START
YOUR TRIP TO ITALY WITH A RECIPE
SPINACH
AND MUSHROOM SALAD
Time
required 20 minutes.
Ingredients:
400
grams new spinaci
150
grams champignon mushrooms
1 red
onion (medium)
60 grams gorgonzola
cheese ( pungent)
1 pod garlic
1 sprig tyme
2 spoons white
wine
6 spoons olive
oil
Salt and pepper
to taste.
Wash
the spinach, and cut into pieces.
Clean
the mushrooms and dry with a soft humid kitchen cloth.
Cut
the onion into fine rings
Cut
the gorgonzola cheese into cubes.
Cut
the pod of garlic into tiny bits.
In
a glass dish , with a secure cover, put the oil,
wine, garlic , the sprig of tyme,
salt
and pepper.
Close
the dish and shake well.
In
a salad bowl, place the spinaci, the mushrooms and
the gorgonzola.
Pour
the contents of the closet glass dish over the items
in the salad bowl.
SPAGHETTI
AGLIO OLIO E PEPERONCINO
Ingredients for
4 persons.
3cloves of garlic.
Half
a red chili pepper or half teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 spoon parsley
cut fine.
Half a cup of
olive oil
1
pound of spaghetti
Sautè
the garlic and pepper or pepper flakes in a large
pan, in the hot oil, until the garlic is a light gold
color.
Boil
the spaghetti al dente. Add 3 tablespoons of the pasta
cooking water to the mixture of garlic and pepper.
Drain
the spaghetti and join it in the large pan with the
garlic and pepper mixture.
Sprinkle
with the parsley and serve immediately.
Nothing is complete
without a dessert….
So here goes…..!!!
CRISPELLE
DI RISO
These
cinnamon flavoured rice croquettes, coated with honey
are a Sicilian speciality.
Serves
6 to 8
Ingredients:
1
cup rice
2
cups milk
1
envelope of active dry yeast
Rind
of 1 lemon.
3
tablespoons flour
Pinch
of salt
Flour
for dredging
A
quarter cup of sugar
Half
a teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Sunflower
oil for deep frying
A
quarter cup of honey
Cook
the rice and milk together over a medium flame.
When
the milk boils reduce the flame and continue to cook
in a covered pan, until the milk has been absorbed
by the rice…. Stir occassionaly. Remove from the heat
and allow the mixture to cool.
Disolve
the dry yeast in a little warm water and stiri t into
the rice and milk mixture.
Mix
in the grated lemon rind, flour and salt, and let
this mixture rest for an hour.
Form
the flavoured rice into little cylinders about 2 inches
long, and dredge them in plain flour.
Fry
the croquettes, in hot oil, until they are golden, in
a small pan with the oil at a depth of 3 to 4 inches.
Mix
the sugar with the cinnamon.. roll the croquettes into
the mixture and sprinkle with honey. Serve immediately
!!