Penne al mascarpone, funghi e asparagi

A little improvisation for tonight. Ingredients Penne (Best if Garofalo) Asparagus Champignons Mascarpone Pelati Onions Garlic Anchovies Olive Oil Parmiggiano Reggiano   Put to cook the Pasta in the boiling water. Add some olive oil in a frying pan. Add first chopped onions and when golden the pressed garlic clove. Now you can add some…

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Tonight Barbecue, nice onion on the Barbie

Tonight we do BBQ. I do prepare everything and my better half does the hard work. We like nice good quality meat with a good selection of vegetables. For today asparagus, eggplants, champignons, beef filet, chicken leg and onion. Let’s talk about onions. They are great on the Barbecue, they almost get sweet. Ideally you…

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Eternum, Bodega Abanico Toro

  This is a bottle of wine I bought during one of my trips to Madrid. Toro is of the “newer” wine region of Spain. Powerful nice wines. This one is no exception. Very dark colour, powerful in the mouth with a lot of tannins. Our is a 2011 bottle, not so old. I am…

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Vegetable Strudel

You may change the vegetables at your choice. Ingredients 1 Radicchio Trevisano 1 bag fresh spinach 1 Taleggio box (roughly 250 gr.) 1 box of anchovies 40gr breadcrumbs 70 gr. of almonds in slices garlic clove olive oil a little bit of butter some Parmiggiano Reggiano or Grana Padano 1 ready to use shortcrust pastry…

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Lamb chops with mustard and pistachios

This is a very quick recipe for some nice lamb chops practically fat free.   Ingredients Lamb chops Dijon Mustard crashed pistachios salt and pepper   Season the chops with salt and pepper. Put the chops in the Mustard until they are covered and then turn them into the crashed pistachios. Cook for 15 minutes…

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Asparagus Tartar

Another way to prepare asparagus 😉 Ingredients: 400 gr Asparagus 75 gr fresh cheese few cherry tomatoes 1 ripe but firm avocado 1 spoon Dijon mustard 1 cooked egg half a lemon 1 spoon capers a little fresh parsley and chives 1 garlic clove 1 dl Olive Oil salt and pepper   Steam or boil…

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Berry mini tarts

I do not like to much desserts, but this looked nice to me. Ingredients: 1 box of ready to use mini-tarts 500 gr Strawberries 250 gr Blackberries 100 gr brown sugar 1 non treated lemon 75gr white sugar 250 ml cream 8 gr gelatin some mint leaves for the decoration   1. In one pan…

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Cannelloni ricotta and fried eggplants

Somebody was hungry tonight and ask me something nice for dinner. So I did little changes to the original recipe. Ingredients: Some fresh pasta for Lasagne 250 gr ricotta parsley 1 smaller eggplants some tomato sauce eventually 1 onion to add some taste to the sauce salt pepper oregano   Cut the Eggplant into small…

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Today a little experiment: Tuna burger

Today a little experiment, I tried to make some tuna burger. I saw some recipes based on canned tuna so I thought I could give it a try. 1 little can of tuna (80gr) 2 anchovies some roasted sesame seed 1 slice of toasted bread some milk lime juice 2 small thai chili fresh coriander…

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Formaggini Ticinesi – Quadratino Stagionato

Very tipical from Ticino are the different ” Formaggini” that traditionally you eat in the “Grotto”. A Grotto is a Restaurant situated in the mountain, in the forest or a particular nice place that should be fresh in high sommer. Traditionally only cold food and drinks were served as there they were open only in…

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