Pasta with Boiled Beef

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Sunday 20 June 2010 19:24

This simple dish, served at El Obrero, may be ordered with any of the restaurant’s several different pastas under the meat, including spinach linguine. FOR THE BEEF: 3-4 lbs. bottom rond rump roast 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and halved 2 ribs celery, halved crosswise 3 sprigs fresh parsley 1/4 cup salt FOR THE TOMATO SAUCE: 3 tbsp. corn oil 1/2 small yellow ...

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Warm Green Pitted Olives Gigante with Garlic and Oregano

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Sunday 20 June 2010 19:09

Our California Sevillano olives served warm, with fresh oregano and garlic give this antipasto a real Mediterranean flavor. Ingredients: 40 DeLallo Pitted Green Olives Gigante 3 cloves of garlic 1/2 cup chopped Fresh oregano 1/4 cup DeLallo Red-Wine Vinegar 3 tablespoons of DeLallo Extra Virgin Olive Oil Directions: Rinse the olives well under running water; drain and dry them a bit. Slice ...

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Soup Recipes: Peas with Onion and Bacon Bits

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Sunday 20 June 2010 18:58

Peas with Onion and Bacon Bits This is a grey area of soup recipes. Is it a soup? Is it a second course? Is it a pasta sauce? No need to decide. This is a real like-mamma-used-to-make classic I cooked for myself the other day as main course, and used as pasta sauce the day ...

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Broccoli with Garlic and Hot Pepper

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Sunday 20 June 2010 18:51

This Roman dish, which pairs beautifully with pork chops, can be made with regular broccoli, broccoli rabe, or romanesco. 1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 bunch broccoli (about 1 lb.), stemmed and cut into florets 3 cloves garlic, smashed 1⁄2 tsp. crushed red chile flakes Kosher salt, to taste 1. Heat oil in a 12″ skillet over medium-high heat. Add broccoli; ...

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Ricotta and Spinach Filled Pasta - Ravioli

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Sunday 20 June 2010 18:43

Ravioli the Maremma way - Maremma is a gorgeous, rugged coastal region between Tuscany and Lazio on the Thirrenian Sea. This eclectic dish has all the elements of the vigorous and varied character of old Tuscany. If you can buy good-quality fresh pasta near you, get the tortelli (large ravioli) filled with ricotta and spinach—then all that’s ...

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Chicken Pizza Recipe

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Sunday 20 June 2010 18:37

Ingredients: • 450 gm Boneless Chicken Breast • 1 Pizza frozen dough • 4 tsp Pepper • 1 cup Mushrooms (sliced) • 1 Vegetable Cooking Spray • 1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese • 1/2 tsp Thyme • 1 tbsp Olive oil • 1 Garlic Clove (minced) • 2 cups Purple Onions (sliced) • 1 cup Red bell pepper • 1/4 tsp Salt How to make Chicken Pizza: • Heat oil in ...

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Italian Chicken Salad

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Thursday 10 June 2010 21:42

The secret to this light and tangy dish is a marinade that’s made with Italian vinaigrette. It comes together quickly, and the chicken strips are so flavorful you may find you don’t even need dressing for the salad. Ingredients MARINADE * 1 (8-ounce) bottle Italian dressing * 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce * 1 tablespoon lemon juice * 1 teaspoon Creole ...

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Italian Herbs: Basil

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Sunday 23 May 2010 20:03

Herbs play an important role in Italian cooking. Their aromatic flavour adds depth and interest to what is essentially plain cooking based on fresh ingredients. It is impossible to imagine roast chicken or veal without sage or rosemary, or tomatoes or pesto without basil. Many wild herbs grow in the Italian countryside, and these are often ...

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Very healthy strawberry salad

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Saturday 22 May 2010 11:14

A few days ago, I attended a very interesting dinner my Harvard Alumni Club organized in Milan. Umberto Veronesi was our dinner guest. He is the founder of the Veronesi Foundation, which carries on very important scientific research in order to fight cancer. At the dinner he spoke about the scientific advances in genetics and their ...

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Olive Oil

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Tuesday 27 April 2010 22:23

After Spain, Italy is now the second larger producer of olive oil in the world. Unlike other oils, which are extracted from the seeds or dried fruits of plants, olive oil is pressed from the pulp of ripe fruits, which gives it an inimitable richness and flavour. Different kinds and sizes of olives grow ...

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