Taverna luciana where taste meets authentic tradition.

A few steps from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, the food blogger Iolanda Canale has created her  tasty realm of Neapolitan cuisine: The Taverna Luciana pizza restaurant.

At the Taverna Luciana, one can taste flavors which are difficult to find elsewhere. Very popular are the bucatino con il coniglio all’ischitana (bucatino pasta with rabbit) and the excellent Genovese made following to the recipe of the 1700s.

Taverna Luciana is also famous for its pizza. The dough, made with a blend of three flours, is highly digestible. It is obtained with mother yeast and it is left to raise at a controlled temperature for 48 to 72 hours.

At a glance, Taverna Luciana’s pizza shows all its lightness. The specialty of the house is the pizza in the shape of a starfish, with polipetto affogato (octopus) and mussels.

It is clear that here, the flavours of the past can be experienced. Real emotions for the palate

L'articolo Taverna luciana where taste meets authentic tradition proviene da Charme.

Its 83 comfortable rooms (including one suite and seven junior suites) are richly furnished, with every comfort. From the rooms, it is possible to directly reach the beach below via a private elevator, where one can dive in the crystal blue waters of the sea or lie in the sun.

The hotel also offers a large swimming pool with separate Jacuzzi, which is immersed in its lush gardens, just one step from the Lounge bar and the Restaurant.

The awakening is very pleasant: in the Sala degli Specchi the hotel offers a buffet breakfast full of delicacies, including gluten free, vegetarian and vegan products, to satisfy the needs of all the guests.

To regenerate body and soul, the structure offers its clients a gym equipped with the latest Technogym equipment, plus the possibility of experiencing a unique sensory experience in the Acqua Relax Spa, where you can find harmony and balance, thanks to the beneficial effects of water and personalized beauty treatments.
Lastly, on the top floor of the hotel,  from Terrazza Vittoria the guests can enjoy a breathtaking view of the famous Land of Sirens.

The staff is able to satisfy every request in order to make their guest’s stay unforgettable, so as to make the verses of the famous song “Torna a Surriento” come true.

Hotel Continental Sorrento & Spa
Ristorante Terrazza Vittoria
Piazza della Vittoria 4, Sorrento (Na)
tel. +39.081.807.26.08
www.continentalsorrento.com

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Taverna Luciana. Each dish represents the most original Neapolitan cuisine, because tradition flows in the blood of  Iolanda Canale, the queen of the restaurant pizzeria Taverna luciana.

She was born and raised in a kitchen and she has been surrounded by the typical Neapolitan tastes and recipes since her early childhood. Her parents,who were already famous, are among those who have made the Neapolitan culinary tradition one of the best in the world. Iolanda grew up with the sea breeze  blowing in her hair, in Santa Lucia, the sea village which surrounds Castel dell ‘Ovo. It was soon clear she had been gifted with the talent of delighting the palates of the Neapolitans, but also of tourists seeking the most true flavors of the area around the Vesuvius.

In the traditional nineteenth-century style menu of the  tavern, which is a stone’s throw from the National Archaeological Museum, listed is  a special pizza one can taste.

It is called “La Luciana”, named after the queen of the restaurant .It is star-shaped and the special mix of its seasonings, creates an unforgettable taste: the five tips of the star are stuffed with mussels, pecorino cheese and provola; in the center of the heart of the star, there a small octopus cooked with olives and capers. Fresh sea food dishes and other homemade dishes are available every day, such as the fantastic Genovese, the most famous meat stew in the world. At the “Taverna Luciana”, everyday is a festival of the true flavors of the Neapolitan cuisine.

Taverna luciana
Via Santa Teresa degli Scalzi 143, Napoli
Tel. +39 340 893 8663

Facebook page Taverna Luciana at link
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L'articolo Taverna luciana. The shining star of the pizza and typical dishes proviene da Charme.

Nata, cresciuta e pasciuta come ricetta per il riciclo d’avanzi di pasta e salumi è diventata un must della cucina italica.

