Friday, October 31, 2008

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"Pumpkinhead"

"Pumpkinhead" is the theme of the dinner with the usual friends.
have ventured into various dishes that had the pumpkin as a main ingredient. It was not easy as pumpkin, in our tradition of Bologna, appears very little.
Paola made a pie with pumpkin and parmesan, Michela a plum-cake and pumpkin cardamom brussel sprouts, pumpkin pie and macaroons Claudia and I ...
... I cooked

Pumpkin Soup

with prawns and bacon

Rhyme Pumpkin Barucca
Who touches pumpkin pumpkin Queer,
ago Barucca pumpkin and pumpkin dent.
What pat that pops!



Ingredients: 1 pumpkin
violina medium

vegetable broth 1 large leek
diced bacon and sliced \u200b\u200b
4 shrimp per person
oil

I put in a large pot with oil to fry the leek, cut into rounds, I added the squash, cut into cubes (remove the peel and seeds) and I browned well. I then covered all with the hot vegetable broth and let cook for 45 minutes with the lid, so you get a cream that is not too thick.

After that I turned it off, I add salt and whisk well with blender.
Since I'm not particularly satisfied, I added a little cream.
And then I left it in the fridge until the next day.

When the dish I warmed cream, browned in a pan without fat, the bacon and sliced \u200b\u200band diced into another pan, but never fat, shelled prawns, salt and pepper.

I then made up the pot lying on the cream and the diced bacon slices and crispy shrimp tails tucked in a wooden toothpick. A sprinkling of pepper e. .. Bon appetit!


So we discovered that we like the pumpkin. We like it because its color is bright and you can 'use for the sweet and salty, cooked or raw food, decoration, is a vegetable but is sweet as a fruit, depending on the shape of some pumpkins you get Possoni dishes, bowls and spoons, or even South American musical instruments such as maracas. And it's good, not fat, is particularly rich in vitamin A and potassium.

ripens in late summer and is found throughout the winter!

But how many species are there? 90 genera and 900 species. Of these, only a dozen are edible.



There is the "Marina di Chioggia" has always been considered the best in gastronomy, round and flattened at the poles, with the wrinkled skin that fades from gray to green and the very tasty sweet pulp. The
"Long of Naples" , almost cylindrical in shape - reminiscent of a club and can reach one meter in length - and the orange rind that ranges from rust, excellent interpreter of any recipe. The
"Berretta of Mantua" , round and tasty flesh. The
"Mantua" , oblong, wrinkled beige-orange peel and orange pulp. The
"Delica" , better known as the "Japanese girl, mid-size, green skin and sweet flesh. The
Violin Ferrara " periforme wrinkled fruit with light brown color, the flesh is yellow orange and has a pleasantly sweet flavor.

long
Pumpkins are generally less flavorful and more suitable to be used in soups with other vegetables.
E. .. How do I choose?
It 'important that the pumpkin is fully ripe, fresh and firm, you will know if, tapping tapping, emits a dull sound. The stalk must also be soft and well anchored to the pumpkin. The skin should be clean and must have no dents. Given the size and weight, in most cases you buy the pumpkin, cut into slices, keeping in mind that skin and seeds represent a deviation of 30-35%. If you buy a pumpkin into pieces, we must be careful that the cut and exposed to air is dry, the fruit is ripe and firm, yielding no points and that the seeds are wet and slippery.

Pumpkins whole may be stored throughout the winter in a dark, cool and dry. The tradition is to eat before carnival. The pieces of raw pumpkin keep in the fridge, Department of vegetables, wrapped in plastic wrap, and should be consumed within a few days, because they dehydrate easily. Take away the peel and diced, blanched possibly for a few minutes in boiling water, can also be frozen.

And do not forget that Halloween is the pumpkin queen! And Francesca from Toronto teaches us how to do a carving for the most terrifying night of the year ....

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Thursday, October 23, 2008

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Pumpkin gnocchi: the perfect recipe

I start to cook, the more so that I have a new kitchen to be amortized ....
And to celebrate the resumption of testing it takes something special.

have always been my ball hard.
I tried and tried 1000 times with 1000 recipes ... were never as good as I wanted them! The first time
practically knew only of flour, second only to potatoes ... but after years and years I've found the perfect recipe. That is, I found it to Serena, she goes into restaurants and have the courage to call the chef to get to the recipe.

And this time the recipe is just perfect, so

cook today ...
Pumpkin Gnocchi

"Perfection is not to be perfect, but
constantly striving to it."
(Johann Gottlieb Fichte)





Ingredients 1 kg pumpkin peel
100/150 g semolina flour 1 egg


50/100 g 50 g parmesan cheese
Smoked ricotta

Nutmeg Salt Pepper


Cut the pumpkin into slices and bake at 200 ° C for 40, 45 minutes.
Remove peel the pumpkin, mash, add the semolina flour, egg, Parmesan, ricotta, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
Mix well all ingredients and cook in boiling salted dumplings made with the spoon or the sac-a-few. Place the dumplings
in a pan with butter and sage sauce, and bake just before serving grosolanamente grated smoked ricotta.

They're great!


Monday, October 13, 2008

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Reportage from a Marriage - Part II

The catering was entrusted to Nolo Party. They were really good both in the preparation of finger food menu that in setting up the garden. We have received compliments from friends and relatives, they say, spent a wonderful evening.
And the mom was happy, believe it or not!
I leave you with one last roundup of the best images to share for this day for us, great!


Pictures Lelia Scarfiotti .

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Jenna Haze Aurora Snow Streaming

Reportage from a wedding

At the end of the entire organization, we looked at Richard and me and we said next time we make a Wedding Planner!
But, in retrospect, I really enjoyed it and eventually I, like Serena said, are "much, too critical, I was surprisingly pleased with the work got it!
seems that everyone enjoyed the event especially because of unusually full and pleasing, from the weather gave us a big hand on September 6 on the hills around Bologna was hot as hell, and so the evening was perfect.

de Cristina "Cristina's Garden" by Zola Predosa did a magnificent job, we were so in tune that has managed to suit our tastes and to obtain a combination of colors to great effect.
Pictures Lelia Scarfiotti.

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