Serves: 2 Prep: 10min Cooking: 30min Difficulty: easy I have always thought cooking is magical, with few raw ingredients you can create something delicious, there are certain recipes that make you go back in time and then there are those that help you remember a special person. This is my favourite grandma’s dish, I have learnt it from her and whenever I cook it I know she is next to me. Ingredients: 4 chicken drumsticks 3-4 plum tomatoes 1 carrot cut in long thin pieces 1/2 celery cut in long thin pieces 1/2 onion cut in long thin pieces 2 tbsp olive oil 1/2 a glass of white wine a clove of garlic rosemary and bay leaves Salt and pepper Tools: 1 pan Method:...
Serves: 4 Overall time: 1h Difficulty: medium Few weeks ago I posted a gnocchi recipe typical from my hometown, today I want to introduce you to a quicker version of gnocchi but still delicious, perfect for the start of the Christmas season . “Gnocchi burro e salvia”, the silkiness of the butter mixed with the rich aroma of the sage Mamma Flora’s Tip: Try to use starchy potatoes (the ones you use for mash or chips) and cook them with the skin. When you make the gnocchi, cook them right away. Ingredients: 1kg potatoes 300gr flour 50gr Butter 4 sage leaves Nutmeg Pepper Salt Parmesan Tools: 2 pots 1 tray 1 bowl A potato masher A skimmer Method: Boil the potatoes until soft, it...
Serves: 6-7 Prep: 1h Cooking: 30 min Last time I was at home in Italy, I spent a Saturday morning preparing Arancini with my mum, it was so much fun and so rewarding! Pointless to say that so many relatives stopped by as soon as they heard we were making arancini, they were gone in 5min... Arancini is a typical recipe from Sicily but it is very famous around whole Italy, they are very easy to make and you can change the filling as per your taste. Here the most typical of the recipes that puts risotto and bolognese together! Mamma Flora’s tip: Prepare the arancini in advance and fry them on the moment Ingredients: We need to make a risotto and a quick bolognese...
Prep: 10min Cooking: 18 - 20min depending on the rice Serves: 2 Difficulty: easy Here one of my mum’s favourite dishes to cook for the family. I can still see myself coming back from school and smelling the pumpkin from the stairs. It’s very hearty and perfect for this cold weather. Mamma Flora’s Tip: Use Carnaroli rice for making risotto, its grains are higher in starch content resulting in a creamy consistency and a firmer texture. Don’t be afraid of the stirring, feel the rice and take care of it. Stirring is essential, it knocks the grains of rice together, which lose the starch making the texture silkier. Ingredients: For the risotto 250g pumpkin 190g carnaroli rice 50g butter (to use before and after) 2...
Serves: 4 Prep: 5min Cooking: 20min Difficulty: easy This recipe is a winner! Whenever you have a great occasion to celebrate with your family and friends, this recipe will make them fall in love with your cooking. I have learnt this recipe from my dad, every New Year’s Eve he would cook pasta with this amazing Lobster sauce. Below his not so secret anymore recipe. Mamma Flora’s Tip: Use pasta coming from Gragnano, it’s more porous and it stays al dente. Ingredients: 500g pasta (use paccheri or linguine) 400g cherry tomatoes 2 lobsters Tails Unwaxed lemon Garlic Dry chili 1/2 glass of white wine Extra virgin olive oil Salt and pepper Tools: 1 pan with lid 1 pot scissors Method: Wash and cut the cherry...
