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Ok ok, it did not come true as it should be and I also had to call it by another name for the original of Chamomile , but then I said to myself, even with this flat shape, still 1000foglie of potatoes is also because it took me forever to cut the potatoes into thin slices thin and I really think I have touched on the 1000 and then the error must have been in the number of 'leaves', but only in the choice of the pan that had to be much smaller! ! (_ ^ -) However, apart from these useless excuses for having fake recipe of Chamomile, I must admit that even in the kitchen, looks can be deceiving and in fact what was to be the flop of the evening (it is still one of the dishes prepared for dinner with friends that I mentioned in post below) has become SUCCESS: it has been appreciated and enjoyed by all at this point that at the time of the encore, because there was no more, Gianluca has sacrificed a piece of His ... AHAhHAhHAh!

Ingredients for 4 people:
800 g of potatoes
1 large smoked cheese
1 bunch of fresh herbs (thyme, sage, basil, rosemary)
20 g butter
Salt and pepper to taste
Procedure:
Peel the potatoes, wash and slice them into thin slices with a mandolin. Put them in a pot of cold water for about 5 minutes, drain and pat dry. Slice the smoked cheese, fresh herbs cleaned by wiping with a damp cloth and chop finely. In a small bowl toss together with a little 'salt and pepper. Line a mold with hinged round of baking paper wet and well drained and do a first layer of potatoes, overlapping them slightly. ' Sprinkle with the chopped herbs and salt and cover with a few slices of smoked cheese. Continue in this manner until all the ingredients, ending with a final layer of potatoes. Distribuitevi over a few tufts of butter. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 40 minutes covered with aluminum foil. After this time, delete the puff pastry and cook until the potatoes on the surface appear gold. To check for doneness using a toothpick, they are cooked when it will come without any resistance. Remove from the oven, misshapen and serve warm.

Undecided whether to publish or not this simple appetizers at the end ... Guess? I published! (_ ^ -) I hope I do not want to picture quality, but as I said in previous post that evening taken by the heat of cooking and photography I have confused the camera for a few precious ingredient and I handled it repeatedly with the greasy and oily hands, smearing the lens! Sorry! Anyway I could not offer this appetizer, which like the girelline below, are ideal for those who must act in advance, beginning to prepare something the night before, but who still want to taste and delicacies. The idea for this finger food is Misy , which not only has photographed all the steps to prepare, but he also took pictures of this one much more decent that I felt to publish. Thanks Misy!
Ingredients for 10 rolls:
2 zucchini,
100 grams of soft cheese,
100 grams of bacon,
pepper
Procedure:
Checked the zucchini and slice it lengthwise. Grill the zucchini on a plate on both sides. Once cooled, spread on grilled courgette stracchino, pepper and a slice of bacon roll out trying to keep out of the end of the zucchini. So roll up and stops to roll with a toothpick. Store in refrigerator before serving.

Continuous wave even Dinner with friends (see 2 posts below) and today I present this cheerful colors the appetizer table is prepared with ease and has a wardrobe of options to choose from depending on the night and tastes. I take me a little forward with the work I have prepared the rolls the night before and then cut them only an hour before the guests ... How to dress for my spindle I chose to dress half with tuna sauce and arugula and the other half with Parma, arugula and philadelphia, but you could pick any other combinations such as mayonnaise, cooked and mushrooms; Robiola and grilled vegetables, butter, salmon and salad, cottage cheese, salami and Songino ... well ... Set the feature Fantasia and have fun! (_ ^ -)

Ingredients for 12 swivels:
1 package of bread for sandwiches (4fette)
70 g of ham,
1 Philadelphia,
1 bunch of arugula,
For the tuna sauce:
2 cans of tuna in oil from 80g
30 g salted capers
2 salted anchovies
mayonnaise to taste.
Procedure:
Prepare the tuna sauce: cleanse the anchovies, capers washed under water and, with the bezel or with a mixer, chop until you get a mush. Put the tuna in a bowl and scatter with a fork, then pour the chopped anchovies and capers. Stir in the mayonnaise a little at a time and stir gently until mixture is smooth and creamy. Dial now rolls. Roll out each strip of bread for two slices tramezzini.Su spread the tuna sauce thus obtained and will spread the fresh arugula. On the other two spread the philadelphia, prosciutto and arugula. Gently roll up the slices and wrap in plastic wrap. Store rolls of bread stuffed in the fridge for at least an hour. Slice the rolls horizontally, still wrapped in plastic forming swivels. Remove the foil, place the swivel on a serving platter and serve.

