Italian pasta recipes for summer: tagliatelle with tuna

Here for you a new pasta recipe easy to prepare and with a key ingredient: tuna . Ingredients: 400 tagliatelle; canned tuna; 1 onion; 2 garlic cloves; ½ cup white wine; 12 cup heavy cream; 1 red pepper; 1 zucchini; parsley; basil; paprika; oil; salt and pepper. Preparation: brown garlic and onion in a little oil, add the sliced red pepper and the zucchini and season with paprika, salt and pepper and cook until golden. Next throw in the tuna, pour in the wine and then add parsley and basi

Italian recipes: cold pasta with zucchini and pecorino cheese

Here ‘s a cold pasta dish that will keep you trim. Take a pen and write down the recipe : Ingredients: two carrots; 1 courgette or zucchini; 1 onion; pecorino cheese ; 200 g spaghetti; oil; salt and pepper. Brown the onion and in the meanwhile chop the carrots and zucchini, throw them in and stir for a while. Next remove from the heat and leave it to cool. Boil the spaghetti, drain it and add the vegetables, oil, salt and pepper. When the spaghetti is cold, sprinkle abundantly with Parmesa

Tasty pasta recipes: spinach and ricotta with beef and tomato

This yummy pasta recipe is made with meat, cream and tomato sauce, with some added ricotta. Ricotta is such a versatile milk product; it can be sweet or savoury and used in everything from ricotta cakes to salads and more. This recipe requires: 200 grams of bow-tie pasta (farfalle), 400 grams of spinach, a small onion, parlsey, minced beef, cream, 100 grams of ricotta, nutmeg, tomato pulp, two eggs, salt and pepper. For a little touch of taste to the spinach, keep some grated parmesan cheese

Onion and Tomato Focaccia

A few days ago, I watching an episode of Lidia's Italy, on PBS. Lidia was making an amazing Onion Tomato Focaccia and it looked so good that I just had to have a piece - now!!! So since that wasn't going to happen, I decided to make it right after the show ended. The focaccia was quite simple and quick to make. The dough is made using a food processor; there are two dough risings. Meanwhile I prepared the onion and cherry tomato topping. I also added bocconcini and fresh basil. The Onion

Roman recipes: Gladiator emmer soup

Today we have a very old recipe handed down over the generations. It was the soup that gladiators used to eat before facing the enemy in the arena. Ingredients: 500 g emmer; 150 g fresh pock rind; 100 g pork cheek; 1 or 2 garlic cloves; 1 onion; 400 g tomatoes; celery; parsley; marjoram; grated pecorino cheese; salt and pepper. Preparation; soak the emmer in cold water and then drain. Next wash the pock rind (use cold water), boil it for a couple of minutes and remove from the heat. Ne

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