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(Valeria)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>150</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/breadandbreakfast" /><feedburner:info uri="blogspot/breadandbreakfast" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:browserFriendly></feedburner:browserFriendly><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-7314106772778329780</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-22T23:55:24.365+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">contorni</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">chestnuts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">castagne</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cavoletti di bruxelles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">brussels sprouts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vegetariano</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vegetarian</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">side dishes</category><title>Brussels Sprouts, Chestnuts and Orange | Cavoletti, Castagne e Arancia</title><description>&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6730895959/" title="Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts and Orange Peel di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts and Orange Peel" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6730895959_465968f0bf_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;This recipe will start the SS series --the name might sound intimidating but trust me, it is not. This series is actually pretty tasty, rather healthy, quite sustainable and surely enjoyable. I am talking about the Series on Seasonal Sides (and Salads). Ha. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;You might know by now that I am a tireless supporter of a seasonal (and possibly local and organic) diet. I am always pretty upset by the extensive presence of peas, berries, tomatoes, bell peppers and zucchini around in winter --at the supermarket as much as on the internet. Not to mention the Christmas craziness featuring cherries and melons (I am talking about the Northern Hemisphere, of course). It really makes me mad. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;As a final thesis for my BA, I investigated the symbolic meanings of food: place, time, culture and identity, status and tastes. &lt;u&gt;What does that food has to say in terms of time, place, identity?&lt;/u&gt; Have you ever thought about food in these terms? When did it happen that we gave up these values? Isn't it important to know your food -- where it comes from, how it is produced, when it is the right time for eating a specific thing in a given place and why? Where ends the right compromise and starts the conservative thought?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;I would love to hear your thoughts. &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;After all this reasoning, let's move on to the first dish of this series: &lt;b&gt;brussels sprouts and chestnuts&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_sprout" target="_blank"&gt;Brussels sprouts&lt;/a&gt; prefer colder climates, and in Europe they grow mainly in Northern countries such as Belgium, France, the UK and Holland. They can be cultivated also in Northern and Central Italy, but for various reasons they aren't very diffused --unlike other types of &lt;i&gt;cruciferae&lt;/i&gt;. Thus, I have always seen only French or Belgian brussels sprouts in little prepackaged trays on the refrigerated shelves of the supermarket. Until a couple months ago, when I saw them at the market in their "natural form" --little balls attached to a long green branch. You can imagine my surprise. Of course, I bought them. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Italy has the largest chestnut forests in Europe. They are mainly located in Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany and Calabria. Chestnuts are collected in October and are consumed boiled, roasted, in soups; they can be &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marron_glac%C3%A9" target="_blank"&gt;candied&lt;/a&gt; or dried and milled into flour. Fresh pasta, bread, cakes such as Castagnaccio and other baked goods have been made for centuries from chestnut flour in those regions. Nowadays, chestnuts can be also found shelled, dried and sold vacuum sealed all year around and in all regions. Since it is a little late for getting the fresh product, I bought a small bag of dried organic Piedmontese chestnuts from the 2011 harvest, with the idea of using them in a side dish and a soup. To me, it was the right compromise. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;For this recipe, I was &lt;a href="http://www.maky-lab.com/zenzero/?p=4122" target="_blank"&gt;inspired&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.cavolettodibruxelles.it/2010/11/cavoletti-e-castagne-gratinati" target="_blank"&gt;different&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.roostblog.com/roost/braised-chestnuts-brussels-sprouts-with-thyme-my-camera-is-f.html" target="_blank"&gt;blogs&lt;/a&gt;. It seems like the brussels sprouts-chestnut match is or has become a big classic. However, I have this bad habit of never taking recipes for granted and always twisting them according to my taste and needs. The final result has a mild, not overwhelming sweetness, which is well balanced by the saltiness given by cheese. It goes well on the side of some proteins of your choice, or for a one-dish meal if you add some chopped nuts and/or a little more cheese.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6730895981/" title="Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts and Orange Peel di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts and Orange Peel" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6730895981_28d6e7efa5_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Chesnuts and Orange Oregano Dressing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;You can adapt this recipe to your needs by using thyme instead of oregano and lemon zest and juice intead or orange. You can leave the cheese out and/or add some chopped hazelnuts. You can also serve it with cooked farro or other grains of your choice for a more substantial meal.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;serves 2-4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 pound brussels sprouts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T fresh oregano&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T extra virgin olive oil &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 tsp sea salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;freshly ground pepper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 pound dried shelled chestnuts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Juice and zest of 1/2 organic orange&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T organic lemon juice &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;pinch of salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 T grated parmigiano reggiano or good pecorino cheese&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Preheat the oven to 400 F. Rinse brussels sprouts, remove hard extrernal leaves and cut them into halves. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment and place brussels sprouts on it, cut face down. In a small bowl, combine 1 T olive oil, 1 T oregano and salt. Pour on top of brussels sprouts and shake the sheet a bit to distribute the liquid. Place in the oven and bake for about 30 minutes, moving them halfway to cook evenly. Turn off the oven and keep them inside to stay warm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In the meantime, prepare the chestnuts. Bring a pot with water to a boil, add chestnuts and cook until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and place in the oven to stay warm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Prepare the dressing. Combine lemon juice, orange juice and zest, 1 T oil, salt and 1 T oregano in a large bowl. Add brussels sprouts and chestnuts and toss to coat. Sprinkle with grated cheese and serve immediately. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;--------------------°°°°°°°°°°--------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Con questo post inizia la SS. Non fatevi spaventare dal nome, mi raccomando. Non è nulla di poliziesco o totalitario, quanto qualcosa di piuttosto gradevole e soddisfacente. Sto parlando della Serie Stagionale, in cui vi proporrò insalate, contorni e piatti unici con verdure e prodotti di questa stagione tanto cara. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;A pensarci bene, però, un po' dittatoriale lo sono, in un certo senso, e pure propagandista. Sono un'instancabile e parzialissima sostenitrice della stagionalità e della località. Mi irrito non poco quando vedo in giro piselli, frutti di bosco, pomodori e zucchini. Non parliamo nemmeno dell'orticaria che mi danno le ciliege, le fragole e i meloni che compaiono magicamente sotto le feste natalizie. Mi riferisco all'emisfero settentrionale, ovviamente.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Nella mia tesi di laurea ho investigato i vari &lt;u&gt;significati simbolici del cibo&lt;/u&gt;: tempo, spazio/luogo, cultura d'appartenenzia, identità, gusti, status sociale ecc. Che cosa ci dicono qui cibi di cui sopra in termini di tempo, luogo e identità? Avete mai pensato al cibo in questi termini? Quando è stato che abbiamo perduto per strada questi valori, che il cibo ha perduto parte dei suoi significati chiave? Non è forse importante conoscere il proprio cibo, sapere da dove viene, come viene prodotto, qual'è la sua giusta stagione e perché? Dove arriva il conservatorismo e dove il giusto compromesso?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Vorrei tanto sentire il vostro pensiero.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;E dopo tutto questo ragionare, passiamo alla prima ricetta di questa serie: cavoletti e castagne. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I cavoletti di Bruxelles amano i climi freschi del nord Europa, è un dato di fatto ben espresso nel nome che portano. Molti di quelli che si trovano qui in Italia vengono dal Belgio o dalla Francia e si trovano in graziose vaschettine nei ripiani frigo del supermercato. Eppure, potrebbero essere coltivati tranquillamente sia al nord che al centro, ma un po' per cultura e un po' per comodità, non hanno mai fatto breccia nella nostra produzione ortofrutticola. Potete quindi immaginare la mia sorpresa quando, due mesi fa, li ho visti per la prima volta nel loro status naturale, belli attaccati al loro lungo ramo verde, al mercato dei produttori di Bra. Potete anche immaginare bene la vagonata di cavoletti che mi sono portata a casa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6730895987/" title="Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts and Orange Peel di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts and Orange Peel" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7022/6730895987_431fdc395c_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Ho da poco scoperto che l'Italia ha le più grandi foreste di castagni d'Europa, concentrate in particolare in Piemonte, Liguria, Toscana e Calabria. La stagione di raccolta è ottobre, dopodiché il prodotto viene consumato fresco, bollito o arrostito; oppure viene candito (i famosi marrons glacés), o essicato e macinato per farne farina. Le regioni in cui le castagne abbondano hanno tradizioni centenarie legate alla farina di castagne, con cui si facevano pani, pasta fresca e dolci. Oggi, ce le troviamo pure belle comode, già sbucciate e disidratate, in comodi pacchettini in atmosfera modificata. Essendo ormai un po' tardi per trovare un buon prodotto fresco (che ha facile deperibilità), e avendo trovato delle castagne secche piemontesi biologiche della raccolta 2011, ho optato per queste. Mi sembrava un giusto compromesso per esaudire le idee che bazzicavano nella mia testa. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Per questo piatto, mi sono ispirata a diverse ricette scovate &lt;a href="http://www.maky-lab.com/zenzero/?p=4122" target="_blank"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.cavolettodibruxelles.it/2010/11/cavoletti-e-castagne-gratinati" target="_blank"&gt;lì&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://www.roostblog.com/roost/braised-chestnuts-brussels-sprouts-with-thyme-my-camera-is-f.html" target="_blank"&gt;là&lt;/a&gt;. Pare che sia o sia diventata un grande classico. Da parte mia, ho contribuito creando una nuova versione, adattandola ai miei umori del momento. Il risultato finale ha un gusto dolce ma non stucchevole, ben bilanciato dalla sapidità del formaggio. Funziona bene a cornice delle vostre proteine preferite, ma anche come piatto unico leggero se completato da una manciatina di frutta secca e una mano più generosa di formaggio grattugiato.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cavoletti di Bruxelle arrosti con Castagne, Arancia e Origano&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Se avete il timo al posto dell'origano, non abbiate remore, funziona. Potete anche usare le erbe disidratate in mancanza di quelle fresche. Niente arance? Succo e buccia di limone la sostituiscono bene, il risultato sarà più forte ma sempre buono. Non vi va il formaggio? Omettetelo, e aggiungete delle nocciole spezzettate al suo posto. E per un piatto unico più sostanzioso, potete mischiare il tutto a del farro perlato, del riso nero, o a dei legumi. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;per 2-4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;250 gr di cavoletti di Bruxelles&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchiai di origano fresco&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchiai di olio extravergine d'oliva &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cucchiaino di sale &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;pepe nero macinato q.b.&lt;br /&gt;
250 gr di castagne secche senza buccia&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Succo e buccia di 1/2 arancia&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di succo di limone biologico&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;un pizzico di sale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 cucchiai di parmigiano o pecorino grattugiato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Accendete il forno a 200°C. Sciaquate i cavoletti e rimuoverne le foglie più esterne. Tagliateli a metà e metteteli sulla placca del forno coperta con carta forno con la parte tagliata verso il basso. Mescolate un cucchiaio d'olio con metà origano, il sale e il pepe. Cospargete il tutto sui cavoletti, date loro una scossa perché siano conditi abbastanza uniformemente. Infornateli e cuoceteli per una mezz'ora, girandoli a metà cottura. Spegnete il forno e lasciare i cavoletti dentro affinché rimagano caldi. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Nel frattempo, preparate le castagne. Portate a bollore dell'acqua, tuffateci le castagne e cuocetele per 20 minuti circa o finché non sono tenere. Scolatele e mettele nel forno spento, al caldo. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Preparate il condimento: mescolate succo e buccia d'arancia, il succo di limone, il resto dell'olio e dell'origano, e un pizzico di sale. the dressing. Condire i cavoletti e le castagne, cospargere con il formaggio grattugiato e servite subito. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-7314106772778329780?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2012/01/brussels-sprouts-chestnuts-and-orange.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><thr:total>13</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-704852708952224595</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-20T19:16:29.352+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">roasted cauliflower soup</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cauliflower</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">winter soup</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cavolfiore</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cauliflower soup</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">leek soup</category><title>Roasted Cauliflower Soup | Zuppa di Cavolfiore Arrosto</title><description>&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6709937537/" title="Roasted Cauliflower Soup di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Roasted Cauliflower Soup" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6709937537_fb1a93295f_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Back home (the old home) for a while, I found myself surrounded by well-known feelings, situations ad habits. I also found myself surrounded by grandma's and grandpa's food again: chicken, eggs, frozen vegetables picked during summertime, and fresh winter produce such as Savoy cabbage and cauliflowers. My grandpa for some reasons that he is not willing to explain plants a huge amount of cauliflowers. He doesn't like them so much, he says --perhaps because he doesn't want to be bothered cooking them-- so we end up with tons of them in our refrigerator every other day. Tons.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In my family, cauliflowers have always been eaten steamed or boiled, seasoned with garlic, olive oil and salt, period. Never a soup, never raw, never roasted. Only when I went to live by myself did I discover other ways of making good use of this delicious winter vegetable: pasta, soup, stews and raw couscous. Yet, I never roasted it before. You don't desire what you don't know, they say. This, until I saw &lt;a href="http://sproutedkitchen.com/?p=3558" target="_blank"&gt;this soup&lt;/a&gt;. It might sound like I discovered hot water, but still...In that exact moment I realized how much flavor I lost on the way because of my habit of boiled veggie soups.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6678800971/" title="roasted cauliflower di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="roasted cauliflower" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6678800971_553e07d5c3_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;The roasting process caramelizes cauliflower's sugars and brings out all their sweetness, giving them that lovely brown color with dark, crispy edges. You can use them simply like that (or mashed) as a side dish, or proceed toward the second step, a big classic: soup.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Whenever I make soup, I tend to go the light way using vegetable stock instead of cream, and olive oil instead of butter. Yet, I am not able to give up a little bit of crunchy and/or cheese-y toppings. I made some soda bread with the intention to turn a part of it into croutons, which I sauteed in some leftover garlic&amp;amp;chili oil meant for pasta aglio olio e peperoncino. They turned out literally addicting and give some spiciness to the soup without covering the natural nuttiness of the cauliflower. Alongside croutons, I topped my bowl with chopped hazelnuts and fresh oregano, and chose to leave the cheese out.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6678801973/" title="bread and oil di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bread and oil" height="1000" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6678801973_24dd74a768_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It was a discovery for the whole family. "What, you roasted the cauliflower? What, you made soup with it?". They were suspicious, but they gave me credit, and they liked it --with toppings, of course. The time of sad boiled cauliflower has finally come to an end. That is an happy end.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Roasted Cauliflower Soup&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;You can go three ways here: follow this recipe, which is a compromise between healthy and decadent; or substitute half the broth with cream (at the end), and add a drizzle of brown butter and some grated cheese before serving for a more substantial version; or leave out all the toppings altogether for a lighter meal.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;It really depends on how indulgent you are that day --and on how tight or comfy your jeans are after the past festivities.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Inspired by &lt;a href="http://sproutedkitchen.com/?p=3558" target="_blank"&gt;Sprouted Kitchen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;serves 4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;For the soup&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 small or 1 big cauliflower head(s), rinsed and cut into florets&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T fresh oregano leaves&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Salt and pepper to taste&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T extra virgin olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 small white onion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;About 3 cups low sodium vegetable stock&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Toppings (optional but strongly suggested):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 slices of day-old bread of your choice (for me, soda bread)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T extra virgin olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 chili&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 garlic clove, peeled and smashed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup hazelnuts, roughly chopped&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;fresh oregano&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;salt and pepper to taste&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Preheat the oven to 450°. Place cauliflower florets on a baking sheet coated with parchment, drizzle with half of the oil and season with oregano, salt and freshly ground pepper. Bake for about 30 minutes, tossing the cauliflower every 15 minutes to avoid burning, until they are brown on the edge. Remove and set aside to cool.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In the meantime, prepare the broth: chop the onion and and saute it in a large pan over medium heat until transparent, add the stock, cover and heat to boiling point. Turn off the heat and stir in the roasted cauliflower. Process until creamy using an immersion blender, otherwise transfer all the ingredients into a blender to make them smooth. Place the pot of soup back to low heat to keep it warm and taste for salt and pepper.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Make the croutons, heat the olive oil with garlic and chili in a large skillet over medium-high heat, and let it go for a few minutes. Cube bread slices and trow them in the skillet, saute for a few minutes until browned and crispy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Serve your soup hot topped with croutons, chopped hazelnuts and a sprinkle of fresh oregano leaves.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;--------------------°°°°°°°°°°--------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6709960363/" title="Roasted Cauliflower Soup di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Roasted Cauliflower Soup" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6709960363_5f2a516a9f_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;A casa dei miei per un po', mi ritrovo circondata, oltre che da ricordi e sensazioni di vecchia data, anche dalla produzione casalinga di cibo gentilmente offerta dal nonno materno, instancabile coltivatore di orti alla veneranda età di 91 anni, e dalla nonna, produttrice 92enne di uova biologiche e a razzolamento libero nonché fornitrice ufficiale di animali da cortile con le ali e verdura estiva surgelata. Il nonno in questione, per ragioni che non vi sto a spiegare perché non me le ha spiegate e non se le spiega nemmeno lui, produce una quantità imbarazzante di cavolfiori. Finisce che poi, siccome a lui non piacciono o afferma che non gli piacciono perché non ha voglia di cucinarseli, li rifila tutti a noi, e parlo di un numero ingente di teste alla settimana. Questo, per quanto ricordi io, succede da sempre, ogni inverno.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Nella mia famiglia, i cavolfiori si sono sempre mangiati bolliti e conditi con sale, aglio e olio a crudo. Punto. Zuppa no, crudi giammai, arrostiti mah, puré cos'è. Tutto quello che so su questa crucifera l'ho imparato fuori di qui, quando sono andata a vivere da sola. Da lì son partita senza freni: crudi a guisa di cuscus e cotti in paste, zuppe, stufati e curry. Eppure, pensandoci qualche giorno mentre ero in cerca di una ricetta nuova per smaltirne un po', non li avevo mai fatti al forno. Il perché non lo so, ma presumo abbia a che fare col detto "non si desidera ciò che non si conosce", o giù di lì. Poi, ho trovato &lt;a href="http://sproutedkitchen.com/?p=3558" target="_blank"&gt;questa&lt;/a&gt;, e mi si è aperto un mondo fatto di scoperte dell'acqua calda in cui i sapori delle verdure ci finivano dentro.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6678804515/" title="condiment di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="condiment" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6678804515_330111964f_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Arrostire il cavolfiore significa tirar fuori tutti gli zuccheri in esso contenuti, col risultato di ottenere una zuppa molto più saporita e con un leggero sapore di frutta a guscio. Certo, quei bei bordi scuri e croccanti invoglierebbero a mangiarli così come sono quando escono dal forno. Liberi di farlo: saranno un contorno coi fiocchi. Ma se siete più pazienti e avete voglia di un primo piatto, seguitemi alla scoperta di questa zuppa.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In generale, mi piacciono le zuppe abbastanza leggere, con brodo e un po' d'olio invece di panna e burro, ma ho un debole per le aggiunte croccanti come i crostini di pane o la frutta secca, e per una bella grattugiata di formaggio. In questo caso, ho usato del soda bread che avevo fatto il giorno prima per fare dei crostini un po' piccanti, saltati nel condimento per la pasta aglio olio e peperoncino. Il risultato è stato sorprendentemente buono: piccante al punto giusto per insaporire la zuppa senza coprirne i sapori. Oltre ai crostini, ho aggiunto alla zuppa delle nocciole tritate, preferendole al formaggio.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6709935495/" title="Roasted Cauliflower Soup di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Roasted Cauliflower Soup" height="995" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6709935495_4eaed3870e_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;L'ho portata in tavola pronta al ricevere domande se non proprio occhiate storte. "Che, il cavolfiore arrosto? Che, ci hai fatto la zuppa?", ma intanto procedevano armati di cucchiaio. Si sono fidati diciamo, ma alla fine è piaciuta a tutti. Il tempo del triste cavolfiore bollito è giunto al termine. Happy End.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Zuppa di Cavolfiore Arrosto&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Qui si può procedere in tre modi: questo, che è una via di mezzo tra il sano e il decadente; sostituendo metà del brodo con panna fresca, aggiunta alla fine, e finendo la zuppa con burro nocciola e formaggio grattugiato, per i duri di stomaco e i golosi; o lasciando da parte tutte le aggiunte (crostini, nocciole ecc.), se avete esagerato un po' col panettone e volete stare leggeri.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Ispirata da &lt;a href="http://sproutedkitchen.com/?p=3558" target="_blank"&gt;Sprouted Kitchen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Per 4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Per la zuppa:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 piccoli o 1 grande cavolfiore, sciacquato e tagliato in cimette&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di origano fresco&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;sale e pepe&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di olio extra vergine d'oliva&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cipolla piccola&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;500 ml circa di brodo vegetale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 fette di pane (raffermo) a vostra scelta (per me soda bread)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchiai di olio extra vergine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 peperoncino rosso&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 spicchio d'aglio sbucciato e schiacciato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Una manciata abbondante di nocciole tritate al coltello&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Origano fresco&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;sale e pepe&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Scaldate il forno a 225°. Mettere le cime del cavolfiore su una teglia da forno ricoperta da carta forno e conditele con metà olio, il sale, il pepe e l'origano. Cuocere in forno caldo per almeno 30m minuti, mescolando a metà cottura per evitare che si brucino. Estrarre dal forno quando sono scure sui bordi e lasciar raffreddare.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Nel frattempo, preparare il brodo tritando finemente la cipolla e lasciandola rinvenire per alcuni minuti in un una pentola capiente con il rimanente olio. Aggiungere il brodo e scaldare fino a bollore. Aggiungere i cavolfiori, spegnere il fuoco e ridurre in crema con un frullatore a immersione. Aggiustare di sale e pepe e riaccendere il fuoco per tenere la zuppa calda. Preparare i crostini tagliando a cubetti le fette di pane e facendoli saltare per alcuni minuti nell'olio caldo con l'aglio e il peperoncino, fino a doratura. Servire la zuppa calda con sopra i crostini, le nocciole tritate e l'origano fresco.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-704852708952224595?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2012/01/roasted-cauliflower-soup-zuppa-di.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><thr:total>25</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-4439752260135608658</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-13T20:44:25.504+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lenticchie</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">trota</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">insalate</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">salads</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lentils</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">trout</category><title>Thoughts over a Lentil Salad | Riflessioni su un'insalata di lenticchie</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6678799079/" title="Lenti Fennel Trout Salad di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Lenti Fennel Trout Salad" height="968" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6678799079_3d2ddd6cb8_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;This new year starts with an open-hearted &lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;thank you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt; for all your kind words and congratulations on my new married life. You have no idea how much they meant to me, to us. I save and savor them especially now that times are getting harder and it's time to be stronger. J. will be far for a while, and I am temporarly back at my parents'. No words added. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;We went to Rome for new years --a trip that turned into an unplanned honeymoon-- and ejoyed some of the best pasta dishes of our past and possibly future life. &lt;i&gt;Cacio e Pepe&lt;/i&gt; at Roscioli, &lt;i&gt;ammatriciana&lt;/i&gt; at L'Arcangelo, and &lt;i&gt;fettucine con sugo d'involtino&lt;/i&gt; (meatroll sauce fettucine) at Da Felice. Not to mention the outragious amounts of &lt;i&gt;pizza bianca&lt;/i&gt; from Forno Roscioli and &lt;i&gt;pizza in teglia&lt;/i&gt; from Bonci we swallowed without batting an eyelash. All of it was the carb fuel for our infinite walks and wanderings around the whole city, savoring the old and the new, the monumental and the tiny, the crowded and the hidden. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6683344593/" title="Fur, dog, silence di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Fur, dog, silence" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6683344593_b5008449f5_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;We stayed in a small neat flat near the Vatican Museums. From there, we walked almost everywhere. We used to go down Via Cola di Rienzo to get to Piazza del Popolo and to stop at Castroni for a little food shopping or a quick coffee on the crowded counter bar. One morning, we went to &lt;i&gt;mercato tiburtino&lt;/i&gt; to fill our eyes with fresh food and produce. In only two days, we collected a packet of organic Casteluccio lentils, some Cerignola olives, some roman broccoli and a little packet of Bronte pistachios, and a bottle of Petit Chablis. Strange shopping, we thought. What will we do with it?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6683346005/" title="Colosseo di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Colosseo" height="452" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6683346005_39ef83e3f4_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;For New Year's Eve, we stayed at home, and made a salad. No &lt;i&gt;cotechino&lt;/i&gt; with lentils as tradition suggests, but a &lt;b&gt;lentil salad&lt;/b&gt; instead. We never really cared for &lt;i&gt;cotechino&lt;/i&gt; and its gelatinous texture, nor for its symbolic meaning on such an occasion as New Years. Our only wish for the year to come is a &lt;b&gt;healthy and a shared life of small pleasures&lt;/b&gt;. Abundance never made the top list of our priorities --instead, time. We toasted with our Petit Chablis and thought the biggest luck and challenge in life is finding the person who sees reality with your same eyes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;This lentil salad is slightly different in the form, but not in substance. It carries the same wish, repeated over and over again, and shared with you, with my family, a reminder. May the flavor, health and lightness in this salad transfer to our lives. Happy 2012. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lentil Fennel Smoked Trout Salad&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;serves 4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cups dried lentils (Castelluccio or other), rinsed well&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 T extra virgin olive oil (better if new harvest), plus more for drizzling&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp kosher salt, plus more to taste&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;freshly ground black pepper, to taste&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;a small bunch of fresh oregano&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 fennel, thinly sliced &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;juice of 1/2 lemon &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 pound (250 gr) smoked trout fillet, thinly sliced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Place lentils in a large sauce pan with abundant cold water and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and cook for 10 more minutes, or until lentils are cooked but &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;al dente&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; (it depends on the lentils you are using). Drain well and set aside. In the same sauce pan, heat the oil over medium heat and fry the garlic for a few minutes, until golden. Add lentils and let cook for a couple of minutes, add salt and pepper and oregano. Turn off the heat and let cool down a bit. Season fennel slices with lemon juice and a pinch of salt, place on a serving plate, add lentils, then the trout slices. Sprinkle with some more oregano, season with salt/pepper and a drizzle of olive oil to taste, and serve. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;--------------------°°°°°°°°°°--------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6683342941/" title="moon, star di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="moon, star" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6683342941_128fe4a46f_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Quest'anno inizia con un &lt;u&gt;grazie di cuore&lt;/u&gt; dei vostri auguri per la nuova vita insieme. Difficile dire quanto abbiano significato per me. Li conserverò per rileggerli in questi giorni di solitudine, sfide e piccole difficoltà quotidiane.&amp;nbsp; J. sarà lontano per un po' e io, prima di raggiungerlo, starò a casa per sbrigare le ultime faccende . Sigh. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6678821395/" title="stroophie di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="stroophie" height="452" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6678821395_ca4368bc10_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Dopo il matrimonio, siamo andati a &lt;b&gt;Roma&lt;/b&gt; per capodanno, un viaggio programmato tanto tempo fa che si è magicamente trasformato in una casualissima luna di miele. Lì, abbiamo indugiato nei migliori piatti di pasta della nostra vita (passata, presente, forse futura): cacio e pepe da &lt;i&gt;Roscioli&lt;/i&gt;, ammatriciana da &lt;i&gt;L'Arcangelo&lt;/i&gt;, fettuccine al sugo di involtino da &lt;i&gt;Da Felice&lt;/i&gt;. Non ci siamo fatti mancare nemmeno la pizza bianca del &lt;i&gt;Forno Roscioli&lt;/i&gt;, né la pizza di Bonci, che non ha bisogno certo di presentazioni. Il coma carboidratico è stato quindi sfiorato e prontamente sventato a mezzo lunghissime, interminabili passeggiate in lungo e in largo ad esplorazione della città. I nostri occhi, per contro, hanno assaggiato il vecchio e il nuovo, il monumentale e il minuscolo, il celebre e il nascosto.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6683341385/" title="nail di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="nail" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6683341385_f3f267bcd3_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Abbiamo alloggiato in un piccolo appartamento vicino ai musei vaticani e da lì abbiamo camminato davvero ovunque, passando per via Cola di Rienzo per una tappa da &lt;i&gt;Castroni&lt;/i&gt;, che fosse per un piccolo acquisto o un caffé veloce al banco. Una mattina, abbiamo perfino esplorato il &lt;i&gt;mercato tiburtino&lt;/i&gt; per immergerci un po' di più nella vita quotidiana e negli aspetti forse più accattivanti e folcloristici del luogo. In soli due giorni, siamo riusciti ad accumulare delle lenticchie di Castelluccio, delle olive di Cerignola, pistacchi di Bronte, broccolo romano e una bottiglia di Petit Chablis. Strana combinazione. Che ci avremmo mai fatto?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6678800061/" title="Lenti Fennel Trout Salad di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Lenti Fennel Trout Salad" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7025/6678800061_9e85f58399_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;L'ultimo dell'anno, abbiamo cenato a casa. Niente cotechino come da tradizione, ma un'insalata di lenticchie. Il cotechino non è mai piaciuto a nessuno dei due e, tutto sommato, il valore simbolico che si porta dietro in un'occasione come capodanno ci interessa ben poco. Quello che desidereremmo, per il nuovo anno, è una vita di sani e piccoli piaceri quotidiani. L'abbondanza, quella non è mai stata in cima alla nostra lista dei desideri. In cima ci sarà sempre il tempo, del quale nulla è più prezioso.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Abbiamo fatto un piccolo brindisi coi nostri bicchieri di Petit Chablis e pensato, tra noi e noi, che la più grande fortuna che possa capitare nella vita è trovare una persona che vede la realtà coi nostri stessi occhi.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;L'insalata di oggi è diversa nella forma ma non nella sostanza da quella fatta per capodanno. Porta con sé lo stesso desiderio, lo stesso messaggio, da ripetere all'infinito, come fosse un mantra. Leggerezza, salubrità, gusto. Mi auguro questo per me, per voi. Buon 2012.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Insalata di lenticchie, finocchio e trota affumicata&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Per 4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;300 gr di lenticchie secche (io di Castelluccio), sciacquate bene&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 spicchio d'aglio sbucciato e schiacciato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 cucchiai di olio extravergine d'oliva, meglio nuovo (2011)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaino di sale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;pepe nero macinato q.b.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;un mazzetto di origano fresco&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 finocchio ben lavato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;succo di mezzo limone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;250 gr di trota salmonata affumicata&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; Mettere le lenticchie in una pentola capiente con acqua fredda e portare a bollore, poi cuocere altri dieci minuti o fino a che non sono al dente (dipende dalla tipologia che userete). Nel frattempo affettare finemente il finocchio e condire con un pizzico di sale e succo di limone. Sfilettare la trota salmonata e mettere da parte. Una volta che le lenticchie sono cotte, scolarle e sciacquarle in acqua fredda. Nella stessa pentola, scaldare l'olio e far dorare l'aglio, aggiungere quindi le lenticchie scolate, il sale, il pepe e l'origano. Lasciar insaporire per qualche minuto, spegnere il fuoco e lasciar intiepidire. Disporre i finocchi su un piatto, versare sopra le lenticchie, quindi adagiare i filetti di trota. Aggiustare di sala e pepe, condire con un ultimo filo d'olio a crudo e servire. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-4439752260135608658?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2012/01/thoughs-over-lentil-salad-riflessioni.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><thr:total>32</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-3426545975552204204</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-25T19:50:11.029+01:00</atom:updated><title>My Christmas</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rMxA6bQWwfY/TvdwEemzmII/AAAAAAAAB38/9oFC0Dlda3Y/s1600/DSC_2113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rMxA6bQWwfY/TvdwEemzmII/AAAAAAAAB38/9oFC0Dlda3Y/s1600/DSC_2113.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;December 23, 2011. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;I wish you a Merry Christmas like ours. A time of the year to remember for the years to come. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-3426545975552204204?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-christmas.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rMxA6bQWwfY/TvdwEemzmII/AAAAAAAAB38/9oFC0Dlda3Y/s72-c/DSC_2113.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>24</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-5623156538836511072</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-13T13:26:24.884+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">colazione</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cereali</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">panettone granola</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">granola</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">panettone</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cereals</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">breakfast</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christmas</category><title>Panettone Granola</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6554917717/" title="Christmas Granola di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Christmas Granola" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6554917717_125943bc1a_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;We packed, we moved, we unpacked. We lost our Christmas mood somewhere in between, maybe among some of the bags and suitcases. We have had very little time for holiday gift lists and shopping. All we bought was on the internet. However, we found a little time and a lot of enjoyment in making some small presents for family and friends. Those were the first we packed. We gave up other things to make room in the car for these home-made gifts. To us, they meant something, something more than any other store-bought object. It had a strange and surreal effect on me seeing that your life can be packed in a small city car. But it worked, we moved from Christmas packs to pillows.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I made this granola from scratch for those in my family who like to eat cereals for breakfast. I wanted to make something special and different from what they could find in a normal food store --something that tasted like Christmas, a familiar flavor of the holidays. I chose to make it with many of the ingredients found in Panettone, the traditional Italian Christmas cake: raisins, candied citrus peel, orange and vanilla. A good and healthier alternative to a slice of Panettone for breakfast during the holidays, but without giving up its lovely, warming and festive flavor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;We kept some for us, too. We are going to have it for breakfast on Christmas, but also on the Eve, and on the day before, the 23rd. We are going to remember them all, but the latter especially. It will be our Wedding Breakfast. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6554922213/" title="Christmas Granola di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Christmas Granola" height="994" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6554922213_c47394c8f0_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Panettone Granola&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;inspired by &lt;a href="http://www.greenkitchenstories.com/christmasgranola/" target="_blank"&gt;Green Kitchen Stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;This recipe makes for a rather healthy and low-fat granola. You can always play with it and create every time a different combination of ingredients (different grains, dried fruits and nuts). For a more substantial result, use oil of your choice or butter instead of water. If you don't have maple syrup you can always use honey or agave syrup.If you and orange blossoms water are not friends, feel free to leave it out. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.greenkitchenstories.com/christmasgranola/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;2 cups rolled oats&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;1 cup rolled rye&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;1 cup rolled spelt&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;1/2 cup almonds, coarsely chopped&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;1/2 cup walnuts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;coarsely&amp;nbsp; ch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;opped&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #888888;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #888888;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1/4 cup sunflower seeds&lt;br /&gt;