Frittata di maccheroni. Napoli ne è la patria natia, lo stivale intero la sua tavola. Ovunque voi siate sappiate che vi presentate con una frittata di maccheroni sarete riconoscibili. Sarete certamente identificati come napoletani in gita. Ed è la ricetta della ‘a pizz ‘e maccarun come la chiama il nostro amico procidano Gian Luca, autore della storicetta (ricetta condita dal racconto che ha portato alla sua realizzazione) che pubblichiamo qui di seguito così come ricevuta. Questa, sappiatelo prima è la versione bianca della frittata di maccheroni. Esiste anche la versione rossa, forse la più mangiata, che ha una buona parte anche di salsa che le dona colore interno diverso.

“Ogni volta che si parla di Lei (notare la lettera maiuscola scritta da Gian Luca in segno di rispetto n.d.r.) è facile che tutti siano d’accordo. Lei è quella che non deve mai mancare nelle gite fuori porta, mare o montagna che sia. Per quello che mi riguarda, se solo ne sento l’odore, inconfondibile,  il mio primo pensiero va alle mie nonne.

Ognuna di loro aveva la sua ricetta e il suo segreto ma il risultato era sempre lo stesso. Nà cosa grande assai. Oggi mia figlia me l’ha chiesta. E che ve lo dico a fare, l’ho subitissimo accontentata. La richiesta era però un po’ particolare : “papà me la fai monoporzione?”. Non m’è dispiaciuto. Sono a dieta, meglio così, solo per lei. E poi fare le foto, sarebbe stato più facile.

Ok direte voi, ma allora di cosa stiamo parlando? Che t’ha chiesto di preparargli? Della regina delle gite : ‘a pizz ‘e maccarun e/o frittata di maccheroni o spaghetti come si dice a Napoli. E’ noto che questo piatto ha avuto origine nei quartieri poveri della vecchia Napoli, dove la domenica si cucinava il ragù. Qui il giorno dopo con gli avanzi si preparava la pizza, o frittata di pasta.

Ne esistono però due versioni. Una rossa (con il ragù appunto) e  una bianca, e entrambe però con il salame e formaggio. La  regola comune è che la pizza di spaghetti è rigorosamente un piatto “svuota frigo”!!! Non bisogna fare la spesa per prepararla, aprirete semplicemente il frigorifero di casa vostra e recupererete quei pezzetti di formaggio e salumi troppo piccoli per un panino, ma ancora ottimi per usi altrettanto costruttivi.

Ingredienti per 4 persone:

500 gr di spaghetti
4 uova
Formaggi per un totale tra i 150 e i 200 gr (anche ricotta eventualmente)
Salame dai 50 ai 100 grami
Olio di oliva
Sale e pepe

Preparazione della frittata di maccheroni.

Cuocere la pasta, scolarla e farla raffreddare. Nel mentre, sbattere 4 uova intere e aggiungere a queste, il pepe e del formaggio grattugiato. Amalgamare bene il tutto e versare metà della pasta in una tegame basso antiaderente dove avrete precedentemente messo a riscaldare un filo di olio d’oliva. Aggiungere i  cubetti di formaggio sulla pasta che è già nella pentola a friggere. Ora coprite lo strato di formaggi con l’altra metà della pasta e lasciate che la base della pizza frigga fino a diventare un po’ dorata.

Dopodiché giratela con l’aiuto di un piatto o del coperchio del tegame e fate cuocere l’altro l’alto. Veniamo ai segreti delle nonne. Una aggiungeva dello zucchero anzi ne era talmente golosa che lo metteva anche sopra. L’altra, invece, la profumava  con del basilico freschissimo appena colto e spesso usava farcirla con della ricotta. Che dire… ogni volta preferisco farle entrambe. Per golosità e per affetto.

Buon appetito #cuocodelladomenicagianlucaprocida ”

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L'articolo (Italiano) Frittata di maccheroni. Prevista per legge per gite fuori porta proviene da Charme.

