italian cooking made easy

For a quick lunch; Put to boil tagliatelle in salted water  Cut spring onion (1 tbl. spoon p.p.) and cook 3 minutes in olive oil, together with 1 crushed garlic clove. (remove before adding tagliatelle)  Add a little salt and pepper. Cut datterino tomatoes and dried tomatoes in small pieces and add to spring onion. cook just 3 minutes. When tagliatelle are ready, (al dente, don't rinse please,) add them to the vegetables together  with a little bit of the tagliatelle cooking water. Mix and stir over high flame for one minute and serve. Optional fresh basil leaf to decorate.  Buon appetito, Peter.

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!

  These are the ingredients: - For 2 persons:  - 200 grms. tagliatelle. - 12 to 18 prawns. - 1 zucchina sliced like this. - 1 small piece of garlic. - some chopped parsley. - chili. - salt. - curcuma. - 2 tbl. sp. butter. - 2 tbl. sp. olive oil.   Stir fry the zucchine and shrimps in hot butter, together with the garlic, the chili and a little salt, for about 5 minutes. Meanwhile cook the tagliatelle (about 5 minutes). When the zucchine and shrimps are done, add a little curcuma, for nice yellow coloring and add the parsley. When the tagliatelle are ready, add 2 spoons with the hot water you used for the tagliatelle and  mix everything and stir 1 minute over high flame: Ready!!! Total preparation time: 20 minutes. Buon Appetito!

For 4 persons you need: (Tagliolini are very thin spaghetti, if you cannot get them, use normal spaghetti.) -400 grms. chicken liver. -400 grms. tagliolini. -50 grms. butter. -10 sage leafs. - salt + parsley. How to prepare: Simmer the chicken liver together with the butter and the sage for about 15 minutes with closed lid. If needed add a little water. Cook the tagliolini al dente and don't rinse!! Add the tagliolini to the chicken liver and mix. Heat everything for about 2 minutes and serve. Garnish with parsley. VERY SIMPLE BUT VERY GOOD !! This is a Veneto Region country side traditional!! sage.

Tagliatelle with scallops and artichoke For 4 persons you need: -400 grms tagliatelle - 12 Scallops - 2 Artichoke - 1 pc. Garlic - 4 tbl. Spoons olive oil - 1 tbl. Sp. Butter - parsley Clean the artichokes and boil 15 minutes. When done, gather all the eatable soft parts and throw away the rest. Simmer the scallops in 2 tbl. Sp. Olive oil for 10 minutes together with garlic and pepper. When done cut scallops in smaller pieces. Mix with artichokes and 2 tbl. Sp. Olive oil and simmer for about 3 minutes.  Boil the pasta al dente. When done mix everything in a pan with the butter and cook on a high flame for about 2 minutes. Garnish with parley and pepper. Buon Appetito!!