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This morning I stayed home to clean, so why not cook too? Thanks to a well-known Italian cooking channel I was inspired to cook this tasty and imaginative recipe. I love the sweet and salty together. I hope you enjoy it. Ingredients  4 people  500-600 grams of lamb shoulder, cut into cubes  2 pears, not too ripe  1 tablespoon sugar  Olive oil  balsamic vinegar  Salt and pepper  Preparation step by step  1  Cut the pears into cubes of 2 cm, assemble the skewers, alternating the pear cubes and cubes of lamb.  2   Cook the skewers in a pan with a little olive oil, add salt to taste and pears.  Add the sugar to caramelize the skewers.  3   After cooking, flame with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.  Serve the skewers with vegetables or rice pilaf Venus.

I officially declare of wanting to specialize in the most delicious Italian recipes , but above all healthier...age advances and I can not always eat pasta, although very good !!! For this reason, today we will prepare an Italian healthy dish but with a unique taste ...  The Italian potato soup with beans . A quick and easy recipe, ready in twenty minutes . The ingredients are very common, there is no need to rush to the supermarket ...  I have to admit , lately I'm a bit short of ideas with regard to Italian recipes , I have to buy another Italian cookbook , maybe paleo and low carb one .. I keep you updated!  (Pssssh.Update!! Finally got another one on Amazon  ) Happy! Ingredients  3 medium-sized potatoes  Fresh or dried beans, 250 gr  Bacon, 80 grams (just for gourmands like me)  carrots 1  onions 1  1 celery rib  Sage 3/4 leaves  1 bunch parsley  1 clove of garlic  Extra virgin olive oil, 4 tablespoons  ...

Italian cuisine is full of exquisite and delicious dishes, but also healthy dishes!! How to join then in a single dish, delicacy and well-being ? This time the Italian cuisine comes to help me (Agnese!) with this traditional recipe for  Italian celiac   ..... The classic pizza margherita but without gluten ! Lately I am specializing in these very Italian recipes gluten-free with great results for my palate and my well-being.. Ingredients for the mixture of two pizzas from 32 cm  - Rice flour 350 gr  - Corn starch 250 g  - 1 teaspoon honey  - Water 350 ml  - Salt 10 gr  - Brewer's yeast 25 gr  - 2 tablespoons olive oil  I am not yet very experienced in  cooking Italian recipe gluten free , so I got advice from my friend  Elisa , who know well by now, the best book of classic Italian dishes without gluten. I can not wait to try them all, I'm always very hungry! Grrrr!! (Psst! Update! Got it on Amazon  !)  Ingedient...

Today I wanted to cook the classic pesto alla Genovese, as I began to think of the various ingredients... a tweet  of Elisa, an Italian friend of mine, drew my attention, she was preparing an easy, fast and tasty traditional sauce from the  Sicilian cuisine , the famous... Pesto alla Siciliana ! I was tired of the classic pesto sauce and I wanted to change the color of my dough. The Sicilian pesto, then, is the variant that suits me.  - 10 Minutes Cooking time - Difficulty : Easy Ingredients:  - Red tomatoes 500 gr  - 50g pine nuts  - Extra virgin olive oil 150 ml  - salt  - 1 clove of garlic  - A generous bunch basil  - Parmigiano Reggiano 100g  - Ricotta 150g  - Freshly ground pepper to taste I'm so in love with this recipe so I decided to buy a real book of traditional Sicilian recipes , straight from Italy! My research is still going on! Stay tuned! (Pssst! Update! Finally got it on Amazon !) The preparation of this relea...

Finally a free afternoon, at home! The Italian mom chef in me was awakened!! Today I decided to try a special recipe, is a famous Italian sauce ... the Bolognese Sauce!  This idea came to me yesterday, when wandering through the house I found a book of Italian recipes that I had forgotten inside a kitchen pot! Now it is back with me even if a bit spoiled and I can cook all the Italian recipes I want !!   A special book that has always used my family, find it has been my fortune, is a real treasure! But let's continue to the recipe! ( Shhhh. Update! found it on Amazon !) The recipe for Bolognese sauce is quick and easy and I will show you how to do it step by step with the addition of pictures!  Original Ingredients - Minced pork (thigh) 250 gr ( Swich to Italian Sausages if can't find it ) - Sweet bacon stretched or rolled up 100 gr  - carrots 1  - 1 medium onion  - 1 stalk celery  - Extra virgin olive oil 3 tablespoons  - Butter 50 gr...