1/4 cup flaxseeds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #888888;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;1/4 cup poppy seeds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;1 tsp grounded cinnamon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #888888;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt; 4 tbsp maple syrup&lt;br /&gt;
4 tbsp water &lt;br /&gt;
1/8 tsp orange blossom water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;1 tsp pure vanilla extract&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;1 cup rasins&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;1/2 cup chopped candied orange peel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;grated zest of 1 orange &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a large bowl combine first nine ingredients&amp;nbsp;and place on a baking sheet. In a smaller bowl, combine maple syrup, water, vanilla and orange blossom water. Drizzle on top of the grain mixture and place in the oven for 20-25 minutes, stir two or three times to avoid burning. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Let your granola ingredients cool off before adding the dried fruit. Store it in a large jar or many small glass jars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;--------------------°°°°°°°°°°--------------------&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6554923551/" title="Christmas Granola di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Christmas Granola" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7146/6554923551_e4483d0773_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Abbiamo impacchettato, guidato e spacchettato. Nulla a che vedere con il Natale e molto a che vedere con un trasloco. L'umore natalizio, beh, quello si è perso da qualche parte, forse in mezzo a scatoloni e bagagli vari. Non abbiamo avuto granché tempo per liste dei regali o shopping delle feste. Quel poco che abbiamo acquistato viene da internet. Però, qualche ritaglio di tempo per mettere insieme dei pensieri natalizi fatti a mano l'abbiamo trovato. Abbiamo anche trovato un posto nella macchina, e anzi, per far posto a vasetti e vasettini, abbiamo sacrificato altre cose. Per noi avevano più valore di molti altri oggetti comprati qui e là. Fa un certo effetto vedere che tutta la tua vita entra perfettamente dentro una Pegeout 206, ma ce l'abbiamo fatta, ci abbiamo fatto stare tutto, dai cuscini ai biscotti di natale.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ho fatto questa granola per regalarlaa chi in famiglia ama fare colazione coi cereali. Volevo fare qualcosa di diverso da qualunque cosa potessero trovare al supermercato, ma che allo stesso tempo avesse reminescenze natalizie. Così, ho pensato di farla al gusto Panettone: con uvetta, vaniglia, scorzette d'arancia candita e con un tocco di acqua di fiori d'arancio. Una buona idea per una colazione più sana di una fetta di Panettone (che comunque, ogni tanto fa bene al cuore), senza rinunciare a quel tempore e a quei sapori che fanno subito Natale al primo assaggio. &lt;br /&gt;
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Noi, da bravi, ne abbiamo conservata un po' per uso familiare e anche per testare il risultato prima di darlo in dono. Certo, questo sapore ce lo ricorderemo a lungo: sarà la nostra colazione di Natale, della vigilia, e anche dell'antivigilia. Tutti giorni un po' speciali, soprattutto quest'anno, soprattutto l'ultimo che ho detto: questa granola sarà la nostra colazione di nozze.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6554920491/" title="Christmas Granola di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Christmas Granola" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6554920491_31368a0812_o.jpg" width="679" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Panettone Granola &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;ispirata da &lt;a href="http://www.greenkitchenstories.com/christmasgranola/" target="_blank"&gt;Green Kitchen Stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Questa ricetta è abbastanza sana ed equilibrata. Potete poi giocarci per creare sempre combinazioni diverse (frutta secca, cereali e semi diversi). Se non avete lo sciroppo d'acero potete sempre sostituirlo con del miele. Per un risultato più sostanzioso, sostituite l'acqua con dell'olio o del burro. Quanto all'acqua di&amp;nbsp; fiori d'arancio, omettetela pure se non vi va. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 cups di fiocchi d'avena&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup di fiocchi di farro&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup di fiocchi di segale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup di mandorle tritate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup di noci tritate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 cup di semi di lino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 cup di semi di girasole&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 cup di semi di papavero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaino di cannella in polvere&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;4 cucchiai di sciroppo d'acero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;4 cucchiai di acqua&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 punta di un cucchiaino di acqua di fiori d'arancio&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiano di estratto naturale di vaniglia&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup di uvetta&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup di scorzette d'arancia candita&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;la buccia grattugiata di un'arancia&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Scaldare in forno a 180°. Mischiare insieme i primi nove ingredienti e disporli su una teglia da forno. Mescolare lo sciroppo d'acero con l'acqua, la vaniglia e l'acqua di fiori d'arancio. Versare uniformemente sugli ingredienti secchi e infornare per 20-25 minuti, mescolando un paio di volte per evitare che la granola si bruci. Estrarre dal forno e lasciar raffreddare prima di aggiungere uvetta, canditi, e buccia grattugiata e trasferire in un contenitore ermetico o in vasetti di vetro. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-5623156538836511072?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/12/panettone-granola.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><thr:total>10</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-3720253784350882508</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-19T19:22:51.315+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sweets</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">colazione</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dolci</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">seeds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">miglio</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">millet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">breakfast</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">banana bread</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">banana</category><title>Bra-nana Bread</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6521138927/" title="Millet &amp;amp; Nut Banana Bread di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Millet &amp;amp; Nut Banana Bread" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6521138927_941360e38f_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Between mountains of cookies going from my oven straight to the Christmas packaging table, I managed to bake something for the two of us, too. The truth is, these crazy baking days are somehow linked to the fact that we are starting to get rid of things and to go through all the food stacks we have, trying to use them all before we go. We are moving.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;We are in the process of saying goodbye to Bra and Piedmont for a while. We sold our bikes, packed our stuff and found a new tennant for the apartment. It all happened so quickly that I didn't have the time to write a note or even just to start processing the idea. Leaving this beautiful place after one year and a half is hard. It gave us a lot, it have made us feel confortable and welcomed, it has fed us with amazing food and open-minding conversations. But it is time for us to go. It will be here when we will come back, and we are sure we will. New adventures, new experiences, new struggles are right in front of us. We are ready.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I baked this banana bread to finish the bananas I had in my freezer and whatever was last in the jars with seeds and nuts in our cupboard. During this time in Bra, I have baked tonnes of &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/01/banana-bread-my-way.html" target="_blank"&gt;banana breads,&lt;/a&gt; (and &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/06/banana-coconut-pecan-muffins-muffin.html" target="_blank"&gt;muffins&lt;/a&gt;) and every time they seemed to get better. This is the last one and to me, it is the best I have ever made. I called it Bra-nana Bread. It is full of seeds, nuts and coziness. It is a recipe that carries memories of changes and Christmas lights, farewells and expectations. To remember them, all I will have to do is making it again. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bra-nana Bread&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Inspired by &lt;a href="http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2011/08/whole-wheat-and-millet-banana-bread/" target="_blank"&gt;Joy the Baker&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://mynewroots.blogspot.com/2010/11/on-being-cozy-and-banana-bread.html" target="_blank"&gt;My New Roots&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;For this Banana Bread, I decided to experiment adding millet to the recipe, in addition to other seeds and nuts. The final result is crunchy in texture and deeply nutty in flavor. Maple syrup and bananas add a light and well-balanced sweetness and moisture to the bread. Feel free to increase maple syrup and reduce milk in the same amount for a sweeter result. Also, I call for applesauce here as a substitute for the same amount of oil --you can increase one and reduce the other to your taste. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;5 very ripe bananas, mashed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;6 T pure maple syrup (&lt;i&gt;grade A or B&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 T extra virgin olive oil (&lt;i&gt;or oil of your choice&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 T unsweetened applesauce&lt;br /&gt;
1/4 cup whole milk (&lt;i&gt;or milk of your choice&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cups whole wheat flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1tsp baking soda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp baking powder&lt;br /&gt;
1 tsp ground cinnamon &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup raw millet&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup chopped almonds&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 cup chopped walnuts &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 cup chopped pecans&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T flax seeds&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T sesame seeds&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Preheat the oven to 375°F.&amp;nbsp; In one large bowl, stir together bananas, maple syrup, oil, applesauce and milk. In another bowl, mix all remaining ingredients. Add dry ingredients to banana mixture, stir well to combine. Pour batter into a greased 9x13-inch bread tin. Bake for 45 minutes or until cooked through. Let cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then transfer on a cooling rack and let cool completely before slicing. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;--------------------°°°°°°°°°°--------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tra montagne di biscotti che escono dal forno e finiscono dritti sul tavolo degli impacchettamenti natalizi, sono riuscita a sfornare qualcosa anche per noi due. In realtà, questi giorni di sfornamenti pazzi e disperatissimi sono in qualche modo legati ad un fatto: stiamo cercando di esaurire le scorte di cibo nella nostra credenza e nel frigo prima di andare. Sì, traslochiamo. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Stiamo pian piano dicendo arrivederci a Bra e al Piemonte, almeno per un po'. Abbiamo venduto le biciclette, fatto fagotti e trovato un nuovo inquilino per il nostro appartamento. Tutto è successo così velocemente che non ho avuto nemmeno il tempo per elaborare il lutto. Lasciare questo posto dopo un anno e mezzo è più dura di quanto pensassi. Ci ha dato moltissimo, ci ha fatto sentire a casa in ogni momento, ci ha fatto incontrare persone meravigliose e nutrito di cibi e conversazioni illuminanti. Ma è giunto il tempo anche per noi di andare. La consolazione è che Bra rimarrà in qualche modo sempre qui, sempre la stessa al nostro ritorno. Torneremo. Per ora, ci aspettano nuove esperienze, sfide, emozioni dall'altra parte dell'oceano. Siamo pronti.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ho fatto questo banana bread per finire le banane che avevo nel freezer e i semi e la frutta secca in dispensa. Durante il soggiorno braidese, ho sfornato decine di &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/01/banana-bread-my-way.html" target="_blank"&gt;banana bread&lt;/a&gt; e di &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/06/banana-coconut-pecan-muffins-muffin.html" target="_blank"&gt;muffin alle banane&lt;/a&gt;, di ogni tipo e genere, documentati e no. Ogni volta, l'ultimo mi sembrava più buono dei precedenti. Questo è l'ultimo e per me è davvero il più buono. &lt;span class="st"&gt;&lt;i&gt;È &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;un pane pieno di croccantezza, salute e calore casalingo. L'ho chiamato Bra-nana Bread, perché porta con sé ricordi di un luogo, di luci natalizie, aspirazioni e cambiamenti . Per ricordare, per ricordarmi di tutto questo, non dovrò far altro che prepararlo di nuovo.&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bra-nana Bread&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;ispirato da &lt;a href="http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2011/08/whole-wheat-and-millet-banana-bread/" target="_blank"&gt;Joy the Baker&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://mynewroots.blogspot.com/2010/11/on-being-cozy-and-banana-bread.html" target="_blank"&gt;My New Roots&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Per questo pane, ho deciso di sperimentare aggiungendo del miglio alla ricetta, insieme con altri semi e frutta secca. Il risultato finale è croccante e piacevolmente dolce, ma non troppo, con una morbidezza data dalle banane con l'aggiunta di sciroppo d'acero. Potete usare la stessa quantità di miele al posto dello sciroppo d'acero se non ne avete, e per aumentare la dolcezza finale basta aggiungere un cucchiaio di miele e toglierne uno di latte. Quanto alla purea di mele, è un perfetto sostituto di olio o burro nelle ricette per renderle più leggere. Sostituitela con altrettanto olio per un risultato più rustico e nutriente. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;5 banane molto mature, schiacciate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;6 cucchiai (90 ml) di sciroppo d'acero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 cucchiai (45ml) di olio extravergine d'oliva&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 cucchiai di purea di mele&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;60 ml di latte&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;280 gr di farina integrale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaino di lievito per dolci&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaino di bicarbonato di sodio&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaino di cannella in polvere&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;125 g di mandorle tritate al coltello&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;100 gr di noci tritate al coltello&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;100 gr di noci di pecan tritate al coltello&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;75 gr di miglio&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;due cucchiai di semi di lino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;due cucchiai di semi di sesamo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Scaldare il forno a 190°C. In una ciotola capiente, mescolare i primi cinque ingredienti (liquidi). In un'altra ciotola, mescolare farina, lievito, bicarbonato e cannella e aggiungerli agli ingredienti liquidi, incorporandoli velocemente. Aggiungere infine la frutta secca e i semi, dare una mescolata per amalgamare bene il tutto, e trasferire in uno stampo da cake unto con un po' d'olio. Infornare per 45 minuti o fino a cottura (prova stecchino). Sfornare e far raffreddare dieci minuti nello stampo, poi sformare e far raffreddare completamente su una gratella. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-3720253784350882508?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/12/bra-nana-bread.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><thr:total>19</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-5937670308889884036</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-13T11:51:24.890+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">risotto porri</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">salsiccia di bra</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">porri di cervere</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zuppa di porri</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cervere leeks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">leek risotto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">porri</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">risotto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">leeks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cervere</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">soups</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zuppe</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">leek soup</category><title>Leeks: Cervere Pot-Porri</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6383368361/" title="Cervere Leek di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cervere Leek" height="1309" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6048/6383368361_dc39c3476b_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Only a few weeks ago, there was a food festival going on a couple of miles away from here. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=it&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=cervere,+cn&amp;amp;fb=1&amp;amp;hq=cervere,+cn&amp;amp;cid=0,0,16084705503704921955&amp;amp;ei=zRbmTsaJKPPO4QTgzM2tBQ&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=local_result&amp;amp;ct=image&amp;amp;ved=0CAcQ_BI" target="_blank"&gt;Cervere&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;, the village hosting this festival, is known for having the best and most precious &lt;a href="http://www.porro-cervere.cn.it/" target="_blank"&gt;leeks&lt;/a&gt; in the whole country.&amp;nbsp; Curious and suspicious, I drove my car there on a foggy Sunday afternoon and found a scant group of of bored farmers selling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;bunches of long leeks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; on the side of the road. Six euro a bunch, to be precise. It seemed a lot to me, but holding them in my arms I totally changed my mind: those guys were heavy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6383369511/" title="Cervere Leek di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cervere Leek" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6098/6383369511_67e59ed23d_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6383370467/" title="Cervere Leek di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cervere Leek" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6031/6383370467_e19b060eb6_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;What makes these &lt;b&gt;leeks&lt;/b&gt; so special is the soil where they grow. &lt;b&gt;Cervere's soil&lt;/b&gt; is rich in lime, sand and calcium, all things that give leeks a unique sweetness. The microclimate of the area, characterized by constant, mild wind and sunlight, enables leeks to become long yet tender and easy to digest once cooked, and to be very &lt;i&gt;fungi&lt;/i&gt;-resistant, with consequent less use of pesticides. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;One bunch was enough to make three dishes.&lt;br /&gt;
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The first is a big classic: &lt;b&gt;leek risotto&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.acquerello.it/" target="_blank"&gt;Acquerello&lt;/a&gt; rice (aged organic Carnaroli rice), Cervere leeks and &lt;a href="http://prodottitipici.provincia.cuneo.it/prodotti/carni/salsiccia/index.jsp?lang=en" target="_blank"&gt;Salsiccia di Bra&lt;/a&gt; (veal and pork sausage). I didn't invent anything here. I just borrowed a traditional recipe and made it mine using local ingredients from my cupboard/fridge. The great news is that anyone can make your own just by using some good sausage, good rice (the best varieties for risotto are carnaroli, arborio or vialone nano), and fresh leeks. This ingredients bind together like magic. You will want to make this recipe over and over again. It's perfect for a lunch during the upcoming holidays.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6383373071/" title="Cervere Leek di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cervere Leek" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6043/6383373071_5c7d478a8c_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;The second dish is another classic, leek &lt;b&gt;soup&lt;/b&gt;. I do believe leeks were created to become soup, and Cervere ones are no exception. Soup made with these leeks turned out sweeter and more velvety than usual, and the old good trick of adding a couple of potatoes gives it&amp;nbsp; an even more creamy texture. Do you have crusty bread? Good olive oil? &lt;i&gt;Parmigiano&lt;/i&gt;? If you do, try the soup for lunch. Don't hesitate. Buy the best leeks you can find and make yourself a gift: this soup is low in calories and high in minerals and fibers, and it taste lovely. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6383365619/" title="Cervere Leek di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cervere Leek" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6059/6383365619_6f4eae1ec9_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Finally, on Fish Friday, I used leeks and &lt;i&gt;taggiasca&lt;/i&gt; olives as a side for a trout fillet. After trying this recipe a few times, I can affirm that it works very well. Freshwater fish and leeks match very well together, and the olives serves to balance the flavor profile adding a hint of bitterness to the dish. Cervere leeks work just as good as normal leeks here. If you happen to find white trout or any other white fish with a character (dory, sea bass etc.) at your local market you might want to give this recipe a chance. It makes for a satisfying and balanced meal. You will be doing well before Holiday Eating Marathons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6383366061/" title="Leek and Sausage Acquerello Risotto di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Leek and Sausage Acquerello Risotto" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6229/6383366061_5b696631b6_o.jpg" width="675" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cervere Leek Risotto with Sausage&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 leeks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;5 ounces sausage (pork and veal mix is ideal)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup uncooked carnaroli or arborio rice (I used Acquerello rice)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup dry white wine &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 cups low sodium vegetable stock&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp fine grain sea salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 cup grated parmigiano, plus more for serving &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Rinse leeks and cut off the ends and the tough, green parts. Cut the stems lenghwise into 1/2-inch discs and set aside. Cut sausage in 1/2-inch chuncks and set aside. In a medium pot over low heat, bring stock to a boil, then lower the heat and keep it warm and ready to be used. In a large pan over medium fire, melt 2 tablespoons of butter, add leeks and cook for three-four minutes, stirring occasionally using a wood spoon, then add sausage and cook for two more minutes. Add rice and toast it for about three minutes stirring frequently to avoid sticking and burning, then add the wine and let evaporate. Rise the heat to medium high and start adding the stock gradually, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring frequently, adding more stock only when all the liquid has been absorbed. Check your rice for doneness after 10 minutes, it should be done between 10 and 13 minutes. The amount of stock depends on the type of rice you are using.&amp;nbsp; Remove from heat when your rice is &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;al dente&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. If your risotto is too dense, add 1/4 cup stock and let it rest, covered, for two minutes. Past this time, uncover and proceed with the &lt;i&gt;mantecatura&lt;/i&gt;: add the rest of the butter, cold and cut into cubes, and the parmigiano. Stirr energically, until completely melted. Adjust seasoning with more salt if needed. The final result should be runny and fluid (&lt;i&gt;all'onda&lt;/i&gt;), not piled and sticky. If your risotto is too sticky, don't be afraid to add more hot stock before serving. Top the plated risotto with some parmigiano to taste. Serves 2 to 4. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6473372765/" title="Leek Soup di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Leek Soup" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6473372765_b8f2ae6c36_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Leek soup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;5 leeks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 very small potatoes, peeled&lt;br /&gt;
2T olive oil &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 1/2 cups water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;2 tsp salt, plus more to taste&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;grated parmigiano for serving&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;extra virgin olive oil for serving&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Rinse leeks and cut off ends and green/tough parts. Slice stems into 1/2-inch discs. Cut potatoes into small cubes. Heat oil in a big pot over medium heat, add leeks and potatoes and sear them for three minutes, stirring occasionally. Add water and salt, reduce heat to medum low and let cook for about 30 minutes, or until vegetables are cooked and softened. Blend with an immersion blender, adjust seasoning adding more salt if needed. Serve hot with parmigiano and a drizzle of olive oil. Serves 4.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6481900015/" title="Trout with sauté leeks di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Trout with sauté leeks" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6481900015_7a5da0901f_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trout Fillet with Saute Leeks and Olives&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;2 trout fillets (better with skin on one side)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1T olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup white wine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;4 T lemon juice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp kosher salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup chopped parsley&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 cup taggisca olives or other black olives, pitted &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;2 medium leeks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;2T olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 tsp fine grain sea salt &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Additional side (optional): boiled baby potatoes with salt, black pepper and olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;Rinse leeks, cut off ends and slice stems into discs. Heat 1T olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, add leeks and saute for three minutes, until cooked but still firm. Season with salt. and set aside. In the meantime, heat 2 T olive oil in another large skillet over medium high heat, place trout fillet on the side of the skin and let cook for four minutes. Season with salt and add the wine and let it evaporate completely, then add lemon juice. Once all the liquid has gone, flip fillets flash down with a spatula and press lightly to flatten a bit. Let them brown for one more minute, turn off the heat and transfer to plates. Top with olives and freshly chopped parsley and serve with the saute leeks. Serves 2. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6383372197/" title="Cervere Leek di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cervere Leek" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6041/6383372197_55eb1b068c_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
A una manciata di chilometri da qui, fino a un paio di settimane fa c'era la &lt;a href="http://www.porro-cervere.cn.it/" target="_blank"&gt;sagra del porro di Cervere&lt;/a&gt;, sedicente miglior porro della penisola. Io, curiosa e sospettosa, sono andata a vedere l'effetto che fa in un'uggiosa domenica pomeriggio di metà novembre. Non vi ho trovato molto, a dire il vero: solo uno sparuto gruppo di contadini che vendevano i loro porri lungo la strada maestra, o sotto il tendone della fiera. Non so che m'spettassi...Alla fin fine, ero lì per comprar porri. Il mazzo veniva 6 euro, e nel prenderlo in braccio ho capito che li valeva tutti. Sarà stato 4 chili.&lt;br /&gt;
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A rendere questi porri così speciali è il terreno dove crescono e il clima che li coccola tutt'intorno. Il suolo ricco di limo, sabbia e calcio (combinazione rara in natura) e l'esposizione al sole costante ma non violenta, li fa crescere lunghi, teneri e molto meno legnosi dei loro cugini. Il vento leggero e frequente riduce l'insorgenza di malattie fungine e quindi anche l'uso di pesticidi. &lt;b&gt;Sono dolci, teneri e digeribili&lt;/b&gt;. In più, codividono tutte le note proprietà benefiche di cipolle e aglio. C'è da volergli bene, insomma. E poi, sono davvero belli.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6383369711/" title="Cervere Leek di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cervere Leek" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6052/6383369711_e301723e67_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6383371155/" title="Cervere Leek di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cervere Leek" height="1093" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6114/6383371155_e76c5ee53a_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Un mazzo è bastato a salvarci tre pranzi. Il primo con una ricetta molto classica: il &lt;b&gt;risotto porri e salsiccia. &lt;/b&gt;Qui, come per ogni grande classico, a fare la differenza sono senza dubbio le materie prime d'eccellenza. &lt;a href="http://www.salsicciadibra.it/storia.asp" target="_blank"&gt;Salsiccia di Bra&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;b&gt;porri di Cervere&lt;/b&gt; e riso carnaroli invecchiato biologico &lt;a href="http://www.acquerello.it/" target="_blank"&gt;Acquerello&lt;/a&gt;. Ingredienti che vengono da vicino e che mi fanno sentire parte di un territorio. Il bello di questa ricetta è che chiunque può compiere un piccolo processo di personalizzazione semplicemente usando i migliori prodotti del proprio territorio: ottima salsiccia, ottimo riso, porri dei produttori locali. Questi tre ingredienti si sposeranno a meraviglia sul vostro piatto e questo semplice risotto ai porri diventerà davvero speciale (così speciale che vi verrà la tentazione di farlo per le feste). &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6383367367/" title="Leek and Sausage Acquerello Risotto di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Leek and Sausage Acquerello Risotto" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6228/6383367367_a7756b791e_o.jpg" width="677" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Il secondo piatto è un altro grande classico, la&lt;b&gt; zuppa di porri&lt;/b&gt;. I porri sembrano proprio essere stati creati per diventare zuppa, e quelli di Cervere non fanno eccezione. Anzi, la zuppa è uscita molto più dolce e vellutata del solito, e senza l'aggiunta di panna, mentre il buon vecchio trucco di aggiungere un paio di patate&amp;nbsp; funziona benissimo. Avrete in casa un pezzo di pane casereccio, no? Olio buono? Parmigiano? Ma certo che sì! Allora andate, scovate i porri migliori e fatevi un piccolo regalo per pranzo: questa zuppa ha poche calorie, è piena di sali minerali e vitamine e, soprattutto, è buona. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6473372161/" title="Leek Soup di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Leek Soup" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6473372161_6c0bf10d19_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Infine, per Fish Friday, ho saltato in padella i porri con delle olive taggiasche per accompagnare i miei adorati filetti di trota. Bianca, in questo caso. Dopo aver fatto e rifatto più volte questa ricetta (con porri di Cervere e non), posso affermare con certezza che porri e pesce stanno davvero bene insieme, specie con pesci grassottelli e dolci come la trota (o l'orata). Le olive, beh, servono solo a smorzare un po' questa dolcezza. Un piatto semplice ma bilanciato e saporito, e perché&amp;nbsp; no, perfetto per affrontare la maratona magereccia delle feste con un po' di leggerezza.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6504403495/" title="Riso Acquerello di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Riso Acquerello" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6504403495_5abaf5358b_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Per il risotto ai porri e salsiccia&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;: calcolate circa 90 gr di riso a testa. Sceglietene uno buono, carnaroli, vialone nano o arborio. Io ho usato un carnaroli biologico invecchiato 7 anni, &lt;a href="http://www.acquerello.it/" target="_blank"&gt;Acquerello&lt;/a&gt;. Lo trovo un prodotto eccellente. Scaldate 800-900 ml di brodo vegetale e tenetelo in caldo, pronti per il risotto. Lavate, mondate e tagliate a rondelle tre porri, eliminando solo le parti più legnose e tenendo tutto il resto, verde compreso. In una pentola capiente, sciogliete due cucchiai di burro e rosolate i porri per tre-quattro minuti, quindi aggiungete 200 gr di salsiccia a pezzetti e il riso. Tostate il riso un paio di minuti, mescolando bene, quindi sfumate con del buon vino bianco secco (un bicchiere scarso va bene per 4 persone). Lasciate evaporare, quindi iniziate a cuocere il riso aggiungendo brodo caldo un mestolo alla volta, mescolando, fino a cottura. Ci vorrando circa 10-12 minuti, a seconda del tipo di riso. Una volta al dente, spegnete il fuoco e aggiungete ancora un po' di brodo, continuando a mescolare. aggiustate di sale, coprite e lasciate riposare qualche secondo, quindi procedete con la mantecatura con un piccolo pezzetto di burro e del parmigiano grattugiato. Servire subito e all'onda. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Per la zuppa di porri&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;: lavate, mondate e tagliate a rondelle cinque porri grossi e a pezzetti due patate piccole. Scaldate due cucchiai di olio in una pentola capiente, rosolate le verdure, per 4 minuti, poi coprite a filo con acqua. Abbassare la fiamma e coprire, lasciar cuocere per 20 minuti circa, finché le verdure son tenere. Frullate tutto con un frullatore ad immersione, aggiustare di sale e pepe e servire con parmigiano e crostini di pane. Per 4. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Per i filetti di trota con porri saltati e olive&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;: lavate, mondate e tagliate a rondelle due porri. Scaldate un cucchiaio di olio in una padella e saltate i porri per due minuti a fiamma vivace, finché non prendono colore. Aggiungere delle olive taggiasche denocciolate, aggiustare di sale e pepe e tenere da parte. In un'altra padella capiente, scaldare un cucchiaio di olio e una volta caldo, adagiateci due filetti di trota dalla parte della pelle. Abbassate la fiamma e lasciate cuocere due minuti, sfumare con mezzo bicchiere di vino bianco, cuocre finché tutto il liquido è evaporato. Spruzzare con un po' di succo di limone, salare i filetti, quindi girarli con l'aiuto di una spatola e cuocerli dall'altro lato per un paio di minuti, facendo leggera pressione con la spatola per far aderire la polpa alla padella. Impiattare i filetti coi porri alle olive e aggiungere un po' di prezzemolo tritato se piace. Per 2. