Bucatini o Spaghetti
alla Amatriciana Bucatini or Spaghetti from Amatrice (serves 6 people) |
| Ingredients: 17.5
oz bucatini or spaghetti 10.5 oz thick bacon 17.5 oz peeled tomatoes
10.5 oz white onion 1 hot red pepper 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
fresh Italian parsley 3.5 oz grated pecorino cheese salt |

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| Method: In
a middle size pan gently fry chopped onion with olive oil and diced bacon, once
onion and bacon are golden brown, add the peeled tomatoes chopped in little pieces.
Add salt and red crushed pepper. Reduce heat and cook for about 20 minutes (if
the sauce becomes too thick, add _ glass of hot water). Once the sauce is cooked,
add chopped parsley. In a separate large pot add about 4.5 qt water. Let it boil
and then add bucatini or spaghetti. Cook pasta until "al dente". Drain
the pasta and place in a large bowl with the sauce and then add the grated pecorino
cheese. Simmer and then serve.
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Minestrone di Verdure alla Toscana Tuscan
Vegetable soup (serves 6 people) |
| Ingredients: white
onion red onion 12 oz carrots 10.5 oz celery 7 oz cabbage
10.5 oz beet greens and spinach 7 oz fresh clean white beans 10.5 oz potatoes
4 cloves of garlic 6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1.8 oz tomato paste
glass red dry wine fresh Italian parsley and basil salt and fresh black
pepper | Method:
Clean and Slice all vegetables. In a large pot
gently fry chopped onions and garlic until golden brown. Add red
wine and wait until the liquid evaporates for about 5 minutes. In
a bowl dilute the tomato paste with a little hot water and then
add it to the pot. Reduce heat. Add all sliced vegetables beginning
with the hard ones first. Add more hot water and then salt and pepper.
Cook for about 1 hour. The soup can be more or less dense, depending
on taste.
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Pollo
Ruspante alla Cacciatora Free-range chicken hunter style (serves 6 people) |
| Ingredients: 1
free-range chicken 8.5 oz onion 3 cloves garlic 5.5 oz tomato paste
glass red dry wine 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 red hot pepper
1 leaf laurel fresh Italian parsley & rosemary salt |
Method: Clean chicken and
chop in pieces. Add chicken, onion and garlic to a middle size pan with parsley,
rosemary and the leaf of laurel, stir the ingredients so that they do not stick
to the pan. Once browned, add wine and after 10 minutes add the tomato paste with
a little hot water. Add red crushed pepper and cook until the chicken is tender.
The sauce needs to be quite condensed. Serve in a large dish. |
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