Lasagna di parmigiana procidana this is the dish that this time invites us to cook our friend Gian Luca di Procida. In this new history, a recipe seasoned by the story that brought us to the plate, the #cuocodelladomenicaprocida uses a special pasta format to get to make a really special dish. Especially because the Parmigiana, in Procida, is cooked in a particular, unique way. We receive and publish as always tel. Good recipe to everyone.

“Lasagna my way.

One of the things I love most in the kitchen is to combine different tastes and culinary traditions. Carnival is approaching and therefore it is by constitution that I need to prepare a lasagna. To celebrate it together with those you love. The problem arises when the wife and the daughter, however, have completely different tastes and appetites compared to each other and to you. To be content with both is impossible but to try is necessary for family peace. Then you have to work with imagination and prepare a filling, for the parmigiana, which is both tasty and with meat and light with vegetables. On the presence of the sauce, however, I do not prescind, also because that also pleases me.

So I decide to make one, the Bolognese, but more vegetarian. Increase the dose of celery and shallot carrots and decrease the amount of minced meat. Then, seeing that one of the two ladies of the house, his wife, compromises only with his majesty the “eggplant parmigiana alla procidana” I decide to use it to fill some layers of the carnival dish. I omit to describe the preparation of the parmigiana alla procidana referring to the recipe already present on charmenapoli.it and step directly to bolognese and the assembly of everything (ed at this link the recipe of the parmigiana http://www.charmenapoli.it/sapori/ recipe-typical-tradition-bell-Parmesan-di-eggplant-to-procidan /)

After having just baked the lasagna sheets, preferably fresh pasta, place them in an oven dish. First of all, however, put a state of bolognese in the bottom of the pan otherwise it will stick everything underneath. Then fill the first layer of pasta with the slices of parmigiana sprinkled with plenty of Parmesan cheese and a few slices of smoked provola. Continue with another layer but this time with the Bolognese only and so on the alternation. The choice of the number of floors (which should be seven) and the final ingredient is at will. I, at the top, prefer the slices of parmigiana with a generous amount of parmesan and some fresh basil leaves to be cooked.

For the preparation of the Bolognese I used these ingredients.

Coarse ground beef 500 g
Pork meat minced (quite fat) 250 g
Tomato puree 450 g
1 Celery
1 Golden onion (or 2/3 shallots)
2 Carrots
White wine 1 glass
Extra virgin olive oil as needed
Sugar a pinch
Salt up to qb
Black pepper to taste

Finely chop the carrot, celery and onion. Put the mixture in a pot with a little olive oil and let it fry. Add the minced meat and brown it for a few minutes. Raise the heat and blend with the white wine and let it evaporate the alcohol completely. Pour the tomato sauce, add the sugar and salt to taste. Fill the empty pass bottle with water and pour it into the pot. Cook the bolognese for about two or three hours on low heat.

This carnival I try again and if they are not satisfied, as they say in economics, I have the competitive advantage of appreciating both tastes and therefore to have generous portions to rely on. Always that they do not eat it. But it will not be like that. Success is assured.

Good lasagna of parmigiana procidana by Gian Luca #cuocodelladomenicaprocida ”

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Chatter with limoncello and sweetness. And it is also generally Carnival. So for the next one to come, or even now without waiting, why do not you prepare them like that? So in Procida, explained in the historic (recipe that tells a story related to the dish) that has sent Gianluca. Our friend from the island of Arturo has been sending us these missives for a long time. And we publish them that way, as we receive them.

“Do you remember photographic memory? In simple words it is our extraordinary and innate ability to remember through images. It is said that this type of memory is typical of childhood and preadolescence. It disappears in adulthood and reappears, in some cases, in old age. Now I do not know at what stage of life I can place myself. Being an adult should have disappeared, so I prefer to imagine myself still preadolescent. This is because lately, every time I see in a showcase or in some pictures the “chatter”, my mind always makes a precise and always the same path. And this is: chatter – typical dessert – carnival – Marisa (my wife). I answer immediately to the question that makes us your wife?

