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Monday, May 01, 2006

 

Lobsters with Pink Grapefruit - Antipasto

Gamberi al pompelmo rosa

An unusual recipe for a fresh and tasty appetizer!

INGREDIENTS (for 4 people)

200 g of Lobsters
2 Pink grapefruits
3 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
100 g Salad (rocket or lettuce)
25 ml of White wine
Salt
Pepper
8 Sweet cherry tomatoes

PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes

COOKING TIME: 15 minutes

WINE: Fuga Chardonnay (White Wine)

DIFFICULTY: easy

PREPARATION
Wash dry and peel the lobsters. Squeeze 1 pink grapefruit and peel the other in order to obtain only the pulp. Wash and dry the salad and the tomatoes. In a pan heat the extra virgin olive oil, add the lobsters, season with salt and pepper and let them brown. Add the grapefruit juice, the pulp of 1/2 grapefruit and the white wine at the lobsters, let it reduce and simmer for about 10 minutes.
Gamberi al pompelmo rosa
At the end of the cooking must remain a sort of sauce.
Place some salad, 2 - 3 pieces of pulp of grapefruit in a soup plate .
Gamberi al pompelmo rosa
Add the lobsters and garnish with 2 sweet cherry tomatoes.
This is the result:
Gamberi al pompelmo rosaBUON APPETITO!

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Lasagne with Ragù - Primo

Lasagne al ragù

This is a typical italian dish!
Very delicious!

INGREDIENTS (for 4 people)

Pasta (for Lasagne)
200 g of Minced meat of pork
1/2 of Onion
3 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
700 g of Tomato pulp or tomato puree (as you prefer)
50 g of Butter
500 ml of Milk
2 Tablespoon of flour
Some Nutmeg
Salt

PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes

COOKING TIME: 45 minutes

DIFFICULTY: medium

WINE: Volpolicella DOC (Red wine)

PREPARATION
Wash, peel and chop the onion. In a pan heat the extra virgin olive oil, add chopped onion and let them brown. Now add the minced meat of pork and cook for about 5 minutes until the meat is golden. Then add the tomato pulp, some salt and simmer for about 10-15 minutes.
Lasagne al ragù
Now it's time to prepare some besciamella! In a pan melt the butter, then add the flour and mix. Add some milk, little by little, and continue to mix until you obtain a kind of cream. Pay attention not to make lumps. Then add the rest of the milk, a pinch of salt and some nutmeg. Let the mixture simmer while continuing to stir, until the mixture thickens.
Lasagne al ragù
When the besciamella and the tomato sauce are ready, spread the surface of a baking pan with 2-3 tablespoons of besciamella, and then make a layer with pasta, spread with 2-3 tablespoons of tomato sauce and with 2-3 tablespoons of besciamella. Continue in this way until the baking pan is full (make about 4-5 layers).
Lasagne al ragù
Bake for about 30 minutes until the surface golden.
This is the result:
Lasagne al ragù
BUON APPETITO!

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