Balls with cocoa

Balls with cocoa

Ingredients

100 g of butter

100 g of sugar

260 g of flour

50 g of cocoa powder

2 eggs

½ bag of baking powder

Ingredients for filling

1 jar of Nutella or small chocolate egg

Preparation

Put all the ingredients inside a bowl, except the Nutella, and mix.

When is well mixed form a ball and put it inside a bowl of glass.

Take a small part of the mixture, squeeze it between the hands and put in the centre a teaspoon of Nutella.

Close to form the biscuit. Put the biscuits inside a baking with a sheet of oven paper.

Cook for 10/15 minutes at 180°C.

Swivels salt

Swivels salt

Ingredients 

250g ricotta
1/2 tablespoon salt
120ml milk
120 ml of sunflower oil
1 sachet of instant yeast
400 g of flour about

Ingredients for the filling

Baked ham
Cheese

Proceeding

Mix all ingredients together and make a ball.
Take a little dough, form loaves, crush the dough, put ham and cheese and roll up.
Put in oven at 200 degrees for 20 min.

Risotto with tomato and mozzarella

Risotto with tomato and mozzarella

Ingrédients

1 onion
(1 cup white wine)
6 tablespoons of oil or 60 g of butter
250 g mozzarella
400 g rice
Tomato sauce
Bouillon
500 g de riz

Préparation

In a pan melt the butter or oil, add the chopped onion and fry stir constantly with a wooden spoon.
Add the rice, (by absorbing all the butter or oil) after wet the rice with the wine and let it evaporate.
Add the tomato sauce and continue cooking the rice, slowly add the broth until the rice is cooked.
When cooked, add the mozzarella cut into small pieces and mix.

Cod sauce

Ingredients

300 g cod fillet (even frozen)
600 g tomato
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon capers
4 basil leaves
4 tablespoons oil
Salt
Origan
Parsley

500 g of pasta 

Preparation

Fry in a pan garlic capers (washed) and add the tomato and salt, cook for 20 minutes (add 1 cup of water).
Combine the cod fillets into small pieces, oregano and simmer 10 min.
Add basil, chopped parsley and stir.

Coconut biscuits

Coconut biscuits

Ingredients

240 g of coconut flour
150 g sugar
40 g flour
3 eggs
1 lemon peel
Salt

Preparation

Beat eggs with sugar and then add all the ingredients.
Make balls about 30 g.
Put on a plate lined with parchment paper and bake.
Bake 160 ° C until they are golden brown, put on the icing sugar balls

Sauce with ratatouille

Ingredients

Pasta with ratatouille

1 eggplant

1 red pepper

1 onion

1 garlic clove

250g of tomatoes

4 tablespoons oil

500 g of pasta 

Preparation

Cut all the vegetables into small cubes.

In a pan put 4 tablespoons of oil and fry the finely chopped garlic.

Add the vegetables, salt and a glass of water. Cook for 20 minutes.

Cook the pasta, drain it and mix with the sauce.

Salted shortbread

Aggiungi didascalia

Ingredients

200 g of flour

20 g parmesan cheese

100 g butter

1 egg

1 teaspoon salt

1 pinch of yeast

Proceeding

Mix all ingredients and knead the dough until it becomes smooth and homogeneous.

Roll out the pastry on a surface with flour on. Obtain cookies with a mold.

Place the cookies on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.

Cook at 180 °C for 10-15 minutes.

Donuts with milk

Donuts with milk

Ingredients

200 g flour

40 g of potato starch

80 g of sugar

1 egg

60 g of butter

30 ml of milk

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking powder

Ingredients for decorating

Milk

Granulated sugar

Preparation

Mix all the ingredients together until you obtain a ball with the dough.

Roll out the dough with a rolling pin to a thickness of 4-5 of mm and with two cutter in the shape of a circle, one larger and one smaller.

Place the biscuits on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in oven at 190 °C for about 15 min. Remove from the oven and let them cool down.

Sauce with broccoli and Philadelphia

Pasta with broccoli and Philadelphia

Ingredients

300 g of broccoli

½ glass of milk 

100g of philadelphia light

6 teaspoons of Parmesan cheese

6 tablespoons of oil

Salt

500 g of pasta 

 

Preparation

Clean and cut the broccoli into small pieces, boil them for 8 minutes in salted water and then drain.

Put the milk in a pan, and mix with the philadelphia and the Parmesan cheese. 

In a pan brown the oil with some garlic, add the broccoli and let it cook for 4-5 minutes. Then, add the cheese mixture and cook for another 5-10 min (add some warm water if necessary).

Cook the pasta and put it in the sauce.

Biscuits with apples

Biscuits with apples

Ingredients

250 g flour

1 egg

100 g butter

100 g sugar

1 large apple

Juice of half a lemon

Grated rind

1 teaspoon baking powder

Salt

Preparation

Remove the peel the apple and grated

Mix all the ingredients together until you obtain a ball with the dough.

Shape into balls with your hands; if the mixture should be sticky help with the flour.