I started my love story with her at carnival. Sometimes I tried to tell her it was all a joke, but she really does not want to believe me. And then we are still happily together. She, in that carnival, was dressed as Cleopatra and was beautiful. I had unpredictable long hair and I was embarrassingly shy. Today, only the hair is different. But thanks to my bike, a constant in my life, I could seem sure of myself and also, in his opinion, interesting. But it was only the motorcycle’s fault. But let’s come to talk, those to eat. After the carnival party at the legendary “Geotenda” we took my yellow and black Honda Mtx together.

We went for a long ride until dawn. Towards dawn, I wanted to take her for breakfast but no bar was open. Then, a stroke of genius, I thought of taking the talk that my grandmother had prepared the day before. So I improvised a breakfast where the carnival cake took the place of the usual hot croissant. The result was unreal, but I do not go into details. Since then, for us the rumors are only those of grandmother. With them instead of a glass of wine or grappa there is a very yellow shot of limoncello procidano.

And now let’s move on to the recipe of chiacchiere al limoncello di Procida. My grandmother’s recipe. Prepare them with your children if you have. For them it will be a fun game and an indelible memory.

Ingredients the talk with limoncello

 500 g of flour
 2 whole eggs plus 1 yolk
 3 tablespoons of oil
 1 teaspoon of baking powder
 granulated sugar 50 gr
 1 pinch of salt
 vanilla pod or a sachet of vanillin
 a glass of homemade limoncello
 oil for frying
 icing sugar q.b.

Sift the flour into a flour on a pastry board and put the yeast, the eggs, the sugar, the salt, the oil, the limoncello, if you like, the vanilla.

Start mixing with the help of a fork and then working the dough with your hands until it forms a smooth and elastic dough.

Wrap the dough in a transparent film and put it to rest in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

After this time, divide the dough into portions of about 150 g and start working with the rolling pin each individually. Several times, up to 2 mm thick.

Let the puff pastry rest for a few minutes and in the meantime bring the oil to a temperature of 150-160 °.

With a scalloped cutting wheel proceed by shaping the rectangles of about 5×10 cm and practicing on each two central cuts, parallel to the long side

Put a large amount of oil in a large pan and heat it. When it is hot, fry the chatter two or three at a time, leaving them a few minutes and turning them halfway through, until they are golden.

Remove them and place them gently on absorbent paper to remove excess grease. Then transfer them to a serving dish and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Good talk to everyone from #cuocodelladomenica Gian Luca ”

If you liked the chiacchiere alla limoncello di Procida, then you may also like the recipe for spaghetti with lemon pesto. It is at the link: www.charmenapoli.it/sapori/ricetta-spaghetti-al-pesto-di-limoni-italian-recipe-cuisine/

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Alla scoperta della città con una delle più brave guide di Napoli grazie all’operatività dell’Associazione Spazio Tangram.

Visita guida alla Sanità e al Borgo Vergini. Questo il primo della serie Walks on Naples un ciclo di passeggiate per una Napoli insolita esplorando meraviglie e luoghi noti e meno noti. Tutto condito dalla compagnia di Francesca e Michele Del Vecchio. La prima, trentennale ed espertissima guida della città. Il secondo, attivo presidente di una associazione per la promozione e la divulgazione dell’arte della fotografia. Riceviamo quindi e pubblichiamo tel quel tutte le info dell’evento che tra l’altro trovate anche sulle pagine Facebook.

“Walks on Naples” #1: passeggiata per Napoli alla scoperta della Sanità e Borgo Vergini

►quando: domenica 14 gennaio 2018 | dalle 10:00 alle 13:00
► appuntamento: ore 10:00 a piazza Cavour (uscita Metropolitana Linea 1, fermata Museo)
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Dopo il dettaglio organizzativo della visita guidata alla Sanità e al Borgo Vergini, ecco qualche cenno esplicativo.

