Saturday, 27 October 2007

Cooking, cooking, cooking

I believe to have an inborn attraction for frangrances, flavours, shapes and colors; that's probably the reason why cooking is one of my favourite activities.
I love reading food blogs and get some inspiration for my dishes or try an irresistible recipe! Today I got my inspiration from the first food blog I ever read: roberta's cucino ma non troppo.

I will post my recipes both in english and italian in order to make them available to all my friends!


FRITTELLE DI ZUCCHINE or ZUCCHINI FLAPJACKS

The first recipe is a reproduction of roberta's "frittelle di zucchine"; they are very easy to cook and need just a few ingredients.

2 small courgettes/2 piccole zucchine
1 egg/1 uovo
4 spoons flour/4 cucchiai farina 00
baking powder/lievito
milk/latte
salt/sale
olive oil/ olio di oliva

- Grate the courgettes (use the big holes)
- Sift the flour and a pinch of baking powder into a middle-seized bowl
- Add the egg and mix well
- Add some milk stirring continuously until a soft, dense cream
- Put the grated courgettes into the cream and mix
- In a shallow pan, fry spoonfuls of compound into hot olive oil until crispy
- Serve hot with a pinch of salt!

- Grattugiare le zucchine (utilizzando i fori grossi della grattugia)
- Setacciare la farina e un pizzico di lievito in una ciotola di media grandezza
- Aggiungere l'uovo e mescolare
- Aggiungere il latte mescolando continuamente fino ad ottenere una crema soffice e densa
- Versare le zucchine nel composto e mescolare
- Versare cucchiaiate di composto in olio d'oliva bollente e dorare
- Servirle calde con un pizzico di sale!


POLPETTE DI CARNE CON CUORE FILANTE or CREAMY HEARTED MEATBALLS


The second recipe was inspired from roberta's "polpette di melanzane".

200g chopped beef meet/200g carne trita (manzo)
1 egg/1 uovo
1 potato/1 patata
grated parmesan/parmigiano grattugiato
breadcrumbs/pangrattato
parsley/prezzemolo
fontina cheese (or any melting cheese)/fontina (o formaggio filante a piacere)
salt/sale
pepper/pepe

- Boil a middle-sized potato
- Put the meat and the egg in a middle-sized bowl and mix well
- Add a handful of grated parmesan and a mashed potato, again mix well
- Add a pinch of salt and pepper and a small quantity of minced parsley, in order to obtain a thick dough add some breadcrumbs
- Take a small quantity of dough in the hands and form some meatballs
- It's now time to cut the cheese into small cubes which will be hidden in the middle of the meatballs, cover them with breadcrumbs and fry in hot olive oil.
- Eat as long as the cheese is melted!

- Lessare una patata medio/grande
- In una ciotola lavorare la carne con l'uovo
- Aggiungere una manciata di parmigiano, la patata schiacciata e lavorare bene l'impasto (consiglio di usare le mani)
- Aggiungere un pizzico di sale e pepe e un po' di prezzemolo tritato. Per ottenere un impasto solido aggiungere pangrattato
- Prendere una piccola quantità di impasto nelle mani e formare delle polpette
- Tagliare il formaggio (nel mio caso fontina) a cubetti e nasconderli al centro delle polpette, coprire cn pangrattato e friggere in olio d'oliva.
- Da gustare calde con cuore filante!

1 comment:

Bellalì said...

Bellalì!

I'll try it.

Life is all about food ;)
Paola