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"A ogni uccello suo nido è bello." (To each bird, his nest is beautiful.) Welcome to another recipe edition from Adriana's Italian Bakery!
This week's Italian recipes:
-Breaded Eggplant Surprise
-Octopus In Red Wine
-Almond Crumble Cake
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Recipe: Breaded Eggplant Surprise |
Breaded Eggplant Surprise
Melanzane Impanate a Sorpresa
Ingredients:
1 lb 5 oz (600 grams) round eggplants, cut into 1/4 inch (5 mm) thick slices
3 and 1/2 oz (100 grams) prosciutto, diced
4 and 1/2 oz (120 grams) smoked scamorza, provolone or other stretched curd cheese, diced
1 fresh flat-leaf parsley sprig, chopped
2 tablespoons Parmigiano cheese, freshly grated
Extra virgin olive oil, for brushing and frying
2 eggs
3 oz (80 grams) breadcrumbs
Salt and pepper
Directions:
Place the eggplant slices in a colander, sprinkle with salt and leave to drain for about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, mix together the prosciutto, scamorza or provolone, parsley and Parmigiano cheese in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.
Preheat the grill to high.
Rinse the eggplants, pat dry carefully and brush with a little olive oil.
Grill until golden brown on both sides.
Sandwich the slices together in pairs filled with the prosciutto and cheese mixture.
Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt in a shallow dish and spread out the breadcrumbs in another shallow dish.
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan.
Dip each eggplant sandwich first in the beaten eggs, then in the breadcrumbs.
Fry in the hot olive oil until evenly browned all over.
Remove with a fish slice and drain on kitchen paper.
Arrange on a warm serving dish. Serves 4.
That's it!
Recipe: Octopus In Red Wine |
Octopus In Red Wine
Polpi al Vino Rosso
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove
1 fresh sage leaf
1 fresh rosemary sprig
2 and 1/4 lb (1 kg) octopus, cleaned and cut into pieces
5 tablespoons red wine
2 bay leaves salt and pepper
Directions:
Heat the olive oil in a saucepan, add the onion, garlic, sage and rosemary and cook over a low heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
Add the octopus and cook for a few minutes more, then pour in the wine, add the bay leaves and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Simmer over a very low heat for 1 and 1/2 hours.
Serve hot or cold. Serves 4.
That's it!
Recipe: Almond Crumble Cake |
Almond Crumble Cake
Torta Sbrisolona
Ingredients:
11 oz (300 grams) plain white, or Italian type '00' flour
4 oz (100 grams) medium cornmeal
8 oz (225 grams) unsalted butter
7 oz (200 grams) chopped blanched almonds
7 oz (200 grams) superfine sugar
2 egg yolks
Finely grated zest of 1 unwaxed lemon
A few drops of vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 170°C (325°F) Gas Mark 3.
Grease a 9 inch (23 cm) round cake tin.
Put the flour and cornmeal in a bowl, then rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
Stir in the almonds and sugar, then add the egg yolks, lemon zest and vanilla extract.
Knead to form a smooth, stiff dough.
Put the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the surface.
Bake in the oven for about 45 minutes until firm to the touch.
Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool. Serves 10-12.
That's it!
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What Would You Take On a Desert Island?
Milan - September 30, 2008 - Pasta, trousers, soap and a radio were among the top choices of Italians asked what they would take with them if they were stranded on a desert island.
The 1,000 Italians polled by national dairy association Assolatte seemed not to worry about best-before dates when asked what foods they would take with them to the island. Some 76% of Italians said "pasta and bread" while 39% chose classic Italian cheese such as Pecorino and parmesan. A further 38% opted for fruit, including exotic varieties such as pineapples and bananas as well as tomatoes and apples.
Trousers, T-shirts and bathing costumes were top of the clothing list for potential Robinson Crusoes, but around 15% of women opted for underwear.
Despite people being told they would spend five years alone on the island, make-up and conditioner still made it onto the list of personal items, headed up by soap, toothpaste and shampoo.
While 22% didn't feel the need to take any reading material to while away their five years of isolation, those who did want to take books opted for the Bible (7%), the Divine Comedy (4%), Alessandro Mazoni's I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed, 3%) and the Harry Potter books (2%).
"Let's see, pasta, bread, cheese, trousers, make-up and the Divine Comedy... Oh cavolo, siamo fottuti!"
Who better to poll than a race of argumentative and lazy people who want satisfaction over a small cold?
What would you bring if you were stranded on a desert island for 5 years?
- Pasta (Plenty of salt water for cooking. Nothing beats a nice dish of salty spaghetti with no sauce.)
- Bread (After 2 days it can be used to break open coconuts.)
- Radio (To listen to the only station it can receive, "Radio Vaticano"; while the batteries last, of course.)
- Cheese (Nothing like an expired piece of salty cheese and all the coconut milk to wash it down with.)
- Exotic fruit (Pineapples and bananas for Italians to lazy to take a walk around the island and pick it themselves.)
- Make-up and conditioner (To look attractive for Tom Hanks, "Wilson", Gilligan and the Skipper.)
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