Sanità e i Vergini: due quartieri a lungo abbandonati all’oblio e al degrado, di cui il resto di Napoli non voleva più sapere nulla. Eppure come un fiorellino di campo, che mette radici tra le pietre e riesce a svellere i muri, così i ragazzi del quartiere hanno saputo pian piano riprendersi orgogliosamente il controllo della loro terra. Guidati da padre Loffredo, parroco della Chiesa di Santa Maria alla Sanità, si sono riuniti nell’associazione La Paranza e hanno intrapreso un cammino di riscoperta e di recupero di storia arte e tradizione.

Gli abitanti prima, gli altri napoletani poi e i turisti oggi, abbiamo tutti cominciato ad amare un quartiere dalla tradizione millenaria.Per secoli fuori porta, qui oltre le mura cittadine trovavano ultima dimora i napoletani. Dalla fondazione greca sino all’epoca moderna questo è stato il luogo deputato alle sepolture. Ipogei ellenici, catacombe paleocristiane, cimiteri nobiliari e ossari comuni: sono tutti presenti nel sottosuolo del quartiere.

Poi la nobiltà napoletana scopre la salubrità dell’aria e la possibilità di costruirsi a poche centinaia di metri dalla città una residenza di campagna.
E nonostante il divieto a costruire fuori le mura – gli impedimenti legali non hanno mai limitato la nostra capacità di espansione edilizia – ecco sorgere le splendide residenze dei patrizi campani. Dal cinquecentesco Palazzo dei Principi de’ Liguoro alle articolate strutture ideate dal Sanfelice. Oggi dilavate e decadenti ma con fascino immutato.

La modernità è intervenuta prorompente con i murales realizzati – su invito sempre dei giovani del quartiere – da alcuni dei più interessanti artisti contemporanei dall’argentino Basoletti al messicano Facte, a Tano Crus. La nostra passeggiata del 14 gennaio ci permetterà di inoltrarci lungo il percorso della “lava dei vergini”. Entreremo nei cortili dei palazzi, visiteremo la Chiesa fulcro del quartiere, quella Santa Maria alla Sanità detta il Monacone ed esploreremo il Cimitero delle Fontanelle. Chiuderemo in bellezza con un aperitivo da gustare a Casa d’Anna, uno straordinario appartamento di via dei Cristallini recuperato con amore e sapienza dai proprietari.

Evento della visita guidata alla Sanità e al Borgo Vergini è su Facebook al link: www.facebook.com/events/1968938790096373/?active_tab=about

Sito ItineraNapoli  al link http://www.itineranapoli.com/index.asp

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 Rice and cabbage is a main dish of the table only during the winter. Although not all, in every home, they are his great supporters. But if, as in the case of the recipe that our friend Gianluca da Procida sends us, there is a secret to making it superlative, then everything changes. And we publish as we then receive this little history (recipes seasoned by a story, from a memory to which it is linked). In the certainty that, at the tasting, there is then a standing ovation of appreciation from everyone. Big and small.

 “There are dishes that can not be eaten as a child. Among those that just did not like me there was a typical winter dish, rice and cabbage. We say “virz and ris”. And as my grandmother pronounced it, more with eyes than with the voice, it was a work of art. When I lived with her, she often welcomed me with that unmistakable scent on the evening when I returned from work. That of boiled cabbage. He already knew that before starting to study it was “obligatory” to have dinner with her. And maybe even try to drink a nice glass of wine to accompany rice and cabbage, to the detriment of course then the university yield.

Rice and cabbage is a poor dish of our tradition both bell and more in the small island. It is cooked especially in autumn and winter. In fact, with the nocturnal frosts and the intense cold, the cabbage becomes crisp and tasty.

