting (Euro 0-2) vehicle.
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