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Tart, cream, figs and strawberries

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For the base:

500 g flour 00
18 g baking powder
150 g softened butter
190 g sugar
3 eggs
vanilla
grated lemon peel (optional)

Work all the ingredients quickly, without heating the dough.

Wrap it in the kitchen foil and allow it to rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Roll the dough with a rolling pin up to a thickness of 0.5 cm. With the round dough cup, form circles and lay them on the tart cake molds.

Drill the bases with a fork.

Bake at 180ºC for 10 minutes.

This dough can also be used for bases for pies and biscuits.

Custard

600 g milk
150 g cream
127 g of egg yolks
165 g sugar
30 g corn amid
30 g rice starch
vanilla
lemon rind

Mix starches and sugar with a whisk, add a ladle of cold milk then the egg yolks. Add the milk and the boiling cream. Bring on the heat and simmer it and let it cool as quickly as possible. Pour the cold and smooth cream into a sac a poche with a smooth round tip of 1 cm in diameter. Leave in the fridge.

Strawberry gel

You can find the Strawberry Gel recipe here

Composition

In a flat dish sprinkle the strawberry gel.
Lay the shortcrust base.
With the sac a poche fill the tart.
Peel and cut figs into wedges. Arrange on the cream.
Garnish with mint leaves.

Thanks Alex!

Risotto with prawns, pistachios and citrus

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Risotto with prawns, pistachios and citrus

Risotto with prawns, pistachios and citrus

I am very attached to the tastes and fragrances of Sicily.
Do you like this recipe?

Ingredients for 4 people:

360 g acquarello rice

200 g shelled shrimp tails red

1/2 onion

fish stock enough

Extra virgin olive oil

1 orange untreated

1 untreated lemon

1 lime

25 roasted and peeled pistachios

Bisque

Method:

Chop the onion and brown it.

In another pan toast the rice.

Start cooking adding boiling broth.

Add the previously browned onion.

Towards the end of cooking add the shellfish bisque and half of the chopped prawns.

Divide the remaining chopped shrimps on 4 sheets of wax paper and with the help of a steel disc, forming round tartars 1/2 cm thick.

Stir in olive oil.

Divide n 4 plates.

Complete with the tartare and a little bit of chopped pistachios

Lentil soup with fresh squid

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This is the time to cook the lentils. Here is a simple recipe, good and healthy.

Ingredients for 4 people:
400 g of dried lentils
1 carrot
1 celery
1/2 onion
1 clove garlic
salt
laurel
extra virgin olive oil
500 g fresh squid
parsley


Put the lentils to soak in cold water for half an hour (you could even avoid, but with soaking it facilitates the absorption of iron and minerals).
In a saucepan, sauté with a little of olive oil, a clove of garlic, celery , carrots and onion all finely chopped.
Add the lentils, cover of hot water, add a bay leaf and a little salt.
Let simmer until the lentils are cooked, … if necessary, add water.
Clean fresh squid, removing eyes, beak and cartilaginous part (the hardest).
Cut into julienne and pass for a minute in a pan with a little oil, salt.
Serve the soup, add the squid in the middle and finish with a few drops of extra virgin olive oil and a little chopped parsley.
Cuocere le lenticchie, come cuocere le lenticchie, cottura dei legumi, zuppa di legumi

Mackerel, squacquerone, rocket and saba

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Here’s how with a few fresh and inexpensive ingredients we can prepare a tasty and healthy dish.

Ingredients:
Fresh local mackerel fillets (if you do not know how to make WATCH HERE!)
squacquerone
Rocket salad
Cherry tomatoes
Saba
Extra virgin olive oil
salt

Mackerel, has no scales but it is good to remove the first skin, very thin but that is annoying, especially in a delicate cooking such as steamed. To remove it you have to start unplugging it on one side with the help of a small knife and peel it all gently to avoid damaging the pulp.
Steaming should be very quick 3/4 minutes.
In the video you can see how to complete the dish!

Enjoy!


video Sgombro