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The rum of modern gentlemen who can still dream – Italian Cuisine

It was born in Venezuela, from the sugar cane plantations at the foot of the Andes, and its character is inspired by a nobleman who is passionate about travels and distillates lived in the nineteenth century. Today you can taste it in atmospheric Houses and Clubs to get lost in flavors, memories and distant worlds

It would not be right to define the rum just a simple distillate. Noble and refined, with every sip it melts elegance and softness, accompanies moments of reflection that are lost in memories, but also flashes of transgression that pursue dreams. Rum evokes distant and exotic worlds, he says legends of explorers is stories of gentleman.

Like that of Don Juan Nieto Melendez, nicknamed the "Mantuano", a Venezuelan nobleman, who lived around the end of the nineteenth century, who was an expert traveler and a lover of rum, curious to discover ingredients and methods of production. During his travels he collected a vast collection of liqueurs and spirits that friends, with whom, once at home, loved to sip his "treasures", they called "The Ambassador's Reserve".

Rum Diplomático, Venezuelan excellence

It is this character that is inspired Rum Diplomático, the rum distributed in Italy by Company of the Caribbean and produced in Venezuela from Destilerías Unidas S.A. (DUSA), a company a family management founded in 1959 and located at slopes of the Andes, where fresh water and fertile soil are the ideal condition for the plantations of sugar cane. To make this rum, three different varieties are used in particular: Venezuela, Central Romana and Canal Point.

Like Don Juan Nieto Melendez, who used his wealth for the growth and development of his birthplace, where the distillery currently stands, Rum Diplomático, has always been a great place attention to the territory and social issues, striving for the improvement of the quality of life of the local community and for the environment protection.

In the Diplomatic Houses and Clubs to savor the spirit of rum

To taste all the bestor spirit of Rum Diplomáticor there are special places where to meet to share the same interests and enjoy the same idea of pleasure. Places where at the bartender you can ask "the usual" with the certainty of never being disappointed, but also to be pleasantly surprised with new proposals. Ready to leave for this trip?

The starred restaurant Magorabin of Turin proposes a refined gastronomic offer accompanied by a high level bartending where it is possible to taste the whole range of Diplomático, from the Traditional line to the Prestige to the brand new Distillery, smooth but also mixed in seductive signature cocktails.

In numerous cocktail bar selected throughout Italy you can then experience the atmosphere of the club in its ancient meaning, but with a modern idea of fruition. Locals to be sure of find the complete selection of Diplomático rum in its lines and their use in mixology with specific drinks, unique in every room.

You will feel like this while sipping a glass of rum dreamers of other times, lost in memories and distant places, but also modern gentleman who know that it is possible to resist everything except temptation.

Farinetti's dream – Italian Cuisine – Italian Cuisine

Love for imperfection, hatred for habits. The founder of Eataly tells how he made Italian food an international superstar. And he explains his "feasible" utopia to lift Italy

You agree that there is in the neighborhood Oscar Farinettibecause everyone around you is a bit at attention. It is imperceptible, however it is as if things and people resets themselves on the "efficiency" button. The effect is that of the shock wave of a stone thrown into a pond. The founder of Eataly (37 stores in the world, about 465 million euros in turnover) arrives with a quick pace, the unmistakable mustache and a smile between the amused and impatient. I wait for him sitting at a restaurant table Land, contemporary bistro with huge artisan grill, in the renovated Rome Ostiense store. Founded in 2011, this space holds the primacy of the most grateful Eataly in the world. It has just been relaunched with a 2 million euro operation and an unusual and innovative collaboration with IKEA, announced by Farinetti himself with Andrea Guerra (executive chairman of Eataly since 2015): a 700-square-meter pop-up store, with a focus on the kitchen and living area.

The complete interview on the December issue of La Cucina Italiana – Foto Giacomo Bretzel

Dream cake – 's Dream cake recipe – Italian Cuisine

Sift together the flour, cocoa and baking powder.

We prepare the chocolate dough base
Whip the whole eggs with the sugar and the vanilla essence until you get a light and fluffy mixture. Then add the flour mixed with cocoa and continue to whisk until you get a homogeneous mixture.

Then add in finely chopped chocolate and, according to the recipe, a tonka bean minced cocoa but I have not put.
Add milk and melted butter.

Pour the mixture into a greased and floured mold, then bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees for 35 minutes.

Meanwhile prepare the coconut layer
In a bowl mix together the coconut flour, brown sugar, melted butter and milk.

When the chocolate base is ready, pour the coconut mixture onto the surface, trying to level it as much as possible.
Put back in the oven and bake the cake for another 10 minutes at 200 °

Once cooked, let the dream cake cool and then cut into slices and serve.