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-5937670308889884036?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/12/leeks-cervere-pot-porri.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-4352769261093246526</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-30T20:01:16.266+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">black kale</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tuscan kale</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cavolo nero</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">brunch</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kale salad</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">turnip pure</category><title>Tuscan Kale Day || Il Giorno del Cavolo Nero</title><description>&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6341298870/" title="Poached Egg, Tuscan Kale and Turnip Pure di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Poached Egg, Tuscan Kale and Turnip Pure" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6102/6341298870_2625278aeb_o.jpg" width="679" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Tuscan kale, &lt;i&gt;lancinato&lt;/i&gt; kale, dinosaur kale, black kale&lt;/b&gt;. How many names for such a humble green. Among all of these, &lt;i&gt;Tuscan&lt;/i&gt; says it all on its origin and its importance in the kitchen of this region . You have probably already heard of &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;ribollita&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, a soup made with stale unsalted bread, beans and &lt;i&gt;cavolo nero&lt;/i&gt; --a true staple in the Tuscan diet. I love it.Who doesn't?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Imagine my happiness when I saw it among the market stalls and boxes here in Piedmont, where is not a local specialty. Imagine me buying a few bunches out of sudden excitement and compulsive foodie attack. The result was a fridge stuffed with &lt;i&gt;cavolo nero&lt;/i&gt;. I had to find some ways to use and eat it. Not a problem! This great winter green can be eaten both raw and cooked, in soups, of course, but also in salads, in stir fries and baked dishes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;We decided to have a &lt;b&gt;Cavolo Nero Day&lt;/b&gt;, from brunch to dinner. Yes, we have this great ideas sometimes, usually on Sunday. Free time makes us some good. Ha. We thought, nonetheless, that it was a good idea to experiment a bit with this leafy green, and to find out how we like it the best.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Break. Time to make brunch and there is no bread. No meal takes place in our house without bread. Especially brunch. Whenever this happens and there is no time or will to go to the bakery, I always rely on Heidi's recipe for seedy &lt;a href="http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/sixseed-soda-bread-recipe.html" target="_blank"&gt;soda bread.&lt;/a&gt; It's always perfect, always, even if I change types of flour or ingredients depending on the mood and availability. I also found out that &lt;b&gt;halving the ingredients&lt;/b&gt; she calls for&lt;a href="http://www.101cookbooks.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, I can get a little loaf that fits perfectly in my small pirex pan and feeds two hungry people without leftovers. I love this little discoveries. It's like making the recipe a little bit mine.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6341297994/" title="Seedy Soda Bread di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Seedy Soda Bread" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6235/6341297994_d8b797499e_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;This &lt;b&gt;Cavolo Nero Brunch&lt;/b&gt; consisted of &lt;b&gt;buttered seedy bread, poached eggs on stir fried cavolo nero&lt;/b&gt;. More &lt;b&gt;cavolo nero&lt;/b&gt; was tossed in a &lt;a href="http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/raw-tuscan-kale-salad-recipe.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;salad&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; with some grated &lt;b&gt;pecorino cheese&lt;/b&gt;, oil and garlic &lt;b&gt;croutons&lt;/b&gt; and a &lt;b&gt;simple lemon and olive oil dressing&lt;/b&gt;. The day before I also made some &lt;b&gt;turnip and pear mash&lt;/b&gt; with leftover ingredients from the &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/11/on-quince-and-fall-carrot-and-apple.html/" target="_blank"&gt;soup&lt;/a&gt;. It was a good alternative to mashed potatoes and it worked pretty well with the rest of the dishes. We felt pretty good afterwards, filed with good nutrients and energy. Sunday stroll was a must. A long one. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6340551339/" title="Black Kale Caesar di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6341297600/" title="Turnip and Pear Pure with Hazelnuts di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Turnip and Pear Pure with Hazelnuts" height="1076" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6227/6341297600_181a6a0ee0_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Tired of cavolo nero? We weren't. Back from the walk, we started making &lt;b&gt;soup&lt;/b&gt; using &lt;b&gt;mixed legumes&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;cabbage and cavolo nero&lt;/b&gt;. No Tuscan Bread, though, so we couldn't call it &lt;i&gt;ribollita&lt;/i&gt;. I looked at &lt;a href="http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/ribollita-recipe.html" target="_blank"&gt;hers&lt;/a&gt; in this case, too, but it didn't really worked for us --no olives in soup, no no. So we made our personal version, which was more like a &lt;i&gt;zuppa contadina&lt;/i&gt; (farmers' soup), hearty and filling, and we had it for dinner. Not bad for a Sunday, we thought. We did a good job with these good-for-you meals. Where's dessert, though? We deserve it, now!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;There was no dessert. I haven't found a recipe for cavolo nero dessert, yet. But in case I do, you'll surely know.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Turnip and Pear Mash with Hazelnuts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;serves 2-4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 big turnip or rutabaga, pealed and sliced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 bosc or williams pear, sliced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;4 cups water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp kosher salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 T olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup hazelnuts, chopped&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Place turnip and pear slices in a medium sauce pan with water over medium heat and boil until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and blend with an immersion blender, add oil and salt and give a few more pulses to combine. Put back in the sauce pan over medium heat and cook stirring a few times, until all the excess liquid has evaporated. Sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts and serve hot.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stir-Fried Cavolo Nero&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;serves 2-4 &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 bunch black kale, rinsed and chopped&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 tsp fine grain salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;2 T olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;2 cloves garlic&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Place a big sauce pan filled by 3/4 with water and bring to a boil. Stir in the chopped kale and blanch for about 5 minutes. Drain kale and set aside. In a medium-size skillet, heat olive oil and add garlic, fry for two minutes, then add kale and saute for two-three minutes, season with salt and turn off the heat. Serve with poached egg and good toasty bread for a brunch, or as a regular side dish.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cavolo Nero, Cabbage and Legume Soup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;serves 4-6&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cups dried mixed legumes (beans, chickpeas, garbanzos, lentils etc.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 big red onion, thinly chopped&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cloves garlic, minced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T extra virgin olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 spring of rosemary &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;8 cups water or vegetable stock &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 bunch cavolo nero, rinsed and chopped&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 cups thinly sliced cabbage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 tsp kosher salt, plus more for serving&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 slice of tuscan or other country bread per serving &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;olive oil, freshly ground black pepper and grated parmesan cheese for serving&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;The night before, sink beans and chickpeas in cold water. The day you make the soup, drain them and rinse them a couple of times.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;In a big pot, heat olive oil over medium fire, add onion and garlic and cook for a couple of minutes, then add beans, chickpeas, lentils and rosemary, cover with water or stock and let cook covered for about 30 minutes. Check the cooking half way through and add more water if needed. Five minutes before it's done, add cabbage and kale, season with salt and pepper. Tun off the heat. With an immersion blender, give a few pulses to the soup to cream a tiny part of the ingredients and make the liquid part more dense. Let the soup cool a bit and in the meantime toast the bread slices. Serve soup hot with a drizzle of olive oil, bread, freshly ground black pepper and grated parmesan cheese.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;--------------------°°°°°°°°°°-------------------- &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Immaginatevi la mia gioia nel vedere il cavolo nero tra i banchi del mercato di Bra. Ero al settimo cielo e non scherzo. Uno, perché è tra le mie verdure d'inverno preferite, e due perché ci saranno state mille ricette nella mia liste dei desideri che lo avevano nella lista degli ingredienti. Presa dall'euforia del momento, quindi, ne ho fatto gran scorta, e son corsa a casa a progettar manicaretti. Cotto, crudo, in zuppa, insalate e spadellate, me ne son inventata di tutti i colori.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Così, abbiamo avuto un Giorno del Cavolo Nero (che non è né un giorno del cavolo né un giorno nero, meno più meno fa più, mi dicono). Sì, abbiamo di queste idee a volte, spesso nei weekend. Buon tempo, dicono alcuni. Buon uso del buon tempo, dico io! Quindi, quel giorno abbiamo fatto un &lt;i&gt;brunch&lt;/i&gt; e una cena a base di questo vegetale a foglia scura e a pelle di dinosauro.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6340551339/" title="Black Kale Caesar di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Black Kale Caesar" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6215/6340551339_2c0a025c79_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Aspetta, &lt;i&gt;brunch&lt;/i&gt; ho detto, ma la verità è che non c'era il pane. E a casa nostra non si fa pasto senza un derivato lievitato della farina. Così, presa dall'impeto del momento, mi sono aggrappata alla mia ancora di salvezza, ovvero il &lt;a href="http://www.101cookbooks.com/" target="_blank"&gt;suo blog&lt;/a&gt;, e ho messo insieme un velocissimo &lt;a href="http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/sixseed-soda-bread-recipe.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;soda bread&lt;/i&gt; con i semini&lt;/a&gt;, il quale è anche uno dei miei pani preferiti, sia per gusto sia per il fatto che a mezze dosi entra perfettamente nella mia pirottina da forno e sfama a dovere due bocche amanti del carboidrato come noi, senza esagerare. Mi piacciono queste scoperte, è come rendere le ricette un po' più mie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Il nostro &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;cavolo nero brunch&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; ha visto protagonista quel &lt;b&gt;pane&lt;/b&gt; coi semi, imburrato a piacere, il &lt;b&gt;cavolo nero saltato in padella&lt;/b&gt;, un &lt;b&gt;uovo in camicia&lt;/b&gt; e un &lt;b&gt;puré di rapa alle nocciole&lt;/b&gt;. A lato, un'&lt;b&gt;insalata&lt;/b&gt; sempre presa dalla &lt;a href="http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/raw-tuscan-kale-salad-recipe.html" target="_blank"&gt;stessa fonte&lt;/a&gt;, con &lt;b&gt;cavolo nero crudo a listarelle&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;crostini di pane all'olio&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;pecorino&lt;/b&gt; grattugiato e un semplice condimento di &lt;b&gt;olio, limone, e aceto balsamico&lt;/b&gt;. Ci è andata di lusso. Con gusto, e con neanche troppi sgarri. Ma una passeggiatina ci avrebbe fatti stare meglio, così fu, e nel frattempo già meditavo altri modi per onorare quel cavolesco giorno.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6343836819/" title="Kale legume soup di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Kale legume soup" height="500" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6222/6343836819_50626a94ac.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6341295880/" title="Tuscan Kale di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Tuscan Kale" height="500" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6054/6341295880_772e4d258a.jpg" width="295" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Così, al nostro ritorno, ci siamo messi a far zuppa, una di quelle rustiche e sostanziose che fan bene al cuore nel freddo dell'inverno. Legumi misti, cavolo nero, cavolo cappuccio e olio nuovo. Pane casereccio (&lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/11/on-quince-and-fall-carrot-and-apple.html" target="_blank"&gt;quello di castagne&lt;/a&gt;, ve lo ricordate?). E così si concluse il Giorno del Cavolo Nero, con due piatti fondi ripuliti e due volti soddisfatti. Ottimo lavoro. Meriteremmo quasi un dolce...Dov'è il dolce, appunto?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Niente dolce. Non ho ancora trovato una ricetta per un dolce col cavolo nero. Ma ci sto lavorando. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Puré di rapa, pera alle nocciole&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 rapa&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 pera media&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio d'olio evo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;sale qb&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;una manciata di nocciole tritate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Bollire la rapa sbucciata e tagliata a cubetti e la pera in acqua bollente finché non diventa tutto tenero e cedevole. Scolare e frullare con il blender, aggiungendo l'olio e il sale un po' alla volta. Rimettere la purea sul fuoco per un paio di minuti per far assorbire tutta l'acqua in eccesso, mescolando per non farla attaccare. Servire calda con le nocciole tritate sopra.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Zuppa di legumi e cavolo nero&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;500 gr di legumi misti (fagioli, ceci lenticchie ecc.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 mazzo di cavolo nero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 di cavolo cappuccio&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cipolla rossa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 spicchi d'aglio&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchiai d'olio&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 rametto di rosmarino &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;sale e pepe&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;parmigiano grattugiato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;pane casereccio tostato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Mettere a mollo i legumi una notte prima di fare la zuppa. Il giorno dopo, pulire e tagliare a listarelle cavolo nero e cavolo cappuccio. Mettere sul fuoco una pentola capiente con l'olio, la cipolla e l'aglio schiacciato e soffriggere per qualche minuto, aggiungere quindi i legumi scolati e il rosmarino, coprire con acqua e far cuocere coperto per una ventina di minuti. Aggiungere il cavolo e il cappuccio alla zuppa e cuocere per altri dieci minuti o finchè tutti i legumi siano cotti. Aggiustare di sale e pepe. Con un frullatore a immersione, dare qualche colpetto in modo da frullare un poco le verdure e rendere la zuppa più densa. Servire con olio nuovo e pane tostato. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Tonight will be Italian Thanksgiving number two for me and J., and the second in general for me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Last year we did a Friendsgiving potluck with all the classmates from our Master's program. It was fun. This year, with all of them gone and a little place on our own, we are going to feast this Thanksgiving number two...In two. It is going to be novel for both, and between the two of us, I am surely the most excited.&amp;nbsp; For as unconventional and as sad as it may sound --no family, no friends gathering around our little table -- we thought we wanted to stay together, just the two of us.&amp;nbsp; We are thankful for this crazy year that is about to finish, and for all the memories we have been able to save, on our &lt;i&gt;moleskines&lt;/i&gt; and in our minds. There is nothing sad about it. There will be space for friends and family on Christmas, a holiday that both our cultures share. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Tonight, there will be simply good food, good wine and good conversation. Maybe some music. Maybe a movie. No stress, no compulsive shopping or big food prepping, no huge turkey to brine. The advantages of living abroad. There will be a time for a family Thanksgiving in the future, I guess. Only, not now. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;We cooked some things in advance to enjoy each others company in the evening and not stress out in the kitchen. If you think of a Thanksgiving for two next year, or even of an in-house date, this is the menu I came up with. It might look a bit fusion, a bit Italian-American. In the end, this is who we are. We are thankful everyday for that. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6394689013/" title="Guinea Fowl di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Guinea Fowl" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6394689013_df8cd39d88_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Roasted Guinea Fowl with Smashed Potatoes and Roasted Garlic Paste&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;This recipe comes from my grandma, and so does the bird. One guinea fowl serves four people, thus we used half of it. Consider roasting it 15-20 minutes longer if you are using the whole bird.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;serves 2 &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 guinea fowl&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 garlic cloves&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 fresh or dry rosemary springs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 1/2 tsp kosher salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 tsp ground pepper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup white wine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;10 small potatoes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1T olive oil &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;salt and pepper to taste &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 whole head of garlic&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T white wine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;fresh or dry rosemary springs&lt;br /&gt;
1 pinch of salt &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;For the guinea fowl&lt;/u&gt;: Preheat oven to 350°F. Rinse the guinea fowl and dry it well with paper towels. Heat olive oil in an oven proof pan or skillet over medium fire. Smash garlic cloves with the flat side of a chef knife and add them to the hot oil. Fry garlic in oil, about three minutes. Add the guinea fowl and cook it on each side for about three-four minutes. Add rosemary, salt, pepper and half the wine. Once the liquid has evaporated, add potatoes and place the pan into the hot oven. Bake for 15 minutes, check the cooking statuts and add the rest of the wine. Cook for 15 more minutes or until the guinea fowl is cooked though and crispy on the outside (all the liquid must have evaporated). Take it out and let it rest 10 minutes before serving.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;For the potatoes &lt;/u&gt;(inspired by &lt;a href="http://whiteonricecouple.com/recipes/smashed-potatoes/" target="_blank"&gt;this recipe&lt;/a&gt;): remove from the baking pan and place on a chopping board. With a chef knife, smash potatoes by pressing them with the flat side of the knife. Transfer into a lightly oiled hot skilled and cook for three-four minutes per side, until crispy and browned. Adjust with salt and pepper and sprinkle with more dry rosemary. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;For the garlic paste&lt;/u&gt; (inspired by &lt;a href="http://food.christopherpitzer.com/2009/roasted-garlic-puree/" target="_blank"&gt;this recipe&lt;/a&gt;): cut off the top quarter of the head of garlic, set it in a square of aluminum foil and bring up the sides. Sprinkle with salt, drizzle with oil and wine, lay the rosemary spring and enclose in foil. Set packetin the oven at the same time as the guinea fowl and cook it for 50 minutes.  Cool to room temperature in the foil.   Squeeze the softened garlic out of the peels.  Puree in a food  processer. Use for potatoes and guinea fowl. Drizzle leftover with 1T olive oil and store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator up to one week. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6394667829/" title="Brussels Sprouts, Pomegranate Seeds and Pecans di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Brussels Sprouts, Pomegranate Seeds and Pecans" height="996" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6394667829_30685ae1e1_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brussels Sprouts with Toasted Pecans and Pomegranate Seeds&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;This recipe comes from a big ensemble of recipes read here and there, combined and adapted to fit our need and our current food supplies. It makes for a great side dish and a good Thanksgiving fusion recipe.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cups Brussels sprouts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 red onion, thinly chopped &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 tsp kosher salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 cup white wine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup pecan halves&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup pomegranate seeds&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T fresh chopped parsley&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Rinse Brussels sprouts and dry well, the quarter them and set aside. On a large skillet, heat the oil over medium fire, toss the onion and cook until translucent, about three minutes. Add the sprouts, add salt and set the fire on medium-high heat. Sautee sprouts for five minutes, deglaze with wine&amp;nbsp; and cook until the liquid evaporates and sprouts are tender. Set aside. On a small skillet over low heat, toast pecans for about five minutes, stirring a couple of times to avoid burning. Combine sprouts, pecans and pomegranate seeds. Sprinkle with parsley and serve warm. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6394676217/" title="Persimmon Pudding di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Persimmon Pudding" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6394676217_e87bff805c_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Grandma's Persimmon Pudding&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;This recipe comes from J.'s grandmother, who probably got it from her grandmother. It is a very Mid-Western dessert and it is made in fall, when small persimmons are abundant in the area. There are many versions of this recipe, especially from Indiana. We made hers and followed her instructions. This pudding is very sweet, soft and a bit chewy, almost like caramel. However, we have been told that it's appearence changes a lot, depending on the baker's luck. For much unappealing that it might look, it is very good. Consider eating it warm with wipped cream on top. We didn't have any, but we'll fix this lack soon. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/3 cup butter, melted&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cups white sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 eggs, lightly beaten&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cups persimmons pulp&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp baking soda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 cup hot water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 1/2 cups all-purpose white flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 cups whole milk&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Preheat the oven to 325°F. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and persimmon pulp. Dissolve baking soda in the hot water and add to the rest of ingredients. Add 1/3&amp;nbsp; of flour and stir until dissolved, then 1/3 of milk and stir until dissolved. Repeat until all ingredients are combined together. Transfer into a 9x13-inch greased baking pan. Bake for between 1 hour and 45 minutes and 2 hours. Let it cool slightly and serve with a sprinkle of cinnamon and/or a dollop of whipped cream.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;--------------------°°°°°°°°°°-------------------- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Giorno del Rngraziamento in Italia numero due per me e J., e il secondo assoluto per me.&lt;br /&gt;
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L'anno scorso l'abbiamo festeggiato con i nostri compagni di Master in versione potluck (ognuno porta qualcosa e si mangia tutti insieme). Quest'anno tutte quelle persone hanno preso altre vie e noi abbiamo preso una casa tutta per noi, così il giorno del ringraziamento numero due lo festeggeremo...in due. Sarà una cosa nuova e diversa per entrambi, e tra i due la più eccitata sono sicuramente io. Per quanto possa suonare triste il non avere famiglia o amici seduti intorno alla nostra piccola tavola, abbiamo pensato che passare una serata insieme, solo noi due. Siamo grati per l'anno che volge al termine, pieno di momenti importanti ed emozioni scritte nero su bianco sui nostri moleskine o anche solo impresse nelle nostre menti. Non c'è nulla di triste in questo. Ci sarà spazio per famiglia e amici a Natale, una festa sentita da entrambi e condivisa dalle nostre culture.&lt;br /&gt;
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Stasera ci sarà solo buon cibo, vino, e due chiacchiere. Forse della musica, magari anche un film. Nientre stress, niente pazzo shopping compulsivo, portate su portate da preparare, niente enorme tacchino da mettere in salamoia. I vantaggi di vivere all'estero, magari. Verrà il tempo in cui passerò anch'io un Ringraziamento in famiglia con tutti gli annessi e connessi. Solo, non è questo il tempo.&lt;br /&gt;
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Abbiamo preparato alcune delle pietanze in anticipo per non passare troppo tempo in cucina quanto comodamente seduti con un bicchiere di vino. Se pensate ad una cena in casa per due, più che ad un Ringraziamento (per fortuna non siamo arrivati a festeggiare anche questo, dopo Halloween!), questo è il menu con cui abbiamo festeggiato. Un po' fusion, certo, ma che ci volete fare, è quel che siamo. E di questo siamo grati ogni giorno.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Faraona arrosto con Patate Schiacciate e Crema all'aglio&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;La ricetta della faraona arrosto viene dalla nonna, e stesso dicasi per il volatile. Una faraona va bene per 4 persone, per cui non ne abbiamo cotta solo metà. Tenete in conto 15-20 minuti di cottura in più se usate la faraona intera.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;per 2:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 faraona, spennata e sciacquata&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 spicchi d'aglio&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchiai d'olio evo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 rametti di rosmarino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchiaini di sale fino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;una punta di cucchiaino di pepe macinato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 bicchiere di vino bianco&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;10 piccole patate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio d'olio evo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;sale e pepe q.b. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 grossa testa d'aglio&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio d'olio evo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di vino bianco&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 rametto di rosmarino&lt;br /&gt;
sale q.b.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Per la faraona&lt;/u&gt;:Accendete il forno a 180°C . Scaldare l'olio in una casseruola che possa andare in forno o in una cocotte. Schiacciare l'aglio e farlo soffriggere nell'olio caldo per qualche minuto, quindi aggiungere la faraona e rosolarla per tre-quattro minuti per lato. Aggiungere il rosmarino, salare e pepare, e versare metà del vino. Una volta che il liquido si sarà asciugato, aggiungere le patate lavate e trasferire in forno caldo. Cuocere per 15 minuti, controllando che non si secchi troppo (aggiungere eventualmente un goccio d'acqua). Versare il resto del vino e cuocere per altri 15 minuti o finché la faraona sia ben cotta all'interno e dorata al di fuori. (il liquido dev'essere evaporato). Tirare fuori dal forno e lasciar riposare 10 minuti, coperta, prima di servire.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Per le patate &lt;/u&gt;(adattata da &lt;a href="http://whiteonricecouple.com/recipes/smashed-potatoes/" target="_blank"&gt;questa ricetta&lt;/a&gt;): rimuovere le patate dalla casseruola e trasferirle su un tagliere. Con un coltello largo, usando il lato piatto schiacciarle leggermente . Disporle un po' alla volta in una padella con un velo d'olio caldo. Friggere per due minuti per lato fino a che diventano croccanti e dorate. Salare e pepare e cospargere con rosmarino.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Per la crema d'aglio&lt;/u&gt; (adattata da &lt;a href="http://food.christopherpitzer.com/2009/roasted-garlic-puree/" target="_blank"&gt;questa ricetta&lt;/a&gt;):tagliare la parte superiore della testa d'aglio in modo tale che gli spicchi siano parzialmente scoperti. Mettere l'aglio al centro di un foglio d'alluminio e accartocciare leggermente le estremità. Condire con sale, olio, vino, posizionare il rosmarino in cima, e chiudere a cartoccio. Cuocere in forno a 180°C per circa 50 minuti. Raffreddare a temperatura ambiente dentro al cartoccio. Una volta freddo, spremere&amp;nbsp; gli spicchi in modo che escano dalla "camicia". Frullare fino ad ottenerne una crema.&amp;nbsp; Usare a crema come condimento per le patate e la faraona. Se vi avanza, condire leggermente con dell'olio d'oliva e mettere in un contenitore in frigo. Duerà circa una settimana. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6394662125/" title="Brussels Sprouts, Pomegranate Seeds and Pecans di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Brussels Sprouts, Pomegranate Seeds and Pecans" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6224/6394662125_755be228c9_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cavoletti di Bruxelles con Noci di Pecan e Melograno &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Questa è una ricetta che ho messo insieme prendendo spunto qui e lì, assemblando quel che avevamo in casa e ci sembrava funzionasse. Un contorno un po' fusion che funziona anche se non è più il Ringraziamento.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Per 2: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
400 gr di cavoletti di Bruxelles&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cipolla rossa, tritata finemente &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di olio evo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cucchiaino di sale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 bicchierino di vino bianco&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 manciata di noci di pecan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 manciata di chicchi di melograno &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;prezzemolto fresco tritato per guarnire &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Lavare i cavoletti e pulirli delle foglie esterne e del fondo legnoso, quindi tagliarli in quarti. Scaldare l'olio in una padella ampia e soffriggere la cipolla per qualche minuto, aggiungere poi i cavoletti, alzare leggermente la fiamma e saltare in padella per cinque minuti, versare il vino bianco e lasciar evaporare il liquido, cuocere ancora per un paio di minuti finché i cavoletti saranno teneri ma croccanti. In un padellino piccolo, tostare le noci di pecan finché non saranno belle brunite. Unire ai cavoletti, quindi cospargere con i chicchi di melograno e una manciatina di prezzemolo fresco. Servire tiepido. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6394679361/" title="Persimmon Pudding di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Persimmon Pudding" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6108/6394679361_31591a0ab4_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pudding&lt;/i&gt; di Cachi &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Questa ricetta viene dritta dritta dalla nonna di J., la quale probabilmente l'ha avuta dalla sua nonna e così via. Si tratta di un dolce autunnale tipico del Mid West Americano, dove la raccolta di cachi è particolarmente abbondante. Ci sono molte versioni di questa ricetta, soprattutto in Indiana. Noi abbiamo deciso di fare quella di nonna. Il risultato è decisamente dolce, morbido e quasi caramelloso. Ci è stato detto che questo dolce è molto lunatico e cambia ogni volta, a seconda di chi lo fa e della giornata. Per quanto possa sembrare poco appetibile alla vista, il gusto è davvero buono. Provate a mangiarlo caldo, con una cucchiaiata di panna montata&amp;nbsp; e della cannella. Noi per questa volta non avevamo panna, ma provvederemo prima di finirlo tutto. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;75 gr di burro &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;400 gr di zucchero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 uova leggermente sbattute&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;475 ml di polpa di cachi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaino di bicarbonato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;250 ml di acqua calda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;320 gr di farina 00&lt;br /&gt;
700 ml di latte intero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Scaldare il forno a 165°C. In una terrina molto capiente (la più grande che avete!) ridurre a crema il burro con lo zucchero. Aggiungere le uova e la polpa di cachi. Sciogliere il bircabonato nell'acqua calda e aggiungerlo al resto degli ingredienti. Aggiungere quindi 1/3 della farina e mescolare fino ad imporporare completamente. Aggiungere 1/3 del latte ed incorporare. Continuare fino all'esaurimento degli ingredienti. Trasferire in una teglia rettangolare di circa 22x34cm, unta con poco olio o leggermente imburrata. Cuocere per circa un'ora e 45 / due ore. Quando sarà cotto, estrarre il &lt;i&gt;pudding&lt;/i&gt; dal forno e lasciar raffreddare leggermente prima di servire con panna montata e/o cannella. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-9218167472957821146?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/11/thanksgiving-for-two-due-e-un.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><thr:total>13</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-8548369016086893355</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-15T15:08:13.694+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sweets</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zuppa</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dolci</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cake</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">castagne</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">strudel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">apple</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mele</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">melecotogne</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">farina castagne</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">autunno</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pane</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fall</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marmellata</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">onion soup</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">quince</category><title>On Quince and a Fall Carrot and Apple Soup || Di Melecotogne e una Zuppa di Carote e Mela</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6303098198/" title="quinces di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="quinces" height="1002" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6042/6303098198_316a0ff423_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"I'm tired of pasta every day", he said. "It makes me sleepy. I can't ever function after lunch... I want soup. Can you make me soup? You always make yourself soup for lunch. I want some, too."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"Sure. What kind of soup do you want?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"I want carrot soup."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"Deal."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;My solo lunches at home are precious. I deeply enjoy them, and in the cold season I like cooking something&amp;nbsp; even though it is for me only. Something like a warm soup, for instance. Light and simple, but nurishing and tasty. J., on the contrary, eats at work and always ends up taking leftovers from the night before, or cooking some rice or pasta while we eat breakfast. And for some reason, he had never been able to take soup, mainly because there never is any left over.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;One day at noon I started to chop all the carrots we had in the refrigerator. Hum, they are not enough, it will never last until the day after, I thought. Ok. I'll add a turnip&amp;nbsp; too and see what happens. Quite enough. I think I'll trow in an apple. It is the last one, better using it. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6334542990/" title="Root Apple Soup di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Root Apple Soup" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/6334542990_209c70272e_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Apples&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;The weekend before, on our usual walk though the fields, we stepped upon a quince tree. J. had never seen one before, and he didn't quite understand why I was jumping up and down in excitement for those strangely shaped fruits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302491957/" title="quince di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="quince" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6225/6302491957_fe3ecdc9dd_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"Quinces, they are quinces!", I cheered. I was already thinking of all the recipes I could put together with only three or four fruits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302486497/" title="quinces di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="quinces" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6302486497_41bf803590.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6333787917/" title="Quince Applesauce di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Quince Applesauce" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/6333787917_8716b9489f.jpg" width="345" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;The tree was unattended and literally in the middle of nowhere. All around it, as it was a totem, were other varieties of apple trees. The good fruits had already been picked and all that remained was a scanty group of casualties laying on the green grass. The quince tree, on the contrary, was still holding all its golden spheres. We picked three with quick gestures and tried to stick them in our pockets, failing. The hairy layer covering the fruits spread all over our coats as a visible proof of our mischief. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302474691/" title="apple trees di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="apple trees" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6035/6302474691_33a5337dd4.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302484817/" title="apples di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="apples" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6050/6302484817_ea959e51b0.jpg" width="343" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;On the way back, we stopped at the farmers' market to buy some produce. An old man was selling his own apples, mainly Reinettes Golden and Gala. We bought a few kilos and headed home, with our quinces on top of the apple pile. