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5 places to grill in Milan and surrounding areas: top equipped areas – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay


Parks, oases, farmhouses, green and sunny expanses: they are there 5 places to grill in Milan and surrounding areas where you can rent spaces equipped for barbecues together. The choice is varied: from just renting the pitches to the possibility of having all the equipment in use, up to the purchase of excellent meats. An outdoor barbecue is the perfect idea to face a weekend in the city, surrounded by greenery, like a small holiday!

Do you want some ideas for putting something original on the grills? There are not only sausages and salamis even if they are undoubtedly great classics that are difficult to give up. However, if you also want to try something different, read our article Grilling not just meat: fish, vegetables and fruit in 50 ideas.

5 places to grill in Milan and surrounding areas

The Agrigriglia with shop in Cascina Reina

Photo: Cascina Reina website.

In the province of Bergamo, but ¾ of an hour from Milan, Cascina Reina offers its customers real gazebos equipped for organizing great barbecues. In addition to the names of the seven dwarfs (for the few who can remember them all!) the gazebos bear names that recall the fairy tale of Snow White and have a cost that varies from €8 to €12 per person.

A free tasting is always available where you can taste cured meats, sip good wine and drink a coffee.

The price also includes the rental (with deposit) of some tools such as tongs, baking tray, meat box and unlimited wood. The use of the gazebos is subject to the purchase of meat on site; Cascina Reina is in fact an agricultural shop selling white meat, pork, beef and cheese.

A special grill with homemade sauces – Italian Cuisine

A special grill with homemade sauces


Summer, barbecue time: meat, fish, grilled vegetables become even tastier when accompanied with the right sauce. Here are some ideas for homemade preparations

Give us ours today barbeque daily. This could be the secular prayer of many Italians with the summer. In home garden, in the parks, even on the balcony, the desire to barbecue it is directly proportional to summer and finally the time has come to give free rein to the desire for meat, fish is vegetables to be roasted on the grill.

What, however, very often it makes a difference when preparing a barbecue, which can change the cards on the table making the diners fall head over heels in love sauce for seasoning the ingredients to be roasted on the barbecue.

From super classics mayonnaise, Ketchup is mustard, now omnipresent on our tables in full American style, the desire to accompany grilling with homemade sauces is becoming more widespread, for a touch of originality and taste that commercial products don't always satisfy.

Go grill and sauce (homemade)

One of the most famous sauces to accompany grilled dishes is the American BBQ sauce, a sauce made with tomato puree, vinegar, worcester sauce and mustard, ideal for seasoning meat roasted on the grill. Find here the recipe of our chefs.

For lovers of spicy, among the sauces for grilling at home there is also the spicy sauce, perfect with beef and pork and to be made at home with: 250 g of tomato sauce, 190 g of water, 150 g of sugar, tabasco, 5 g of dried and crumbled red pepper, pepper and lemon juice. To prepare it is enough heat all the ingredients in a saucepan for about 10 minutes and let it cool before bringing it to the table.

The avocado it is the exotic fruit par excellence of summer and is perfect for preparing one guacamole sauce Mexican with a fresh and decisive flavor.

To season both meat and fish you can think of trying one tartar sauce to do at home. What is needed? 2 boiled egg yolks, 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise, 1 teaspoon of mustard, 2 gherkins and 2 spoons of pickled capers, chopped fresh parsley, vinegar and salt. Enough with a kitchen whisk amalgamate mustard, mayonnaise, salt and vinegar and add a drizzle of oil to obtain one thick and creamy sauce. Then add the crumbled egg yolks, capers, parsley and gherkins and the mixture must be mixed again with a mixer or a food processor.

For those looking for one sauce for the barbecue to do at home that has a very strong flavor you can try this one based on garlic and cherry tomatoes, fast and simple. In fact, a pack of canned cherry tomatoes, basil, parsley and fresh oregano, two cloves of fresh garlic, salt and oil are enough. They pass all the ingredients in a mixer and then it is seasoned with raw oil. The sauce should be left to rest for at least an hour before using it.

