Fusilli with Bacon and Scamorza

This is a delicious first course made with bacon and smoked Scamorza, a typical Italian cheese in particular in the southern part of Italy. Scamorza and bacon together are very good. Believe me!


INGREDIENTS (for 4 people):
400 g of Giant Fusilli
100 of Bacon in cubes
30 g of Butter
150 g of Smoked scamorza (Italian Cheese)
200 ml of Cream
Salt
Black pepper

PREPARATION TIME: 5 minutes

COOKING TIME: 15 minutes

WINE: Colli orientali del Friuli - Rosazzo rosso Doc (Red Wine)

PREPARATION
Let salted water boil for fusilli. In the meantime prepare the sauce in this way: place in a pan the butter and the cubes of bacon and let them brown.

Then add the cream and let it simmer for about 5 minutes.

Cut the scamorza in cubes.

When the water boils add the fusilli


and let them cook as indicated on the pack.
When fusilli are ready, drain and put them on the pan of the sauce together with the scamorza. Mix all together in order to melt the scamorza.

If you want you can sprinkle with some Parmesan: Serve hot!
This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!

Rice with Speck and Scamorza

This recipe is for a first course made of rice, Scamorza (Italian cheese) and speck. This dish is typical of the winter period.


INGREDIENTS (for 2 people)

160 g of Rice
1/2 Vegetable stock-cube
1/4 of Onion
Extra virgin olive oil
100 g of Speck
100 g of Scamorza (Italian Cheese)
Parmesan

PREPARATION TIME: 10 min

COOKING TIME: 15-18 minutes

DIFFICULTY: medium

WINE: Alto Adige Schiava (Red wine)

PREPARATION
Prepare broth with water and ½ stock-cube vegetable in a pot.
Peel and chop the onion and cut the speck into cubes.
Heat extra virgin olive oil, put in it the chopped onion and the cubes of speck and wait until they get brown. Add rice and make it roast.

Start to add 1 ladle of hot broth stirring until it is absorbed continue in this way, adding ladles of hot broth, for about 15-20 minutes.

At the end of the cooking the rice must be slightly firm to the teeth.
In the meantime cut Scamorza (Italian cheese) into thin slices and make a layer on the bottom of a platter.

When rice is cooked add it to scamorza. Serve hot together with some Parmesan if desired.
This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!