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how to bring the Pantone color of 2020 to the table – Italian Cuisine

Relaxing, elegant, but also a reassuring and solid color, a stable base from which to explore new horizons. It is Classic Blue, the Pantone color of the year, which can inspire us even in the kitchen!

Things to check atbeginning of the year: the horoscope, the calendar of holiday bridges, tax incentives, fashion trends, i food trend and the Pantone color. In fact, every year since 2000, the Pantone Institute – commercial division of the American company that invented the famous color classification – declares the "Color of the Year" which, for the following 365 days, will become a source of inspiration for stylists, interior designers, designers, but also for each of us.

2020: Classic Blue

If last year had been proclaimed on Living Coral, for the 2020 blue was chosen in its most classic shade. Classic Blue (code 19-4052 Pantone) is described as timeless and timeless, elegant in its simplicity. An honest color, easily recognizable, which offers a sense of protection.

According to the Pantone Institute, recalling the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of this stimulating color highlight our desire for one stable base from which to start as we prepare to cross the threshold of one new era. Not only that: impressing itself on our mind like a color relaxing, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue offers shelter and instills in the human soul a sense of peace and quiet. This color then allows us to refocus our thoughts by facilitating concentration and providing an excellent clarity. Gradient of blue that invites reflection, Classic Blue favors the resiliency.

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How the color of the year is chosen

The color of the year is chosen by the experts after a careful evaluation and by trend analysis made in every corner of the Earth and taking cues from the influences that come from various areas (art, cinema, lifestyles, economics, social media, sports). "We live in an era that requires trust and hope," he explained Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. «Pantone Classic Blue is a shade we can always do on trust, conveys precisely this feeling of constancy and trust. With deep resonance, it forms a solid base to anchor. Boundless blue that recalls the vast and infinite evening sky, encourages us to look beyond the obvious to think more deeply and outside the box, broaden our horizons and encourage the flow of communication .

Classic Blue from the kitchen to the table

So let's see how to wear this color too in the kitchen and at the table for reassuring lunches, elegant dinners, traditional flavors, but also new flavors.
Browse our gallery to discover all Classic Blue foods!

Cin cin 2020, here are the bottles to bring to the table – Italian Cuisine

A unique, unmistakable sound that means celebration: it is that of the cork of wine that frees itself from the bottle and flies happily around the world, with an engine of bubbles or on the edge of a corkscrew. Good quality bottles cannot be missing from local Christmas tables and for the year-end toast. Here is a selection.

Bubbles to no more

180821 The Prosecco Extra Dry DOC it is the sparkling flower in the buttonhole of thetoompany Tenuta Sant’Anna, company in the heart of Lison Pramaggiore, lands deditis to viticulture since Roman times, that always ovensronor wine to the Republic of Venice This is a pleasant wine, perfect for toasts e easy to drink. For Christmas 2019 is proposed in gold and black box. (€ 15)

Sparkling wine organic vegan Passerina Brut Costadoro it has a nice pale straw color, with a consistent and soft froth fed by a fine and continuous perlage. Perfect in combination with aperitifs and appetizers, in the prestigious magnum version it is sold in the very refined black and gold package. (€ 15)

Perfect as starter or in combination with a dessert, the Merlettaie Brut Spumante Pecorino by Ciù Ciù it has a candid and creamy froth, a subtle perlage and fragrant notes of yeasts and floral aromas, all on a pleasant mineral background. In the mouth it is enveloping and fresh. (€ 30, Magnum)

180833 Bella the initiative of Guido Berlucchi for Christmas 2019: buying the delicious casket Berlucchi '61 for Treedom it will be possible to give one of the 300 trees planted in collaboration with the web platform, the only one in the world that allows you to plant a tree at a distance and follow it online. Contains two of the best known Franciacorta of the cellar: Berlucchi ’61 Satèn and Berlucchi’ 61 Brut. (€ 39.90)