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6333869783/" title="apples di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="apples" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6226/6333869783_21b5b87362.jpg" width="340" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6334541494/" title="DSC_1161 di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC_1161" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/6334541494_d14f9f20ce.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I chopped apples the whole afternoon. In my plans, quinces would be jelly, and reinettes would be cake. We were almost out of the pear jam I made with the pears from our yard tree, and I honestly didn't know how to make a better use of quinces than jelly. &lt;a href="http://www.foodwriting-awaitingtable.com/2011/11/la-cotognata-quince-paste-salento-style-2/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cotognata&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; or quince paste is a very traditional thing in Italy, and so is &lt;i&gt;gelatina di melacotogna&lt;/i&gt;. I have always liked the latter best, so I seconded my instict and prepared the jars for storage. I avoided the sugar overload and chose the tart way, my favorite for this kind of jelly, and the result didn't disappoint me. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6334541766/" title="Quince Applesauce di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Quince Applesauce" height="968" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6218/6334541766_42388be72b_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6344584660/" title="chestnut bread di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chestnut bread" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6219/6344584660_7437466123.jpg" width="350" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6334542108/" title="Quince Applesauce di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Quince Applesauce" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6095/6334542108_e406f3692a.jpg" width="330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;We enjoyed it on some &lt;a href="http://www.greenkitchenstories.com/chestnut-spelt-bread/"&gt;home-made chestnut bread&lt;/a&gt; for breakfast on the Sunday after, while the moka pot was simmering on the stove. I like weekend breakfasts because we change our morning routine and let pancakes or bread and jam take the place of muesli and oatmeal. This one, in particular, looked like a chocolate cake. We placed it on a cake stand and cut some slices each. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6344583650/" title="chestnut bread with jam di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chestnut bread with jam" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6048/6344583650_15376103e7.jpg" width="333" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6344584150/" title="chestnut bread di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chestnut bread" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6344584150_2bce7b50f5.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6341308210/" title="Chestnut Spelt Bread di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Chestnut Spelt Bread" height="984" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6059/6341308210_9aa84c51e6_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;As for the &lt;b&gt;reinettes&lt;/b&gt;, I simply diced all but one and mixed them with some &lt;b&gt;raisins&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;brown sugar&lt;/b&gt;, chopped &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://prodottitipici.provincia.cuneo.it/prodotti/ortofrutta/nocciola/index.jsp?lang=en"&gt;hazelnuts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; from our lovely region, and some leftover &lt;b&gt;jelly&lt;/b&gt; that didn't fit in the jars. Everything wrapped in a &lt;b&gt;whole wheat puff pastry dough&lt;/b&gt; I bought at the store and baked until crisp and golden. Almost like a &lt;i&gt;strudel&lt;/i&gt;, and surely as good. The quickest dessert ever, and one of my favorite, too. It reminded me of &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2010/05/resoconto-e-reportage-una-nonna-il-suo.html"&gt;childhood&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6333793579/" title="Apple Strudel di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302573697/" title="hazelnuts di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="hazelnuts" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6232/6302573697_cedff6ef7b.jpg" width="331" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6333791385/" title="Apple Strudel di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Apple Strudel" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6333791385_5d8e9bd79d.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;So, what happened is that one reinette apple ended up in that famour carrot soup, and I was very happy it did.  Floury in texture and tart in taste, it is a variety that gives its best  when cooked. It gave to the soup a perfect balance and a good hint of  sourness. I liked it, and so did J. when he tried it the day after.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"The soup was great, honestly, it hit the spot" he wrote. I smiled in front of my screen. Success.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Carrot, Turnip and Apple Soup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Serves 4:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;5 medium carrots, peeled and chopped&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 turnip, peeled and chopped&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 reinette apple, chopped&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 1-inch piece of fresh ginger root, peeled and minced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 garlic clove, peeled&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 shallots, peeled and sliced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 leek, sliced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 lemon, juiced and zested&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;5 cups low sodium vegetable stock or water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T extravirgin olive oil, plus extra for serving&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;salt and pepper to taste&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T of rice flour &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Toppings: chopped hazelnuts, new olive oil &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In  a big saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add garlic, shallot, leek,  ginger and lemon zest and cook for a couple of minutes or until  translucent, then add carrots and turnip. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring  from time to time, finally add apple and let cook for two more minutes.  Pour hot water or stock on top of vegetables, lower the flame to low  heat and cook for about 20 minutes or until all vegetables are soft.  Cream with an immersion blender, adding more water or stock if too  think. Add salt and pepper to taste. Reheat and add rice flour to give  the soup more of a creamy texture, cook for a couple more minute. Serve  hot with a drizzle of new olive oil and chopped hazelnuts and/or  croutons. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Quince Jelly&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 kg quinces, peeled, cored and cubed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 kg brown granulated cane sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;juice of 1 lemon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In a large sauce pan, mix quince flash with sugar and lemon juice. Transfer over low fire and add water. Stir well, and let cook uncovered for 1/2 h, stirring from time to time, until flesh is tender and falls apart. Add more water if the mixture is too dry, and cook until it reaches a thick texture. Devide hot jelly into sterilized jars, close with a lid and turn upsidedown to cool.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reinette Apples, Quince Jelly and Hazelnut &lt;i&gt;Strudel&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 whole wheat or regular puff pastry dough&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 reinettes apples, cored and thinly sliced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T raw brown sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp ground cinnamon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 cup raisins&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup whole unshelled hazelnuts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T lemon juice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 T quince jelly&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 digestive or similar cookies&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 cup rum or grappa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, combine apples with lemon juice and sugar. Set aside. In a small bowl, soak raisins in rum and 1 T hot water. Add to the apple mixture, then add chopped hazelnuts, cinnamon and at last the quince jelly. Unroll puff pastry on a baking sheet covered with parchment. Crumble cookies and spread them over the puff pastry. Add the apple mix and spread it evenly, leaving the edges free. Roll one side of the puff pastry, then roll the other above it, and seal pressing lightly in the dough. Fold edges. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until golded and crisp. Let cool a bit before dusting the cake with icing sugar and serving. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;--------------------°°°°°°°°°°--------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"Sono stanco di pasta. Mi fa venire sonno, sono sempre in coma dopo pranzo. Voglio zuppa. Mi fai la zuppa? Tu ti fai sempre la zuppa per pranzo! La voglio anch'io", ha detto un giorno.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"Mi sì, ma sì, che zuppa vuoi?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"Zuppa di carote."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"Andata".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I miei pranzi solitari a casa sono preziosi. Li apprezzo come poche altre cose, soprattutto quando le temperature si abbassano e inizio a mettere sul fuoco piccole pentole di verdure e brodo fumanti. Solo per me, creo pranzi leggeri e nutrienti. J., invece, per mille ragioni finisce sempre per portare pasta cotta mentre si fa colazione o, al massimo, i resti della cena precedente. E se la sera prima a cena c'era zuppa, si è certi che non ne avanza mai.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6333788687/" title="Root Apple Soup di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Root Apple Soup" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6097/6333788687_7ab1492c6a.jpg" width="347" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6333786961/" title="turnip and apple di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="turnip and apple" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6091/6333786961_4f478b85ac.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Così, un giorno, mi sono messa ad affettare tutte le carote che avevamo nel frigo. Cinque. Hum, ho pensato, non saranno mai abbastanza, non resisteranno mai fino a domani. Ho aggiunto una rapa per vedere cosa succedeva. Meglio, ma mancava ancora qualcosa. Forse una mela? Una renetta giaceva solitaria nel cestino della frutta. Ci sarebbe stata bene, così, per cambiare.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6334540874/" title="fall di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fall" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6234/6334540874_7d46ed144d_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mele&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Il weekend precedente, durante una delle nostre solite passeggiate, siamo incappati in un albero di melecotogne. J. non ne aveva mai visto uno e non capiva bene il motivo del mio saltellare su e giù, eccitata alla vista di quesi strani frutti.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"&lt;b&gt;Melecotogne&lt;/b&gt;, sono melecotogne!", ho gridacchiato. E già pensavo alle molte ricette che avrei potuto fare con solo tre o quattro frutti. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302489525/" title="quinces di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="quinces" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6214/6302489525_b14c42879d_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;L'albero era incustodito e letteralmente in mezzo al nulla. Tutt'attorno, come fosse un totem, c'erano altre varietà di meli. Solo che i frutti migliori erano già stati colti e tutto quel che restava era uno sparuto gruppo di mele marcite, stese al suolo come vittime. Il melocotogno invece aveva ancora tutti i suoi beni sui rami, e noi con gesti rapidi ne abbiamo colti tre, cercando poi di infilarli nelle nostre tasche e fallendo miseramente nell'impresa. La peluria che ricopriva i frutti si era attaccata sui nostri cappotti come traccia tangibile della nostra malefatta.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Sulla via del ritorno, ci siamo fermati al fedele mercato dei contadini. Un signore vendeva le mele della sua raccolta, soprattutto renette e gala. Ne abbiamo coprate un po' e un po', e abbiamo poi messo le melecotogne in cima alle borse traboccanti, diretti verso casa. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6340544147/" title="Fallen Pears di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Fallen Pears" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6214/6340544147_4215cc1900_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302523785/" title="quinces di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="quinces" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6302523785_5f58f7aa8d.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302491149/" title="quinces di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="quinces" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6036/6302491149_bcedc9347a.jpg" width="323" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Ho tagliato mele tutto il pomeriggio. Nei miei piani, le melecotogne sarebbero diventate marmellata, e le renette un dolce. Eravamo oramai alla fine della marmellata fatta con le pere dell'albero in cortile e a dirla tutta non avevo idee migliori su come usare le melecotogne. Cotognata, gelatina...Insomma, qualcosa che si avvicinasse all'uso tradizionale. Ho preparato i barattoli e scelto la via del metà zucchero per conservare l'acidità naturale del frutto. Il risultato non mi ha delusa.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6334542216/" title="Quince Applesauce di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Quince Applesauce" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6214/6334542216_0da8fd854b_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;L'abbiamo mangiata subito la mattina seguente, domenica, con del &lt;a href="http://www.greenkitchenstories.com/chestnut-spelt-bread/"&gt;pane alla farine di castagne&lt;/a&gt; fatto in casa, mentre la grande moka per 12 italiani o 1 americano e mezza gorgogliava sul fuoco. Quel pane un po' così, diverso e denso, ci sembrava una torta di cioccolato, così ha finito per essere messo sull'alzatina e affettato quasi come fosse davvero un dolce. Certi dettagli fanno la differenza, scandiscono il tempo, ci fanno accorgere che la settimana sta volgendo al termine ed è tempo di piccoli lussi. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6340556907/" title="Chestnut Spelt Bread di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Chestnut Spelt Bread" height="1014" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6060/6340556907_e61377f75f_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Quanto alle renette, le ho sbucciate e mescolate a zucchero, uvetta, della marmellata che proprio non voleva starci nei vasetti e un po' di nocciole delle nostre zone. Tutto avvolto in una coltre di pasta sfoglia integrale e infornato a doratura. Una sorta di &lt;i&gt;strudel&lt;/i&gt;, certo buono tanto quanto. Un dolce velocissimo per cuochi pigri della domenica come noi, e pure un po' &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2010/05/resoconto-e-reportage-una-nonna-il-suo.html"&gt;nostalgici&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302474691/" title="apple trees di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="apple trees" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6035/6302474691_33a5337dd4.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6334545592/" title="Apple Strudel di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Apple Strudel" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6240/6334545592_87324b40aa.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Quel che è successo, per tornare alla zuppa&amp;nbsp; di carote, è che una mela renetta ci è finita dentro&amp;nbsp; Con mia grande gioia. Il gusto un po' acidino e la consistenza farinosa ne fa una mela da cottura iù che da sgnanocchio, e d'altronde ha dato alla zuppa quel non so che di davvero unico. Così, il giorno dopo nella casella di posta leggo:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;" La zuppa era fantastica, davvero, ha proprio centrato il bersaglio". Ho sorriso davanti allo schermo. Non male. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Zuppa di Carote, Rape e Renette&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;per 4&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;5 carote medie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 rapa grande&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 mela renetta&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 pezetto di radice di zenzero fresco&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 limone bio, buccia e succo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 spicchio d'aglio&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 scalogno&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 porro piccolo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;600 ml di acqua&amp;nbsp; o brodo vegetale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchiai di olio evo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di farina di riso&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;sale e pepe q.b.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;olio nuovo e nocciole a pezzetti o crostini per servire (opzionale) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Sbucciare le carote e la rapa, lavare la mela e tagliarle tutto a cubetti. Scaldare un l'olio in una pendola a bordi alti, aggiungere l'aglio, il porro e lo scalogno puliti e affettati sottilmente. Grattugiare la radice di zenzero e la buccia di limone e lasciar soffriggere con il resto degli ingredienti per qualche minuto, mescolando perché non si attacchino. Aggiungere quindi la carota e la rapa a cubetti, infine la mela. Cuocere a fiamma media per tre-quattro minuti, quindi coprire con brodo o acqua calda e far cuocere per venti minuti circa, col coperchio, finché le verdure non diventino tenere e cedevoli. Passare tutto al mixer regolando la densità aggungendo altro liquido se necessario. Aggiungere alla zuppa così frullata la farina di riso e rimettere sul fuoco a fiamma bassa, aggiustare di sale e pepe, mescolare per qualche minuto. Spegnere il fuoco e far intiepidire per qualche minuto prima di servire con crostini di pane/ nocciole e un giro d'olio o quel che vi va.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Marmellata di Melecotogne&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 kg di melecotogne sbucciate e tagliate a cubetti&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;500 gr di zucchero di canna&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;il succo di 1 limone bio&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;200 ml di acqua (circa)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In una pentola capiente, mescolare la polpa della melacotogna con lo zucchero e il succo di limone. Mettere sul fuoco con un goccio d'acqua e iniziare a cuocere, aggiungendo acqua via via che il composto si addensa, fino a che la polpa della frutta diventa morbida. Trasferire la marmellata così calda in dei vasetti sterilizzati in acqua bollente, chiudere e lasciare raffreddare a testa in giù.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Strudel di Renette, Melacotogna e Nocciole&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 rotolo di pasta sfoglia integrale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 mele renette tagliate a fettine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;100 gr di nocciole sbucciate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;un pugno di uvetta&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 bicchierino di rum&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 cucchiai abbondanti di marmellata di melecotogne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 biscotti tipo digestive&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di succo di limone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchiai di zucchero di canna grezzo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaino di cannella in polvere&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Accendere il forno a 180°. Ammollare l'uvetta nel rum e un goccio d'acqua. In una terrina mescolare le mele a fettine, il succo di limone, lo zucchero, aggiungere l'uvetta con il rum, la cannella , la marmellata ed infine le nocciole spezzate grossolanamente. Srotolare la pasta sfoglia su uno strato di carta forno e assottigliarla leggermente col mattarello infarinato, cercando di darle una più ovale/rettangolare che rotonda. Sbriciolare i biscotti sulla superficie della sfoglia e distribuire poi il ripieno in modo uniforme, lasciando liberi i bordi. Avvolgere lo strudel su sé stesso sovrapponendo i lati lunghi, chiudere bene le due estremità di sfoglia. Infornare per 35-40 minuti, fino a doratura. Sfornare e lasciare intiepidire. Servire con una spolverata di zucchero a velo.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pane alle Castagne e Farro&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;ricetta tradotta da &lt;a href="http://www.greenkitchenstories.com/chestnut-spelt-bread/"&gt;Green Kitchen Stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;500 gr di farina di farro integrale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;250 gr di farina di castagne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;5 gr di lievito di birra secco&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;750 ml di acqua&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchiaini di sale fino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;La sera prima, prendere una terrina capiente e mescolare le farine col lievito e il sale, disporre a fontana e versare lentamente l'acqua, un po' alla volta, cercando di incorporarla via via. L'impasto risulterà liquido e non lavorabile a mano. Trasferire l'impasto in una cerniera per torte di 24-26 cm di diametro ben oliata e mettere in frigo per una notte.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Il giorno dopo, accendere il forno a 220°. Tirate fuori l'impasto dal frigo e lasciare a temperatura ambiente per almeno mezz'ora. Quando il forno sarà caldo, infornare il pane e cuocere a 220° per 20 minuti, quindi abbassare a 200° e cuocere per altri 20-25 minuti (prova stecchino). Lasciar raffreddare completamente prima di sformare e servire. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-8548369016086893355?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/11/on-quince-and-fall-carrot-and-apple.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6302486497_41bf803590_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>16</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-1602433975142040535</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-11T11:28:29.947+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">old recipes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">7-links project</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">project</category><title>My 7-links Project: a Retrospect</title><description>&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1F0aihU3nQU/TrlLB5goSCI/AAAAAAAAB3A/Jy9BmptY8aM/s1600/Desktop1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1F0aihU3nQU/TrlLB5goSCI/AAAAAAAAB3A/Jy9BmptY8aM/s1600/Desktop1-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I rarely look back. I usually dream of a brighter, more exciting future and forget to look back to what happend before, examining causes and results. I rarely have regrets, I am too busy planning the present and the future. My mind is too full of what comes next to have space or time to go back to the past. However, I am aware that sometimes it is healthy and wise to sit down with a cup of tea and reflect to the day that is about to finish, or the previous week. What have I done? What have I achieved? What have I done right or wrong? What is worth remembering and what deleting?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I was glad to find out that &lt;a href="http://it.julskitchen.com/life/my-7-links-project-alla-ricerca-di"&gt;Juls&lt;/a&gt; invited me to take part to the &lt;a href="http://www.tripbase.com/blog/my-7-links-the-rules/"&gt;7-links project&lt;/a&gt;. It was something I needed to do sooner or later, looking back to my posts, to my blogging path and sum up what I have done so far. It would be useful to go on in the right direction. In the end, blogging is to me a bit like a mirror of my life. Thus, it makes sense that it works somehow in the same way. It is nothing more than a game, sure, but very useful nonetheless.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Raramente mi guardo alle spalle. Di solito sogno di un futuro più luminoso, più eccitante, e così facendo mi dimentico di guardare indietro, di esaminare quel che è successo, le sue cause e le sue conseguenze. Di solito non ho molti rimorsi, mi riempio la testa di troppe altre cose presenti e future. Però, a volte penso che sarebbe anche salutare e saggio sedersi con una tazza di té e riflettere sulla giornata che volge al termine, o sulla settimana appena passata. Che cosa ho fatto, raggiunto, sbagliato, azzeccato? Che cosa merita di essere ricordato o invece dimenticato?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Sono felice che &lt;a href="http://it.julskitchen.com/life/my-7-links-project-alla-ricerca-di"&gt;Juls&lt;/a&gt; mi abbia invitata a prendere parte al &lt;a href="http://www.tripbase.com/blog/my-7-links-the-rules/"&gt;7-links project&lt;/a&gt;, e ho pensato un po' a questo "guardarsi indietro". Guardare ai vecchi post è qualcosa che faccio raramente, di solito se mi arriva un commento sparuto, altrimenti proseguo con passi lunghi e ben distesi. Invece, credo, analizzare un po' quel che si è fatto porta a proseguire nella gusta direzione. In fondo, il blog è un po' lo specchio della mia vita, con un po' le stesse regole del gioco. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Looking back to my old posts, I found some that could match the categories chosen for the project. These are my choices, hope you enjoy them and --who knows?-- maybe will find something you missed and like. I would love to hear your feedbacks. Three of the seven links are a bit old and I was still blogging only in Italian. Sorry about that, i promise I will gradually translate all my recipes.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Andando a riscoprire i miei vecchi post, ne ho trovato alcuni che sarebbero potuti andare per le categorie descritte dal progetto 7 link. Le mie scelte sono del tutto opinabili ma spero vi piacciano e chissà, che vi portino un po' indietro nel tempo a scoprire ricette e pensieri che magari vi siete persi e vi potrebbero piacere. Mi piacerebbe motlo leggere i vostri commenti e le vostre idee in merito. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rZGfntZ5GbQ/TrkfSmCZJAI/AAAAAAAAB2A/rdub1bulq_s/s1600/choco_pist_cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rZGfntZ5GbQ/TrkfSmCZJAI/AAAAAAAAB2A/rdub1bulq_s/s640/choco_pist_cake.jpg" width="425" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1) My most beautiful post: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/10/chocolate-pistachio-cake-torta.html"&gt;Chocolate Pistachio Cake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Probably one of the most personal posts. I shared a bit of my life and my love story via a special birthday cake for my fiancé. It was a rich, festive cake and we ate it to feast a birthday first, but also an engagement. I loved to share this little piece of me and I loved to read all the beautiful comments you left on my little blog. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;1) Il mio post più bello: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/10/chocolate-pistachio-cake-torta.html"&gt;Torta al Cioccolato e Pistacchio &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Probabilmente si tratta del mio post pi personale ed intimo. Ho condiviso un pezzetto della mia vita e della mia storia attraverso una torta di compleanno un po' speciale per il mio fidanzato, ma anche per una proposta di matrimonio un po' inaspettata. In fondo è stato bello raccontare di questo piccolo frammento di vita, ed è stato altrettanto bello leggere i meravigliosi commenti che ha suscitato.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2) My most popular post: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/07/turkish-yogurt-cake-with-figs-torta.html"&gt;Turkish Yogurt Cake with Figs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;It was somehow unexpected but this cake had a great success: more comments than usual, a lot of pins on Pinterest and a lot of sharing on Tumblr and such. I think it was a deserved popularity, this cake is really genious. Easy to make, soft, airy, sweet, exotic, novel and perfect for every season, including Summer. If you missed it, I totally suggest to try it now --if you can still find figs-- or save it for next year, for a sunny afternoon, and enjoy it with iced tea and friends.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2) Il mio post più popolare: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/07/turkish-yogurt-cake-with-figs-torta.html"&gt;Torta turca con yogurt e fichi &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Un successo un po' inaspettato: molti più commenti del soltio, un sacco di pins su Pinterest, e di condivisioni su Tumblr eccetera. Un successo meritato per la torta, che è davvero geniale devo dire: soffice, leggera, facile, dolce e un po' esotica e buona anche d'estate con 40 gradi all'ombra. Nel caso vi fosse sfuggita, provatela ora, con i fichi (se ne trovate ancora) o qualche altro frutto di stagione. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7r3Pw7unCZ8/TrkfRIBRraI/AAAAAAAAB14/3NsM3wnBUXU/s1600/carne_cruda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7r3Pw7unCZ8/TrkfRIBRraI/AAAAAAAAB14/3NsM3wnBUXU/s640/carne_cruda.jpg" width="424" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;3) My most controversial post: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/06/raw-beef-bugrger-hamburger-di-carne.html"&gt;Raw Beef Burgers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Meat is controversial. Raw meat is even more so. I am not a big meat eater but I eat it from time to time, preferring quality to quantity. In my region, Piedmont, we have amazing beef from Piedmontese cow breed. All butchery shops sell great beef and it is very traditional to eat it freshly ground and raw, simply seasoned with olive oil, salt and pepper, as an entrée or antipasto. This dish is called &lt;i&gt;carne cruda&lt;/i&gt; and I love it. The idea here was to present raw meat in a different way, as a burger patty on a bun and topped with pickles. Fusion cuisine, yes. If you like good meat, and if you know where it comes from, you should give it a try. It's good, trust me.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;3) Il mio post più controverso: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/06/raw-beef-bugrger-hamburger-di-carne.html"&gt;Burger di carne cruda&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;La carne è controversa, lo so. Se è cruda lo è ancora di più. Non sono una gran carnivora ma ogni tanto la mangio, preferendo il poco ma buono. In piemonte si sa, c'è carne di anzo buonissima, e molte macellerie tengono la carne cruda o la tagliata di fassone al coltello, che si mangia come antipasto con olio, sale e pepe. Io adoro questo piatto, ma la carne dev'essere eccellente o niente. I n questo post cercavo di mostrare come la tradizionale carne cruda potesse essere servita in modo moderno, una sorta di slow-fast food, di cucina fusion veloce. Se si ha la materia prima giusta, è davvero buonissima, fidatevi. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k3eQTPETqRE/TrkfWCTba8I/AAAAAAAAB2Y/I_E5MCxqxic/s1600/no_knead_ciabatta.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k3eQTPETqRE/TrkfWCTba8I/AAAAAAAAB2Y/I_E5MCxqxic/s640/no_knead_ciabatta.JPG" width="422" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4) My most helpful post: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2010/04/ciabatta-senza-impasto-con-nocciole-e.html"&gt;No-Knead Ciabatta with Rosemary and Hazelnuts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;No-knead bread might seem the same old story: everybody has blogged about it. However, this was my most helpful blog for friends and collegues outside the foodie world. I shared this recipe with them and they started to make bread at home on a regular basis, without the need for a robot, a bread machine or a dutch oven. I was happy to receive so many good feedbacks. If you haven't made a no-knead ciabatta yet, it's totally time to try!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;4) Il mio post più utile: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2010/04/ciabatta-senza-impasto-con-nocciole-e.html"&gt;Ciabatta senza impasto con rosmarino e nocciole&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Il pane senza impasto suonerà come una vecchia fisarmonica che prima o poi tutti hanno suonato. Eppure questo è stato senz'altro il mio post più utile al di fuori della blogosfera, aka per colleghi, amici e&amp;nbsp; parenti che, da quando li ho indirizzati verso questa ricetta, si sono messi a fare il pane fatto in casa senza bisogno di impastatrici e nemmeno di una pentola di ghisa col coperchio. Una ricetta facilissima e versatile, che si può cambiare ogni volta giocando con farine diverse, erbe, spezie, semi e frutta secca. Se non l'avete ancora provata, è tempo di farlo!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YKwuHKK2s68/TrkfYrdvYWI/AAAAAAAAB2o/Ol0kvuNrFXc/s1600/zucchini_bread.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YKwuHKK2s68/TrkfYrdvYWI/AAAAAAAAB2o/Ol0kvuNrFXc/s640/zucchini_bread.jpg" width="418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5) One post whose success surprised me: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2010/07/zucchini-bread.html"&gt;Savory Zucchini Bread with Flax Seeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;To me, it seemed pretty straightforward: it was a soda bread plus zucchini and seeds. This was before finding out that zucchini bread is usually sweet and it contains eggs, sugar and oil. Mine was a simple, wholesome bread to eat with a salad or some soup, or to make a sandwich. I liked the result --and it seems like many people did, too!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;5) Un post il cui successo mi ha sorpresa: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2010/07/zucchini-bread.html"&gt;Zucchini Bread con semi di lino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Mi sembrava una ricetta piuttosto semplice: soda bread con le zucchine e i semi. Questo prima di scoprire che zucchini bread è qualcosa di solitamente dolce, con uova, olio e compagnia bella. Nulla di tutto ciò! Il mio era proprio pane, semplice e sano, per zuppe o panini veloci. Il risultato mi era piaciuto molto e a vedere i commenti, è piaciuto molto anche a voi!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3riwrPDTy0s/TrkfVUziZQI/AAAAAAAAB2Q/9OSBk7BlOHw/s1600/guinness_soup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3riwrPDTy0s/TrkfVUziZQI/AAAAAAAAB2Q/9OSBk7BlOHw/s640/guinness_soup.jpg" width="424" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;6) One post I feel didn't get the attention it deserved: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day-guinness-onion-soup.html"&gt;Guinness Onion Soup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I was so sorry for this soup. It wasn't the same old French onion soup, it had Guinness and that changed it all, believe me. A little bitter, with a great body and a lot of substance, a dark dense stock that is just perfect for welcoming a good slice of cheesy bread...I really thought it was a good idea. Second chance?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;6) Un post che non ha ricevuto il successo che meritava: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day-guinness-onion-soup.html"&gt;Zuppa di cipolle alla Guinness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Mi è dispiaciuto moltissimo per questa zuppa. Non era la vecchia zuppa di cipolle francese, aveva la Guinness e questo cambiava tutto ma proprio tutto. Un po' amarognola, con una bella consistenza e un sacco di sostanza, con un brodo denso e scuro che chiamava la fetta di pane al formaggio filante. A me era sembrata una gran bella idea...Seconda chance?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pRe17tbde_g/TrkfXb8LvwI/AAAAAAAAB2g/nUgqirqBZiw/s1600/nonna_strudel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pRe17tbde_g/TrkfXb8LvwI/AAAAAAAAB2g/nUgqirqBZiw/s640/nonna_strudel.jpg" width="472" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;7) The post I am most proud of: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2010/05/resoconto-e-reportage-una-nonna-il-suo.html"&gt;Grandma's Apple "Strudel"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;This post was the result of a project for a photography course I attended more than a year ago. I decided to do a reportage on my grandma, her environment and her daily habits. That day she had planned to make &lt;i&gt;strudel&lt;/i&gt;, so I took pictures of her in the kitchen while putting together this cake. This is a recipe she has always made calling it &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;strudel&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;. In fact, it is very different from the original one, but I still love it, and I love to see her making it, with her wrinkly hands and her still strong arms at the age of 91. I am proud of her, of this post and of this weird, delicious &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;strudel&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;7) Il post di cui vado più fiera: &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2010/05/resoconto-e-reportage-una-nonna-il-suo.html"&gt;Lo "strudel" di mele della nonna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Questo post è il frutto di un progetto fotografico fatto ai tempi del primo corso che ho frequentato. Quasi due anni fa...Sigh! Avevo deciso di fare un reportage su mia nonna, il suo ambiente e la sua routine giornaliera. Quel giorno caso ha voluto che avesse in mente di fare lo strudel, come lo chiama lei. In realtà, questo dolce ha poco o nulla a che fare con l'originale, ma a me piace da morire lo stesso, e mi è piaciuto molto anche immortalarla mentre lo faceva, con le sue mani rugose da 91enne. Sono fiera di lei, donna forte e saggia, e così sono fiera di questo post con dentro il suo strano, ottimo strudel. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;So what about you? Do you agree with me, or do you have a favorite one that I didn't mention? I recently listed all my recipes in an index under the head banner, go and have a look! I am here to hear from you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;E voi? Siete d'accordo con me o ne avete un'altro che vi è piaciuto particolarmente? Ho da poco messo l'elenco di tutte le ricette sull'indice sotto la testata, andate a darci un occhio! Aspetto vostre notizie. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-1602433975142040535?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-7-links-project-retrospect.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1F0aihU3nQU/TrlLB5goSCI/AAAAAAAAB3A/Jy9BmptY8aM/s72-c/Desktop1-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>9</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-1614658825832992661</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-04T15:19:23.830+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">squash</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zuppe</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">formaggio</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">autunno</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fall</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pumpkin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">forno</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">soup</category><title>Halloween, Ognissanti and Baked Pumpkins with Raschera</title><description>&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302540983/" title="pumpkins di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pumpkins" height="974" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6238/6302540983_eb4621780d_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Traditions. To me, some are easier to embrace than others. Halloween is still hard. It is a recent, modern, imported traditon for Italy and as such, it feels somehow wrong. I have never experienced it as a kid, there was just no trace of little gosts or witches wandering around town the last day of October. It was just another normal day. As for the present, I feel a little weird going to parties dressed in dark colors or disguised... It just feels odd to me, I feel as unconfortable as when you are forced to wear the weirdest hat your grandma made for you just to make her happy. Something like that.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;So well, no parties for me. Not on Halloween, anyway. In Italy, the real holiday is the 1st of November, All Saints. Unlike Halloween, I have many memories linked to that day, including big lunches at grandma's house with the whole family. It was nice, and there was good food. