Tag: crafts
Ingredients :: Anchovies
What are Anchovies?
“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.” ~ Ovid (Heroides)
Plated :: Anchovies and Parsley
“The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.” ~ Henry Green
Plated :: Sandwich “Strawberries & Fava beans”
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Sweet notes from Abruzzo :: The “Pasticciotto” Ladies
The main ingredients for pasticciotto are short crust pastry and a filling of almonds, lemon peel and sugar syrup. The making of the pasticciotto is a feast of its own, ladies gather around a long table and spend time telling stories, updating each other and… The post was first published on Appetibilis | Saperi e Sapori del Territorio – Read more: Le signore del “pasticciotto” di Bomba :: “Pasticciotto” Ladies from Bomba
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Picnic food :: Frittata di “Maccarune Carrati” :: Zero waste recipe
Once upon a time, when the zero-waste attitude was an integral part of our living, there was “la frittata di maccheroni”. There are no particular recipes for this one-dish meal usually made out of leftover pasta with its sauce, beaten eggs and eventually “aggarbato” with cheese (usually the grated crust of aged-old pecorino)… Read more: Zero Waste Interlude: Frittata di “Maccarunə Carrati” via appetibilis.net
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“Spaghetti alla Chitarra” Strikes The Right Chord
You don’t need to be a musician to enjoy “spaghetti alla chitarra” [chitarra, pronounced key-tahr-rah, is the Italian word for guitar]. You just need to be a curious foodie, since spaghetti alla chitarra, or simply “chitarra” is one of the many signature dishes of the Abruzzi cuisine.
Chitarra – the artisanal cooking tool – is made of a wooden frame with steel wires stretched on it. Once you have a classic fresh pasta dough, the entire process of making spaghetti is relatively simple.
Sfoglia di semola rimacinata… Photo: Deda
First you’ll need to make a “sfoglia” (= dough rolled-out to form a sheet), then you lay it onto the the chitarra and press it with the help of the rolling pin to cut the delicious strands (by means of the pin or by hand). The outcome is this.
Making “Spaghetti alla chitarra”… Photo: Deda
Spaghetti alla chitarra is durum wheat square-shaped egg…
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Plated :: Asian Amuse-Bouche
“A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford
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