Today's recipe is really easy, ideal for making a quick and tasty appetizer, served with other dishes: t he pieces of Grana Padano . The recipe nibbles of Grana Padano cheese is great for any occasion, to make a starter for friends and family, and it is also very much loved by children. It is prepared in a matter of minutes and with readily available ingredients such as bread, eggs, Grana Padano cheese and soft cheese . Bon Appetite!.  Difficulty : easy  Time: 30 min  People : 4  Calories  :500 kcal / Pers.  Ingredients  Bread crumb: 180 gr  Parmigiano Grana Padano: 180 gr  Stracchino: 100 gr  Eggs: 3  Salt: to taste  Parsley to taste  Extra virgin olive oil: as required  Milk: as needed  Flour: enough  Recipe and preparation  Here is the recipe Italian nibbles of Parmigiano Grana Padano .  Pour the crumbs into a bowl care that you have filled with milk, squeeze it and make it into small pieces, f...

Italian Olive in parmesan crust recipe Today I do not talk too much, I promise, just a few recommendation then step to give you the recipe with my insignificant changes:  Make it triple, quadruple dose, one leads to another, there are a few olives 18?  not do if you are on a diet, are irresistible!  if you are on a diet do them the same, in case you give up the first course;-)  OLIVES IN CRUST  Ingredients:   18/20 pitted green olives  50 g flour  30 g parmesan cheese  30 g butter  1 tablespoon cold water  Procedure:  Mix the flour with the butter in a mixer or dough until it makes crumbs. Add 1 tablespoon of water and parmesan. Let rest in refrigerator for 30 minutes.  Take composed by a small amount at a time, flatten it with your fingers lightly on floured board and wrap it around an oil well dry, rolling, and then, all in the palm of your hand to coat well the oil.  When they are all ready arrange them in a baking...

A few weeks ago i went to Ostia , a famous beach of Lazio and I have tasted again the spaghetti with clams, a delight!  So today I propose you this delicious italian   pasta with clams!  The spaghetti with clams are one of the most famous and popular dishes of the Neapolitan culinary tradition, where they are known as "vermicelli with clams." Although now the spaghetti with clams are prepared in every corner of the world, it is impossible for those who travels to Naples not try this delicious dish, perhaps savoring the sea. The clams best to use for spaghetti are the true, fish in our seas, from the fleshy fruit and very tasty!  Difficulty: Easy  Cooking time: 20 min  Preparation time: 20 min  Serves: 4 people  Cost: Medium  Ingredients   Spaghetti 400 gr  1 kg Clams  1 clove of garlic  1 bunch parsley  Extra virgin olive oil  ground pepper  salt  Preparation To prepare Italian   spaghetti with ...

Vegan strawberry tart: recipe  How to prepare a delicious Italian vegan strawberry tart , lighter than the classic version because without milk, butter and eggs. Try our recipe.  The strawberry tart is one of the most mouthwatering desserts summer. What we are proposing today is the strawberry tart vegan, a lighter version than the classical one because it prepared without animal fats.  His recipe obtained with very few ingredients and without the use of milk, eggs and butter is also perfect for those who are intolerant to milk and dairy products and eggs.  Perfect for both breakfast and as a tasty snack, the strawberry tart vegan is not only an excellent opportunity to make a feast of vitamins tasting strawberries in the middle of their season, but is also a great way to get kids to eat fruit.  INGREDIENTS (shortcrust pastry and custard)  500 grams of strawberries  500 grams of flour 00  50 ml of soy milk vanilla  150 ml of organic sunflowe...

THE PUDDICA The exquisite Italian pizza vegan recipe People often think that the most typical good traditional regional Italian are off-limits to vegetarians and vegans ... But it was enough to browse through an old book of Italian regional recipes  er realize that many italian traditional recipes are suitable for both vegetarians to vegans .  Going to browse the section on Apulia (the land of a part of the family), for example, I discovered that the Puddica, the typical Apulian focaccia with tomatoes, it is 100% vegan . Not bad, considering that we are not accustomed to thinking about whether a product contains or less typical ingredients of animal origin in its interior.  And then I intend to bring you back here - from time to time - some traditional recipe of our regions that can be eaten even by those who have made a clear ethical choice: makes life easier for them and rejoice in all the others, that in this way know to eat a truly healthy food and without remorse....