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302446431/" title="cotton di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="cotton" height="977" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6116/6302446431_bf7efd0cee_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302945130/" title="red waterfall di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="red waterfall" height="452" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6051/6302945130_b2cf9d1488_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Going for a long walk that day, enjoying the beauty of nature in this season, gifting us with waterfalls of leaves on fire, empty and romantic fields, and lovely winter greens, I thought about what made the first of November so special for me as a child --besides being home from school. Memories of seasonal food popped in my mind: pumpkin ravioli, baked sweet potatoes, stir-fryed greens with garlic, mushroom or squash or chicken liver risotto, roasted guinea fowl, apple strudel with cinnamon and rasins. Grandma has always been a great cook. She still is, at 91, and I was sad at being far from her dining table on that day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302970536/" title="winter greens di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="winter greens" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/6302970536_3ff48ec0f6.jpg" width="346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302440267/" title="winter greens di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="winter greens" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6239/6302440267_27bfb50ae3.jpg" width="343" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302980652/" title="roses di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="roses" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6224/6302980652_d29248bffa.jpg" width="337" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302495681/" title="door di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="door" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6219/6302495681_41d2dd117a.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We tought about making one of those recipes but then, somehow, we got distracted by thoughts, chats and life. Lunch time arrived and we didn't even noticed it. We opened the fridge and found some fresh pasta we bought a few days before that needed to be cooked. Quick meal, sure, but somehow appropriate for this time of the year when everything seems like wanting to turn darker and moodier. It was &lt;b&gt;black squid ink pasta&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6311243047/" title="squid ink pasta di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="squid ink pasta" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6093/6311243047_6a826f28d4.jpg" width="338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302508615/" title="leaves di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="leaves" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6092/6302508615_ed39e5c0b9.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;We cooked it &lt;i&gt;al dente&lt;/i&gt; and seasoned with &lt;b&gt;good olive oil&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;grated lemon zest&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;fresh basil&lt;/b&gt;, plus a &lt;b&gt;sprinkle of parmigiano&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;toasted pecans&lt;/b&gt; on top. Simple flavors, and colors matching with the atmosphere. Good. The feast was honoured.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;That same night, we carved two little squashes. Not to make a lantern, but to bake them. A few days before, I had found a &lt;a href="http://www.cavolettodibruxelles.it/2011/10/zucca-ripiena-di-pane-e-taleggio"&gt;recipe&lt;/a&gt; in Sigrid's blog (originally by &lt;a href="http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2008/11/roast-pumpkin-with-cheese-fondue"&gt;Ruth Reichl&lt;/a&gt;) for a baked pumpkin stuffed with cheese, bread and broth. Something between a gratin, a casserole and a soup. I had to make it, I just had to, but I feared I would never find a little squash like those both recies called for. Here, all you can find are huge Mantova or Napoli squashes. On Halloween night I did, though. I was heading to the park to take my usual evening walk, and an old guy was selling veggies along the walking path, including pumpkins. He had big ones and oh wait! He had little ones too! I was so thankful for having some coins in my pocket. I bought two on the way back and brought them home, holding one in each hand. The first on November, I cooked them.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6311242913/" title="Baked Squash With Cheese di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Baked Squash With Cheese" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6045/6311242913_08dbff51bc_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I followed Ruth's recipe but twisted it a bit. I made it mine using Raschera cheese from Piedmont and some sage powder my grandma gave to me. It was good, warming and filling. We had our squash carved and filled. Only, we thought it was a better idea to eat it. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Baked Mini Pumpkins with Raschera and Bread Stuffing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Adapted from &lt;a href="http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2008/11/roast-pumpkin-with-cheese-fondue"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.cavolettodibruxelles.it/2011/10/zucca-ripiena-di-pane-e-taleggio"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Ingredients (serves 2):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 little pumpkins (like kuri squash or similar)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;8 slices of crusty country bread&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;8 thin slices of Raschera DOP cheese&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Freshly grated nutmeg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Sage Powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Fresh ground sea salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 1/2 cups milk&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 1/2 cup vegetable broth&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Preheat the oven to 450°F. Cut the top of each pumkin and remove seeds and loose parts from the inside of the pumpkins. In the meantime, toast bread in a skillet over medium heat. Salt the inside of the pumkins, then stuff them with alternate layers of bread and cheese, salting, grating nutmeg and spreading sage powder on each layer. Finish with cheese. Combine broth and milk and pour the liquid to fill the pumpkins. Cover pumpkins with tops and place them on a baking mold half filled with water. Bake for about one hour or until the flesh is tender. Serve hot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;--------------------°°°°°°°°°°--------------------&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302949250/" title="leaves carpet di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="leaves carpet" height="1111" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6225/6302949250_8b9632639a_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Tradizioni. Alcune più facili da far proprie di altre. Per me, Halloween è ancora difficile da accettare. Essendo qualcosa di moderno, estraneo, importato, mi ha sempre dato l'impressione di avere in sé, qui, qualcosa di sbagliato. Sono troppo vecchia per averlo vissuto da piccola, con travestimenti macabri di ogni tipo. Per me, allora, il 31 di ottobre era un giorno come un altro. Quanto al presente, mi sento estremamente a disagio nel mettermi in maschera e andare a feste e simili, mi sento in qualche modo fuori posto, come quando tua mamma ti obbliga a mettere il berretto che ti ha fatto la nonna solo perché si deve farla contenta. Qualcosa del genere. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Così, beh, niente Halloween per la sottoscritta. Piuttosto, ho in qualche modo voluto festeggiare il giorno successivo, Ognissanti. Quella sì che per me era una festa, non solo perché si stava a casa da scuola, ma anche perchè c'era il tradizionale pranzo di famiglia a casa della nonna. C'era ogni sorta di ben di dio: ravioli di zucca, risotto di zucca o funghi o fegatelli, arrosto di vitello, faraona, patate, verdure cotte, patate dolci al forno, strudel di mele e mille altre cose. Oh, le castagne e i cachi. Nonna è sempre stata una cuoca splendida, lo è ancora oggi, a 91 anni. Il ricordo di quei pranzi luculliani mi ha fatto sentire ancora più lontana da casa. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6303026414/" title="wood di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="wood" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6037/6303026414_eee5335e15_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302513217/" title="leaves di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="leaves" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6302513217_630515917b.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6303024586/" title="berries di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="berries" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6303024586_4121812423.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Così, quel primo giorno di novembre, avevamo in programma di preparare uno di quei piatti della nonna. Invece poi, non so perché, non è successo. Indaffarati com'eravamo, non ci siamo accorti dell'arrivo dell'ora di pranzo. Apriamo il frigo e ci ricordiamo della &lt;b&gt;pasta fresca al nero di seppia&lt;/b&gt; che avevamo preso. Nulla di più appropriato, in effetti, per il clima un po' così, un tantino malinconico di quelle giornate. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;L'abbiamo cotta al dente e condita con &lt;b&gt;olio nuovo&lt;/b&gt;, un po' di &lt;b&gt;basilico&lt;/b&gt; spezzettato, &lt;b&gt;buccia di limone&lt;/b&gt; grattugiata e &lt;b&gt;noci di pecan&lt;/b&gt; tostate. Un velo di &lt;b&gt;parmigiano&lt;/b&gt; per gradire. Nero su bianco, cancellata in un batter di ciglia, come un incantesimo. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302452739/" title="fall colors di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fall colors" height="452" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6238/6302452739_a1009db65d_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Quella sera, il primo di novembre, abbiamo scavato due zucche. Due zucchette, per la precisione, e non per metterci una candela dentro e farne una lanterna col ghigno, ma per mangiarci una zuppa dentro. Un po' di giorni prima, avevo letto una ricetta di &lt;a href="http://www.cavolettodibruxelles.it/2011/10/zucca-ripiena-di-pane-e-taleggio"&gt;Sigrid&lt;/a&gt; che mi aveva colpito molto, andando poi a trovare la fonte, la ricetta di &lt;a href="http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2008/11/roast-pumpkin-with-cheese-fondue"&gt;Ruth Reichl&lt;/a&gt;. Si trattava di usare una zucchetta tipo kuri come contenitore per strati di pane e formaggio coperti di brodo e passati in forno. Una volta cotto il tutto, la polpa della zucca sarebbe stata morbida abbastanza da poterla mangiare col cucchiaio insieme al suo ripieno caldo e filante. Dovevo farla, dovevo.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302573697/" title="hazelnuts di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="hazelnuts" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6232/6302573697_cedff6ef7b.jpg" width="331" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6311242455/" title="Baked Squash With Cheese di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Baked Squash With Cheese" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6118/6311242455_b2d0326aa7.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Solo, temevo di non riuscire a trovare le zucchette della giusta dimensione: spesso al mercato vedevo solo giganti zucche mantovane o lunghe di Napoli. Invece, ho avuto fortuna: sarà stato il miracolo di Halloween o di non so che, ma ho trovato delle zucchette piccole come le kuri,&amp;nbsp; verdi invece di arancioni. Sarebbero andate benissimo. Fortuna ha voluto che avessi delle monete con me, così ne ho prese due e le ho portate a casa una in una mano, una nell'altra. Sarebbero state la mia cena di Ognissanti.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Nel prepararle, ho seguito la ricetta di Ruth ma cambiandola un po', usando ingredienti a me vicini come il raschera piemontese e della salvia secca e macinata data in dono dalla nonna. La cena è stata rincuorante, calda, un po' nostalgica. Abbiamo avuto la nostra zucca, l'abbiamo anche scavata. Abbiamo solo pensato che mangiarla fosse un'idea più saggia.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6311763412/" title="Baked Squash With Cheese di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Baked Squash With Cheese" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6236/6311763412_b253cc54cc.jpg" width="339" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6302428081/" title="red waterfall di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="red waterfall" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6236/6302428081_f17c5e1090.jpg" width="298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Zucca al forno con Raschera, pane e salvia&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Adattata da &lt;a href="http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2008/11/roast-pumpkin-with-cheese-fondue"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://www.cavolettodibruxelles.it/2011/10/zucca-ripiena-di-pane-e-taleggio"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Ingredienti per 2 persone:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 zucchette da porzione&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;300 ml di brodo vegetale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;300 ml di latte&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;200 gr di Raschera a fettine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;8 fette di pane casereccio con la crosta&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;salvia secca&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;pepe&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;sale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;noce moscata&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Scaldare il forno a 200°. Rimuovere la parte superiore delle zucche e con l'aiuto di un cucchiaio e un coltello, svuotare le zucche dei semi e dei filamenti. Salare e pepare la polpa.&amp;nbsp; Alternare strati di pane e formaggio, aggiungendo sale, pepe, noce moscata e salvia ad ogni strato. Nel frattempo, scaldare il brodo col latte in un pentolino e quando è caldo, versarlo all'interno delle zucche fino a riempirle. Coprire le zucche coi loro coperchietti e infornare in una pirofila con un fondo d'acqua. Cuocere per un oretta e servire caldo. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-1614658825832992661?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/11/halloween-ognissanti-and-baked-pumpkins.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6238/6302540983_eb4621780d_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>9</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-674041413919220023</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-26T11:37:02.162+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peppers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">insalate</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">melograno</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fish</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">apples</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pomegranate</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peperoni</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pesce</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">trota</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mele</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">autunno</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fall</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">trout</category><title>On Red, Fall and a Pomegranate Infused Red Trout. || Rosso Autunno e Trota al Melograno</title><description>&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275327713/" title="Pomengranate di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pomengranate" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6031/6275327713_da0f4f6e43_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Red is the color of fall. Who said that red equals Christmas time? Nature isn't red in winter, it is red now. Red in all its nuances: magenta, pomegranate, burgundy, ruby red...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275330377/" title="Red Leaves di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Leaves" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6050/6275330377_e8ebd081f9_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Walking around the park, I noticed that some traces of summer are still there. The very last roses are still there, they haven't give up, and yet, they are somehow eclipsed by the most striking color palette of the fallen leaves, and of those still hanging, waiting on some wind to join their mates on the ground.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275851654/" title="Red Rose di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Rose" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6275851654_685e6fbfee.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275852074/" title="Red Chilies di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Chilies" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6041/6275852074_3bd460ab4e.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275329611/" title="Red Leaves di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Leaves" height="1116" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6039/6275329611_30ed8c2d3c_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I am constantly astonished, year after year, by the beauty of fall --the kind of beauty you notice in a shy, shady person with deep, melancholic eyes and charming features. This year in particular, I was surprised by this omnipresent red color that tinges elements all around me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6282763482/" title="peppers_carmagnola di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="peppers_carmagnola" height="452" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6218/6282763482_a850b9ed41_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275328247/" title="Red Peppers di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Peppers" height="933" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6049/6275328247_583a76a5f0_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
On Friday, I go to the farmer's market to lay in fresh seasonal produce. Even there, again, red. Boxes of the very last bell peppers from the area, from &lt;a href="http://www.presidislowfood.it/ita/dettaglio.lasso?cod=46"&gt;Carmagnola&lt;/a&gt;, were stacked in tall, shaky piles . Red and yellow, you could still buy them by the box and spend 1 euro a kilo. Here in Piedmont people are seriouos about their peppers and they consume a very large amount of them, roasted and served with sauces. As for me, I didn't really feel like&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.whats4eats.com/appetizers/peperoni-arrostiti-all-acciughe-recipe"&gt; peperoni all'acciuga&lt;/a&gt; col &lt;a href="http://italianfood.about.com/od/saucescondiments/r/blr0175b.htm"&gt;bagnet vert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. I had enough of them all summer. The color of the red bell peppers was captivating, though. I thought two would be enough. No discount for me. Oh well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;The rest of my weekly grocery shopping counted a bunch of flashy radishes, some red onions and a bag of shiny red, new apples (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gala_%28apple%29"&gt;Royal Gala&lt;/a&gt; variety, my favorite). Reading all those stories about driving to the apple orchard made me a little jealous: not so many orchards here nearby, unfortunately. Plus, it is not really a tradition of ours. I am grateful to those farmers who bring the best of their produce to my table, letting me savor the fruits of the season and the passing of time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275328055/" title="Red Apples di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Apples" height="1060" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/6275328055_0400680f17_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275330051/" title="Red Leaves and Berries di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Leaves and Berries" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6216/6275330051_28bcfd10bb_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I headed home and emptied my shopping basket. Something strange happened. All I bought was somehow red. It was like I needed to be sympathetic with the nature outside, the foliage and falling leaves, the colorful berries attached to the decorative bushes. It was strange and fascinating at the same time. It was like a sign: I had to make a red dish, something to honor the magnificent beauty of autumnal colors. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Friday is also fish day for us, because it is on Fridays that local freshwater fish farmers come to the market to sell their products. You can find the freshest trouts I have ever seen for the most honest price. As usual, I  purchased a couple of fresh red trout fillets from “my trout guy”, as I call  the trout farmer, and immediately started to think of how to make this  red dish happen. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275855514/" title="Red Trout di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Trout" height="1121" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6040/6275855514_3739dd09d4_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275850618/" title="Pomengranate di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pomengranate" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6060/6275850618_03a3f55dd3_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275854040/" title="Pomegranate  di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pomegranate " height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6275854040_f1f180b8c7_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
On the way home, I stepped into a pomegranate tree leaning on my side of the road, with some bright, ripe fruits hanging out of the house rail. I picked them, unseen, and ran home like a happy kid after a prank. I just couldn't resist.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Although well-known&lt;/b&gt; for being&amp;nbsp; a  super-food, healthy and full of antioxidants, pomegranate is often times considered tedious to seed and juice. So, what happens is that it acquires an ornamental role only. This is my grandma's case: she has a pomegranate tree full of fruits she never eats. As for me, I love them and I feel sorry for the undeserved end they often do. Picking them from that tree that day made me feel like I was saving them. Plus, they would be perfect for my red dish --right the nuance I was missing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275854278/" title="Pomegranate Seeds di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pomegranate Seeds" height="965" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6036/6275854278_9e13a28ab1_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275331703/" title="Pomegranate Juice di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pomegranate Juice" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6040/6275331703_3d82456c94.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275332587/" title="Pomegranate Infused Red Trout  di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pomegranate Infused Red Trout " height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6039/6275332587_ec3eab6964.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In planning my red dish that day, I discovered that pomegranate juice can be successfully  used to make marinades. I started from here, marinating my trout fillets  in the bright magenta liquid I obtained by juicing a couple of fruits. I have never seen such a bright color in a fruit. Never.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275331531/" title="Roasted Red Peppers di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Roasted Red Peppers" height="1023" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6110/6275331531_322eb07373_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In the meantime, I also roasted one of my red bell peppers on the open flame, sliced a red apple, chopped a red onion and shaves  some radishes. All seasonal food, and all red: success. Salad was  seasoned while fish was cooking in its own juice and marinade on a  skillet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275856220/" title="Fall Table di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Fall Table" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6119/6275856220_b25bd5e465_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275329735/" title="Red Berries di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Berries" height="452" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6275329735_9998426799_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275333453/" title="Pomegranate Infused Red Trout and Red Pomegranate Salad di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pomegranate Infused Red Trout and Red Pomegranate Salad" height="1019" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6275333453_c96f62bc0e_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;The table was set with red candles and leaves I collected at the  park. Our red lunch was served: colorful, tasty and ready to be enjoyed in a cloudy  fall day. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Pomegranate Infused Red Trout with All Red Salad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ingredients&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;2 ruby trout fillets with skin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;2 medium-sized, ripe pomegranates, seeded&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1 teaspoon / 8 grams kosher salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;For the salad:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1 large red bell pepper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;10 small radishes, shaved&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1 medium-size red apple (I used Gala), thinly sliced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1 small Tropea red onion, chopped&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1/4 cup / 100 ml red wine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;For salad dressing:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;2 teaspoons (about 10 grams) cassis mustard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1 tablespoon/ 15ml olive oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1/4 teaspoon/ 2 grams kosher salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Chopped fresh parsley for garnishing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;In a blender, juice 3/4 of the pomegranate seeds with short bursts. Stain to remove kernels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Pour juice in a medium-size bowl.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Cut trout fillets into two parts and place in the bowl with the juice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; Cover the bowl with a lid and let the fish marinade for at least half an hourand up to 2 hours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Heat a large skillet oven medium fire and place trout fillets skin-sided.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; Cook for two-three minutes, then pour the marinade on top, season with salt, cover and cook for 10 minutes or until cooked through (it depends on how thick your fillets are).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;For the salad:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Turn the gas stove to medium-high.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; Wrap the bell pepper in aluminum foil and place it directly on the flame.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; Roast for 10 minutes, turning it on all sides using long tweezers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Remove from the heat and let it cool slightly before unwrapping and removing seeds and skin using with a knife.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; Cut bell pepper pulp lenghwise and set aside.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;In a small skillet over medium-high flame, heat half olive oil and sauté onion for two minutes. Deglaze with red wine and let cook until all the liquid is absorbed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; Remove from heat and set aside.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;In a large mixing bowl, stir together apple slices, radish slices, onion and bell pepper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; Dress with mustard, salt and the remaining olive oil.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Divide salad between two plates, place the cooked trout fillet on top, and sprinke with fresh chopped parsley and the rest of the pomegranate seeds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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p.s : with this &lt;a href="http://honestcooking.com/2011/10/25/pomegranate-infused-red-trout-with-all-red-salad/"&gt;recipe&lt;/a&gt; and this story, I start my collaboration with &lt;a href="http://honestcooking.com/"&gt;Honest Cooking&lt;/a&gt;. Click on the banner in the sidebar to read all my &lt;a href="http://honestcooking.com/author/valeria-necchio/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;honest articles&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;--------------------°°°°°°°°°°--------------------           &lt;style type="text/css"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Rosso è il colore dell'autunno. Chi l'ha detto che rosso equivale a Natale? La natura ha poco o nulla di rosso in inverno, il rosso è tutto adesso, in tutte le sue sfumature: magenta, grantata, borgogna, rubino.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Passeggiando lungo I viali del parco, ho notato come rimangano alcune piccole tracce della stagione passata. Le ultime rose non si sono ancora arrese, eppure sono come eclissate dai colori sgargianti delle foglie cadute, e di quelle che ancora sventolano, aspettando il momento di unirsi allo stuolo di quelle al suolo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275852660/" title="Red Berries di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Berries" height="491" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6101/6275852660_c68146de51_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Rimango ogni volta incantata, anno dopo anno, dalla bellezza dell'autunno. È una bellezza, la sua, simile a quella che si potrebbe trovare in una persona un po' timida e ritrosa, con occhi profondi e malinconici e lineamenti gentili. Quest'anno, in particolare, sono stata sorpresa dall'onnipresenza del rosso che colora gli elementi attorno a me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Il venerdì, vado al mercato dei contadini a far scorta di prodotti freschi di stagione. E anche lì, di nuovo, il rosso. C'erano cassette degli ultimi peperoni di Cuneo e Carmagnola accatastate le une sulle altre in torri pericolanti, rossi e gialli, da comprare in serie a prezzi scontati. I piemontesi sono seri sui peperoni, ne mangiano a carretti, arrosto con le salse. Quanto a me, non me la sentivo di continuare coi peperoni all'acciuga e il bagnet vert, ne avevo già mangiati abbastanza durante l'estate. Eppure, non volevo neanche andarmene senza prenderne almeno un paio –sì, un paio sarebbero bastati. Rossi, ovviamente. Senza sconto. Non importa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275850394/" title="Mini Pomengranate Tree di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Mini Pomengranate Tree" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6116/6275850394_78a4c270af.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275328055/" title="Red Apples di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Apples" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/6275328055_23d7d52aa1.jpg" width="321" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Il resto della mia spesa si è risolto con un mazzetto di rapanelli, delle cipolle rosse e un chilo di mele nuove, le royal gala, le mie preferite. Certo, a leggere I molti racconti sulle visite domenicali alla fattoria coi meleti mi ha resa un po' invidiosa: non è esattamente una cosa che si fa comunemente, qui da noi. Poi, ripensandoci, mi sono sentita grata per quelle persone che portano il meglio dei loro prodotti vicino a me e a dove vivo. Son loro grata per i sapori che mi fanno assaggiare, e per il passare delle stagioni, di cui mi fanno accorgere attraverso i loro frutti.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Svuotando la borsa della spesa, una volta a casa, mi sono accorta di aver comprato tutta roba di un qualche tono di rosso. Forse, avevo inconsciamente bisogno di sentirmi in sintonia con la natura di fuori, con le sue le foglie e le piccole bacche. Strano e affascinante allo stesso tempo. Era come un se senza saperlo, sentivo di dover preparare qualcosa che si abbinasse a quel che mi stava attorno.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275332285/" title="Red Trout and Pomegranate di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Trout and Pomegranate" height="991" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6212/6275332285_924413ff2e_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Il venerdì a Bra è anche il giorno in cui i trotai del luogo vendono il loro pesce al mercato, un pesce la cui freschezza raramente ho trovato altrove: si può davvero comprare la trota più fresca ai prezzi più onesti. Come ogni settimana, mi son diretta dal mio trotaio per portare a casa un paio di filetti di trota salmonata, con già in testa una vaga idea del mio pranzo rosso autunno. Sulla via del ritorno, ho visto dall'altro lato della strada che un albero di melograni pendeva sul marciapiede, facendo penzolare alcuni frutti oltre la ringhiera. Ho attraversato e li ho colti con gesti veloci, aumentando poi il passo come una bambina dopo una marachella. Non sono riuscita a resistere.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275327515/" title="Pomengranate di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pomengranate" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6058/6275327515_37ba2d5913_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275854604/" title="Pomegranate Seeds di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pomegranate Seeds" height="986" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6237/6275854604_4139de977e_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Nonostante le sue ben note proprietà salutari ed antiossidanti, il melograno è un frutto spesso scartato perchè troppo tedioso da sbucciare e mangiare. Capita quindi che, invece che nei nostri stomaci, fininsca nelle fruttiere come elemento ornamentale. Mia nonna, per esempio, ha un albero di melograni ma non si è mai presa la briga d mangiarli. Temevo fosse il rischio che quei melograni stavano correndo. Mi sono sentita, nel coglierli, come se li stessi salvando da una ingiusta fine. E poi, come sarebbero stati bene nel mio piatto rosso autunno! Erano proprio della sfumatura che mi mancava.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275331851/" title="Pomegranate Juice di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pomegranate Juice" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6052/6275331851_ca51b3d189.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275854436/" title="Pomegranate Seeds di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pomegranate Seeds" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6060/6275854436_dd694c0823.jpg" width="333" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Nel creare questa pazza singolare ricetta, quel giorno, ho fatto una scoperta importante, ovvero che il succo di melograno può essere usato per una marinatura. Son partita proprio da qui, dal marinare I filetti di trota in quel liquido magenta acceso. Non avevo mai visto nulla di simile, mai.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275331369/" title="Roasted Red Peppers di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Roasted Red Peppers" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6275331369_b404f9c093_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6275856422/" title="Pomegranate Infused Red Trout and Red Pomegranate Salad di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pomegranate Infused Red Trout and Red Pomegranate Salad" height="949" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6222/6275856422_9cbbb234a6_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Mentre il pesce marinava, ho arrostito un peperone sulla fiamma viva, tagliato una mela, tritato una cipolla e affettato i rapanelli. Tutte verdure di stagione, tutte rosse: vittoria. L'insalata è stata condita nel tempo sufficiente a cuocere la trota in padella, nel suo “brodo”.&lt;br /&gt;
La tavola era stata apparecchiata con delle candele rosse, le foglie raccolte al parco, e un cestino del pane a tema. Il nostro pranzo in rosso era pronto, sgargiante in quella grigia giornata di ottobre.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trota Salmonata al Melograno con Insalata Rossa Autunnale &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Ingredienti (per due persone):&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 filetti di trota salmonata con la pelle&lt;br /&gt;
2 melograni, puliti e sgranati&lt;br /&gt;
1 cucchiaino / 8 grammi di sale&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;Per l'insalata:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 peperone rosso, medio&lt;br /&gt;
10 rapanelli, affettati sottilmente&lt;br /&gt;
1 mela rossa (io Gala), tagliata a fette sottili&lt;br /&gt;
1 cipolla rossa tagliata a cubetti&lt;br /&gt;
1/4 cup / 100 ml di vino rosso&lt;br /&gt;
Per il condimento:&lt;br /&gt;
2 cucchiaini (circa 10 grammi) di senape al cassis (o normale)&lt;br /&gt;
1 cucchiaio / 15ml di olio extravergine di oliva&lt;br /&gt;
1/4 cucchiaino/ 2 grammi di sale &lt;br /&gt;
prezzemolo fresco per guarnire&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Riducete a succo 3/4 dei chicchi di melograno usando un blender/robot da cucina. Passate il succo al colino per rimuovere i semini. Versare il succo in una piccola terrina e adagiarci i filetti di trota lavato e tagliati in due parti. Coprire e far marinare per almeno mezz'ora in frigo. &lt;br /&gt;
Scaldare una padella antiaderente, mettere i filetti dalla parte della pelle, cuocere a fiamma viva per due o tre minuti, quindi versarci sopra la marinata al melograno, salare, coprire e cuocere per una decina di minuti a fiamma bassa, o finché teneri (dipende dallo spessore dei vostri filetti). &lt;br /&gt;
Per l'insalata:&lt;br /&gt;
Accendere il fornello più grande che avete a fiamma alta. Avvolgere il peperone in un foglio di alluminio e metterlo direttamente sopra la fiamma viva. Cuocere da tutti i lati, girandolo con l'aiuto di pinze o due lunghi cucchiai, finché la pelle non sia uniformemente scura. Rimuovere il peperone dal fuoco, lasciar raffreddare, quindi aprire e rimuovere pelle e semi. Tagliare a listarelle la polpa ottenuta. &lt;br /&gt;
In una padella scaldare 1/2 cucchiaio di olio, versarci sopra la cipolla, rosolare per qualche minuto, quindi deglassare col vino rosso e cuocere finché il liquido non si sia assorbito. &lt;br /&gt;
Mischiare in una terrina le fettine di mela, i rapanelli, il peperone e la cipolla, Condire con senape, olio e sale. &lt;br /&gt;
