Struggling to preserve the Italian culinary tradition oversea

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CASHEW BEEF

INGREDIENTS (4 servings)

3.5 oz of cashews / 3 small onions / 1 carrot / half a red pepper / 1 zucchini / fresh ginger / 17.5 oz thinly cut beef / corn starch / 4 spoonfuls of soy sauce / extravirgin olive oil / salt

Toast the cashews in a pan. Slice the onions, dice the carrot and the red pepper. Peel the external green part of the zucchini and cut it. Remove the cashews from the pan, and in the same add the vegetables with oil, salt and the grated ginger. Let them brown. In the meantime cut the beef in stripes, coat them in corn starch and add them to the pan. Add the cashews again. Simmer with the soy sauce and some water, to create a sauce.

Serve with basmati rice

CHICKEN AND GUACAMOLE BURGER

INGREDIENTS (4 servings)

1 chicken breast / half an avocado / half an onion / half a tomato / lime juice / tabasco / burger buns / extravergin olive oil / salt

Dice the chicken and grill it with a drop of oil on a skillet. Blend the avocado with the onion, tomato, oil, lime juice and tabasco to create a cream. Mix the sauce with the grilled chicken and spread some on the bun. Add a sliced tomato and some arugula.

SUNDAY MEATLOAF

iNGREDIENTS (6 servings)

20 oz grounded pork / 5 oz cooked ham / 5 oz diced bologna / 2.5 oz grated parmesan / 3 slices of bread / 2-3 potatoes / 2 eggs / a glass of milk / parsley / rosemary / extravirgin olive oil / salt

In a bowl mix together the pork with the bologna, the parsley, eggs and the 3 slices ob bread softened in milk. Add the parmesan and season with salt. Give the mixture a meatloaf shape, then transfer it in an oven tray and wrap it in the sliced ham. Slice the potatoes, putt hem on the oven tray around the meatloaf, pour a drop of oil on them, some salt and rosemary. Cover everything with aluminium foil, the put in the oven at 395 F for 20 minutes. Uncover, and continue cooking for another 30 minutes.

BEEF TARTARE

INGREDIENTS (1 serving)

5 oz of lean beef / half an onion / half an avocado / lemon juice / extravirgin olive oil / salt and pepper

Mince the beef with a knife and put it into a bowl. Dice the onion too and add it to the meat. Dice the avocado and add it to the bowl too. Season with salt, oil, lemon and a pinch of salt. Form the tartare using a round pastry cutter.

CHICKEN SUPREME WITH RAISIN AND MARSALA

INGREDIENTS

18 oz of chicken breast / flour / extravirgin olive oil / rosemary / 2 handfuls of raisin / 1 glass of Marsala / salt and pepper

Slice the chicken breast, coat them in flour and cook them in oil till they are brown on both sides. Season with salt and pepper, add the rosemary and raisin. Simmer with the Marsala and continue cooking, with a lid and low heat, for 10 minutes.

PASTA WITH RED PEPPERS AND ROBIOLA

INGREDIENTS (4 servings)

2-3 red peppers / 9 oz of farfalle pasta / 1 spoonful of extravirgin olive oil / 1 shallot / 4.5 oz of robiola cheese / half yellow pepper / 1 clove of garlic / salt and pepper

Cook the whole red peppers in the oven at 395 F, and when roasted on a side turn them. Once ready let them cool in the oven, turned off. Then peel them and cut the pulp in small stripes. Cook the pasta and in the meantime brown in a pan with oil the peppers with the shallot. Blend the robiola with the red pepper filets, adding a spoonful of cooking water. Season with salt and pepper. Sauté in a pan the yellow pepper, diced, withe the garlic. When ready, mix the pasta with the red peppers cream and the diced yellow pepper, adding some grated parmesan cheese.

PALERMITAN CUTLETS

INGREDIENTS (4 servings)

18 oz of beef sliced thin / 3.5 oz bread crumbs / 1.7 oz grated pecorino cheese / parsley / 1 garlic clove / extravirgin olive oil / salt

Blend the parsley with the garlic. Mix in the bread crumbs, the grated pecorino, a pinch of salt and blend everything with your hands. Coat the meat with the manure pressing firmly, place the cutlets in an oven tray and season with some oil. Cook at 395 F for 5 minutes, then turn and finish for 5 additional minutes.

PASTA WITH TRAPANI PESTO

INGREDIENTS (4 servings)

14 oz fresh pasta / half a clove of garlic / basil / 3 spoonfuls of almonds (1.5 oz) / 20 oz rice tomatoes / pecorino cheese / 3.5 oz extravirgin olive oil / pepper

Blend in the mixer the garlic with the almonds, basil, a pinch of salt and the oil. Put the tomatoes in a pan with boiling water for 2 minutes, drain them and peel them. Dice the tomatoes with a knife, mix them in a bowl with the pesto, add the cooked pasta, and complete everything with oil, pepper and grated pecorino.

PASTA WITH SALTED RICOTTA AND CHERRY TOMATOES

INGREDIENTS (2 servings)

7 oz of pasta / 6-7 cherry tomatoes / 2 oz salted ricotta / 5 fresh basil leaves / 4 spoonful extravirgin olive oil / pepper

Cook the pasta. Blend together the cherry tomatoes with the ricotta, the basil and the oil. Drain the pasta and season it with this cream. Add a pinch of pepper and some grated salted ricotta.

NEAPOLITAN PIZZA

INGREDIENTS (4 pizzas)

17 oz warm water / 1 yeast / 1 oz sea slat  / 32.5 oz flour / canned crushed tomatoes / buffalo mozzarella / fresh basil /your choice of toppings

Dissolve the yeast in a bowl with the warm water. Add the sea salt. Add the flour and start kneading the dough with your fingers for 5 minutes. Cover it with a kitchen towel fro 10 minutes, then take it out of the bowl, knead it into a ball and cut it in 4 smaller balls. Cover the ball and let them rise for 8 hours. Then sprinkle them with a pinch of flour, and knead them into a flat, circular pizza with your finger, with a circular movement. Keep some inches off the edge, in order to create a border. Pour the tomatoes and spread them with the back of a spoon, then cut the buffalo and add it to the pizza over the tomatoes. Add 3-4 basil leaves, then a drop of oil. Cook in the oven ad 485 F for 8-10 minutes. When the pizza is ready, take out of the oven and add the toppings (prosciutto, salame, shaved parmesan or salted ricotta, etc). If you want, put back in the oven for an additional minute.

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