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POTATOE AND SPINACH VEGETARIAN BALLS
26 February 2020

POTATOE AND SPINACH VEGETARIAN BALLS

Preparing vegetarian balls needs time. During my cooking classes I hear many people who declare that they do not have time to stay in the kitchen; but I am sure, they could find it šŸ˜‰ The real problem is that we give priority to other activities that are often not so important for our lives. If we really feel that cooking something, for us or our family, with high quality food is a good habit, we can create moments to do it. For these long preparations, you can, for example, organize cooking evenings with some friends, sharing the shopping, and making a lots of tasty balls for everyone. It can be a way to spend pleasant hours together and do something useful: you can then freeze your balls and create a good food supply. Here is the recipe for potato and spinach vegetarian balls … I hope you enjoy it šŸ˜‰

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ASPARAGUS CREAM WITH MINT AND LEMON FLAVOUR
13 April 2018

ASPARAGUS CREAM WITH MINT AND LEMON FLAVOUR

By  •  Soups and cream

Welcome spring! How wonderful is the first blooming trees with the awakening nature; how exciting is find the first vegetables of the new season at the market. Let’s start, for example, to celebrate the arrival of asparagus: they have excellent purifying properties and a high content of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and potassium. In addition they are simple and quick to cook and they can be prepared in different ways: in a risotto, on a quiche, for a cream or omelettes …. Today a quick recipe for an asparagus cream with lemon and mint flavor. Enjoy your meal šŸ˜‰

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PASTA WITH PUMPKIN, POTATOES AND LEEK
10 November 2017

PASTA WITH PUMPKIN, POTATOES AND LEEK

Here we are in the middle of autumn. The streetā€™s markets are covered of new colorsā€¦.Now we are reached from the green of broccoli, chards, spinaches, chicoryā€¦then from the white of cauliflowers, fennels, leeksā€¦.from the purple of some cabbages and then from the orange of pumpkins. Today a simply colored recipe wich can warm in an autumn day: pasta with pumpkin, potates and leek, seasoned with sage, thymes and pistachio nuts. Enjoy it šŸ˜‰

 

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ZUCCHINI AND POTATOES CREAM
20 September 2017

ZUCCHINI AND POTATOES CREAM

In Italy hot summer is at the end and when the sun go down I start to feel the desire to have a nice and soft scarf to put on shouldersā€¦.Also in the kitchen, in this period of the year, I use to cook vegetable soups or pureed soups, like this one Iā€™m sharing today. This recipe is also enriched with toasted bread cubes, sheep ricotta and chieves. Enjoy šŸ™‚

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POTATO GNOCCHI WITH CARROTS AND SAFFRON CREAM
5 April 2017

POTATO GNOCCHI WITH CARROTS AND SAFFRON CREAM

When I was a little girl I used to help my grandmother Vittoria with my mother and my aunts. We staied all together around the kitchenā€™s table to prepare every kind of delicacy for the family sunday lunch. It was a very special moment.

I have all these wonderful memories in my mind and I think that exactly in those moments my passion for cooking was born.

I was very attached to my grandmother. And Iā€™m very happy to do today what she did her many years ago.

She was a cook: she warked in my grandfatherā€™s restaurant. He inherited it from my great grandfatherā€¦.it was Arturoā€™s restaurant. My great grandfather started with street food and then he bought this place to set up a really restaurant and bar.

The recipe that remind me more my grandmother is the ā€œpotato gnocchiā€.

She used to prepare the flour on the table and add in the centre the smashed potatoes. Then she started to mix by hand until she had nice pliable ball of dough; after that she took the dough, a piece at time, and roll it out gently with her hands until create rolls of about 3 inches. Then she cut the tubes of dough into pieces and me and my aunt used to press each pieces against tines of a floured fork, with our thumbs to roll them end of tines andĀ give theĀ particular form.

I donā€™t remember how many times Iā€™ve eaten them rawā€¦.

When my grandmother made gnocchi, it was always a happy day for me, because the love that put her into cooking was unique, and all the recipes she desiced to do where full of that loveā€¦.a very expecially ingredients!

Iā€™ve decided to prepare this vegan version, served with a delicious carrot and saffron cream…

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CHAMPIGNON MUSHROOM’S CREAM
7 March 2017

CHAMPIGNON MUSHROOM’S CREAM

By  •  Soups and cream

Every time I cook mushrooms I think about my mother. She used to cook them, when I was a little girl, withĀ theĀ garlic and the parsley … they smelled so good to me.

Now IĀ use them for many preparations: risotto, veg balls, delicious vegetarian lasagna. I like so much mushroom’s cream that haveĀ a pleasant texture and an elegant look. I’ve decided to give you hereĀ this versionĀ enriched with a pinch of chopped parsley and toasted hazelnuts.

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