Archive for April 2009

I find it very intriguing and festive dishes all the closed package. I seem to be many gifts that conceal a surprise! Usually does not reveal what's inside as long as ever fork and knife, do not rule out the package, but today I made an exception to the rule here is to you and wrapping paper, box and surprise of my baked cordon bleu.

Ingredients for 6 persons:
6 slices of loin
6 slices cooked ham
1 or other soft cheese melted cheese
80 g breadcrumbs
40 g pecorino
2 eggs
sage
parsley
a clove of garlic
salt


Process
Prepare the breading mix bread crumbs, cheese, garlic, sage, parsley and a pinch of well sale.Aprite slices and spread over each slice of ham and a slice of smoked cheese, melted cheese or other, taking care to place it only on one half of the slices. Fold it on themselves and turn the edges inward to form a cord. Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt. Dip the egg and then pass them nell'impanatura bundles. There will be no need to stop the edges with toothpicks or other because the egg and breading will be perfectly adhesive. Grease a baking sheet, settle yourself on each of the bundles and spread of small knobs of butter. Bake at 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

This dish has become the symbol of the kitchen Bari in Italy and, dare say, in the world. It 'a delicacy that mixes the flavors of the seafood (mussels) with that of the land (rice and potatoes). I dedicate it to Lalla, my girlfriend's blog Scent of Sicily, who suggested I enter it.
Ingredients for 6 people
1 kg of potatoes
400 g of parboiled rice
1 and 1 / 2 kg of mussels
2-3 onions
3 cloves of garlic
1 cup extra virgin olive oil
250 grams of tomatoes to the wire
1 bunch of parsley
150 grams of pecorino romano
3 zucchini
salt and pepper to taste

Process
Wash, peel, slice the potatoes and place them in a bowl with water.
Clean the shells of mussels with a autandovi retina. Apritene depriving a Kilo
Only half of the shell and trying to keep the fruit in the other half, and the other half a kilo in net interest, preserving their water. Put a pan on the bottom of olive oil, 2 onions chopped fine, a bit of garlic, parsley, salt and pepper. Top with 2 zucchini cut into rounds. Season the zucchini with tomatoes, garlic, parsley, oil and overlay a layer of potatoes. Season the potatoes with other tomatoes, a little salt, garlic and abundant pecorino romano. Make a thin layer of rice, sprinkle with oil and put on the mussels in their shells. Sprinkle with the remaining rice and dress with the mussels and their water, oil, parsley, cheese, tomatoes, garlic and pepper. Finish with a layer of potatoes and dress with all the ingredients listed above, an onion and zucchini slices. Fill the pan of water from beneath the top layer of potatoes. Bake at 250 degrees for 10 minutes and 200 ° for 40-50 minutes remaining. Use zucchini or less there are several theories, I still do it with the zucchini because releasing water during cooking, the rice retains more humid.
In this regard, I invite you to hear what women think of Old Bari ...

Finally I can introduce a special person as well as the executor of the following recipe ... She and Paul, and the series: you know but you just seem like a lifetime ago ... It is' clear, is sociable, is positive, caring and my friend! (_ ^ -) I consider it something of a GURU ... a culinary guide and spiritual: the kitchen is just spectacular, does things to make you crawl on the ground and the language then I can listen and advise and always calls me when I need Meet her ... Paola with her cake mousse ...
Ingredients for the dough and the filling:
450gr dark chocolate
125g of butter
150 grams of sugar + 2 tablespoons
2 tablespoons of brandy
9 egg yolks - 9 egg whites
Ingredients for the frosting:
100ml double cream
100g of dark chocolate
half a tablespoon of brandy

Process
Before weighing the dough that will hold the cup final because it must then be divided into three equal parts. Melt chocolate in a bain marie 450gr with 125gr of butter. Once melted add 2 tablespoons of brandy, stir and set aside. Separate the yolks from the whites. Beat the egg yolks with 150 grams of sugar so they are well blended. Now unitegli mixing the melted chocolate from the bottom up. Whip the egg whites until stiff and add 2 tablespoons of sugar.
Finally, mix gently 2 compounds. At this point you have to divide the mixture into 3 equal parts. 2 shares will be used for the 2 bases to be cooked in a mold 22 cm in diameter and the third party must be stored in the fridge for the filling. The 2 molds lined with baking paper and pour 1 / 3 of the prepared mold. Bake for 15-20 minutes at 160-170 ° C in a convection oven, grill lower, or 180 ° static
the central grid. Let cool and not worry if the bases are lowered ... it is normal! Assemble the cake: Pour the mousse on a base and cover with the other base and store it in refrigerator 4-6 hours.
Half an hour before serving, but if you have to first bring it to a friend's house, merge into a thick-bottomed pan 100g of chocolate with 100 grams of cream and half a tablespoon of brandy. Pour the icing on the cake layer with a spatula and put it back in the fridge.

