italian cooking made easy

Time: 1 hour. Level: Easy. In Italy we call this recipe: "verza stufata" but in Venice it's called: "verze sofegae" For 4 persons take: - 2 small cabbages and slice as small as you can. - Add 1 sliced onion. - 1 clove garlic. - Olive oil. - Salt and pepper. The ingredients are rather simple, but the end result depends all on how you cook the cabbage!. Cook on a very low flame for 1 hour and try not to add any water, or at least very, very little. In this way the "verze sofegae" becomes very "creamy",and melt on your tongue, just the way we like it in Venice!. Buon appetito! Peter.

  An easy way to prepare zucchini.                     Time: 30  min                     Level: easy. -Slice the zucchini as thin as you can. -Slice an onion. -Crush garlic. -Grease oven pan with olive oil.  Lay out sliced zucchini and add on top:  -Onion. -Garlic. -Grated Parmesan or Pecorino cheese. -Salt and pepper. -Sesame seeds (optional, but very good)  Cook 30 min. or until golden brown in the   oven at 180° C. Buon Appetito!

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Time: 20 minutes Level: EASY Before...........   We used deep frozen scallops. Place on a plate and cover scallops with: - piece of butter - coffee spoon armagnac (or cognac or   brandy) - salt and pepper - bread crumbs - chopped parsley Cook 15 minutes in oven at 180° C. Voilà!! Buon appetito! After........