As I said before, as a child I just did not want to eat it. But then over the years, I really enjoyed a marriage of flavors. And for this reason that even today I prepare it the same as Grandma Maria did it. What is certain is that she, as a skilled peasant, knew how to choose the best savoy cabbage and the right moment to catch it. The seedlings grew up in our little house garden, the one she took care of herself. Today, however, I am replenished by my trustworthy fruit vendor and I must say that the result is more than appreciable.

Grandma however had a secret ingredient to prepare rice and savoy cabbage. His secret was the “parmesan rind”. Today it is customary to throw the peel of the cheese as well as to buy the parmesan cheese in an already grated bag. My grandmother instead, and in truth even today even my mother, meticulously kept the precious waste. He knew that it was precisely those that made several dishes tastier.

Let’s go to the preparation of rice and cabbage as you did them. For 4 people.

 Ingredients:

1/2 cabbage cabbage

320 grams of rice (Carnaroli)

extra virgin olive oil

1 shallot

1 garlic clove

100 gr. Tight bacon cut into cubes or strips

Salt to taste.

broth of vegetable broth of at least a liter

to taste: pepper, grated parmesan and pepper

We clean the cabbage well by eliminating the core and cutting it eliminating the outer leaves. Pour extra virgin olive oil into a large pan or casserole. Here we also put the finely chopped shallots together with a clove of garlic in a shirt. If you like garlic instead of a shirt, cut this into small pieces too. Also insert the cut bacon. Leave to flavor and then add the roughly chopped cabbage (if the garlic is poached, remove it before this step). Let it cook for 20 minutes, seasoning with a little salt and the previously prepared vegetable broth. It will be important to cover with a lid and let the cooking go slowly so as to create a sort of tasty broth. In the broth that will be created in a saucepan, add the parmesan skins to pieces and, if necessary, add more vegetable stock. Bring to a boil and reduce the rice. Let it cook until cooked. Check the salting. At the end of cooking, when the fire is off, add a pinch of pepper if you want, and the grated Parmesan in the quantity you prefer.

Serve the rice and steamed cabbage with a nice ladle and you will also appreciate its full aroma. “

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Fiordilatte on lemon leaves, the protagonists of what we publish today. We receive and report that tel.

“When I was little, in the summer, instead of going to the beach, I preferred to spend a few days in my grandfather’s garden. Li, I was with my cousins. Perhaps the choice I made was dictated by the good fortune of living in an island. I have therefore always had the sea and the beach available all year round. So I could enjoy their beauty even far from the busiest and less hot months. The garden of his grandfather “Puppiniedd ‘Fiorino” was for us a real source of games, traditions and the desire to discover. We were curious to understand how the fruits of the earth were born, which we then saw as protagonists of family tables.

One of the occasions that united us all, but really all, was the harvest. Cousins, uncles, grandparents, friends and parents organized themselves to make sure that those days were hard work, but done in joy. And so everyone gave his contribution.

I remember one year in particular where in addition to the majority of the family there was also a doctor who came from Naples. He was a great friend of his grandfather, and when he could, he participated in the harvest. His goal was to learn how to make wine. He wanted to secure a good supply made with his hands for the whole year, until the next harvest. What was more beautiful for us kids, were the lunches organized in the garden where everyone prepared his specialty. The friend of the grandfather, the doctor, that year I said before, had brought with him a special package. So he wanted all the children around him before opening it. It was the famous superlative Fiordilatte of Agerola. Even the package that held it was fantastic.

Made of wicker and full of straw and leaves to keep it cool during transport. When the grandmother saw the Fiordilatte she immediately invited us to collect lemon leaves. We recommend that it should be the younger ones and keep it though. The older ones, on the other hand, were given the task of lighting an embers with the dried lemon branches. Finally, the mothers prepared some bundles of leaves and fiordilatte closed with string. Once the embers were prepared and waiting for the fire to be low at the right point, each of those present grilled their bundle. Grilled it was immediately passed to the table for a round of oil and a pinch of salt and oregano. The result was fantastic and even today I remember the taste.