Dividere l'insalata sui piatti, adagiarci sopra i filetti di trota, e decorare con il resto dei chicchi di melograno e del prezzemolo tritato.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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Questa storia in rosso, e questa ricetta partecipa al contest del blog &lt;a href="http://cucinadibarbara.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cucina di Barbara&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://cucinadibarbara.blogspot.com/2011/09/get-aid-in-kitchen.html"&gt;Get an Aid in the Kitchen&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-674041413919220023?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/10/on-red-fall-and-pomegranate-infused-red.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6031/6275327713_da0f4f6e43_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>35</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-2610047544857704316</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-19T17:24:04.685+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">thoughts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photography</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fotografia</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">riflessioni</category><title>On Food and Photography</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6257080790/" title="Mandarines di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Mandarines" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6212/6257080790_cd465cb34b_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;"&lt;span class="body"&gt;It is not altogether wrong to say that&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;there is no  such thing as a bad photograph -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;only less interesting, less relevant,  less mysterious ones."&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;"So successful has been the camera's role&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;in  beautifying the world that photographs,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;rather than the world, have  become the standard of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;the beautiful.&lt;/span&gt; "&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="bodybold"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;What we need is to use what we have."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;[Susan Sontag]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="bodybold"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;[Henri Cartier-Bresson]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6257081974/" title="Jujubiles di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Jujubiles" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6102/6257081974_882b8bace8_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I have spent many days, many hours trying to understand what photography is --why it is so important in my life. I still have no clear answer but I have a feeling instead, something inside me that shivers when thinking about a life as a photographer, or rather, as a storyteller through both images and words.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;There are hundreds, thousands of people out there that feel the same, I believe. This thought scares me like nothing else, and yet I can't give up my dream, my aspiration for something greater, for a life full of passion and creative inspiration. Who knows if I am creative enough, who knows if I will ever be able to make a living. I only know that I am learning, and that I need to stumble so many more times. My path just started and I feel this is mine, my way, this is how I should live my life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6256552975/" title="Dinner Aftermath di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Dinner Aftermath" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6153/6256552975_087a154d11.jpg" width="324" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6257080088/" title="Apple cake and pomegranate di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Apple cake and pomegranate" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6093/6257080088_59574e9512.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;How? How can I do it, how did people who did it before me make it? Where are the instructions? I am damn fearful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Then, there is food. Food is in my head and in my eyes --mental of physical-- all day, every day, and it is almost all I can think of. Food makes me happy, it is inspiring, colorful, sensual. Food is the t&lt;i&gt;rait d'union&lt;/i&gt; of all my knowledge and inspiration. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6257081380/" title="Bread and Jam di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Bread and Jam" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6236/6257081380_f38e9f1e3a.jpg" width="318" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6257079940/" title="The Window di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="The Window" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6110/6257079940_04da407217.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Food and Photography, my two muses, my two passions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6260399269/" title="mandarines di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="mandarines" height="952" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6109/6260399269_a68f371821_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I try to combine them, I tried to understand them a little more spending one day in an art center in the heart of the Tuscan countryside, listening and observing the moves of a &lt;a href="http://www.foodpixels.com/"&gt;man&lt;/a&gt; that made it, that turned food and photography into his life and his living. He gave me courage without knowing it. Seeing the behind the scene, knowing what it takes, I understood that I can do it. I can make it real, maybe not right now, but in time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6256552543/" title="Dario di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Dario" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6159/6256552543_d97b2104b1.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6257081236/" title="Jujubiles and softbox di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Jujubiles and softbox" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6220/6257081236_7f3a1d5bf4.jpg" width="336" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I like long walks as much as I love long paths. This is a new one: I am ready to wear comfortable shoes and tackle it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;This is my birthday gift today, my 24th birthday: being honest with myself, following my passions, working to pursue what I love and to fill my life with all of it. I will celebrate with an &lt;a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/341316/apple-pie-cake"&gt;apple cake&lt;/a&gt; similiar to the &lt;a href="http://en.julskitchen.com/dessert/an-apple-cake-for-darios-food-styling-and-food-photography-workshop"&gt;one&lt;/a&gt; we shooted last weekend. I will eat it with my lucky &lt;i&gt;24&lt;/i&gt; fork, savoring every bite, remembering this days of big aspirations for the years to come.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6260403353/" title="aftermath di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="aftermath" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6260403353_6db0d30468.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6260930666/" title="24 lucky fork di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="24 lucky fork" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6046/6260930666_b715d2a730.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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p.s.: thanks to all the great people I met during last weekend -- &lt;a href="http://www.emikodavies.com/blog/"&gt;Emiko&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.julskitchen.it/"&gt;Giulia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.labna.it/"&gt;Jasmine&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.kittyskitchen.it/"&gt;Elisa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://laraabrati.com/"&gt;Lara&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.paolallegrasartorio.com/"&gt;Paola&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.ilovecooking.org/"&gt;Roberta&lt;/a&gt;, Sarah, &lt;a href="http://www.ladiesmarmalade.com/"&gt;Cecilia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://vanigliacooking.blogspot.com/"&gt;Rossella&lt;/a&gt;, Fausto, Francesco. &lt;b&gt;Enlightening&lt;/b&gt; is the best word I can think of.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;--------------------°°°°°°°°°°--------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6257079408/" title="Cake --soft lighting di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cake --soft lighting" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6257079408_e8f9e5d2cc_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Non è del tutto sbagliato dire che non esistono&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;brutte fotografie, ma solo &lt;span class="body"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;meno interessanti, rilevanti, misteriose."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;"Il ruolo della macchina fotografica nell'estetizzare il mondo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;è stato così determinante che ora sono le foto,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;invece del mondo, ad essereil modello di ciò che è bello. &lt;/span&gt;"&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="bodybold"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;Quello di cui abbiamo bisogno è usare ciò che abbiamo."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;[Susan Sontag]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Le tue prima 10.000 foto saranno le peggiori. "&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;[Henri Cartier-Bresson]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6256549709/" title="Coffee Break di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Coffee Break" height="450" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6213/6256549709_00f8e5c507_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ho passato giorni, ore a cercare di capire cosa fosse la fotografia, e perché sia così importante nella mia vita. Una risposta ancora mi manca, ma ho invece una sensazione, qualcosa dentro di me che trema ogni volta che penso ad una vita come fotografa, o meglio, come narratrice di storie via immagini e parole. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ci saranno centinaia di migliaia di persone là fuori a provare le mie stesse sensazioni, ne sono certa. Il pensiero mi spaventa come poco altro, eppure non riesco a rinunciare al sogno, alla mia aspirazione verso qualcosa di più grande, per una vita di passioni, ispirazione, creatività. Non so semmai sarò abbastanza creativa, abbastanza interessante, chissà se sarò mai capace di vivere solo di questo. Quel che so, è che sto imparando, e che dovrò inciampare ancora mille altre volte. Il mio percorso è appena cominciato e sento che è il mio, che è la via giusta, che è questo il modo in cui voglio e vorrò vivere.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6256550453/" title="Apple cake --composition di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Apple cake --composition" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6218/6256550453_127feaec04.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6257081076/" title="Mandarines di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Mandarines" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6103/6257081076_461b719f54.jpg" width="335" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Come? Come fare, come hanno fatto quelli che ci sono riusciti prima di me? Dove sono le istruzioni. Ho una paura dannata. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Poi, c'è il cibo. Il cibo che è nella mia mente e nei miei occhi, veri e immaginari, tutto il giorno, ogni giorno, ed è quasi tutto quello a cui penso. Il cibo mi rende felice, ispirata da colori e sensi. Il cibo è il filo conduttore di tutto quel che so, di tutto ciò che amo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Il cibo e la fotografia, le mie due muse, le mie passioni. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6257081588/" title="Val d'Elsa landscape di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Val d'Elsa landscape" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6235/6257081588_6a92fbb2e8.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6257082334/" title="Mandarin and Glue di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Mandarin and Glue" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6159/6257082334_aa46e171cb.jpg" width="335" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Cerco, cerco di farne un tutt'uno, di capire entrambi un po' di più. Ho cercato di farlo lo scorso fine settimana, in una giornata passata in un centro d'arte nel cuore della campagna senese, ascoltando, osservando i gesti di una &lt;a href="http://www.foodpixels.com/"&gt;persona&lt;/a&gt; che ce l'ha fatta, che ha fatto del cibo e della fotografia la sua vita e la sua professione. Mi ha dato coraggio vederlo, parlargli, anche senza che lui lo sapesse. Vedere il dietro le quinte ogni tanto serve. Vedere cosa occorre, scoprire i trucchi di scena li rende meno misteriosi, più accessibili. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6257082810/" title="Tuscan Still Life di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Tuscan Still Life" height="452" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6037/6257082810_7586476e95_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ho capito che posso farlo. Posso farlo anch'io, per me, davvero. Magari non oggi, ma un giorno. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Mi piacciono le lunghe passeggiate, mi piacciono le lunghe vie. La strada che inizia oggi è una di queste: ho scarpe comode e sono pronta. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Questo, oggi, è il mio personale regalo di compleanno: a 24 anni, voglio essere onesta con me stessa, seguire le mie passioni, lavorare per riempire la mia vita di quel che amo, fare di quel che amo la mia vita. Festeggerò con una &lt;a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/341316/apple-pie-cake"&gt;torta di mele&lt;/a&gt; simile a &lt;a href="http://it.julskitchen.com/dolci/una-torta-di-mele-per-il-workshop-fotografico-di-dario-milano"&gt;quella&lt;/a&gt; che abbiamo immortalato lo scorso weekend, pezzetto per pezzetto, con in mano la mia forchetta portafortuna col numero &lt;i&gt;24&lt;/i&gt; sopra. Ne gusterò ogni singola briciola, ricordando questo momento di grandi aspirazioni per tutti gli anni a venire. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6260402967/" title="24 lucky fork di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="24 lucky fork" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6233/6260402967_daab23b376_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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p.s.: è stato meraviglioso conoscere tante belle persone durante il weekend toscano: &lt;a href="http://www.emikodavies.com/blog/"&gt;Emiko&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.julskitchen.it/"&gt;Giulia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.labna.it/"&gt;Jasmine&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.kittyskitchen.it/"&gt;Elisa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://laraabrati.com/"&gt;Lara&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.paolallegrasartorio.com/"&gt;Paola&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.ilovecooking.org/"&gt;Roberta&lt;/a&gt;, Sarah, &lt;a href="http://www.ladiesmarmalade.com/"&gt;Cecilia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://vanigliacooking.blogspot.com/"&gt;Rossella&lt;/a&gt;, Fausto, Francesco.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Illuminante&lt;/b&gt; è davvero la parola giusta. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="bodybold"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="bodybold"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-2610047544857704316?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/10/on-food-and-photography.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6212/6257080790_cd465cb34b_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>26</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-7715723205969075529</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-17T10:23:38.191+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">squash</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sweets</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dolci</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pears</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zucca</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">soup</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">autunno</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fall</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marmellata</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">muffins</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jam</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pere</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">picnic</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dessert</category><title>October: pears and picnics || Ottobre: pere e picnic</title><description>&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;I changed house five times in the last year. Life of a student, you might say. Indeed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6119062329/" title="Pear shots di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pear shots" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6082/6119062329_60691aaee6_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;In the courtyard of my new house there's a pear tree. It gifted us all with plenty of crunchy, sugary fruits since the end of August. We couldn't resist picking some slightly unripe ones which were hanging at head level. The first bite was reveling: a sugary and at the same time sour nectar was dripping from the bitten flash and running down our mouths and hands, pleasing our tongues with hints of minerality and sweetness. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6119062169/" title="pear box di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pear box" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6119062169_b46132574a.jpg" width="341" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6119061907/" title="Pear tree di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pear tree" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6201/6119061907_20e14c9360.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6119606576/" title="Pear tree di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pear tree" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/6119606576_b7176c8032.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6144246285/" title="pears di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pears" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6187/6144246285_a1f01aa185.jpg" width="326" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;"&lt;i&gt;These will be so good with that cheese&lt;/i&gt;", I thought.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;I waited a few more days, then I&amp;nbsp; started the &lt;i&gt;real harvest&lt;/i&gt;--picking the remaining pears. The sun turned their South-faced side into bright red and heated their inner juice and flash as it was still Summer. September was one bright sunny day after the other, and temperatures invited me to stay outside, eat light meals and snack on those fruits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;October took the scene in silence, without me noticing the change, giving us mild days, fresh mornings and nights, clear sky. The first weekend of the month, after a lazy breakfast, J. and I decided we wanted to go for a bike ride, with short sleeves and picnic food to eat on the way. Of course, we took some pears.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230579557/" title="Picnic basket di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Picnic basket" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6155/6230579557_f11598beab.jpg" width="333" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6144793160/" title="pears di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pears" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6086/6144793160_486aacbbde.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;The bike path from where we live, Bra, to Alba consists in an unpaved road along the Tanaro river. On the way, we encountered tomatoes, beautiful wild flowers, zucchini fields, and wild berries. The air was fresh and the sun was shining on our heads. I couldn’t think of anything more pleasant.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6119061551/" title="dandelions di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dandelions" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6119061551_29d94d786a.jpg" width="329" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231099456/" title="yellow wild daisies di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="yellow wild daisies" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6050/6231099456_6129bae228.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231105944/" title="wood path di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="wood path" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6112/6231105944_6272869b81.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231108662/" title="Tanaro river di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Tanaro river" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6239/6231108662_2cb97383bb.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231107182/" title="wild bushes di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="wild bushes" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6180/6231107182_a99048ca7b.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231109610/" title="bike di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bike" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6231109610_0ba7acbca3.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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We stopped a few times to pick some &lt;b&gt;flowers&lt;/b&gt; and some &lt;b&gt;zucchini&lt;/b&gt; with their blossom. We couldn't leave them there, we had to take them home.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Frittata for dinner?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sure!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231100794/" title="zucchini di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="zucchini" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6053/6231100794_070732570a.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231104816/" title="zucchini blossoms di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="zucchini blossoms" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6159/6231104816_b1dacfd383.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Half way though our ride, we saw a little stone table set there for bikers' refreshment. It was lunch time and we were hungry. We stopped and pulled out food from the basket. Wine, bread, cheese, pears, salad, olives --it was picnic food, nothing else. Right what we wanted.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231110374/" title="Food Postcard di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Food Postcard" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6228/6231110374_af1998db5c_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230594081/" title="Picnic di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Picnic" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6110/6230594081_02177d3b56.jpg" width="339" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231111990/" title="Pear Cheese Sandwich di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pear Cheese Sandwich" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6101/6231111990_0a6ecf74e5.jpg" width="337" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Is there anything better than &lt;b&gt;pears&lt;/b&gt; with &lt;b&gt;cheese&lt;/b&gt; on a slice of good &lt;b&gt;sourdough bread&lt;/b&gt;? This was our picnic &lt;b&gt;sandwich&lt;/b&gt;, with only a thin layer of &lt;b&gt;Dijon mustard&lt;/b&gt; for a little flavor boost. A little salad and a couple of good green olives were on a side, a glass of white wine on the other. With a bright sun upon us, and nature all around, that was one of the best October weekends we would ever remember.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Back at home, I tried to replicate the cheese and pear marriage another time, in a &lt;b&gt;salad&lt;/b&gt;, and I considered it a successful experiment. I had some leftover cooked &lt;b&gt;green lentils&lt;/b&gt; and I tossed them with some &lt;b&gt;rocket&lt;/b&gt;, some &lt;b&gt;pear slices&lt;/b&gt; and a little &lt;b&gt;blue cheese&lt;/b&gt;. A pinch of &lt;b&gt;salt&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;olive oil&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;balsamic vinegar &lt;/b&gt;for seasoning, bread (always bread!) and red wine. Easy and tasty dinner. Pears were saving us.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6216598849/" title="Pear Lentil Cheese Salad di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pear Lentil Cheese Salad" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6167/6216598849_7d8087a202_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Then, the temperature dropped suddenly. I woke up one morning and the chilly air tingled my nose while opening my window. October was finding itself, understanding its real, autumnal essence. That morning, I made oatmeal for the first time in months. For lunch, a warming &lt;a href="http://reciperelay.com/creamy-winter-squash-soup-with-castelmagno-dalpeggio/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;squash soup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; with some castelmagno cheese crumbled on top. I felt the need for a dessert, but I hadn't any except for what remained of our lovely pears. I felt the need for warm spices mixed with fruit and sugar in coffee cake, crumble,&amp;nbsp; pie, jam.&amp;nbsp;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6173043905/" title="squash castelmagno soup di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="squash castelmagno soup" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6159/6173043905_d9f4c53a3c_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6173044385/" title="castelmagno di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="castelmagno" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/6173044385_1567a1c497.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6173042369/" title="fleur de sel di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fleur de sel" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6153/6173042369_7af2314de4.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;That same night, I made star anise and pear jam. The gesture of chopping those pears, mixing them with sugar, getting them ready for the mutation into spreadable goodness, was a like bringing to the surface a pleasure I had forgot about. When I went to bed, the whole house was still perfuming of caramel and spice, and I fell asleep thinking of the morning after, of a good breakfast with jam on toast.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230644703/" title="bread and jam di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bread and jam" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6237/6230644703_23a18b09da.jpg" width="334" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230641459/" title="pear and star anice di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pear and star anice" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6214/6230641459_3d80cb5e9b.jpg" width="334" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230644025/" title="Pear spice jam  di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pear spice jam " height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6226/6230644025_73a829762c_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230646389/" title="Pear spice jam &amp;amp; bread di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pear spice jam &amp;amp; bread" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6218/6230646389_2f9357302a_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;While J. was gone, I turned on the oven and made me a gift with some cinnamon in it. I baked six little pear and cinnamon muffins to eat in my lazy afternoons, between reading and sleeping. They were good and healthy, and they lasted one week, one per day, until J.'s arrival. I love baking just for myself&amp;nbsp; sometimes: it feels safe, I know what I like. It feels like I love myself a little more.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;After all this cooking and eating pears, only four remained, lying in  solitude in their basket on the kitchen table. I had some bottles of  Barbaresco opened for a tasting and abandoned almost full, and I thought  to give an end to both (wine and pears) in a pot with spices and sugar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230135617/" title="DSC_0499 di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC_0499" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6051/6230135617_40e046069a_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6216598923/" title="Poached Pear di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Poached Pear" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6223/6216598923_95eff59d50_o.jpg" width="662" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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While the red syrup was boiling, I went out to buy fiordilatte  gelato.  Another dessert was set, and my pear craving felt finally  satisfied. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pear Almond Bran Muffins&lt;/b&gt; (yields: 6 muffins):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1 cup oat flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 cup wheat bran&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 T baking powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;1 tsp baking soda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 cup chopped almonds (optional)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 cup unpeeled, grated pears&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed (I used muscovado)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 3/4 cup buttermilk&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1 T water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2 tsp apple vinegar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2 T olive oil&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Preheat  oven to 400F and grease a muffin tin. In a large bowl combine together  flour, bran, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, almonds and grated  pears. In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, water, vinegar,  vanilla extract and oil, then dissolve the brown sugar in this mixture  using a fork. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring  just until moistened. Do not over mix. Spoon the batter in each muffin  cup to the top. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out  clean. Leave in the tin for 10 minutes, then cool completely on a rack.&amp;nbsp;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pear and Star Anise Jam&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 kg pears, unpeeled and chooped&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 kg raw brown sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 bag fruttapec (pectine) 1:2 (1 part sugar : 2 parts fruit)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T star anise&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 T lemon juice &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In   a large bowl, mix pears, sugar, star anise, pectine and lemon juice.   Leave for 15-20 minutes, then transfer everything on a big saucepan over   medium fire and cook, stirring from time to time, until you get a   smooth sauce, about 20 minutes. Divide hot jam among sterilized jars,   close with lids and let cool upside-down. Store closed in a cool place   up to 6 months, or open in the refrigerator up to two weeks. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Spiced Poached Pears in Barbaresco&lt;/b&gt; (serves 4):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 pears, peeled&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 liters red wine (I used leftover Barbaresco)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 T brown sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 sticks cinnamon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T star anise&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;In a saucepan, bring wine with spices and sugar to boiling, then immerse pears and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Remove pears and reduce the wine to a syrup. Serving suggestion: vanilla bean or fiordilatte ice-cream.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6216598727/" title="solo pear di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="solo pear" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6161/6216598727_603b893cbd_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/style&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ho cambiato casa cinque volte nel corso di quest'anno. Vita da studente, direte voi. Infatti.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6119606106/" title="Pears di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pears" height="452" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6119606106_245b5b6a05_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6217115362/" title="pear tree di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pear tree" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6102/6217115362_75fed6d07a.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6119605204/" title="Pear shots di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pear shots" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6119605204_aa2a757282.jpg" width="324" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nel cortile di quella che da due mesi è la mia nuova casa c'è un &lt;b&gt;albero di pere&lt;/b&gt;. Non è proprio nostro, ma è come se un po' lo fosse. Ci ha fatto felici con cassette e cassette di frutti croccanti e succosi sin dalla fine di agosto. Noi, da parte nostra, non siamo riusciti a resistere alla tentazione di coglierne alcuni non ancora maturi che ci svolazzavano ad altezza d'occhi. Il primo morso è stato rivelatore: il succo che scendeva lungo le mani e la bocca era un nettare lieve e asprigno al tempo stesso, che stuzzicava la lingua con note dolci eppur saline.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;“&lt;i&gt;Come saranno buone col formaggio&lt;/i&gt;”, ho pensato.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ho atteso ancora qualche giorno, poi ho iniziato la vera raccolta. Il sole aveva colorato di rosso quelle rivolte a sud, scaldando il succo e la polpa come fosse ancora estate. Settembre è stato un susseguirsi di giorni soleggiati e cieli tersi, ed io sono stata all'aperto tutto il tempo che mi era concesso, mangiando cibi leggeri e sganocchiando quei frutti dorati.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ottobre è arrivato di soppiatto, senza che me ne accorgessi. Le giornate erano ancora tiepide, le mattine e le sere fresche, il cielo limpido. Il primo fine settimana del mese, dopo una colazione pigra e tarda, J. ed io decidemmo che avremmo speso quella giornata in sella alla nostra bicicletta, vestiti d'abiti leggeri e con un cestino da &lt;b&gt;picnic&lt;/b&gt; pieno di cose buone. Ovviamente, c'erano le pere.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231107898/" title="Tanaro river di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Tanaro river" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6217/6231107898_571113cc3e_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231113392/" title="Betulle di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Betulle" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6170/6231113392_f285ca71bf.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231106510/" title="wild berries di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="wild berries" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6218/6231106510_8a3a6c0230.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Il tragitto ciclabile da Bra ad Alba segue il corso del fiume Tanaro. Lungo la strada sterrata si incontrano campi di pomodori, noccioleti, foreste di betulle e campi di zucchini. L'aria era fresca e su di noi splendeva un bel sole. Niente in quel momento poteva sembrarmi migliore. Di tanto in tanto, ci concedevamo una sosta per riprendere fiato o cogliere qualche fiore o un paio di zucchini. Come lasciarli lì, invitanti com'erano? Un paio sarebbero bastati.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Frittata per cena? &lt;/i&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ovvio!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230584479/" title="zucchini plants di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="zucchini plants" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6056/6230584479_ce6109666c.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230586377/" title="Jesse and the zucchini di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Jesse and the zucchini" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6236/6230586377_7069d075f1.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6216598231/" title="yellow flower di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="yellow flower" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/6216598231_4016d676dc_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231110676/" title="Picnic Food di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Picnic Food" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6179/6231110676_76e841841a.jpg" width="340" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6231109916/" title="Cheese, bread, fruit and wine di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cheese, bread, fruit and wine" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6212/6231109916_0a09c099de.jpg" width="339" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
