Saturday, August 31, 2013

Italian Chicken Cacciatore with Sage and Prosciutto

Preparation time: 40 minutes. Serves 4 people (depending on the size of the chicken)


This is a yummy, typically-Italian variation of the famous Pollo alla Cacciatora recipe. The recipe is also extremely easy and fast to prepare - you will only need few minutes and then let it cook for 30 minutes!







Ingredients:

- 1 free-range Chicken or chopped free-range chicken pieces
- 100 gr Parma ham
- half glass red wine
- sage, rosemary, E-V olive oil, onion


Take a saucepan, add 7 tbsp E-V olive oil and 2 garlic cloves with their skin and put it over medium-low heat. Add the chicken pieces and continue cooking, stirring them about so as to brown all sides (5 minutes per side).


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Once the ten minutes is up stir the wine into the pot and cook over a brisk flame until the wine evaporates. Dust with freshly ground pepper and salt on each side of the meat. 

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When the wine has evaporated (i.e. when you don't smell alcohol in the air anymore), add the chopped herbs (8 leaves of sage and some rosemary) and the chopped ham (see pictures).

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Mix well, cover, reduce the flame to a low simmer, and cook for 30 minutes, stirring, over a low flame until the meat is fork tender; should things look like they're beginning to stick down, add a little water. 

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The dish is ready. This is what I call a mouth-watering recipe: the fat of the chicken melts with the fried and crunchy Parma ham making the perfect sauce... yes, yes, yes!

Try it now!

Friday, August 23, 2013

Mascarpone Amaretti Cups

Preparation time: 20 minutes. Serves 6 people (depending on the size of the cups)

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It's time for a nice yummy dessert - easy to make, absolutely delicious to taste! I would recommend to prepare it for an after lunch or dinner.

You will only need:

- 150 gr Mascarpone cheese
- 100 gr Icing Sugar
- 3 eggs
Shaved dark chocolate
- Some brandy
- Amaretti biscuits





Mix the egg yolks with the icing sugar (ops, sorry for the wrong sugar in the picture!) until you obtain a creamy light mixture. Add the Mascarpone and mix a bit more.

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In another bowl, mix the egg whites until they reach a somewhat firm peak. When your egg whites get fluffy...STOP! If you overbeat them, they will liquify again. Then Shave the dark chocolate as shown below.

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Add the whipped whites and the shaved dark chocolate to the creamy mixture previously prepared. Gently stir with a spatula from the bottom to the top of the bowl, so that the whipped whites don't liquify.

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Your cream is ready!

Add the cookies to a medium bowl and stir in the brandy or any other dessert liquor (just until moistened, you don't want them soggy). It's time to get a cup or a glass. Divide the Amaretti into the bottom of 6 glasses (4-5 Amaretti per glass). Add the cream and top with a roughly shaved dark chocolate. Believe me, this is as good as a well-prepared Tiramisu'!

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Can it get better than this?