During this holiday season, I received a gift from a friend of mine, very similar to that of Fiordilatte. Di Vico Equense for accuracy. And the memory immediately returned to that past day. Now the scene of that experience for the Fiordilatte on lemon leaves, would have been the kitchen of my house. The process at home, and not in the garden is a bit ‘different but the result I assure you is just as fantastic.

So I recovered all the terracotta terrines I had in the house and inside I laid the fresh leaves of the lemon in my garden. I cut the fiordilatte into slices and I flavored it with very little oil and oregano. In the hot oven I made them stay for the time necessary to melt the contents of the leaves and I served them hot. Each seasoned them with a round of extra-virgin olive oil, a pinch of salt and a pinch of black pepper. My friend has not tasted them, but I hope that next year he will repeat his beautiful present. If you accompany it with a nice slice of country bread and beautiful red wine, bingo! ”

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Scugnizzi fried tomatoes and rocket this time the protagonists. Let’s see what occasion he prepared them and how he cooked them. We report tel that received.

“Many here in Procida know my passion for cooking. So it happens when I’m around the streets of my little island that some friends ask me to organize a dinner. An excuse to be together and try, invent some new recipe. This year, during the Christmas holidays, I had the honor of having a kitchen of a restaurant entirely at my disposal. It happened that while we were having dinner with the owner of the restaurant, the idea was born to celebrate the New Year together. And right in its structure because closed until the following day. And guess who unanimously elected cook of the evening? And yes, just me. It was a fantastic experience. In the years after having cooked on the beach, on a sailing boat and on some private yachts, this one of the restaurant’s cooking was the icing on the cake.

The main dishes were simple and traditional, trying to please everyone’s tastes. But I have lent a special eye to the little ones. I’ll explain how. While I was starting to prepare appetizers, my daughter’s pest with her other friends of the evening came into the kitchen. And he asks me with the cunning face of the best occasions: “Dad, since we are in a pizzeria, how about preparing the rascals?”. At that precise moment a chorus of screams started, and I say screams, support and approval of the little guests incited by the skilful “Masaniella”. And as you understand, I immediately capitulated. They literally melted me, or as my wife says “made stupid”. So, even though I was in the kitchen for a few hours now I have fulfilled the desire of small pests.

I knew that the loaves for the pizzas that would be served at the local for the day dop, or were already ready. Those made with sourdough and slow leavening, as I do at home. So I just had to roll them out and cut them into strips. Then with the professional fryer and everything available, it was a breeze to please the hungry “belvette”. The result, however, was that even the big ones liked it. So much so that I had to go back to the kitchen for a unanimous encore. But this only made me happy. Happy with them, happy too. .

For the preparation of fried sponges with tomatoes and rocket, it’s still very simple. Just prepare a light pizza dough. I do so.

Take 1 kg of flour. If you do not have sourdough, melt a very small piece of yeast (2/4 gr) in a bowl with water at room temperature. Add it to the flour and start kneading. Now add a pinch of salt and half a coffee cup of extra virgin olive oil. Continue to knead until a smooth and homogeneous dough is obtained. Form the dough with a ball and let it rise for about 12/14 hours. Taking care to cover the container with plastic for food or with heavy dishcloths. Once the dough has risen, take the dough and divide it into many sticks or strips of different shapes. About ten centimeters wide. Fry the pizza sticks in a pan with the hot oil (even peanuts if you want). Raise the scugnizzi with a skimmer. Then place them on a plate lined with absorbent paper and salt. Prepare an arugula salad and 4-part cherry tomatoes in another bowl. Season with oil and salt. Cover the fried pizza with this salad. At the end, add flakes of parmesan or pieces of cheese and serve when everything is still hot. This is the savory version, but if you want, try the sweet one, substituting the salad and cheese of the great nutella and veiled sugar.

Greetings from the homegrown cook proclaim Gian Luca. ”

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L'articolo Fried scugnizzi tomatoes and rocket. From Procida simple flavors proviene da Charme.