A metà strada, avvistammo un tavolino di pietra messo lì per il ristoro di noi ciclisti della domenica. Era ora di pranzo, in effetti, e la fame cominciava ad avvertirsi. Ci siamo fermati e, senza dire nulla, abbiamo svuotato il cesto dei viveri, disponendoli alla bell'e meglio su una tovaglia di carta. Vino, pane, formaggio, pere, insalata, olive: tutte cose semplici, ma giusto quelle che volevamo.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;C'è forse qualcosa di meglio di una &lt;b&gt;pera&lt;/b&gt; col &lt;b&gt;formaggio&lt;/b&gt; su una fetta di &lt;b&gt;pane casereccio&lt;/b&gt;? Questo è stato il nostro panino del picnic, con in più un po' di &lt;b&gt;senape all'antica&lt;/b&gt; e una piccola &lt;b&gt;insalata&lt;/b&gt; da un lato, un po' di &lt;b&gt;vino&lt;/b&gt; dall'altro. Con il sole luminoso su di noi, la natura tutt'intorno, e un semplice pasto, quella è stata una delle migliori giornate d'ottobre di sempre.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Una volta a casa, ho provato a replicare il matrimonio tra formaggio e pere in un'insalata e tutto sommato l'esperimento ha avuto successo. Avevo a disposizione delle &lt;b&gt;lenticchie&lt;/b&gt; verdi cotte il giorno prima, e le ho mescolate con della &lt;b&gt;rucola&lt;/b&gt;, delle fettine di &lt;b&gt;pera&lt;/b&gt;, e dei cubetti di &lt;b&gt;formaggio erborinato&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Sale&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;olio&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;aceto&lt;/b&gt; balsamico, &lt;b&gt;pane&lt;/b&gt; buono e basta. Piatto in tavola, spazzolato in un secondo. Le pere ci stavano salvando cene e pranzi.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6173041661/" title="squash soup di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="squash soup" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6165/6173041661_e0e996c7fa.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6216612015/" title="mountain flowers di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="mountain flowers" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6236/6216612015_3cd35a7221.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;In un secondo, le temperature sono scese. Mi sono alzata un mattino e l'aria fredda mi ha stuzzicato il naso mentre spalancavo fiduciosa le finestre. Ottobre sembrava aver ritrovato sé stesso, e aver capito qual'era davvero la sua anima: autunnale. Quella mattina, ho preparato il primo porridge della stagione, con latte, miele e spezie. A pranzo, una &lt;a href="http://reciperelay.com/creamy-winter-squash-soup-with-castelmagno-dalpeggio/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;zuppa di zucca&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; con del castelmagno sbriciolato sopra tenuta tra le mani mi ha dato un po' di tepore, ma alla fine, avrei voluto anche un dolce. Invece, tutto quello che c'era di dolce erano le pere.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230648989/" title="Pear spice jam di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pear spice jam" height="1014" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6051/6230648989_2d046aff7c_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230640413/" title="bread and spices di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bread and spices" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6093/6230640413_b1f80b8f7e.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230645387/" title="Pear spice jam &amp;amp; bread di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pear spice jam &amp;amp; bread" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6118/6230645387_43e3352789.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Quella sera, in una crisi di astinenza da dolci d'autunno, ho fatto la &lt;b&gt;marmellata di pere&lt;/b&gt; con l'anice stellato. Il gesto di tagliare le pere e unirle a zucchero e spezie, prepararle alla trasformazione in dolcezza da spalmare, è stato per me come riportare alla luce una piacevole sensazione dimenticata. Quando sono andata a letto, la casa ancora profumava di caramello e spezie, e nell'addormentarmi ho pensato alla colazione del giorno dopo: pane e marmellata.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6173060147/" title="pear spice muffins di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pear spice muffins" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6155/6173060147_6d0e5752be_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Mentre J. era lontano, ho anche acceso il forno per regalarmi un dolce con la cannella: &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;muffin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. Ne ho fatti sei, piccoli, con le pere e le mandorle, per coccolarmi nei miei pomeriggi di letture e fantasticherie. Erano buoni, leggeri, equilibrati, e sono durati una settimana, giusto il tempo dell'assenza. Ho scoperto che ogni tanto, sfornare qualcosa solo per me mi fa bene, mi fa volere più bene.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6217115170/" title="pink flower di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pink flower" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6226/6217115170_83b108ec4c.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230637247/" title="pears and wine di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pears and wine" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6230637247_560058e439.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6230638691/" title="pears, spices and wine di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pears, spices and wine" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6103/6230638691_1e57405740.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6216598923/" title="Poached Pear di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Poached Pear" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6223/6216598923_e318958551.jpg" width="323" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Solo quattro pere erano sopravvissute a questo sterminio culinario, sole nel loro cestino sul tavolo. Avevo tre bottiglie di Barbaresco aperte e lasciate quasi piene dopo una degustazione, così ho pensato che la fine più decorosa per entrambi –&lt;b&gt;vino e pere&lt;/b&gt;-- fosse di metterli a bagno insieme a delle &lt;b&gt;spezie&lt;/b&gt; e dello &lt;b&gt;zucchero&lt;/b&gt;. Mentre la pentola con lo sciroppo langarolo bolliva, io sono uscita a prendere il gelato al fiordilatte da mangiare insieme al dessert, e nel camminare, ho pensato che forse con le pere per quest'anno può bastare.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Muffin Integrali con Pere e Mandorle&lt;/b&gt; (per 6 muffins):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1 cup farina d'avena&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 cup crusca di frumento&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 cucchiaio lievito per dolci&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;1 cucchiaino bicarbonato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/8 cucchiaino ground cinnamon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 cup mandorle a pezzetti&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 cup pere grattugiate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 cup zucchero di canna grezzo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 3/4 cup latticello&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1 cucchiaio acqua&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2 cucchiaini aceto di mele bio&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1/2 cucchiaino puro estratto di vaniglia&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2 cucchiai olio evo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Scaldare il forno a 200°C. Imburrare o ricoprire lo stampo da muffin con i pirottini di carta. In una terrina, mescolare farina, crusca, lievito, bicarbonato, pere grattugiate, cannella e mandorle. In un'altra terrina, mescolare acqua, aceto, vaniglia, latticello e olio, poi sciogliere dentro lo zucchero di canna. Versare nella terrina con le polveri e mescolare poco poco. Con un cucchiaio da gelato, dividere l'impasto nei vari pirottini e cuocere in forno caldo per 20 minuti circa. Lasciar raffreddare 10 minuti prima di estrarre dallo stampo e trasferire su una grata.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pere speziate al Barbaresco &lt;/b&gt; (per 4):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;4 pere, sbucciate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;2 litri di vino rosso (io Barbaresco)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;4 cucchiai di zucchero di canna grezzo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;2 stecche di cannella  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di anice stellato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In una pentola profonda, portare ad ebollizione il vino con zucchero e spezie, quindi immergere le pere e lasciarle cuocere per 15 minuti o finché non sono tenere. Toglierle dalla pentola e continuare a ridurre il liquido finché non diventa quasi uno sciroppo. Servire le pere col loro liquido e, se piace, con del gelato alla vaniglia o al fiordilatte. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Marmellata di pere e anice stellato&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1 kg di pere, lavate e tagliate a cubetti&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1/2 kg di zucchero di canna grezzo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1 bustina di fruttapec 1:2 (1 parte zucchero : 2 parti frutta)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;2 cucchiai di anice stellato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="CENTER" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;3 cucchiai di succo di limone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;In una terrina, mescolare insieme tutti gli ingredienti. Lasciar riposare per 15-20 minuti, quindi trasferire tutto in una pentola su fuoco medio. Cuocere, mescolando di tanto in tanto, per circa 20 minuti. Dividere la marmellata calda in vasetti sterilizzati e chiudere col coperchio, girare a testa in giù e lasciar raffreddare completamente. Chiusi si conservano per dei mesi, aperti vanno messi in frigo e consumati nel giro di due settimane.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-7715723205969075529?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-pears-and-picnics-ottobre-pere.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6119062169_b46132574a_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>20</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-4905793146886026611</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-10T16:41:09.097+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pistachio</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dolci</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pistacchio</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cake</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dessert</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">chocolate</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">torte</category><title>Chocolate Pistachio Cake || Torta Cioccolato Pistacchio</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6191770943/" title="cake layers and cream di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="cake layers and cream" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6165/6191770943_87f388a6c8_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"J. piace torlta di cicolata" (&lt;i&gt;J. likes chocolate cake&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;This was a &lt;i&gt;leitmotiv&lt;/i&gt; of our bright summer days, our long walks around the park, our lazy Sundays spent napping and cooking. Yes, chocolate cake was his personal favorite and yet, since we met I had never made it for him. Maybe it was because I prefer other kind of sweets and baked treats, more rustic and wholesome, or maybe because it really feels like an&lt;i&gt; occasion cake&lt;/i&gt; to me. In the end, the cocoa powder has been resting untroubled on the kitchen shelf for months.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6191769567/" title="ingredients di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="ingredients" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/6191769567_d9b953aff0_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Time passed by, summer gave way to fall, and the day of his birthday came. Fate and career wanted him far from home on that special day. We knew it since a while, we complained a bit about it, but we also knew that we would feast upon his return --with simple conforting food, some little presents, and a good cake. For once, we knew there would be chocolate cake. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6191935541/" title="love= life di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="love= life" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/6191935541_84e93c03c7_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Baking a birthday cake is, to me, a gesture of love. It has to be unique, thought exclusively for the person I am making it for. I have to know who and why --for what is a birthday cake for, if not for pleasing, surprising, cuddling?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;This chocolate cake is a collage of things that J. likes: chocolate, icing, pistachios. It is uncomplicated yet special, and surprisingly easy to make. I have always looked at American style chocolate cakes with some fear and reverence: perfectly moist, deeply dark, generously frosted with rich icing and filling --this is all very far from my knowledge of cakes, and therefore, a bit scary. It was just another world, a world that J. knew from his childhood and that for me was still a novelty. How to make a good chocolate cake without having even tried one? Most of all, how to make it personal?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192286006/" title="cake layer close up di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="cake layer close up" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/6192286006_a20b033776.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192290944/" title="pistachio cream di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pistachio cream" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6176/6192290944_d1ee20c58d.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;I just followed my instinct, reading recipes here and there, comparing ingredients and proportions, and finding out all the recurrent ingredients and mesurements, all the variations on the same theme. Hot water for brewed coffee, milk and vinegar for buttermilk or sour cream, oil for melted butter. I felt better when I saw that in the majority of cases it was like making two big round muffins: wet ingredients on one side, dry ingredients on the other, mix and bake. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;The icing was a different story --many more options among which I could choose. Yet, also many more chances to mess up te whole thing. I tried to make a cream cheese icing last year for a Red Velvet cake and I failed miserably: the result was just a series of irregular patches of white cream, dotted with millions of red crumbles. I am surely not the best cake designer, and I don't have many tools for this kind of decorations and frostings. I thought butter cream frosting could become as troublesome as the cream cheese one. A simple chocolate &lt;i&gt;ganache&lt;/i&gt; was a way safer recipe for success in this case. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;I found out that baking chocolate cake, from time to time, is therapeutical. The aroma that invades every room, starting from the kitchen and climbing up to the bedroom has the power of instant relaxation. Savoring it while reading a book made me some good in a Sunday of solitude. Taking the two disks of cake out of the oven, letting them cool down while chopping some dark chocolate --all these small gestures were deeply enjoyed in a long, lonely weekend afternoon, leaving everything outside and just listening to the noise of a knife cracking a chocolate bar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192292550/" title="chocolate crumbs di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chocolate crumbs" height="987" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6192292550_501c29cc60_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192293144/" title="chocolate crumbs di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chocolate crumbs" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/6192293144_683d1e384e_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;The night after was a feast for two. Cartizze bubbles, great cheeses from the past Cheese event in our town, carpaccio and salad. Between a bit of &lt;i&gt;bleu&lt;/i&gt; and a sip of wine were tales from the week away from each other, hugs, smiles and little gifts. Then, the lights went off, and only two candles lightened the room --one shaped like a 3 and the other like a 0.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Happy 30th birthday".&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Thanks. Now it feels like a real birthday".&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Get your wish before blowing".&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Done. It's easy."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6191783331/" title="before diving in di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="before diving in" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6191783331_fd6b62ec7e.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6191780941/" title="aftermath di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="aftermath" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6179/6191780941_4e3442ba76.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Let them eat chocolate cake, sitting on the floor covered with cake crumbs. Let them open the last gifts together, little funny ones or big ones from oversea, from beloved people sending along my early birthday gift. I opened a big package that J. brought home for my birthday to come and started jumping for happiness: a brand new camera bag was sitting on my house floor --I couldn't believe it. I immediately started to look inside, admiring all the pockets and starting to figure out how to organize all my gear.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;In one pocket I found a tiny white box. I looked straight in J.'s eyes. I opened it. A little diamond ring was shining from inside the box. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"This is my great grandmother wedding ring"&lt;/i&gt;, he said.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"She got married when she was 15"&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Yes, I will.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Chocolate Pistachio Cake&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6191771909/" title="cake and cream di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="cake and cream" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6006/6191771909_97f44700c4_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;For the cake (makes two 8-inch layers): &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cups all-purpose flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cups white sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp baking soda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp baking powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp pure vanilla extract&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 eggs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup milk&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 tsp white vinegar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup hot water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup vegetable oil (I used seed oil)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Preheat the oven to 350° F. Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking poweder, baking soda, salt and sugar in a large bowl. Add in oil, eggs, milk, vinegar, water and vanilla.&amp;nbsp; Whisk until all ingredients are well combined and batter is smooth. Pour batter into two 8-inch sping pans, greased. Bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool on a rack.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192590894/" title="pistachio cream frosting di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pistachio cream frosting" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/6192590894_baa2f98310_m.jpg" width="197" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192075223/" title="slice of goodness di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="slice of goodness" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6192075223_fc2b890cfd_m.jpg" width="197" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192590500/" title="spoonable delight di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="spoonable delight" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6160/6192590500_9168092573_m.jpg" width="197" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;For the pistachio filling:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;8 oz pure pistachio cream&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Warm up the cream in bain-marie until easy to spread. Cut the top of both cake halves, spread the cream in one layer on one half and top with the other half of the cake. Trasfer on a rack suitable for icing. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192075519/" title="ingredients di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="ingredients" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6175/6192075519_d6617dc5bf_m.jpg" width="197" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192590342/" title="the cake di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="the cake" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/6192590342_264474d94c_m.jpg" width="197" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192075097/" title="chocofall di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chocofall" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6170/6192075097_e873a29e54_m.jpg" width="197" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;For the chocolate ganache icing&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup finely chopped dark chocolate (70%)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup fresh cream (35% fat)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 knot (10 gr) butter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp low-fructose corn syrup&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Bring cream to boiling on medium heat. Remove from the heat and add in chocolate pieces, butter and syrup. Whisk until a smooth cream forms. Pour ganache on top of the cake and distribute the cream evenly with a spatula, making sure all sides are covered. Set cake in the refrigerator for two hours, until the icing is solid and cold. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;----------------------------°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°--------------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192454070/" title="rusty window di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="rusty window" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6177/6192454070_50a31a7450_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
"&lt;i&gt;J. piace torlta di cicolata&lt;/i&gt;".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Era questo il &lt;i&gt;lietmotiv&lt;/i&gt; delle nostre calde giornate estive, le passeggiate intorno al parco, le pigre domeniche passate a sonnecchiare e cucinare. Sì, la torta al cioccolato è sempre stata la sua preferita, eppure, sin da quando ci siamo conosciuti, mai una volta ero riuscita a fargliela. Forse la ragione è che preferisco altri tipi di dolci, più rustici e salutari, forse perché a me è sempre sembrata più una torta d'occasione che un dolce da tutti i giorni, sia quel che sia, il cacao ha continuato a riposare indisturbato sui ripiani della cucina. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Nel frattempo è successo che l'estate ha lasciato il passo all'autunno, e pian piano è giunto il giorno del suo compleanno. Destino e lavoro l'ha voluto lontano da casa proprio in quel giorno un po' speciale, lo sapevamo da un po', eppure un sospiro non è mancato quel mattino. Sapevamo entrambi, comunque, che al ritorno ci sarebbe stata una festa: un po' di buon cibo, qualche piccolo pensiero, e una bella torta. Per una volta, sapevamo entrambi che ci sarebbe stata una torta al cioccolato. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Preparare una torta di compleanno è un gesto d'amore. Deve essere qualcosa di unico, pensato solo per chi lo riceverà. Mi piace sapere che con quel gesto renderò felice qualcuno, lo sorprenderò e coccolerò un poco. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192300034/" title="whisk di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="whisk" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6152/6192300034_13b719544a_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Questa torta è un insieme di tutto ciò che J. ama: cioccolato, ricca copertura, pistacchio. Un dolce semplice eppur speciale, e con mia grande sorpresa anche molto facile da realizzare. Ho sempre guardato quei dolci americani a mille strati con un certo timore reverenziale, così perfettamente morbidi, alti, decorati, dalla generosa farcitura e perfetta copertura. Era per me come un altro mondo, un mondo sconosciuto, ed invece un mondo familiare per J., qualcosa di noto fin dall'infanzia, dai compleanni con gli amici di scuola. Come riuscire a fare una buona torta di cioccolato senza averne mai assaggiata una, senza metro di paragone? Soprattutto, come farne qualcosa di unico e personale?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ho semplicemente seguito il mio istinto, dopo aver letto ricette su ricette su questo tema. Mettendo a confronto ingredienti e proporzioni, sono arrivata a conoscere l'essenza della torta al cioccolato e le piccole variazioni su un tema comune. Acqua calda o caffé leggero, latte, latticello o panna acida, cioccolato o cacao, burro o olio. Nella maggior parte dei casi, tutto si risolveva con una tecnica da impasto base. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192286830/" title="cake layers di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="cake layers" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/6192286830_57f4e5fee3.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192293144/" title="chocolate crumbs di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chocolate crumbs" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/6192293144_5bcfeb35fd.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Per la copertura, invece, la cosa si complicava un po', le opzioni si moltiplicavano in una miriade di creme di formaggio, creme al burro o miscugli a base di panna. In passato ho sperimentato la farcitura al cream cheese, fallendo miseramente: il risultato, invece di somigliare a quello strato bianco, lindo e liscio visto nella fotoricetta, era più un cumulo scompigliato di crema bianca puntinato di pezzi di impasto. Di certo come pasticcera sono una frana, ed è pur vero che gli strumenti a mia disposizione sono piuttosto limitati. Una crema al burro sarebbe stata un disastro altrettanto grande, per cui optare per una semplice &lt;i&gt;ganache&lt;/i&gt; al cioccolato era la decisione più saggia e promettente.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ho scoperto che fare una torta al cioccolato è terapeutico. Ho scoperto che l'aroma che invade tutta la casa mentre cuoce ha il potere di rilassarmi all'istante. Annusarla mentre leggevo un libro ha reso la mia domenica di solitudine un po' meno vuota. Estrarre i due dischi di impasto dal forno, caldi, e lasciarli raffreddare mentre si sminuzza del cioccolato fondente: tutti questi piccoli gesti possono essere qualcosa di davvero appagante, possono riempiere un pomeriggio. Mi sono goduta il suono del cioccolato che si rompe al passaggio della lama, mentre tutto quel che c'era al di là delle mura di casa rimaneva estraneo. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
La sera dopo è stata una festa per due. Una bottiglia di Cartizze, dei buoni formaggi dal festival appena concluso in città, carpaccio, insalata. Tra un morso e un sorso, racconti della settimana passata e piccole sorprese. Poi, le luci si sono spente e ad illuminare la stanza solo due candele, una a forma di tre, l'altra di zero. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192075223/" title="slice of goodness di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="slice of goodness" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6192075223_fc2b890cfd_m.jpg" width="197" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192591812/" title="party boy di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="party boy" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/6192591812_e9bfd14f0a_m.jpg" width="197" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192590894/" title="pistachio cream frosting di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pistachio cream frosting" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/6192590894_baa2f98310_m.jpg" width="197" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;"Happy 30th birthday".&lt;br /&gt;
"Thanks. Now it feels like a real birthday". (Grazie, adesso sembra davvero un compleanno).&lt;br /&gt;
"Get your wish before blowing". (Prima il desiderio, poi soffia).&lt;br /&gt;
"Done. It's easy." (Fatto. Facile). &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Lascia che mangino la torta di cioccolato, seduti sul pavimento coperto di briciole scure. Lascia che aprano i regali, piccoli e grandi, alcuni provenienti da oltre oceano, da chi mi vuole bene e manda regali in anticipo per il mio compleanno. Ne ho scartato uno, e la gioia di vedere la borsa da fotografo che volevo mi ha fatto balzare in piedi. L'ho aperta, esplorata, e dentro, ho trovato una scatolina bianca. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ho guardato J. negli occhi. L'ho aperta. Un anellino minuscolo con un diamante luccicava dall'interno. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;"This is my great grandmother wedding ring", he said.&amp;nbsp;(Questo è l'anello di matrimonio della mia bisnonna).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;"She got married when she was 15".&amp;nbsp;(Si è sposata quando aveva 15 anni). &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Sì. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6191781713/" title="30th di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="30th" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/6191781713_77b7cdeec5.jpg" width="351" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6191784719/" title="slice di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="slice" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/6191784719_3a1b151cf0.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Torta al Cioccolato e Pistacchio&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;Per la torta (2 dischi da 24 cm): &lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 cups di farina 00 &lt;br /&gt;
1 cup di cacao amaro in polvere&lt;br /&gt;
2 cups di zucchero&lt;br /&gt;
1 cucchiaino di bicarbonato&lt;br /&gt;
1 cucchiaino di lievito per dolci&lt;br /&gt;
1 cucchiaino di sale&lt;br /&gt;
1 cucchiaino di estratto naturale di vaniglia&lt;br /&gt;
2 uova&lt;br /&gt;
1 cup di latte fresco intero&lt;br /&gt;
2 cucchiaini di aceto di vino bianco&lt;br /&gt;
1 cup di acqua calda&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 cup di olio di semi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Scaldare il forno a 180°C. In una terrina, mescolate tutti gli ingredienti secchi (farina, zucchero, lievito, sale, bicarbonato, cacao), in un'altra tutti quelli liquidi e le uova. Unire i liquidi alle polveri e mescolare bene. Distribuire l'impasto in due tortiere a cerniera da 24 cm di diametro, infornare e cuocere per 35-40 minuti. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6192290328/" title="pistachio cream di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pistachio cream" height="996" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6192290328_bbf5a1a529_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Per la crema di pistacchio:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 vasetto di pura crema di pistacchio da 250 gr&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Scaldare la crema a bagno maria finché la consistenza diventa morbida e facile da lavorare. Tagliare la parte arrotondata di entrambi i dischi di dolce e spalmare la crema su una delle due metà, quindi coprire con l'altra metà e trasferire la torta così assemblata su una ghiera da guarnitura. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6191774103/" title="chocolate crumbs di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chocolate crumbs" height="971" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/6191774103_afb7f3d1e4_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;Per la ganache al cioccolato:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
200 gr di cioccolato fondente (70%)&lt;br /&gt;
250 ml di panna fresca &lt;br /&gt;
10 gr di burro&lt;br /&gt;
1 cucchiaino di sciroppo di glucosio (facoltativo)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Tritare il cioccolato. Far bollire la panna a fuoco medio, quindi rimuovere dal fuoco e versarci dentro il cioccolato a pezzetti, il burro e il glucosio. Sbattere con na frusta finché il composto non sarà omogeneo. Versare sulla torta, aiutandosi con una spatola a distribuire la ganache su tutta la torta, inclusi i lati. Lasciar raffreddare, mettere in frigo per un paio d'ore prima di servire. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/5885662320/" title="candle di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="candle" height="1024" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5277/5885662320_e4702fe61d_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-4905793146886026611?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/10/chocolate-pistachio-cake-torta.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/6191935541_84e93c03c7_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>27</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-5925114990526432162</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-23T18:15:29.525+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fruit</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">insalate</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beetroot</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">apples</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feta</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gluten free</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">risotto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">salads</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">autunno</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fall</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">millet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vegetariano</category><title>Fall mood: beetroot || Autunno: rapa rossa</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6130096828/" title="beetroot di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="beetroot" height="935" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6086/6130096828_4ab8f3cb20_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fall&lt;/b&gt; has officially come, and mood is changing rapidly toward a more calm and contemplative state of mind and soul. The earth is giving its best to provide us with beautiful food to face the upcoming cold season. Squashes, beets, kale and winter greens are slowly taken the place of colorful tomatoes and peppers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I am fondly in love with summer and summer food: berries, watermelon, tomatoes, aubergines just make me think of long, warm nights and late, lazy dinners. However, there is something magical and a bit &lt;b&gt;misterious&lt;/b&gt; about &lt;b&gt;fall vegetables&lt;/b&gt; that reassures me and fascinates me equally.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I got the beautiful &lt;b&gt;beetroot&lt;/b&gt; in the picture from a collegue who received way too many from a friend and farmer. I stared at its shape all the way home: clumsy and dirty, but strong and secretly bright inside. The morning after, I woke up seeing the cold light touching it from afar, from the half open window, and it was in that exact moment that it revealed all its &lt;b&gt;beauty&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I have a &lt;b&gt;love-hate relationship&lt;/b&gt; with &lt;b&gt;beetroot&lt;/b&gt;. It always leaves me with an umpleasant, earthy feeling. I started to appreciate it in dishes where flavors are contrasting rather than matching: spicy mustard or horseradish cream, sweet fruits like apples and pears, and very savory cheeses like feta or parmigiano. This are fixed rules for me now. From here on, there was just space for trial. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6173059757/" title="beetroot millet risotto di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="beetroot millet risotto" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6179/6173059757_a156b6293a_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;The time to experiment with &lt;b&gt;millet&lt;/b&gt; isn't over, yet. Like many things in life, I undervalue its versatility and the power of this grain to make me feel good and nourished. After the &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/09/on-red-currants-part-2-sui-ribes-rossi.html"&gt;millet pudding&lt;/a&gt;, I tryed to treat it as it was its luckier cousin rice, and attempted a &lt;b&gt;risotto style millet&lt;/b&gt;. It ended up being a very different dish from a risotto --less creamy and starchy-- but very interesting nonetheless. Kernels were well separated and perfectly combined with the rest of the ingredients: very simply &lt;b&gt;beetroot&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;parmigiano&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;b&gt;thyme&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Millet Beet Risotto with Parmigiano and Thyme&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Ingredients (serves 2):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1cup uncooked millet&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;5 cups hot vegetable stock&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 garlic clove, pealed and slightly pressed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 1/2 T extra virgin olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 1/2 cups steamed beetroot, diced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;salt, to taste&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;fresh thyme, to taste&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;In a medium saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Once hot, lower the flame and add the garlic. Let it fry for 5 minutes before removing it. Add diced beetroot and stir fry for 5 minutes. Add millet and toast it over medium fire, stirring from time to time, about 3 minutes. Add hot stock 1 cup at a time, letting it absorb each time. Once stock is almost all absorbed and millet cooked, turn off the fire, season with 1/2 T olive oil. Stir in parmigiano. Stir well until cheese is blended and melted. Serve warm with thyme leaves and parmigiano to taste. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6175432734/" title="beet apple feta salad di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="beet apple feta salad" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/6175432734_04a4e03535_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;After  the novelty, back to the usual --yet, quite unusual. The rest of the  beetroot was used to make a &lt;b&gt;carpaccio salad&lt;/b&gt;, alternating beet slices to  apple slices, seasoning it all with a dijon mustard vinagrette and some  crumbled feta on top. I am now ready to welcome fall in my life.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Apple Beetroot Carpaccio Salad with Mustard and Feta&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Ingredients (serves 4):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 big beetroot, peeled and thinly sliced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 gala apple, thinly sliced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup feta, crumbled&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 tsp grainy dijon mustard&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T extravirgin olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T lemon juice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 tsp fleur de sel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Prepare the vinaigrette simply shaking mustard, salt, lemon juice and olive oil in a small closed jar. Place beetroot slices and apple slices on a serving plate, alternated. Spoon vinaigrette on top, and cover with feta crumbles.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;L'&lt;b&gt;autunno&lt;/b&gt; è ufficialmente arrivato, e l'umore si sposta lentamente verso un più calmo e conmplativo stato delle cose. La terra sta ora dando il suo meglio per fornirci tutti quei cibi meravigliosi che ci aiuteranno ad affrontare la stagione fredda. Zucche, radici, cavoli e cavolfiori...Le verdure più cupe stanno poco a poco rubando il posto ai più vivaci toni di pomodori e peperoni.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Sono pazzamente innamorata dell'estate e dei cibi estivi: frutti di bosco, angurie, pomodori e melanzane mi fanno pensare subito a lunghe notti tiepide e tarde cene pigre. Tuttavia, c'è qualcosa di magico e un po' misterioso nelle &lt;b&gt;verdure autunnali&lt;/b&gt; che mi rassicura e affascina allo stesso modo. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
La magnifica &lt;b&gt;rapa&lt;/b&gt; in foto mi è stata regalata da una collega, la quale l'ha ricevuta a sua volta da un'amica/coltivatrice che gliene ha date fin troppe. Ho guardato la sua forma lungo tutto il tragitto a casa: goffa e sporca fuori, eppure forte e luminosa dentro. Il mattino dopo, mi sono alzata e ho visto la fredda luce del mattino delinearne il profilo da lontano, da quella mezza finestra aperta. Fu proprio in quell'istante che si è mostrata nella sua bellezza. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Ho un rapporto di &lt;b&gt;amore e odio per le rape&lt;/b&gt;. Mi lasciano sempre con una spiacevole sensazione di terriccio in bocca. Ho iniziato però ad apprezzarla in piatti in cui i sapori si contrastano invece di somigliarsi. Così, via libera a &lt;b&gt;senape&lt;/b&gt; e &lt;b&gt;rafano&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;frutta&lt;/b&gt; come mele o pere, e &lt;b&gt;formaggi&lt;/b&gt; saporiti. Questa è diventata la mia regola, ora. Da qui parte la sperimentazione. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Non era ancora giunto il momento di chiudere il capitolo &lt;b&gt;miglio&lt;/b&gt;. Come molte cose nella vita, ahimé, ho sempre sottovalutato la sua versatilità e il potere di questo cereale di farmi sentire sana e nutrita. Dopo il &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/09/on-red-currants-part-2-sui-ribes-rossi.html"&gt;pudding di miglio&lt;/a&gt;, ho provato ad usarlo come fosse riso nell'impresa di farne una sorta di &lt;b&gt;risotto&lt;/b&gt;. Il risultato è stato ben diverso da un normale risotto, molto meno cremoso e amidoso, macomunque davvero interessante. I chicci erano ben separati e si combinavano perfettamente con il resto degni ingredienti: rapa rossa, parmigiano e timo.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Dopo la novità, sono tornata sui miei passi ed ho usato il resto della rapa per fare un'&lt;b&gt;insalata di rapa&lt;/b&gt; e mela tagliate sottili a mo' di &lt;b&gt;carpaccio&lt;/b&gt;, condite con senape e feta. Posso dire di essere finalmente pronta ad accogliere l'autunno. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Risotto di miglio con rapa rossa, parmigiano e timo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ingredienti (per 2):&lt;br /&gt;
1 cup di miglio &lt;br /&gt;
5 cups brodo vegetale caldo&lt;br /&gt;
1 spicchio d'aglio pelato e schiacciato&lt;br /&gt;
1 1/2 cucchiai di olio evo&lt;br /&gt;
1 1/2 cups rapa cotta al vapore &lt;br /&gt;
1/4 cup di Parmigiano Reggiano grattugiato&lt;br /&gt;
sale qb&lt;br /&gt;
