Vegan figs tart

Ornella, Lorenzo’s sister (Pappafico Cervia) surprised us once again with this beautiful figs tart, so we asked her all the secrets how to prepare it.

This recipe is perfect for that gluttons, even for vegans, since the pastry is made without butter and no eggs.

crostata vegan

We start from figs:
Wash the figs and remove the maximum possible amount of skin, to avoid that releases the flavor of grass.
Cut the figs into pieces, put them in a pan, cover with sugar, (1/5 of the weight of the fruit), add half a vanilla bean and a few drops of lemon.
Cook for about 30 minutes.
For the pastry vegan: mix flour, a little bit of sugar, baking powder with oil Corn, sweet white wine or fruit juice.
Let stand, then roll out with a rolling pin.
Obtain the round base for covering the pan and the strips to be used later.
Cover the base of the tart with a uniform layer of fig jam and form a grid on the surface with strips of pastry. Enter some almonds on the jam.
Bake the tart in a preheated oven at 170 ° C for about 20 minutes. Let cool and unmold.

May be you are interested in this article: Butter and substitutes
Ornella Thanks for this super vegan tart !!!

Calamari, Calamaretti, Borsotti, Totani

I molluschi si dividono in 3 categorie: Bivalvi, Cefalopodi, Gasteropodi.

Tra i bivalvi abbiamo: cozze, vongole, fasolari, ostriche, tartufi, telline, cannolicchi….

I gasteropodi sono ad esempio le lumachine di mare

In questo video Salvatore Campo spiega le differenze tra alcuni dei più comuni molluschi cefalopodi:

calamari, calamaretti, borsotti (o fischioni) e totani.

calamari calamaretti totani

Alla prossima!

Carpaccio d’Orata & Gazpacho

carpaccio orataIn this video, is being prepared a carpaccio that combines Japanese cutting techniques , with ingredients and flavours that remind Spain and Central America.

Ingredients for 4 people:
1 sea bream (not farmed) from 700/800 g check technique to prepare raw fish
green pepper
cucumber
fresh onion
celery
tender leaves of celery
small leaves of basil
extra virgin olive oil
pepper cherry tomatoes
gazpacho jelly

Enjoy the show!

Rice Chips

Here’s how made the chips of rice!
chips

Ingredients:
100 g rice
400 g water
5 g salt
saffron
sunflower oil for frying.

Cook the rice in water without salt, until it is well-cooked and has absorbed all the water.
Blend, add saffron powder (optional).
Spread in Silpat thickness of 1 / 1.5 mm and dry in the dryer at 50 degrees C.
Fry pieces to 190 °C.

Mix the salt with a grinder
Season with salt.

Conversion grams in Cup Spoons Teaspoon

In many recipes happen to find the quantity of ingredients in grams, that can be a problem!

How much is the amount of a cup, a spoon and a teaspoon?

1 cup = 237 ml
1/2 cup = 118,5 ml
1/3 cup = 79 ml
1/4 cup = 59 ml = 4 tablespoons (tbsp)
1 tablespoon (tbsp) = 15 ml = 3 teaspoons (tsp)
1 teaspoon = 5 ml (tsp)
1 fluid ounce = 30 ml
1 US quart = 1 l

Then being a unit of measurement of volume, to each ingredient, having a different specific weight, will correspond to a different weight.

How then convert grams in cups?

Let’s give you some examples:

1 cup flour = 130 grams
1 cup whole wheat flour = 150 grams
1 cup cornmeal = 180 grams
1 cup potato starch = 140 grams
1 cup cornstarch = 140 grams
Cocoa 1 cup = 90 grams

1 cup granulated sugar = 200 grams
1 cup powdered sugar = 115 grams
1 cup brown sugar = 210 grams
Honey 1 cup = 340 grams
1 cup = 330 grams jam

1 cup uncooked basmati rice 1 = 90 grams
1 cup uncooked rice = 195 grams

1 cup oatmeal = 85 grams
1 cup breadcrumbs = 150 grams

1 cup grated cheese = 115 grams
1 cup butter / margarine = 225 grams
1 cup milk = 250 ml
Yogurt 1 cup = 225 grams

1 cup raisins = 130 grams
1 cup chocolate chips = 160 grams
1 cup almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts, walnuts = 100 grams

1 cup = 8 egg whites

 

cup misuraspoon misura

I hope these pictures will help.