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More flavor and crunchiness to your dishes – Italian Cuisine

Courgettes in batter

The battered courgettes are amazing, a simple and delicious side dish. Discover our recipe and the secret to making them super crunchy and good! Courgettes in batter

Chestnuts in air fryer

Air fryer chestnuts are quick and easy to prepare. Thanks to soaking and this type of cooking they will peel really easily! Chestnuts in air fryer

Grilled vegetables

Grilled vegetables are a healthy, colorful and very tasty side dish: grilling preserves their taste and enhances all their flavour. Grilled vegetables

Air Fryer Chocolate Cake

The air fryer chocolate cake is a sweet with a delicious heart that can be prepared even without an oven. Discover our recipe! Air Fryer Chocolate Cake

Grilled salmon with parsley sauce

Grilled salmon with parsley sauce is a tasty second course of grilled fish served with a side of sautéed courgettes. Discover the recipe! Grilled salmon with parsley sauce

Steamed salmon

Steamed salmon is a second fish course accompanied by delicious stewed vegetables, ideal for a light but tasty meal. Steamed salmon

Sea bass fillet rolls with smoked bacon and grilled courgettes with Prosecco

The sea bass fillet rolls with smoked bacon and grilled courgettes in Prosecco are a fragrant and original fish main course. Sea bass fillet rolls with smoked bacon and grilled courgettes with Prosecco

Marinated fried anchovies

If you want to try a delicious and tasty appetizer, try preparing these marinated fried anchovies! A very rich taste that will win you over! Marinated fried anchovies

Grilled duck breast

Grilled duck breast is an excellent second course of meat with a side dish of baked leeks: a delicious dish to amaze guests! Discover the recipe Grilled duck breast

Fried sweet potatoes

Fried sweet potatoes are a super tasty side dish, perfect to pair with meat or fish and to serve with your favorite sauce! Fried sweet potatoes

Grilled aubergine parmigiana

Grilled aubergine parmigiana is a variant of the classic recipe, lighter but still very tasty, excellent to be enjoyed hot from the oven. Grilled aubergine parmigiana

Steamed buns filled with chicken and vegetables

Steamed buns filled with chicken and vegetables are a truly soft appetizer. Find out how simple it is to prepare them with our recipe. Steamed buns filled with chicken and vegetables

Air Fryer Apple Muffins

Air Fryer Apple Muffins are easy to make treats. They cook in less time than in the oven, for a genuine snack! Discover them! Air Fryer Apple Muffins

Fried mozzarella

Fried mozzarella is a delicious appetizer, easy and quick to prepare. Find out here how to make the homemade fried mozzarella recipe. Fried mozzarella

Burgers in air fryer

The air fryer hamburger is a homemade meat second course, with an alternative fat-free cooking method. Discover the recipe! Burgers in air fryer

Grilled prawns

Grilled prawns are a quick and easy fish-based second course to make at home! Accompany them with a salad for lunch! Grilled prawns

Fried calamari

Fried calamari is a very appetizing fish-based second course: the rings are coated in flour and then fried. Fried calamari

Pumpkin pancakes

Pumpkin pancakes are very easy to make: grated raw pumpkin for a simple veg recipe with a crunchy outside and soft inside result! Pumpkin pancakes

Chicken thighs in air fryer

Air fryer chicken thighs are quick and easy to make. Find out how to flavor them with our herb flavored salt! Chicken thighs in air fryer

Steamed sea bass with vegetables

Steamed sea bass with vegetables is a refined and very delicate second course, seasoned with a fragrant basil and spring onion sauce. Steamed sea bass with vegetables

Rolled with raw ham, fontina and grilled courgettes

The arrotolato with raw fontina and grilled courgettes is a tasty second course of meat: veal stuffed with raw, fontina and courgettes. Rolled with raw ham, fontina and grilled courgettes

Steamed oriental ravioli with vegetables and prawns

Oriental-style steamed ravioli are tasty appetizers that evoke the Far East, thanks to vegetables and soya enclosed in a disk of dough. Oriental-style steamed ravioli with vegetables and prawns

Flour and creativity: your ingredient to create unique dishes – Italian Cuisine

Rum baba

The classic rum babà, one of the typical Neapolitan desserts, appreciated for the soft but spongy dough that is soaked in the delicious liqueur syrup! Rum baba

Casatiello Napoletano

He cooks the Neapolitan casatiello together with Roberto Di Pinto, it is the leavened product of the Neapolitan tradition to be served and shared during the Easter period. Casatiello Napoletano

Amalfi tart

The Amalfi tart is an aromatic and fragrant dessert: a soft pastry embraces the lemon custard and delicious black cherries. Amalfi tart

Sponge cake

Sponge cake is the most famous basic pastry preparation: eggs, sugar, flour and starch are transformed into a soft cake to fill! Sponge cake

Neapolitan panuozzo

The Neapolitan panuozzo, typical of Gragnano, is a ciabatta-shaped pizza bread that you can easily make at home and fill as you prefer! Neapolitan panuozzo