Those who love, however, i more delicate flavors can prepare a sauce with lemon and rosemary. They serve: 1 shallot, the juice of half a lemon, rosemary, oregano, salt and oil. Yes chop the shallot finely and add oregano and rosemary, lemon juice, salt and oil flush, whipping lightly with a fork or kitchen whisk.

Finally, for those who love them sauces for the yogurt-based grill we propose this with mint and cardamom. You will need: 1 jar of white yogurt, fresh garlic and mint, the juice of one lemon and its finely chopped zest and powdered cardamom. Preparing it is very simple: just wash the lemon, remove the rind and put them in the mixer. Add the clean garlic, mint, cardamom, yogurt and lemon juice and juice whisk all until you get one homogeneous sauce and dense.

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How to roast fish on the grill – Italian Cuisine


On the grill, queen of the summer, but also in the oven and in a pan, for less direct or faster cooking. Here's how to make delicate fish meat soft and succulent

Roasting is one of the most appetizing for the fish, particularly appreciated in the summer months. In direct contact with the heat source, between 140 and 180 ° C, a crunchy and very tasty crust is formed on the surface, due to the coagulation of sugary and protein elements; a complex reaction called "by Maillard", the French chemist who studied and described it at the beginning of the twentieth century.
When the fish are roasted in order to obtain a nice external gilding and a correct cooking inside it is important to evaluate the type, size, cut alut the type, size, cut of the fish and the tool to use to cook them.

What fish to roast?

All fish lend themselves to being roasted: fish with flat, round or oval section, mollusks with flat, round or oval section, cephalopod and crustacean molluscs. All must be cleaned efalopods and crustaceans. All must be cleaned from the entrails before cooking; to the entrails before cooking; the little ones cook whole; the larger ones are cut into slices or fillets. Those of medium size can be of medium size and can be cooked whole or filleted. It can be roasted with the skin or shell, but also without.

The tools for roasting fish

Besides good pans is good grids from other to good pans and good grills to be heated on the stove, excellent results are also obtained with gratings to be placed on the results, also with gratings to be placed on the embers. The best are the "book" onesi.e. equipped with a hinge that allows you to keep the fish inside and turn it on both sides without moving it, thus avoiding breaking it. For all cooking, then, especially for whole fish or in large slices, palettes are useful for turning the pieces during cooking and non-pointed tongs with which to grasp the fish without tearing the delicate meat.

Grilled fish

Mackerel, sea bream, portion sea bass and other similar fish are excellent on the grill: scaled and gutted, they rest directly on the very hot grill, with little oil, wanting to be filled with aromas in the belly. Molluscs and crustaceans are also suitable for grilling. For this cooking, it is not convenient to eliminate skin and carapace that protect the pulp.

Mackerel and similar fish

They are more suitable for cooking on the grill than in a pan, because they tend to dry out: the grill, which reaches higher temperatures, allows faster cooking, which avoids excessive loss of humidity. As in all fish, the fat is concentrated between the skin and the pulp: during cooking, this softens the pulp and allows you to cook almost without adding fat. Mackerels, however, are particularly rich in them: it is better to cut the skin to eliminate its excess. Fish have delicate skin, so it's best to turn them as little as possible. Grill the mackerel for 4 'on one side and for 2' on the other.

Prawns and prawns

They should be grilled with the carapace, which prevents the delicate pulp from sticking to the hob. For this reason, however, you will need a very high flame. Before cooking them, remove the gut, "pinching" it with a toothpick at the point where the head articulates to the carapace. If it breaks, the last ring of the shell can be eliminated to "intercept" with the toothpick the final part of the gut and eliminate it. Cook i shrimp for 2 'on one side and for 1' on the other

Mollusks and chopped fish

Cuttlefish and squid they can be cooked on the grill: skewer the bodies cut into strips on skewer sticks to turn them more easily. While cooking, brush with oil and herbs to perfume them. Cook for 1-2 'on one side and for 1' on the other. To cook well skewers with bites of larger fish (sword, tuna, salmon, monkfish …) you must first cut the fish into uniform cubes in size. Then grill at high temperature at the beginning, then lower the fire, otherwise they will burn outside remaining raw in the heart. Cook for 2 'on the first side, then for 1' on all the others.

Grilled squid with burnt aubergine cream.
Grilled squid with burnt aubergine cream.

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