Always keeping in theme 'Dinner with friends' (see post below) I finally prepared savory muffins! I really wanted to do it and I was waiting for the chance greedily. I therefore left this fixed point to make you turn around all the other dishes! And yes ... but we must start somewhere! And so it is coming off a nice dinner and semi-rustic to go vegan gradually to explain in future posts. I have served as the bread, which I deliberately omitted from the table, leaving the center for the entire dinner. Gianluca them hot favorites, it has not withstood the smell freshly baked, I, as a matter of organization, I have caused to serve cold, but they were the same welcome. I found them delicious, maybe trying to be redone a few variations with vegetables and other cheese ... I'm sure I'll take the muffin-mania rages on most foodblog! Official! CONTAGIOOOOOOOOOOOO! Last thing and then I close: indecent pictures came because: 1. It was evening and there was plenty of light, 2. I smeared the lens with greasy paw and, unfortunately, I realized when I saw the photos to your PC: all with the mark of Zorro! Sorry! Latest: The recipe has been kindly provided by Misy that I take this opportunity to greet and thank.

The savory muffins Ingredients for 12:
250gr of flour
200 ml of milk
2 eggs
50 g of butter
100g of cooked ham
100gr Provolino
50 g grated Parmesan cheese
1 packet of instant yeast powder
1 teaspoon salt
Procedure:
Proceed as usual in the preparation of muffins, forming two separate compounds and dried the wet ingredients: In a bowl mix the eggs with the milk and melted butter but cold, except the Parmesan cheese together the flour, salt and yeast. Add to the bowl with the flour, ham and cheese cut into cubes. Then add the two compounds, mixing gently. Butter and flour muffin molds and pour the mixture for 2 / 3 of their capacity. Bake the muffins at 180 degrees for 30 minutes or until a toothpick slipping, do not come out clean and dry. Let cool before serving.

And 'for a while that I do not write on the blog is not because more cooking, but because it is a critical time to work and worry of the risk of losing, is occupying much of my poor head! Last week, when I realized that the smile was fading, I decided to invite some nice people to dinner (_ ^ -) and, as I had imagined, WENT WRONG: thinking about what to prepare, at the right combinations, the tastes of the guests, and then putting their hands in dough, handle food, give them a form, I have calmed a lot! And if the company is the right one when the evening comes from: we were up at 2 am on the terrace chatting, laughing and joking! This is fortunate to have hobbies and especially the FRIENDS (_ ^ -) ... Hey! To you ... Thanks! Posters slowly all that I have prepared, but I want to start at the end ... a pleasure ... parfait MASCARPONE
impressed that will, for the preparation, only half an hour of your precious time! Try it! My friends are very welcome! Oh, I forgot the most important thing: the recipe is of Manuela sweet blog FiorDiVanilla that I take this opportunity to greet and thank.

Ingredients for 6 / 8 persons:
500 grams of mascarpone
250 g of icing sugar
250 g of milk
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
50 grams of dark chocolate flakes
4 packages pavesini
coffee
sugar (to sweeten the coffee)
a plum cake mold (approximately 10 cm × 28)
molds or small round

Procedure:
Mix the mascarpone with the milk a little at a time, beginning to mix a tablespoon of mascarpone with a little milk and proceed with caution and patience until exhausting amounts of mascarpone cheese and milk provided. DO NOT USE absolutely electric mixer, used instead of an ordinary kitchen spoon or a wooden spoon. Then, add the sifted icing sugar. The compound obtained is a fairly smooth consistency. Divide this mixture into two parts: add the sifted cocoa in the chocolate chips in the other. Line a mold or molds individual plum cake with aluminum foil (it will be easier to transform it / s) and place the soaked pavesini of coffee trying to bring them closer to each other as possible. Then pour the cream first with chocolate chips and put in the freezer 10-15 minutes until the cream will not be compact and then spent the time to pour over the chocolate. Store it in the freezer and leave it "solidify" to 3 / 4 hours. Once removed from the freezer (where they will be preserved in case you do not finish everything at once) turn it upside down on a serving plate remove the foil and voila ... ready to be sliced ​​and eaten. Remember, before serving, to pull more out of the freezer ten minutes before.

This afternoon I went to Paola for a coffee and something had to be fast, but then the other between a chat and told me about this wonderful appetizers prepared as try before you give the recipe to her dear mayor, who, having visited the blog , a source has come up with 'safe' to ask how to riassaggiare tasted this dish in a restaurant while ago ... and so we started to post! Dear Mayor is the recipe and photos (^ o ^) ...

Ingredients (serves 4):
30 leaves fresh sage leaves with large, long-stemmed
125 g of flour
1 egg
salt
100 ml of white wine
Oil for frying

Preparation:
Clean and well dried sage leaves. Prepare the batter by diluting the wine in a bowl with the flour and egg yolk. Whip the egg white and add it to the mixture gently trying not to take it apart. Heat the oil, meanwhile, take the stem of sage leaves, dip them first in the batter and then into the hot oil. After about 2 minutes voltatele and brown other side. Then drain them and let them drain on paper towels. Serve warm.