Archive for the 'Side'

This dish I have met during a pleasant dinner with my friends Clare and Charles Salentine on a farm with a very homely and friendly atmosphere. I tried to do it again as I had been indicated by the chef of the place, even if sincerely miss that home-prepared quid more given to the baking dish in the oven of the peppers. Since then I propose it often feels like an appetizer or as a side dish. The perfect bond between bread and peppers makes this dish is always appreciated ... I would recommend, however, not sparingly with OIL to be rich in order to allow the bread to dip in the sauce that is properly out of the cooking of the peppers.

Ingredients for 4 people
3 yellow peppers
3 red peppers
a handful of black olives
3 tablespoons of capers
4 tablespoons of olive oil
garlic
salt
pepper
 

Process
Wash the peppers, remove the cap, the seeds and filaments inside, then cut it into strips. In a casseruala heat the oil with the garlic, cut into small pieces. Fry the peppers for 7-8 min., Salt and pepateli. At this point add the bread crumbs and cook until evenly golden result. Add the capers and chopped olives, stir and cook everything for a couple of minutes. You can also serve them cold.

The summer is the return to the smells, flavors, colors ... Everything takes on a scent and taste that gives a good and even the sight, everything looks colorful and appetizing. I think for example to become so tasty vegetables that require the addition of a little salt, juicy fruit that becomes almost wanting to meet all'arsura summer, the spices for flavoring the terrace, added to the preparations, give those tones typical of summer, which gives the meat of pasture and open air and the fish that smells like algae and plankton.
Today is a dish that describes the summer, there are all the ingredients: colors, smells, tastes, and with a little imagination, there is also a grove that casts a shadow on the sunny beach, the waves, a checkered tablecloth and good friends with whom to share a picnic.

Ingredients for 6 persons:
2 eggplants
2 onions
2 red peppers
4 medium zucchini
3 large tomatoes
2 medium potatoes
2 sprigs of fresh thyme
1 small bunch of basil
80 ml of olive oil
oregano (optional)
fresh chilli (optional)
salt

Procedure:
Clean and slice the eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, peppers and potatoes into cubes of 2 cm. Slice the onion coarsely and add them to the other ingredients. Take a baking pan, grease it with a little oil, pour the vegetables and chopped vegetables, season with remaining oil, thyme, basil, salt and pepper if you like. Mix together and bake at 200 degrees for 30-40 minutes, remembering to turn the preparation from time to time. Serve warm or at room temperature. The ratatouille is kept covered in refrigerator up to 3 days.

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.

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.

The animal is likely to bring you home a kitten or a puppy recovered on the road, Gianluca until now I have always taken branches, twigs, branches to be satiated, planting and care, but a few nights ago he came home with nothing but a strange expression, I asked: It 'something happened? I said: I saw a beautiful yucca, sdradicata here in front of the garden and thrown away! He's sorry too, I take it you say? I said: It 'feasible?! Obviously I was referring to the size of the plant ... I replied with a smile: Well! I have not evaluated the size, only the beauty! Should I go there and see better ... Go ... Back after 5 minutes and tells me that it was feasible and that a gentleman had offered to help transport long as they had saved! Mmmmmmh! It began to smell, but I have chosen to explore! After quarter of an hour the bell finally rings, I open, turn on the light and take a step back: before me there was a gigantic monster with two heads, which touched the ceiling for a long and wide throughout the expanded landing, and Gianluca and gentle ladies sweaty and exhausted from the effort. No time to realize and see the monster go into the house, spread out on the balcony and on the way a lot of plates can not! Now the monster has been divided into two monsters and every day we hope that at least one of the two can be saved ... For dinner, translated further than 2 hours, fortunately I had prepared something cold, which, being in the refrigerator longer than expected , has given way to all the ingredients to blend their flavors, creating a flat taste simple, fresh and summery ... There I present ...

Ingredients for 4 people:
400 g green beans
400 g potatoes, yellow paste
4 tomatoes salad
1 clove of garlic
a sprig of parsley
oil to taste
salt to taste
pepper to taste
Procedure:
Clean the beans by removing the ends. Peel the potatoes and cut them pezzi.Portare to boil a pot of water, salt and jump in the water is recovered fagiolini.Quando the boil, add the potatoes. When cooked, drain and cool all over. Put the beans in a bowl and potatoes become cold, add the tomatoes cut into wedges, seasoned with a clove of garlic cut very thin, abundant oil, chopped parsley, pepper and salt to taste. Mix together and place in refrigerator for half an hour before serving.