December 24, 2008
Posted by: Gina : Category:
Easy Recipes
This is a very tasty side dish Mamma makes for family dinners. Simple, quick and easy!
Ingredients
- Bag of Mushrooms – Agaricus Mushrooms like a Portabello
Instructions: Heat a medium size frying pan, add some butter. When pan is ready, add sliced mushrooms and cook for approximately 5 minutes.
Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Mangiare!!
November 07, 2008
Posted by: Gina : Category:
Dessert Recipes,
Italian Baking
Ingredients:
5 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 package Bertolini Lievito Vaniglinato (16 g)
4 cups flour
jam of choice
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Directions:
Beat eggs, add sugar and vegetable oil and mix until sugar is dissolved
add 1 package of Bertolini lievito vaniglinato
add flour little at a time until it is a consistency of cookie dough
spray cookie molds with non stick spray like Pam
stretch dough with fingers into mold
add 1/2 tsp of thick jam per mold
cover jam with dough and pinch edges
brush with eggs
place filled molds onto cookie sheet
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Cook at 500 deg F for 4-5 minutes. Keep close watch and remove when they are golden brown. These are Italian cookies Mamma style, Mangiare.
These Italian cookies are typically made at Christmas time and are filled with your favorite jams.
November 03, 2008
This is a specialty recipe from our Aunt Rosetta
- Cut Zucchini into small pieces. Mix with pickling salt in large bowl. Place a weight on top and let sit for one day or more.
- Bring 2 parts water and 1 part vinegar to boil in large pot. Place zucchini in and boil for 2-3 minutes. Drain well and turn onto a cloth to cool.
- Steam cauliflower and beans for 4-5 minutes in water. Transfer to vinegar / water for 1-2 minutes. Cool and mix with zucchini.
- Allow to cool. Mix with olive oil, garlic and oregano. Press contents into jars. Pour any remaining juice on top. Top with oil.
- Place seals in boiling water to heat. Close jars and boil for 5 minutes. Store.
Enjoy and Mangia !!
October 14, 2008
Posted by: Gina : Category:
Salad Recipes
This is a seriously scrumptious salad … insalata di verdura. Without a doubt a real Italian classic.
Ingredients
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Black Olives, pitted (use a quality brand)
Tomatoes
Mushrooms, Porcini
Celery
Olive Oil – Extra Virgin
Garlic
Salt to taste
After cutting up vegetables into your serving bowl, add pitted olives and crushed garlic cloves. Apply olive oil liberally and salt to taste. Stir frequently and what is great about this salad is you can make it few hours ahead of serving as you will want the olive oil to soak into the vegetables to help accentuate the taste … Mangia
September 18, 2008
There are many types of Italian breads, Ciabatta, Pane carasau, Pane casareccio, Panino, Focaccia, Pane toscano (without salt), Michetta, Rosetta, Ciriola, Pane pugliese, Pane di Altamura, Pane Fritto, Grissini torinesi, Tigella, Crescentina, Piadina, Pita to name a few. The following is an authentic age old Italian recipe for fried bread Mamma style.
Ingredients:
2 cups of warm water
2 tbsp active dry yeast
1/4 tsp sugar to help yeast rise
1 tbsp salt
4 cups of flour
Vegetable oil (for frying pan)
Directions:
- Wait for yeast to float on top of the water then add flour and salt
- Mix till no lumps (not like pancake dough)
- The dough should stick to your hands and fingers for the consistency to be correct
- Leave until ready to fry do not handle!
- If the house is hot/warm the dough will rise faster
- Fill the frying pan ¾ full with vegetable oil and set burner or stove up as high as 8.
- On the side fill a little bowl with some oil to dip your fingers in so the dough does not stick too badly to your fingers. Remember to frequently oil your fingers and hands to prevent dough from sticking.
- Pinch a bit of dough, quickly spread it or stretch it then carefully place it into the oil in the pan (see photo).
- Can cook quickly so do not leave unattended.
- Flip when underside is golden brown.
Let cool and enjoy! Mangia!
July 23, 2008
4 tomatoes
1/4 cup olive oil
1 clove garlic
3 cups green beans (fresh and washed)
1/2 cup potatoes
1/2 cup kidney beans (if using fresh beans soak them overnight first)
1 tbsp basil
salt
pepper
celery leaves only
zucchini flower tops
Directions:
- Add 1/4 cup olive oil and garlic to cooking pot.
- remove tomato core and blend in mixer, add blended tomatoes to cooking pot and Saute.
- add vegetables (beans, celery leaves, zucchini flower tops, potatoes) to pot and mix.
- Add 1 tbsp basil. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Cover with lid and simmer. Do not touch for about 20 minutes.
Serves 6
Optional: add 1/2 cup spaghetti noodles (Mamma breaks them in half). 3 cups chicken broth.
Mangia … enjoy.
July 20, 2008
Makes 5 jars
Ingredients:
20 pounds of green beans
3 cups of water
1 cup of white vinegar
5 tbsp table salt
Olive oil, oregano, garlic
Directions:
- Boil beans until semi soft, drain water and let sit until they are cool to the touch.
- Pack cooked beans into jars.
- Add 1 Tbsp. of table salt into each jar.
- Pour boiling water and vinegar solution into jars.
- Seal jars and steam for 4 minutes.
When ready to serve:
Remove green beans from jar, rinse with cold water and place into serving dish. Add 1/2 tsp oregano, 1 clove grated garlic and drizzle with oil. Mangiare!
July 19, 2008
Ingredients
1 lb lean ground beef
1 lb ground pork
2 cups (500 ml) bread crumbs (soak in water for few minutes)
2 cloves garlic (crushed or grated)
1/4 cup parsley
3 eggs
3/4 cup romano or parmesan cheese
1 tbsp (15 ml) salt
Directions:
- In large mixing bowl add the meat, bread crumbs (after squeezing out the excess water) add eggs. Mix
- Add grated or pressed garlic, parsley, cheese, salt
- Mix well and shape into meatballs.
Preheat oven to 350 deg F and cook meatballs for 15-20 minutes or until brown… Mangiare and Let Mamma Feed You!
July 19, 2008
Posted by: Gina : Category:
Italian Recipes,
Pasta Recipes
Looking for a classic Italian recipe for homemade pasta sauce or tomato sauce from scratch?
Ingredients:
10 lbs tomatoes
1/2 cup (125 ml) olive oil
1 clove garlic
1 tbsp basil
1 tbsp oregano
Salt to taste
Directions:
Add 1/2 cup of olive oil and clove of garlic to cooking pot. Start simmer on low temperature. Add tomatoes.
To prepare tomatoes we will give you two options:
Option 1 – Drop tomatoes into boiling water for 1/2 minute or 30 seconds. Remove and peel skin. Place the peeled tomatoes into your cooking pot and crush.
Option 2 – If you have a blender or bullet mixer you do not need to peel or boil the tomatoes. Remove core, cut the tomatoes in half and blend. Add the mixture to your cooking pot.
Add basil, oregano and salt. Simmer for 3-4 hours. Mangia!!
For meat sauce add cooked lean ground beef.
July 18, 2008
Another specialty which is easy to make and worth the effort is roasted peppers Mamma style.
Ingredients:
3 peppers (1 green, 1 red, 1 yellow or whatever you have)
4-5 cloves Garlic
1 tbsp oregano
2 tbsp salt
olive oil
Directions:
- roast peppers on baking sheet in oven at 350 deg F for approximately 25 minutes
- after they have cooled peel and slice peppers and place in bowl
- add garlic
- add oregano, salt
- add olive oil prior to serving
Stir and they are ready to eat or freeze.