We just came back from holiday and we managed to do some specialities shopping on the way back. In particular some nice Stracchino and some nice Gorgonzola Piccante. As yesterday the weather was really bad and rainy, what better to combine them in a recipe. Ingredients: 250 gr. Penne (Garofalo) 100 gr. Stracchino 50 gr. Gorgonzola piccante…
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Spaghetti with broad beans, peas and pesto.
This is a pure spring recipe. When the peas and the broad bean (fave) arrive on the market it’s time to cook this recipe. Ingredients for 2: 125 gr Spaghetti ( Garofalo from Gragnano) a cup of fresh peas a cup of fresh broad bean (dont forget to get the skin around the bean off)…
Maccheroni with Kale and Merguez
In the tuscan tradition, Kale has always been used a lot. It’s called cavolo nero and it is mostly paired with Salsiccia (sausage) and pasta. This is my revisitation of a classic but using merguez instead of salsiccia. Merguez are very nice north african sausages with lamb and beef meat, well seasoned and a touch…
Spaghetti ai funghi porcini
Ingredients for 2: 200gr Porcini (Boletus) mushrooms 2 garlic cloves olive oil 3 anchovies (at your choice) parsley salt pepper vegetable stock parmesan 250gr spaghetti (I only use Garofalo) Put a salty water pan to boil for the spaghetti and cook them according instructions. In the meanwhile put some olive oil in a skillet…
Spaghetti with Zucchini and Pumpkin Flower
It has been a long time since my last post, now is time to catch up! This almost a vegetarian version of spaghetti alla carbonara. This is because of the egg yolks you add at the end. Ingredients for 2: 250 gr. spaghetti 1 small zucchini pumpkin flowers (roughly a dozen). saffron (1 blister) 2…
Spaghetti tomato eggplants and mushrooms
Another Pasta variation. Ingredients for 2: 2 garlic cloves 4 anchovies chopped chllies (i used 3 without seeds) 1 small eggplant 100gr champignons olive oil basic tomato sauce or passata di pomodoro (tomato puree) a little bit of cream Spaghetti Garofalo (half a package) In a first big pan add salted water and when…
Maccheroni alla crema di Asiago
Ingredients: 250gr Milk 15gr Butter 15gr flour 75gr Asiago 240 gr Maccheroni salt, pepper, some chili flakes Grate the asiago and add the milk. Leave to rest for 20 minutes. In the meanwhile in pan warm up the butter. When liquid add the flour and mix well with a whisk. Start to boil salted water…
A variation of Penne alla Sorrentina
Pasta alla sorrentina is basically with tomato sauce and some mozzarella added at the end (I put it with switched off fire and leave it for 1 minute to melt). Sorrento is a little bit south of Neapel. Campania, the region is home of the mozzarella. As I had some Asparagus left I added them….
The right ingredients – Pasta
Yes I know. I was born in Ticino and I am used to italian food quality. And yes, I am picky on the ingredients. My poor boyfriend has now learned. You cannot use any tomato for the sauce and not any olive oil is good. The same is for pasta. Pasta has to be al…
The epicurean kitten 