4/27/2008

Grandma's lemon chicken (Pollo al limone della nonna)



ingredients/6 persons:

6 chicken tights (or even better the upper part)

4 carrots

1 onion

2 celery stalks

1 lemon

3 laurel leaves

parsley

flour

white wine

salt

butter

extra virgin olive oil

Keep off skin from chicken tights then pass them in the flour.

Chop in tiny pieces carrots celery and onion, put in a pan with a little butter and a little E.V.O. oil, add a glass of white wine, laurel leaves, 3 slices of lemon (keep off skin and white part and seeds) salt and half a glass of water.

Cover and let it cook gently for about 15 min. then add tights.

Add a little water if needed (the vegetable sauce must remain really creamy) and cover again.

Cook for about 45 min., turn the meat sometimes.

5 min. before turning off fire add juice of half a lemon and parsley as much as you prefer.

Keep off laurel leaves before serving, it's fantastic with mashed potadoes.

This is my grandma's best recipe according to me: enjoy it!!

4/14/2008

Vegetable pastries ( Fagottini con verdure)


4 serves, easy recipe, great results!


Ingredients:


1 carrot


1 courgette


1 little white onion


2 red and saucy tomatoes


extra virgin olive oil


salt


2-3 basil leaves


1 pack of pastry


Chop tomatoes in little cubes and put in a bowl with abundant oil, salt, basil leaves mix and let it rest in fridge for at least 2 hours.

Wash carrot, courgette, put them in the mixer to obtain a sort of purea, peel the onion and chop in tiny pieces.

Put the onion in a pan and fry gently with oil and salt, let it get gold then add purea.

Cook on low fire for about 10 minutes.

Meanwhile open the pack of pastry, divide it in 4 squares; when the vegetable purea is read put in the centre of each square a big spoon of purea and close squares in the desired way.

Put in the oven for about 15 minutes, medium heat.

Serve them hot with cold tomato cubes and its sauce.


4/03/2008

Chicken with balsamic vinegar and Parmesan (Pollo al balsamico e parmiggiano)


After a while I'm back with a little quick recipe.
Just take a chicken breast, chop in pieces and put it in a bowl.
Add abundant balsamic vinegar, a little salt and abundant grated parmesan cheese.
Mix well and let it rest for about 2 hours in fridge.
When dinner time comes put the chicken and the balsamic in the bowl and put in a hot pan.
Let it cook well, serve hot with fresh salad as side dish.
Light, healthy, tasty...
What do you want more?