italian cooking made easy

Level: medium Time: 40 minutes Ingredients for 4 persons: * 500 gr. tagliatelle * 200 gr. clam * 1 eggplant, 3 tomatoes * 1 pc. of garlic, some parsley and    some basil * olive oil * salt and pepper How to prepare: Cut the eggplant im small dice, sprinkle with salt and let them rest for about 30 minutes. Hereafter rinse them with water and dry them on a cloth or kitchen paper. Put the tomatoes in boiling water for about 3 minutes, after this cool them in cold water and peel them. Cut the tomatoes in small pieces and  mix them with a few spoons of olive oil, salt and chopped basil.  Fry the eggplant until golden brown and put them on kitchen paper to absorb the oil. Heat a pan with some olive oil, the garlic and half the parsley (chopped) and add the clam and cook a few minutes over high flame. Add the eggplant and the tomato and cook another 2 to 3 minutes.  Add pepper and more salt if needed.  Boil the tagliatelle and add to the ve...

Home made pasta for 2 persons: 100 gr. white flour and one egg and a little salt. mix the flour and the egg and work the dough for about 10 minutes, making a doughball. Now make the dough as flat as possible, sprinkle a little flour and roll it up. Cut fine slices from the roll, unwrinkle them and let them dry for a moment. Cook 4 to 10 minutes depending on how thick your tagliatelle are. Taste to try and trust your eyes. they have to be "al dente" so you have something to chew on! For the "condimento" 1 small onion, a handful of broccoli, garlic, a little chilipepper, origano, salt, A hand ful of fish (swordfish is good, but any fresh fish will do) Fry onion, garlic, chili and broccoli for 5 minutes with olive oil, then add a little water and origano and cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add small pieces of raw fish and a little salt and cook 5 minutes. When ready there should not be any water anymore. When the pasta is ready, add to the broccoli and heat together on...