timo fresco&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Scaldare l'olio in una casseruola, aggiungere l'aglio e far insaporire per qualche minuto, quindi toglierlo. Aggiungere quindi le rape tagliate a cubetti e cuocere per 5-6 minuti, mescolando di tanto in tanto. Aggiungere il miglio e far tostare per un paio di minuti, sempre mescolando. Iniziare a versare il brodo un mestolo alla volta, lasciando assorbire di volta in volta, senza mescolare. Una volta cotto, rimuovere dal fuoco, condire con 1/2 cucchiaio di olio, il parmigiano e il timo. Aggiustare di sale, mescolare finché il formaggio non si sia sciolto. Servire subito con foglie di timo fresco sopra e, volendo, altro parmigiano. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Insalata di carpaccio di rapa rossa e mela con feta e senape&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ingredienti (per 4):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1/2 rapa rossa grossa sbucciata e affettata finemente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1 mela gala affettata finemente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1 cup di feta sbriciolata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;2 cucchiaini di senape di Digione&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di olio evo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di succo di limone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;1/2 cucchiaino di sale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Preparare la vinaigrette mettendo senape, sale, olio e limone in un vasetto con coperchio chiuso, agitandolo bene. Disporre le fette di mela alternate a quelle di rapa su un piatto, condire con la salsa aiutandosi con un cucchiaino, distribuire sopra la feta e servire. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-5925114990526432162?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-mood-beetroot-autunno-rapa-rossa.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><thr:total>11</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-4195410344128802449</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-20T22:51:56.322+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">frutta</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">estate</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">red currant</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">insalate</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pudding</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">berries</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">millet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">summer</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dessert</category><title>On Red Currants - part 2 || Sui ribes rossi - seconda parte</title><description>&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6151775421/" title="red currants for cobbler di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="red currants for cobbler" height="937" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6181/6151775421_8a98ba1037_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Sometimes all I want is a calm lunch for two, and then a walk in a sunny afternoon. Since J. and I have started to have different jobs in different places, we no longer have lunch together. Which is something completely new for me, and it still makes ma a bit sad sometimes to sit at an empty table. I start to become messy and I don't take care of myself anymore. Sometimes, I am almost about to eat directly from the pan or the skillet. Others, I am just not so hungry. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When I am by myself, I totally lose the will and desire to cook. So, my lunches are becoming more and more a parade of quick salads with a fruit for dessert.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Then, of course, J. comes back for dinner, and we cook and eat together, open a bottle of wine, and chill down after a long walk, chatting about our days. Suddenly, the will to share a meal and to cook something good comes back. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6151774049/" title="currant sgombro salad di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="currant sgombro salad" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6190/6151774049_9c81a3322d_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6144818732/" title="red currants for pudding di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I made a salad with the last red currants of the season. Those magical fruits have the power to cheer me up a bit even in the moodiest moods. It was happy to find that the acidity of the berries went very well with fish meat, and especially with mackerel. I gave up tuna much time ago for ethical reasons and found the perfect substitute in this type of fish, which I prefer in flavor and consistency, too, especially when canned. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;The salad was my lunch: I just added a glass of karkadé infusion and some bread. Nice and light. I felt better. After finishing my meal, I started to think about what I wanted to make for us for dinner. It seems to me now that each dinner has to be a little feast, and that being together has to be somehow celebrated. I started to make dessert.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6152904156/" title="peach and berry cobbler di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="peach and berry cobbler" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6171/6152904156_1e7c5fb660_o.jpg" width="676" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I made a simple peach and berry cobbler with some fruit that I stored in the freezer during summer. The dough is simple and rustic, not too buttery to keep it light and balanced for a good and not too heavy after-meal. I tried it with just kefir before, but it ends up being too wet and not good. So, I suggest using a little butter to make sure it cooks trough better.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I also made some millet vanilla milk pudding with red currants as a decoration. This was kept in the refrigerator until the day after, which was the weekend, and we were finally able to have lunch together. I truly loved this pudding: sweet and conforting, with berries eaten between one spoonful and the other. Fun and simple. As many things in life should be.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Red Currant and Mackerel Salad (serves 1):&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;mixed greens (for me, green and purple fall lettuce)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 (about 90 gr) canned natural mackerel, drained&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;handful of red currants&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T sweet corn&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T raspberry vinegar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T extra virgin olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 T lemon juice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;pinch of salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Make the vinaigrette putting the last four ingredients in a little jar, close with the lid and shake well, until combined. Wash greens and berries, drain, arrange them into a medium salad bowl, add corn and finally, the mackerel in little pieces. Season with the vinaigrette, stir well to coat all the greens. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6152359115/" title="peach and berry cobbler di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="peach and berry cobbler" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6185/6152359115_418bab38a6_o.jpg" width="677" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Peach and Berries Cobbler (serves 4)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;For the Filling:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 peach, cut into pieces&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 cups mixed berries (fresh or frozen)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup raw cane sugar (muscovado)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 tsp rice starch&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 T lemon juice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;For the Biscuits:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup spelt flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup oat flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp aluminum-free baking powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 teaspoon baking soda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup kefir&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 T cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 T raw cane sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Preheat the oven to 400°F. In a medium bowl, combine all the ingredients of the filling until starch and sugar are dissolved. Set aside. In another bowl, mix flours, baking powder and baking soda. Cut in the butter and work it with you hands until the mixture looks like coarse flour meal. Add sugar, then kefir. Mix all the ingredients using a rubber spatula.Tranfer the fruit mixture into a baking dish, making sure to clean all the liquid from the bowl. Spoon the batter in big blobs on top of the fruit. Bake 35-40 minutes. Serve warm, with ice-cream or frozen yogurt if you like. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6144818294/" title="millet pudding di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="millet pudding" height="1000" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6154/6144818294_3c709b3124_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Millet Vanilla Pudding&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;(serves 4):&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup millet&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;8 cups whole milk&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 vanilla pod&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 T sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;red currants, to decorate.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Cook the millet in 2 cups water until it is tender and the water is absorbed. Add milk and keep cooking, stirring from time to time to avoid burning the bottom of the pudding. Half way trough the cooking, add the vanilla seeds and the sugar. Cook for about 10 minutes, until creamy. Remove from the heat and let chill before serving. If you see that it absorbed too much liquid when it comes to serving it, add just a little more milk and stir well. Decorate with red currants and the vanilla pod.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6144818732/" title="red currants for pudding di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="red currants for pudding" height="1002" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6209/6144818732_2edca85536_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Ci sono giorni in cui tutto ciò che vorrei è un pranzo per due e una passeggiata nel parco col sole del pomeriggio. Da quando io e J. non lavoriamo più insieme, e lui va da tutt'altra parte, non riusciamo più a pranzare insieme. La cosa è davvero nuova per me, non sono abituata a sedermi a tavola da sola, non mi è mai piaciuto. Così finisce che divento sempre peggio, mi metto a mangiare direttamente dalla pentola o dalla padella, sempre che cucini qualcosa. Spesso, se son da sola mi passa proprio la fame. In ogni caso, cucinare a pranzo sta diventando sempre più raro. Di solito, risolvo il problema con un'insalata, pane e un frutto per dolce.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Poi, certo, J. alla sera torna, e così tra una cosa e l'altra si cucina sempre qualcosa insieme, si apre una bottiglia di vino e si chiacchiera sulla giornata appena passata. La voglia di cucinare torna sempre al calar della sera. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ho fatto un'insalata con gli ultimi ribes della stagione. Quei fruttini rossi riescono sempre e comunque a strapparmi un sorriso anche con l'umore più nero. Devo dire che è stata una piacevole scoperta quella dell'abbinamento con lo sgombro al naturale: acidità più sapidità, uniti a un po' di mais dolce e uno spruzzo di aceto di lamponi ne ha fatto un mix di sapori niente male. Un po' di pane, un bicchiere di karkadé, un frutto e il pranzo era già bell'e finito. Eh.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Subito dopo, ho iniziato a pensare a cosa potevo fare per cena. Volevo qualcosa che fosse piccolo eppure che rendesse ogni sera ogni pasto insieme, come una piccola festa, qualcosa di cui essere felici. Mi sono messa a fare un dolce.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6152904596/" title="peach and berry cobbler di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="peach and berry cobbler" height="971" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6152904596_caac73e766_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ho fatto un semplice &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;cobbler&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; con frutti di bosco e pesche che avevo messo in freezer e conservato per quando ce ne fossero stati di meno. La crosta è gustosa e non troppo burrosa, solo il giusto, tanto per non farne un dessert troppo pesante, che si sa, a cena non sta bene. Ho provato anche a farlo tutto con kefir e senza burro ma non funziona, l'impasto non si cuoce bene e rimane colloso a contatto con la frutta. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6144266211/" title="millet grains di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="millet grains" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/6144266211_5f2f9e3b17_o.jpg" width="663" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Infine, ho fatto un pudding di miglio e latte con la vaniglia, e con i ribes rossi come accompagnamento. Questo era destinato al pranzo del giorno dopo, mangiato freddo, finalmente insieme, finalmente il weekend era arrivato. Mi è davvero piaciuto: dolce e cremoso, con un tocco di acidino dati dai ribes sbocconcellati tra una cucchiaiata e l'altra. Semplice e divertente: come molte cose, nella vita, dovrebbero essere.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Insalata di Ribes Rossi e Sgombro (serves 1):&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;lattuga mista (fio ho usato quella autunnale)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 scatoletta di sgombro al naturale, sgocciolata&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;una manciata di ribes rossi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchiai di mais dolce&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di aceto di lamponi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio olio evo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cucchiaio succo di limone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;pizzico di sale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Preparare il condimento mettento aceto, olio, sale e limone in un vasetto con coperchio, chiudere e agitare finché tutto non si sia emulsionato bene. Lavare e mondate la lattuga, dispola su una terrina, aggiungere i ribes e il mais, infine lo sgombro a pezzetti. Condire e servire.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cobbler di Pesche e Frutti di Bosco (per 4)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Per il ripieno:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 pesca, tagliata a pezzetti&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 cups di frutti di bosco (freschi o congelati)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup zucchero muscovado&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchiai di acqua&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 cucchiaini di amido di riso&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di succo di limone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Per la copertura:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup farina di farro&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup farina d'avena&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaino di lievito per dolci&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cucchino di bicarbonato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup di kefir&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchai di burro freddo a pezzetti&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 cucchiai di zucchero muscovado&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Scaldare il forno a 200°F. In una terrina, mettere insieme tutti gli ingredienti del ripieno,&amp;nbsp; mescolare finché non si sia disciolto l'amido e lo zuccero. In un'altra terrina, rompere il burro nella farina con le dita, aggiungere lievito e bicarbonato e mescolare bene. Aggiungere quindi prima lo zucchero e poi il kefir. Mescolare bene. Trasferire la frutta su una tortiera o una pirofila, livellare bene, quindi iniziare a distribuire il composto di farina a cucchiaiate sulla frutta (il più incasinato è meglio è), finché non sarà esaurito.Cuocere per 35-40 minuti, servire tiepido. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pudding&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;di Miglio alla Vaniglia (per 4):&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cupdi miglio&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;8 cups latte fresco intero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 bacca di vaniglia &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 cucchiai di zucchero &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;ribes rossi, per decorare&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Cuocere il miglio in due cup di acqua finché non sarà tenero e l'acqua si sarà assorbita. Aggiungere quindi il latte e continuare a cuocere, mescolando di tanto in tanto per evitare che si attacchi. Aggiungere i semi della bacca di vaniglia e lo zucchero. Cuocere finché non sarà morbido e cremoso, ma non dovrà essersi assorbito tutto il liquido. Lasciar raffreddare e mettere poi nel frigo. Se al momento di consumarlo sarà troppo denso, aggiungere poco latte e mescolare finché non otterrà la consistenza che più vi piace. Decorare con i ribes e la bacca di vaniglia. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-4195410344128802449?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/09/on-red-currants-part-2-sui-ribes-rossi.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-8571767182507886001</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-15T15:02:08.326+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fruit</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sweets</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">figs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fichi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cake</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">autunno</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fall</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">light</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dessert</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">torte</category><title>Easy Light Fig Cake -- Torta Facile Leggera ai Fichi</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6080350951/" title="figs di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="figs" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6200/6080350951_c12719a6c5_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I miss having a fig tree. I was used to have one in grandma's garden, along with a cherry tree, a plum tree and a beautiful vegetable garden featuring squash, strawberries, concorde grapes, tomatoes, green beans and more.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Even though I live in a town blessed with amazing food and produce coming from local farmers, I still miss having something that is mine. The problem is that I haven't been living in a place long enough to have the chance to grow something on my own --not even a small terrace garden. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;So, when I went home for my holidays a few weeks ago, one of the first things I did was picking as many as a could from the tree and eating them still warm and sunkissed. Full and satisfied, I brought the rest inside for some easy and quick baking --no one want to spend too much time inside when the sun shines and the bikes are ready to go, right?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6080352513/" title="slice -- fig cake di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="slice -- fig cake" height="1001" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6071/6080352513_243f26be18_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;I made the most simple and light cake --basic ingredients  and almost no fats. Just something good and fullfilling for the  breakfasts to come. J. liked it, and so did my family. I also offered it  to two friends visiting for coffee break, and they appreciated the  light consistency and the fruitness --just what you want when the  temperature rises. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6080347629/" title="figs di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="figs" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6080347629_7eb94aa50d.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6119061551/" title="dandelions di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dandelions" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6119061551_29d94d786a.jpg" width="329" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;The rest of the time, we went more fig picking, then for a bike ride and a walk. We spent many days at the beach, too. What happend all the time, though, is that we were coming home just hungry enough to fancy a little snack. A slice of cake and a glass of iced tea has been a good way to fill our bellies until dinner time. I suggest to serve it with some dusting sugar and a scoop of yogurt gelato. It can make your day. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6080352273/" title="fig cake di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fig cake" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6080352273_0590ca9b28_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Easy Light Fig Cake&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;250 g. all-pourpose flour&lt;br /&gt;
120 g. raw cane sugar&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 cup whole milk (raw/organic is better)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;8 figs, cut into four parts&lt;br /&gt;
3 free-range eggs, devided&lt;br /&gt;
2 tsp baking powder&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 tsp vanilla extract &lt;br /&gt;
zest of 1/2 lemon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Preheat the oven to 180°C. In a large bowl, whisk yolks with sugar until you get a frothy mixture. Add lemon zest, vanilla and flour and keep whisking until the batter becomes smooth and well-combined. Add milk and then the baking powder, mix well. In a small bowl, beat egg whites until firm peaks form. Incorporate them to the mixture with gentle movements from the botton to the top. Pour the batter into a greased 22-cm spring pan.&amp;nbsp; Distribute fig slices on the batter in a circular way. Cook for 45 minutes or until cooked through (toothpick proof!). Let cool completely before serving. Dust with icing sugar if you like. Serve alone or with ice-cream. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;-------------------------------------°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°-----------------------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6080887336/" title="figs di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="figs" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6080887336_145c6949db_o.jpg" width="625" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Mi manca il mio albero di fichi. A dire il vero, mi manca anche quello di ciliegie e di prunge, e stesso dicasi per l'orto con tutto il suo ben di Dio.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Per carità, mica c'è da lamentarsi, qui a Bra ci sono dei mercati meravigliosi e trovi tutto quello che vuoi. Quello che mi manca è cogliere le cose, averle di mio. Ahimè, il tipo di vita che sto conducendo al momento non mi permette nemmeno di avere le erbe aromatiche in terrazzo, figuriamoci alberi da frutto e orti!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Abbiamo un albero di pere nel cortile della nuova casa, però. Credo ci farò grandi cose. Ma non è comunque mio. E non sono fichi.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Quando sono andata a casa quest'estate ho fatto una scorpacciata indicibile di fichi. Una volta piena fino all'orlo, ho portato il resto del cestino in casa per farci una torta.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Volevo un dolce che fosse semplice e leggero, per poter andare a braccetto con le temperature torride e la voglia di stare all'aperto più che a spignattare.&amp;nbsp; E così, ho fatto questo dolce, veloce e quasi senza grassi, perfetto per la colazione o la merenda dopo i giri in bici e le passeggiate. Magari con un bel bicchiere di tè freddo e una pallina di gelato allo yogurt a lato. Più una spolverata di zucchero a velo, che non guasta mai.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6080891634/" title="figs di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="figs" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6209/6080891634_4472dfc428.jpg" width="332" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6080888938/" title="slice -- fig cake di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="slice -- fig cake" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6080888938_3e1451168d.jpg" width="345" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Torta Facile Leggera ai Fichi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;250 g. di farina 00&lt;br /&gt;
120 g. di zucchero grezzo di canna (dulcita)&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 bicchiere di latte intero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;8 fichi&lt;br /&gt;
3 uova codice 0, tuorli e albumi separati&lt;br /&gt;
1 bustina di lievito non vanigliato&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 cucchiaino di estratto naturale di vaniglia &lt;br /&gt;
la scorza di 1/2 limone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Scaldare il forno a 180°C. Sbattere i  tuorli con lo zucchero finché non si ottiene un mix&amp;nbsp;  morbido e spumoso, quindi aggiungere la scorza di limone grattugiata, la vaniglia e la farina e continuare a  lavorare con la frusta finché non otterrete un impasto liscio. &lt;b style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Aggiungere il latte ed infine &lt;/b&gt;il lievito e amalgamare tutto per bene. A parte montate i bianchi d'uovo a neve ferma, uniteli qundi all'impasto cercando di non smontarli, con movimenti circolari dal basso verso l'alto. &lt;b style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Versate il tutto il una teglia a cerniera di 22 cm di diametro, imburrata. &lt;/b&gt;Tagliate ora i fichi in 4 spicchi ciascuno, togliete la buccia e disponeteli a spirale sulla torta. Cuocere in forno caldo per 45 minuti. Quando sarà raffredata, potete cospargere la torta di zucchero a velo.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-8571767182507886001?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/09/easy-light-fig-cake-torta-facile.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6080347629_7eb94aa50d_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-216932314584336352</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-12T15:12:56.714+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">colazione</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pancakes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pancake</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kefir</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">banana</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ricotta</category><title>Ricotta Pancakes with Banana Maple Topping || Pancakes alla Ricotta con Banane e Sciroppo d'Acero</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6111797620/" title="Ricotta Banana Pancakes di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Ricotta Banana Pancakes" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6064/6111797620_053e0afe11_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I once heard someone saying that bananas were made to become bread --or muffins. On this, I couldn't agree more.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Sometimes, however, I wake up late (oh lovely weekends!) and don't have any banana bread or muffins waiting for me on the kitchen counter. Busy week days didn't give me time even for baking something small...Or for grocery shopping. No muesli in the jar, no yogurt...All I have is a fridge with a couple bananas, some half-eaten ricotta, and a couple eggs. I needed an idea for something quick and delicious and possibly featuring bananas. They were really ripe...Really really.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;I found out that bananas were created to top pancakes, too. They really were. I haven't proved myself that they are good into the pancake batter, yet. But on top, omg, they are delicious.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Let me tell you about this banana-maple glaze. &lt;b&gt;Vermont grade A pure maple syrup&lt;/b&gt; plus good (&lt;b&gt;fair trade&lt;/b&gt;) &lt;b&gt;bananas&lt;/b&gt; simply cooked for a few minutes in a hot skillet. Easy. This is just the glaze.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;For the pancake batter, I used local fresh &lt;b&gt;ricotta cheese&lt;/b&gt;. Ricotta traditionally comes from the South of Italy, and is made either with cow, water buffalo, sheep or goat milk. It is usually made with the whey but it can also be made with whole milk. Piedmont (where I live) is known for other kind of cheeses: robiola, castelmagno, raschera etc. Often times, though, cheesemakers use their whey to make ricotta as well. I am sure that some ricotta cheeses made in the South trutly taste different. But for my daily food consumption and recipes I always try to &lt;b&gt;go local&lt;/b&gt;. I found a lovely ricotta made close-by and I will stick to this as much as I can. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Back to the pancakes. &lt;b&gt;Ricotta&lt;/b&gt; plus &lt;b&gt;kefir&lt;/b&gt; plus &lt;b&gt;whole wheat flour&lt;/b&gt; --these the core ingredients. They go very well together, and they fill your belly with something warm, good and not too heavy. You really feel full of energies, you really want to go for a walk, a bike ride, a swim. I went grocery shopping, instead, because it's the best time to go: when you ate and you are happy. Never go with empty belly --it's dangerous. Plus, my refrigerator was really empty. I went on foot, though. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ricotta Pancakes with Banana Maple Topping (serves 4)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;For the pancake batter&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup raw can sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 free-range eggs, separated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 1/2 cup kefir&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3/4 cup fresh ricotta cheese&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 1/2 tsp aluminum-free baking powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;For the topping&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 bananas, sliced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup pure maple syrup&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Extra maple syrup, for serving&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Butter or ghee for greasing the pan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except egg whites. Beat egg whites until firm peaks form, then incorporate them to the pancake batter with gentle movements from the botton to the top. Refrigerate the mixture up to 15 minutes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;In the meantime, warm maple syrup in a medium-size skillet over medium fire. Stir in sliced bananas and cook for two or three minutes, until caramelized.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Heat a medium skillet over medium fire and melt a small piece of butter or ghee. Poor 2 T of pancake batter at a time. Cook on one side, and when bubbles start to form on the surface, flip it with a spatula. Cook on the other side until light brown. Repeat until you finish your ingredients.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Top with the banana-maple glaze and serve with extra maple syrup. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;----------------------------------------°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°-----------------------------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Una volta qualcuno ha detto che le banane son state create per farci il &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/01/banana-bread-my-way.html"&gt;banana bread&lt;/a&gt;, o al massimo i &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/03/wholesome-banana-muffins.html"&gt;banana muffins&lt;/a&gt;. E mica si può dargli torto!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Capita sempre più spesso, però, che mi svegli tardi il weekend e che di banana bread o muffins non ci sia neanche l'ombra. Le settimane sempre più piene mi lasciano poco tempo per sfornamenti, o anche solo per andare a fare la spesa. Giro gli occhi sul barattolo del muesli...Vuoto. E niente yogurt, pure. Tutto quello che c'è in frigo consta di un paio di banana extra-mature (come detto &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/06/banana-coconut-pecan-muffins-muffin.html"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;, non mancano mai) e un rimasuglio di ricotta. Magari un paio di uova, se va bene. Avevo bisogno di idee per la colazione, idee che avessero dentro le banane (no, non c'è da ridere!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;E fu così che scoprii come le &lt;b&gt;banane&lt;/b&gt; fossero state fatte anche per ricoprire una montagna di &lt;b&gt;pancakes&lt;/b&gt;. Ancora non ho provato a capire se sono buone anche dentro i pancakes, ma sopra ci stanno sicuramente che è una divinità.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Parliamo un secondo della &lt;b&gt;glassa&lt;/b&gt; che mi son inventata: &lt;b&gt;sciroppo d'acero&lt;/b&gt; classe A del Vermont e banane mature e zuccherine (&lt;b&gt;fair trade&lt;/b&gt;, mi raccomando!) semplicemente tuffate dentro quando lo sciroppo nella padella è caldo. Due salti e un finale carpiato sopra i pancakes fumanti. Eh si. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Per l'impasto dei pancakes, ho usato &lt;b&gt;ricotta km 0&lt;/b&gt; dello spacciatore braidese di fiducia. Lo so che forse quella del Sud è più buona-autentica ecc ecc, ma io, quando posso, vado di cibo locale. Soprattutto se è roba buona, e questa ricotta lo è davvero. Dicevo, ricotta più &lt;b&gt;kefir&lt;/b&gt; (il mio nuovo amore, già visto &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/08/spelt-kefir-pancakes-with-blueberry.html"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/07/raspberry-ricotta-scones-scones-ricotta.html"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;) più farina integrale, per continuare sulla mia linea "integrale è meglio".&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;La combinazione è davvero &lt;b&gt;buona, nutriente e saziante&lt;/b&gt;. Ci si sente pieni ma non appesantiti, direi più saltellanti e pieni d'energia: vien proprio voglia di andare a fare una passeggiata, un giro in bici, una nuotata. Io, dal canto mio, son andara a fare la spesa (a piedi), perché si sa, è sempre meglio andare a stomaco pieno (e poi che mi sarei mangiata per pranzo, altrimenti?).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pancakes alla&amp;nbsp; ricotta con banane e sciroppo d'acero (dosi per 4 persone)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Per i pancakes&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup e 1/2 di farina di grano tenero integrale&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup di zucchero di canna grezzo (muscovado o demerara)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;4 uova codice 0, tuorli e albumi separati&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 1/2 cup di kefir (o yogurt magro naturale, in mancanza)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3/4 cup di ricotta fresca&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 1/2 cucchiaino (teaspoon) di polvere lievitante (senza alluminio)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Per la glassa&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 banane a fettine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cup di sciroppo d'acero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Burro o ghee per la padella&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Sciroppo d'acero per servire&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Mettete insieme tutti gli ingredienti dei pancakes tranne i bianchi d'uovo, che dovranno essere montati a neve ferma ed incorporati successivamente al resto dell'impasto con movimenti delicati dal basso verso l'alto. Mettete quindi la pastella in frigo per 15 minuti.&lt;br /&gt;
Nel frattempo&amp;nbsp; fate la glassa: scaldate lo sciroppo d'acero in una padella e quando caldo, tuffateci le fette di banana. Fate caramellare a fuoco medio per un paio di minuti, quindi spegnere il fuoco e tenere in caldo.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Per i pancakes, prendere una padella antiaderente medio-grande e fateci sciogliere un pezzetto di burro o ghee. Versare la pastella due cucchiai alla volta e cuocere il pancake da un lato finchè non si formano grosse bolle in superficie, quindi girarlo con una spatola e cuocere dall'altro lato finché non è bello dorato. Ripetere fino alla fine degli ingredienti.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Servire con la glassa sopra e con altro sciroppo d'acero a parte. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Italian summer fare is amazing. Big red juicy tomatoes, firm colorful bell peppers, huge black or violet aubergines. It just makes me feel so good...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Sometimes, I just eat those vegetables in the easiest way possible, just chopped and quckly sautéed with good olive oil and salt, other times simply raw on crusty bread or in salads.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Many times, however, I feel more inspired. I feel like I want to explore different flavors and combinations, using local vegetables in exotic ways.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;With the couple of aubergines I bought at the farmers'market, I made baba ganoush. I missed that flavor since my friend from Sydney left Italy to travel around the world. She was the first one to introduce me to this dish and to teach me how to make it. I loved her baba ganoush from the very first bite on crusty pita.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"It's so easy", she said. "All you need are good ingredients: good aubergines, good tahini, good olive oil".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;So, one day, I tried to make it myself, following her instructions. I used mortar and pestle to enjoy the moment even more. I was quite happy with the result, but still: she must have a magic touch. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/5817080267/" title="pita sandwich di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pita sandwich" height="991" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5314/5817080267_0d457ff775_o.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;The &lt;i&gt;tic tic tic&lt;/i&gt; noise of my mortar-peste work lead J. in the kitchen, half curious half annoyed, but fully hungry.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;"This is what we're having for dinner?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
"No, there's pita dough rising on the counter...We can make Middle-Eastern sandwiches!", I entusiastically said. I am always excited about trying new things.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Pita bread were cooking in the oven while I was finalizing the aubergine sauce. J. was chopping some feta cheese. Dinner was ready --and it was good.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Baba Ganoush&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 aubergines, cut into halves&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 cloves of garlic, cut into small pieces&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 cup tahini&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1tsp salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp ground cumin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2T lemon juice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1T olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 bunch of parsley &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Preheat the oven to 200°C. Place the aubergines skin down on a baking sheet and bake until very tender. Dig the pulp out of the skin and transfer it into a food processor (or in a mortar for more fun), add lemon juice, salt, garlic and tahini. Purée all ingredients until you get a pretty smooth texture. Season with cumin, olive oil and parley.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;We ate it on crostini, with pita chips or in a pita sandwich (the same I used &lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/04/lentil-burgers-with-pita-bread-and.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) with crumbled feta, lettuce and more parsley. Delicious. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;-----------------------------------°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°-------------------------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;La ricetta in Italiano&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;nota: le misure usate sono quelle standard di volume (cups/tablespoons/teaspoons)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Baba Ganoush&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 melanzane grandi, tagliate a metà&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1/2 tazza di tahini (pasta di semi di sesamo)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaio di olio evo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;3 spicchi d'aglio tagliati a pezzetti&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaino di sale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;1 cucchiaino di cumino in polvere&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;2 cucchiai di succo di limone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;prezzemolo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Infornare le melanzane a 200°C posizionandole buccia in giù su una placca da forno. Cuocere fino a che non saranno molto tenere. Scavare la polpa e buttare la buccia, trasferire tutto nel mixer (o nel mortaio se siete volenterose come me :)), condire con sale, succo di limone, aglio e il tahini. Frullare tutto fino ad ottenere una consistenza cremosa. Condire con olio, cumino e prezzemolo.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Noi l'abbiamo mangiato in un pita sandwich (il pane è lo stesso di &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/04/lentil-burgers-with-pita-bread-and.html" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;questo post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;) con feta, lattuga e altro prezzemolo --deliziosa!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/341/FEFDF055084D4D72B4EFB446BBB486C7.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3963307969933107468-4658641413148117741?l=mylifelovefood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mylifelovefood.blogspot.com/2011/09/making-baba-ganoush-come-fare-il-baba.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Valeria)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3963307969933107468.post-1502769162260296297</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-02T21:54:43.514+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">contorni</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">insalate</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">salads</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">watermelon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">anguria</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vegetariano</category><title>Watermelon Cucumber salad || Insalata d'anguria e cetrioli</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breadandbreakfast/6045421250/" title="cucumber watermelon salad di breadandbreakfast, su Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="cucumber watermelon salad" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6045421250_b0abffb01b_b.jpg" width="680" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;When days are still warm and bright, salads appear on my lunch table.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Light and fresh, easy to prepare, colorful. Nothing fancy but rather quick, efficient and new every day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;On their stands, farmers are still selling the best of summer fare: tomatoes, bell peppers, peaches. Huge watermelon next to tiny blueberries. I couldn't resist buying the last watermelon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;So one day, my palate led me to &lt;b&gt;dice&lt;/b&gt; some &lt;b&gt;watermelon&lt;/b&gt; and to mix it with a &lt;b&gt;sliced cucumber&lt;/b&gt; --brought back from summer holidays, from my grandpa's garden. The result was hydrating and flavorful. I just added a &lt;b&gt;handful of peppery rocket&lt;/b&gt; for a little boost and seasoned all with &lt;b&gt;salt, pepper, olive oil&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;No fuss