The award-winning sparkling wine Altemasi Riserva Graal 2012 it is a perfect choice for those who want to offer or offer themselves a refined luxury product. This Trentino Classic Method naxes from Chardonnay and Pinot Nero grapes and it's characterized by white foam, fine perlage, and complex perfume taste wraparound and persistent. Really refined. (42 €)

For a toast in style, the elegance of the black Val D’Oca. The star of the Italian Prosecco firmament, the label of the house Prosecco Valdobbiadene Superior D.O.C.G. Extra Dry Millesimato black (€ 9.50). Excellent as a protagonist on all occasions from bubbles, it is transparent and clear with that hint of its Golden apple.

White, red and yellow!

Torre Rosazza Sauvignon Colli Orientali del Friuli Doc is an Sauvignon in purity, that aromatic vine that it is in those lands that it is best expressed. Saporite and markedly aromatic, refreshing, is splendido tasted as an aperitif, goes well with tasty first courses with herbs, seconds of fish, cold cuts and fresh cheeses. (12,50 €)

For Christmas 2019 Costa Arente shows off his Valpolicella Ripasso DOC in version Magnum, complete with sealing wax to seal the refined wooden box. A wine that expresses method, care and attention to tradition, that of "repassing" the Valpolicella grapes on the skins of Amarone. To accompany important second courses. (€ 42.50)

THEthe Moscato Passito di Noto D.O.P. of the cellar Feud Luparello it is perfect to combine with panettone and to others desserts of the Christmas tradition. Fragrant, intense, complex. (15 €)

When the meal was over, I caught my throat again!

180854 To be enjoyed frozen, ideally at – 20 ° C, the Vecchio Amaro del Capo as clear and transparent, amber makes our throat flow rich in citrus aromas of orange and bergamot. To give in the pack with glasses right to taste it at the top (19 €). The precious Reserve version 100th Anniversary (48 €) it is instead to be sipped at room temperature.

THE' Elisir San Marzano Borsci is una cream of intense brown color, dense in its golden reflections with flavor well balanced between sweet and bitter. Gold Medal for Spirits Selection 2018, + is Caffa's 'oriental specialty', a company perceived as a leader in its sector. His aromatic profile is complex, between fruity, spicy and vegetable notes.

Carola Traverso Saibante
December 2019

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What figs! 10 ideas to bring the sweetest summer fruits to the table – Italian Cuisine

From salad to pizza, paired with ricotta and cheese, many sweet and savory dishes to celebrate this seasonal fruit, really versatile

They have already arrived on our tables i sweeter fruits this season. We're talking about figs. I'm delicious to eat naturally and freshly picked when they are soft and meaty, but have you ever thought of adding them to yours sweet and savory preparations? You will be amazed by their versatility.
We want to offer you lots of ideas for using them in the kitchen and you will discover that they can become really special ingredients, as unusual, of your recipes.

Variety of figs

We distinguish in general two categories of figs: the early ones collected in spring and the real ones that you collect in summer. The figs that are harvested in May, also known as fioroni, are larger than the summer ones.
Then we distinguish three types of fig, based on color.
The green fig it is the most common, has a thin skin and is juicy; the purple fig it is the sweetest; the black fig it is the most dry and fleshy.
All can be used in the kitchen, the important thing is that they are ripe, but not too soft.

How to store figs

Figs are fruits very delicate and for this it is important to preserve them in the right way. Buy them only if you have to consume them quickly because they get ruined easily. Choose them ripe and sweet-smelling and do not wash them before eating them. Keep them in the fridge covered with kitchen paper. If they are not very ripe, leave them at room temperature.
It is not necessary to peel them, especially if they have a very thin skin. Simply remove the stem and wash them thoroughly.

Flipping through the tutorial find now 10 ideas to use them in the kitchen in a simple and fast, but original way.

* In the photo our fig jam served with a pistachio crunchy