Take back the donuts, gently, and arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper spaced well apart. 

Bake at 180°C for 15/20 minutes.

Taralli (express recipe)

Taralli

Ingredients

500g of flour

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon bicarbonate

150 g of oil

180 g white grape juice (white wine)

Proceeding

Mix all the ingredients together to amalgamate them properly, make a ball with the dough.

Form small loaves of 7/8 cm and close them as a small donut.

Take back the donuts, gently, and arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper spaced well apart.

Bake at 200°C for 15/20 minutes.

Cacao cookies

Cacao cookies

Ingredients

300 g flour
100 g butter
100 g sugar
8 g baking powder
30 g cacao
2 eggs

Preparation

Mix all ingredients and knead until dough is smooth and homogeneous.

Let stand the wrapped in plastic wrap, for at least 1 hour in the refrigerator.

Roll out the dough to a thickness of about ½ cm, cut out the cookies with the forms.

Bake the shapes in preheated oven at 180°C for about 20 minutes.

Tuscan sauce

 Pasta with tuscan sauce

Ingredients

200 g black olives

200 g Parma ham (or mushrooms)

250 ml fresh liquid cream

1 carrot

1/2 stalk celery

1 white onion

3 tablespoons olive oil

500 g of pasta 

Preparation

Cut  onion, carrot and celery into small pieces.

Heat the oil in a pan. Fry all the vegetables.

Pit the olives and cut them into small pieces. Cut also the ham. 

Add the olives and the ham to the pan, and leave to cook for 5-7 minutes.

Then add the cream and simmer.

Cook the pasta, drain it and mix with the sauce.

"Pan di stelle" Cake

"Pan di stelle" cake 

Ingredients

1 bag of chocolate biscuits (type "Pan di stelle")

Milk

RicottaCream

Preparation

In a muffin mold, put a cookie previously soaked in milk, cover it with cream, put another biscuit and cover it again with the cream.

Sprinkle with crushed cookies.

Ricotta Cream

Ricotta Cream

Ingredients

150 g of cream

4 g of gelatin sheets

350 g ricotta

100 g of sugar

Preparation

Put the gelatin to soak in a glass of cold water for at least 10 minutes.

In the meantime, combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix until it gets creamy.

Pour the mixture into a pan, and heat it on a low flame.

Drain and squeeze the gelatine, then add it to the mixture and stir until it is completely incorporated.

Braids

Braids

Ingredients

250 g flour

250 g sugar

375 g ricotta cheese

100 g of chocolate drops

8 g baking powder

5 g salt

Ingredients for the topping

Beaten egg (or milk)

Caster sugar

Proceeding

Mix all ingredients, form a homogeneous ball.

Make small balls; roll out each ball to stick then fold it in "U" and twisted.

Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar.

Arrange the braids on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper at a distance between them.

Bake at 150°C for about 20 minutes.

Crostata

Crostata

Ingredients for the shortcake

500g flour

200g of butter

200g sugar

4 eggs

Ingredients for filling

400g of jam

1 egg 

Proceeding

Mix all ingredients, form a homogeneous ball.

With the dough into a ball, wrap it in a sheet of plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for at least half an hour.

Roll out the dough and line a baking pan, (removing excess dough) add the jam.

With excess dough get strips and put them on the jam.

Break the egg and mix. With a brush, pass it on the strip of dough.

Bake for 40 minutes at 180°C.

Skewer

Skewer

Ingredients

12 slices of pork loin

12 slices of smoked bacon

26 sage leaves 

50 g diced bacon 

16 pieces of sausage 

Ingredients for the sauce

35 g of butter 

Sage to taste 

Salt to taste 

Rosemary to taste 

White wine (optional)

Proceeding

Beat the slices of meat between two sheets of parchment paper.

Cut the slices in half.  On each slice put a sage leaf and two or three cubes of bacon. Wrap the meat in order to obtain a roll. 

Roll up a slice of bacon on each roulade. On a skewer pierce the roulade, a piece of sausage, another roulade, another piece of sausage and another roulade.

In a frying pan melt the butter,  then add the sage and the rosemary.

Add the skewers and cook them on low heat on both sides.

Add some white wine and let them cook for 20 minutes. If necessary, add some water.

Bolognese white sauce

Pasta with bolognese white sauce

Ingredients

350 g of ground beef
8 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion
1 carrot
1 celery
1 sheet of garlic
Salt

Proceedings

In a saucepan, fry the vegetables (cut into small pieces) with oil. 
Add the meat and brown it then add salt and two cups of water and let it cook on low heat for 20 minutes. 

Chizze

Chizze

Ingredients

250 g flour
40 g of lard
1 teaspoon baking powder
Enough warm water
Salt

Ingredients for the filling

Grana Padano

Proceeding

Mix all ingredients together and make a ball. Let stand for 10 minutes.
Take the dough and spread it 2-3 mm high. Cut it out with a glass.
Put a bit of Grana Padano cheese in the centre and close.
Cook in the oven at 200 °C for 15-20 minutes. Alternatively, they can also be fried.