How to make the Italian Brusch…
How to make the Italian Bruschetta The Recipe of the original one http://bte.tc/bW9 #OPP
Scallops with cream
Scallops in Cream Sauce Recipe
This is an easy recipe to prepare and makes the scallops tasty. The scallops you find here in the States are very good and not expensive. So i adapted a recipe that i used for similar sea food in Italy.
Ingredients
One pound scallops
One stick butter (4 ounces)
One package (8 ounces) heavy cream
Bread crumbs
A scarce table spoon of pecorino ship cheese
Salt and pepper
Recipe
Wash the scallops carefully. After the washing place the scallops in the butter covered baking dish. Add the cream and cover with a thin layer of bread crumbs pecorino cheese salt and pepper.
Cook for 25 minutes at 350 degrees and than broil until the top becomes crusty and of a brown color. (Look at the photo!) Be careful with the broiler as it can burn the crust very quickly. If this would happen, just take the crust away, add more crumbs and repeat the broiling.
It is easy to prepare small portions, by cooking the scallops in small oven cups, which you could serve as appetizer.
A wine to pare with
After two years in the States I am still not very impressed by California whites. Don’t mistake me, i don’t think that they are bad, but my opinion is that often they are overpriced. Instead i find Finger Lakes Whites interesting especially the one from aromatic grapes. Without making names try for example a Riesling. Staying for sure under the twenty dollars, you can have a wine with intense bouquet long lasting taste and well balanced freshness. This are the kinds of wines i like to serve in the ice basket.
Enjoy Tommaso
Roasted chicken
For this recipe I used a hen but a chicken is also good. This is the typical meal we have usually in families for the Sunday. The important is to cook the chicken well but not drying it. I used a hen for the taste but also because it is smaller and until now we are only two in the family. Also for this dish the potatoes get very tasty as they absorb the juices from the chicken.
Ingredients
One hen, one small onion, one laurel leaf, rosemary, garlic, salt and pepper, olive oil .
Two tea spoons each of oil, white wine and lemon juice
Recipe
Lay the chicken in an oven tray previously oiled with the potatoes. Stuff it with the onion laurel and rosemary and garlic with salt and pepper. Cook for about one hour. During the cooking with a brush distribute the oil, the wine and the lemon juice mixed together.
To make it special instead of oil you could use lard
Tommaso
Italian Braised Beef with Wine Sauce Amarone or other strong red
To make this recipe you need a strong red wine like Amarone, from nearby Verona, Italy.
Ingredients: (serves 2)
1 carrot, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 stalk of celery, chopped
1 garlic clove, chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
¾ pound chuck roast
2 cups of strong red wine (enough to cover the beef) – I opted for a California red with more than 15% alcohol (as the Amarone can be quite expensive.)
Directions: Fry the vegetables in the oil, remove from the pan and place them aside. Sear the meat on all sides in the same pan for a few minutes at high temperature.
Place vegetables and beef into a crock pot and cover with the wine. Simmer on low for at least 4 hours. Be sure that the wine covers the beef completely.
Once ready, I left the sauce as is and served it over boiled potatoes. If you prefer a thicker sauce, transfer the liquid to a pan on the stove and add about 1 ounce of butter and some flour. While stirring with a wooden spoon bring it to a boil. Adjust the flour and butter to your preference of thikness.
Serve with the same wine you used for the recipe or better use the same wine but of higher quality.
Here is a link to learn more about Italian wine regulations