Paula suggests: It 'a really good sweet and more' days pass more 'becomes good. You all know the kinder delice .... It 'the same !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This salad as well as being easy to prepare, is the ultimate in versatility, can be thought of as a packed lunch, appetizer, side dish, main dish for an informal dinner to prepare ... I often during the summer, as an alternative to the classic rice salad .

Ingredients for a bowl of medium size:
300 grams of parboiled wheat
10-15 cherry tomatoes
1 mozzarella
2 cans of tuna
pitted black olives
thyme
basil
plenty of oil
salt
Procedure:
Bring the water to boil, add salt, add the corn and cook according to the times indicated on the box. When the corn is cooked, drain it, do it indiepidire, put it in a bowl and season with chopped tomatoes spicchietti, tuna, cubes of mozzarella, sliced ​​black olives, thyme, basil, salt and plenty of oil. Place in refrigerator for an hour and a minute before serving, sprinkle with rose oil.

Last night, after work, I was tormented by a word ... HOUSE!
The cars were badged: 'House', the signals had previously chimney, door and windows, wore crosses to the bathroom right, left and right in the bedroom to the kitchen ... When I finally got there, I thanked to exist , and I started playing the trial of Cook, svutando on the table what was in the fridge and pantry and trying to invent something interesting to cook for dinner, then: a cube of yeast, mozzarella, potatoes, spices various, flour ... Ok! And 'way: Focaccia with potatoes, mozzarella and oregano.
Ingredients
For the dough:
250 g flour 00
150 g semolina flour
1 cube of yeast
100 ml warm milk
150 ml warm water
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons salt
For the sauce:
2 potatoes
2 mozzarella
oregano, olive oil, pepper, salt
Thermomix procedure for the dough:
I preferred to trust in the good Thermomix as follows:
I put in the jug of water, milk, oil and yeast by setting
The vel1 for 2 sec. I turned it off, I plugged the hole in the lid
the flour and salt. I have been running for 20 sec 5 speed.
I removed the dough from the bowl and left it to rise for 1 hour and a half.
Classical procedure for the dough:
Put flour on a work surface, forming a mound, make a small hole first side, which put the salt, and then a larger center, where we will: the crumbled cube of yeast, oil, milk.
Dissolve the yeast in the liquid using his fingers as they have absorbed the flour add the warm water and knead until mixture is smooth. Form a dough ball, put it in a bowl, cover with a cloth and let rise for about 1 hour and a half.
Procedure for the dressing:
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Shred the mozzarella into squares and put them
in a colander to drain. Pour oil in a large baking pan, put the dough and try to spread it with your hands until you reach the edges. Sprinkle the focaccia with mozzarella and cover with thinly sliced ​​potatoes, so that you cook the cake. Spread potatoes on the oregano, salt, pepper and a drizzle of oil. Bake for 20 minutes at 250 ° by placing the pan in the lower part of the oven (I have the oven).

I just had to start with this dish because it is one that speaks best of me and of my heritage. Preparing and tasting it I feel at one with my land: the scent of the sea, the warm colors of summer, the softness of the sand and the rugged cliffs. The risotto is done so at my house:

Ingredients for 4-6 persons:
1 squid 300 g
1 kg of fresh mussels
300 g fresh shrimp
2 fists of rice per person
1 cup tomato sauce
600 ml water
a splash of white wine
1 clove of garlic
a handful of chopped parsley
salt
oil

Procedure:
We start with the more laborious task: cleaning mussels.
So the private clam shell and kept their water (it is very important because then you add the filtered during preparation and will serve to enhance the flavor).
From raw shelled shrimp.
Cut the squid into small pieces after cleaning.
In a saucepan, sauté the garlic in the oil. Just begin to sizzle, add the squid and let it season. Pour the wine. When the wine has evaporated, add the sauce and salt. Take care not to overdo it with salt whereas the seafood they contain enough of them already.
Simmer the sauce for 5 minutes. Add the water and after that will come to a boil, add rice. Turn occasionally and when the rice is almost cooked, add the mussels with their water and peeled shrimp.
Ultimate with a handful of chopped parsley.

It took less than 9 months of pregnancy, is long, but certainly useful to realize what was going to happen ... Mumble mumble ... I reflected on my transformations during this period of time ... Thank goodness my metabolism has helped me keep the weight and so, despite the baby is a diary of food, the belly has not grown a lot! Instead what is amplified is the excessive passion for cooking, I pursued the age of reason and could not wait to share it with those who materialize feels like me. The name was born from this Misskdavivere irrepressible desire to express it.
Ok the passion, the love ok, but it is clear, put a creature in the world is not easy, especially when you hear the happy event that is close and you have not yet prepared a layette, what inspired the rest? Usually, in these cases, there is inspired by the sex ... But what sex will my baby? What color dress? Let's see ... ... Misskdavivere It 'girl ... Miss the rest, leaving little to the imagination ... It is, however, is too conventional dress of pink! Celeste? Too much contrast! Green? What color asexual! So ... What do you think? We leave it naked ... white ... and then the colors and the dress along the way and do the same for cuddling, affection, dedication and care.
Let's start ...