Neapolitan panuozzo

The Neapolitan panuozzo, typical of Gragnano, is a ciabatta-shaped pizza bread that you can easily make at home and fill as you prefer! Neapolitan panuozzo

Chocolate pastiera

The chocolate pastiera is a delicious variant of the Neapolitan Easter recipe. An irresistible dessert, come and discover our version! Chocolate pastiera

Neapolitan rustic chiena pizza

The Neapolitan rustic chiena pizza is a very famous and typical savory pie of the Easter period, with a rich filling! Discover the recipe! Neapolitan rustic chiena pizza

Pizza in a deep, soft pan

The pizza in a deep and soft pan is a truly amazing homemade leavened product. Topped with tomato and mozzarella, everyone will surely like it. Pizza in a deep, soft pan

Pizza margherita

Among pizzas, the margherita pizza is the simplest and most loved; a fragrant homemade pizza with tomato, mozzarella, oil and basil. Pizza margherita

Struffoli

Struffoli are a fried dessert typical of the Neapolitan tradition and represent one of the most characteristic recipes of the Christmas period. Struffoli

The Chinese New Year is coming: the dishes to celebrate it – Italian Cuisine

It falls each year at a different time on our calendar, but always between January 21 and February 20. In this 2022 the celebrations for the Chinese New Year they start from February 1st and will last for the following 16 days, ending with the Lantern Festival. Two weeks full of celebrations, rites and events that welcome theyear of the Tiger, the sign of the Chinese zodiac that, in the next 12 months, will foster shrewdness and courage by replacing the Buffalo, a symbol of resilience, which accompanied us in 2021.

Great party on the table and in the street
Like all popular celebrations, the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, has its highlight in banquets to share with family and close friends in the name ofabundance: literal, with a number of superfine courses, but also metaphorical, with the use of ingredients that symbolize the prosperity. As for the western anniversary, the most magical evening is that of Vigil, with a rich man dinner among the domestic walls, lanterns to decorate streets and clubs and pyrotechnic games to illuminate the skies. To dominate mise en place and color arrangements Red, universal good luck charm.

Noodles, rice and dim sum
Unmissable on Chinese tables, they are no exception in festive ones: we are talking about noodles And dim sum. The former can be made of wheat, rice or potato starch, translucent like those of soy. The toppings are always rich with meat, mushrooms, dried fish, spring onions and spicy touches of chilli. THE dim sum are the typical ravioli, or jaozi, bundles, rolls and bao (soft sandwiches) with a thousand shapes and the most varied fillings. Also dishes based on enrich the table rice: sauteed with meat and vegetables or in the form of gnocchi (niangao), both salty and sweet, obtained from the "glutinous" one.

Sea and land specialties
Among the dishes that cannot be missed, the fish (whose word in Chinese sounds just like "abundance") and the finest fish specialties. Whether one of the most typical courses remains the controversial one shark fin soup (increasingly criticized because it puts sharks at risk of extinction), there is no lack of more sustainable alternatives such asabalone, particular monovalve mollusk, the oysters, i shrimp, lobsters and lobsters, sea bass, groupers and freshwater varieties such as perch, steamed and finished with elaborate sauces. A curious specialty is the "Squirrel fish", one carp carved and fried, served still sizzling, which resembles the shape of the animal and produces a "creak" similar to a squeak. They come from the farmyard duck And chicken, who keep company with pig, a symbol of prosperity around the world. The meats can be used in soups, in the fillings of ravioli or, as mentioned, in the condiments of vermicelli, spaghetti or lamian, the special hand-rolled noodles. But also be marinated, glazed, lacquered, roasted, plated: many preparations for sumptuous dishes of earth that are mixed on the table to be shared among the diners, in perfect "sharing" style.

How to toast?
According to tradition, even during the holidays you dine at you or, at most, sipping distillates of rice or other cereals. As the Fenjiu, made with sorghum, barley and peas, aged in terracotta jars, with which to toast at the restaurant Dao di Roma which, in its Christmas Eve menu, offers among others i Baozi Cha Sha Bao, small bundles of soft dough. However, in recent years, even in China, an increasing interest in wine has been developing and the most refined restaurants are starting, even here, to offer highly respectable bottles. Thus, in Milan Bon Wei combines a selection of Amaroni from the Historical Families, the Association that brings together the most important and ancient wineries of Valpolicella: an unexpected but successful marriage with dishes such as crispy yellow grouper with black garlic, duck Yan Shui boiled "water and salt", the rib of beef Guo Qiao with black pepper and taro, a battered and fried tuber, served with a pork and chili sauce. Brianza MU Fish, Nova Milanese's address for Asian fusion cuisine, accompanies the dim sum of its celebratory menu with the effervescence of Lambrusco Doc Spumante. Two proposals very much in line with what is happening in the East, where reds are much more appreciated than whites. Although we (and many sommeliers) would like to recommend a great Classic Method, from Franciacorta to Trentodoc. For a cheers … to the health of the Tiger!

Francesca Romana Mezzadri
January 2022