italian cooking made easy

I suppose most of you know how to prepare mashed potatoes and steamed salmon. Anyway for mashed potatoes i boil diced potatoe 20 min. and  when ready, i pour out the water and let them rest in a closed pan for a while, where they stay warm. When all the other ingredients are ready, i finish the mashed potatoes, adding some butter, a little milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg. i use a fork to mash. while i steam the salmon (20 min.)i prepare the garni. The garni is the more difficult part, because none of the ingredients should be to dominant and everything should blend nicely.  I chop tomatoes in very small pieces, then a little piece of spring onion, chop a tiny bit of ginger root and fresh cilantro. (you could replace this with parsley.) you need to add a tiny piece of squashed garlic too.(plus salt and pepper) In the mean time i roast sesame seeds. Then i mix everything together adding some olive oil. SERVE AND BE CREATIVE! ...

Today i prepared tagliatelle. 120 grams white flour, 1 egg and a sniff of salt. this is for 2 persons, so if you prepare for 4, double the q.   Mix flour, egg and salt and prepare  the dough with your hands, in about 5 min. you should get a smooth dough ball. flatten a much as you can and make e thin sheet with the dough. roll the sheet and cut thin slices with a sharp knife and unroll, voilà your tagliatelle are ready! For the sauce i used 1 onion, some garlic, capers,some pepper and salt. 200 grams of mussels, 1 tin tunafish and 1/2 liter passata (tomatosauce). Garnish with parsley. Buon appetito!