Tag: FEBRUARY

News for February 2024: Carnival, and beyond – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

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The tastiest recipes for the weekend of February 5th – Italian Cuisine

What to cook on the weekend of February 5th? Here are the first, second and best desserts to prepare this weekend

If the weekend is your excuse to cook more delicious recipes than usual, you are in the right place. Moreover, on Saturday 5 February there is the final of Sanremo 2022: what better occasion to prepare delicious dishes to share with your fellow Festival mates?
For example, in a convivial evening you cannot miss recipes such as the rustic meatballs of beef and Bra sausage or the fried pizzas that we accompanied with raw ham and squacquerone, but which you can combine with any other condiment.

The tastiest recipes for the weekend of February 5th: first courses

As for the former, the tradition he always comes to our aid when we need to bring to the table a dish capable of conquering all the guests. This is certainly the case with the Spaghettoni alla Gricia of Roman cuisine.

And for your Sunday lunch we have certainly not forgotten the lasagna. This time, however, we will surprise you with a less conventional recipe: vegetarian lasagna with lentils, which will also appeal to non-vegetarians.

The tastiest recipes for the weekend of February 5th: main courses

The next recipe for the weekend comes from Lombardy. Have you ever heard of little birds escaped? It is about gluttons skewers of meat which date back to an ancient tradition. To find out the reason for their name, you just have to try the easy recipe for escaped birds.

If, on the other hand, you are looking for an original idea for second courses based on fish, try the seared tuna with olives and pistachios. Ready in 30 minutes!

The tastiest recipes for the weekend of February 5th: desserts

How to make the long-awaited dessert moment special? It takes a little wine, just like we did for the recipe for our rustic pear pie. Seeing is believing: the aroma given off by pears and from spices used will be intoxicating!

The surprises don't end there: browse the gallery above to discover all the recipes for the weekend of February 5th.

Shopping in February, love on the table – Italian Cuisine

Fruits, vegetables, fish, snacks to munch in front of the TV and aphrodisiac foods: the smart shopping cart of February

New tv series, Saint Valentine, Carnival, Sanremo and again twenty-eight days on the calendar. Welcome back February, a month of great "commitments" that have an excellent relationship with food. So what shouldn't be missing in the shopping cart for the next few weeks?

Fruit to buy in February

A Apple a day, you know, never hurts. Contains potassium, phosphorus, calcium and can be used with imagination in the kitchen. Cakes, tarts, strudel but also salads. Pears are no exception, but under the fruit item, for this month, there are also grapefruit, tangerine and i persimmon, essential for preparing a gluttonous jam, ideal accompaniment to aged cheeses. But you can also simply spread it on rusks for breakfast.

Seasonal vegetables

Cabbages, Brussels sprouts, Romanesco cabbage, cauliflower. And the broccoli, which is not to be missed on the shopping list. As well as its "cousins", very useful for a soup that for lunch, at least one day a week, also fits perfectly in February. The other vegetables and vegetables of the season not to be forgotten? Fennel, radicchio, spinach, artichoke, leek, turnips and pumpkin. Yeah, the pumpkin, a winning ingredient for delicious tortelli with orange filling. The recipe is typical of the area between Emilia and lower Lombardy; their flavor bitter-sweetinstead, it is perfect at any latitude. And for one dinner romantic, on Valentine's Day, can be a great idea.

Food, TV and love

Given the schedule for February, it is better to find a good compromise: in front of the TV, yes, but without the usual guilt-inducing diet. Dried fruit, crackers, strawberries, yogurt and even dark chocolate. Which then, returning again to the February 14, it can also become useful for a dessert to share. A Dark Chocolate Cake also requires butter, sugar and eggs: marked?

Not just fish

Sole, sea bass and sea bass, fish lovers are warned: here are the ones that should not be missing on the shopping list. To add to the shopping list also artichokes, rocket, lettuce and chicory. As well as the chili, ginger and oysters, aphrodisiac foods that for the feast of lovers are a must at the table. This completes an ideal shopping cart to face the second month of the year in the best possible way.