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Penne recipe with asparagus, butter and almonds – Italian Cuisine

Ingredients

850 g asparagus
350 g half lined penne
70 g almond flakes
30 g butter
marjoram
salt

Duration: 30 min

Level: Easy

Dose: 4 people

For the penne recipe with asparagus, butter and almonds, clean the asparagus by removing the fibrous rind with a potato peeler. Blanch them for 4-5 minutes in boiling water. Cool them in water and ice, then cut the stems into bobbins, keeping the tips whole. Melt the butter in a large pan; add the almonds, sauté for 30 seconds, then add the asparagus and chopped marjoram spools. Boil the penne, drain it al dente and add it to the pan with the sauce. Skip everything for 1-2 minutes, adding, if necessary, a few tablespoons of cooking water. Finally, add the tips. Serve hot pasta, completing to taste with grated Parmesan.

Recipe Chicken with almonds and zucchini with mint – Italian Cuisine

Ingredients

4 pcs suprême of chicken (unpeeled chest joined to the first part of the wing)
100 g almond milk
50 g dry white wine
30 g almonds with the skin
2 pcs zucchini
cornstarch
mint
extra virgin olive oil
salt

Duration: 15 min

Level: Easy

Dose: 4 people

For the recipe of chicken with almonds and zucchini with mint, heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan and brown the chicken breasts for 5-6 minutes on the side of the skin and for another 3-4 minutes on the opposite side. Cut the courgettes into slices and brown them in another pan, with a drizzle of oil, 2-3 chopped mint leaves and a pinch of salt for about 5 minutes. Coarsely chop the almonds. Dissolve 1 generous spoonful of corn starch in the white wine, pour it over the chicken and, as soon as it has evaporated almost completely, add the almond milk and continue cooking for another 2 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan, draining it from the cooking sauce, and pass it in the almonds, on the side of the pulp, to bread it. Serve with the zucchini, drops of sauce and other mint leaves.

Recipe Sweet and sour almonds and soft cake – Italian Cuisine

Ingredients For sweet and sour almonds

500 g peeled almonds
500 g dry white wine
350 g sugar
250 g dry red wine
50 g cooked must
30 g honey

Ingredients For the soft cake

200 g almond flour
150 g sugar
6 pcs eggs
1 pc lemon
salt

Duration: 2 h 30 min

Level: Easy

Dose: 10 people

For the recipe of sweet and sour almonds and soft cake, place the almonds on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and toast them at 160 ° C for 10 minutes. Take them out of the oven and cook them in a large pan with the sugar, white and red wine, cooked must and honey for about 2 hours and 10 minutes, until the liquid has become a thick cream.
For the soft cake: Whip the egg yolks with 100 g of sugar and a pinch of salt, until they become light colored. Mix the lemon juice and the almond flour, stirring constantly. Beat the egg whites until stiff and, when they start to foam, add 50 g of sugar to rain, continuing to whip them until you get a firm foam. Gently stir in the foam into the mixture of egg yolks and sugar. Transfer the mixture to a round baking pan and bake at 160 ° C for 40 minutes. Take the cake out of the oven and let it cool. Serve in cubes with sweet and sour almonds.