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Figs biscuits: how to prepare them at home – Italian Cuisine


Before finally saying goodbye to the summer season, we invite you to prepare these biscuits with figs. For a perfect September breakfast!

The fig season is not over yet, that's why we advise you to stock it to prepare preserves and jams throughout the year and also as many delicious sweets as these shortbread cookies with a soft and sweet heart. They are perfect a Breakfast with milk and coffee or tea, but I am also the snack ideal for children who return to school these days.

Biscuits with figs
Biscuits with figs

The shortbread of fig biscuits

First prepare a pastry by mixing 150 grams of flour 0 with 40 grams of corn starch, 10 grams of hazelnut flour, a little teaspoon of yeast, 50 grams of sugar, and 60 grams of butter.
Mix everything with your hands, forming crumbs and then add 1 egg and a cup of milk.
Let the mixture wrapped in the film rest in the refrigerator and prepare the biscuit filling in the meantime.

The stuffing

We suggest you use the fresh figs, but if you can't find one, one will be fine too good jam.
Once peeled, cook them with some sugar and the grated lemon rind. For 300 grams of figs, calculate about 30 grams of sugar. Then add the hazelnut flour and the filling is ready. Allow it to cool before filling the pastry.

Green or black? All figs are good for jam!

How to make fig biscuits

Roll out the dough with a rolling pin between two sheets of parchment paper trying to give it one rectangular shape. Adjust the edges with a knife and divide the rectangle in half forming two long rectangles.
place the filling in the center of each rectangle following its length and then close the dough to the wallet, bringing first one side towards the center and then the other completely covering the filling. Let cool in the freezer then cut the cylinders into many equal parts. Bake in 180 ° for 15 minutes.

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Being at home is the new to go out: the cocktail is made in the living room – Italian Cuisine


Enjoy a cocktail without leaving home: the new trend of overseas in terms of mixology is called House Bartending (and is perfect for the summer). Here are the tips to try it by yourself, and the solution for a guaranteed result: the catering bar

The tendency ofHouse Bartending is established among Hollywood celebrities, including Justin Timberlake and Oprah Winfrey. In fact, the latter, as reported by the online magazine Coveteur, shared the recipe of a drink prepared by her, while the pop star reads on people, was complimented by his personal mixologist Eddy Buckingham with a cocktail. The creative art of preparing cocktails is consumed more and more in the home even in Italy, following the trend of stars and stripes of the House Bartending. More than one Italian in 2 (57%) would like to experience firsthand the ability to mix different ingredients; while one in 3 (34%) wants to dose the amount of alcohol by itself. 26%, finally, want to privilege the choice of top quality ingredients, such as exotic fruit. This is the result of a study conducted by Sanbittèr Aperitivo Cool Hunting, an observatory on new trends in drink and mixability, conducted with WOA (Web Opinion Analysis) methodology through a monitoring of over 150 sources among international publications, magazines, portals, blogs and lifestyle communities and on a pool of over 50 bartenders to explore the tips for organizing a perfect patry at home.

If you want to try it, here are the tips

«For the summer season, comments Giacomo Fiume barman of the local Albergo Diffuso in Monopoli and founder of the Instagram page @theworldofdistillery, «I would recommend simple, fresh and quick to make drinks. Be careful, however, never to miss the ice: I therefore suggest preparing it in large quantities and collecting it in polystyrene containers of at least 3 kilos, where it can be stored for a long time without the risk of melting. What decorations should be used? With fresh fruit you always play it safe: a citrus fruit or passion fruit, for example, goes perfectly with a drink to sip at the aperitif, while the lime is ideal for a mojito. The key thing, however, is to always have a freezer and a fridge to keep fresh fruit and all the useful ingredients for making the drink. " To amaze your friends with a perfect rooftop party on the terrace, Giacomo Fiume's advice is to prefer solutions with low alcohol content, obtain a suitable glass, focus on the most popular ingredients like mezcal and tequila, and don't forget the right playlist for create the musical atmosphere.

Photo Daniele Mari

Bar Catering, the service for not experimenting

Self stay at home is the new get out make a cocktail as it should not be so simple. «The idea was born to propose something new starting from the observation of an increasingly widespread trend: people increasingly love to meet with friends in a familiar and quiet environment. At the same time, however, they do not want to give up drinking and eating as well as in a high-level bar and being free from any organizational thinking ", he explains Mattia Pastori, internationally renowned mixologist who, with his consulting company nonsolococktails and in collaboration with the catering company Drinkable, brings the Milanese aperitif experience to the home. «We bring home a complete, highly customizable service, with the best cocktails and finger food. And we take care of everything, from the bar corner to the tools of the trade, to the end-of-evening cleaning. A turnkey package ". The mission of the new service of drink catering it is giving the customer the freedom to live an experience such as a trendy bar, but without leaving his apartment, with the possibility of personalizing the service in every detail: from the choice of the counter to the cocktails, to the side food and preparation. You can then decide to design a set up with a tropical mood like in a Tiki Bar, opt for a more conceptual evening proposing molecular cocktails or prefer a vintage atmosphere featuring the great classics of mixology. But not only, the service also includes the possibility of customizing the same cocktail, for example creating a drink inspired by the passions or characteristics of the landlord, such as the Negroni Nero, made with charcoal and dedicated to lovers of total black dress code, or a Impatto Zero cocktail made using the waste ingredients, as current trends in mixology want, inspired by eco-friendly souls, sensitive to environmental issues. In short, a turnkey service tailored to the customer's needs, which will have no organizational concerns, other than a simple mission: to have fun and entertain guests as if they were at the table of their favorite restaurant. The bartender, who in addition to the drink list, will also offer a quality food menu with real appetizers signed by the best addresses and chefs in the city.

School canteen, no sandwich at home: the Cassation decided it – Italian Cuisine

School canteens: one in three is irregular


According to the judges, it is an educational and socialization issue, but also to promote equality among all pupils

At school, when you have lunch in the canteen, you have to eat the dishes offered by the meal service: it is no longer permitted to bring a sandwich from home. This was established by the United Sections of the Cassation, accepting the appeal of the Municipality of Turin: the Court of Appeal's ruling was reversed which allowed parents to prepare a meal at home for pupils who preferred it at the canteen. The judges thus explain (here the complete sentence) their decision: «La pedagogical function of the canteen time it can only be predicted in terms of collective catering in the context of an educational offer for this purpose ".

It is an educational and socialization issue, therefore, but also of promoting equality among all students: «The introduction of various and different domestic meals in school premises undermines the right of pupils and parents to the full egalitarian implementation of the training project including the canteen service, with possible violation of the principles of equality and non discrimination based on economic conditions. In addition to the right to health, "taking into account the hygienic and health risks of an untested individual meal".

Not only that, the judges write: the school is «a place where the development of the personality of individual students and the enhancement of individual diversity must be carried out within the limits of compatibility with the interests of other students and of the community, With« rules of conduct and« duties to which the pupils are bound , with« mutual respect, sharing and tolerance . And «parents are also required, with respect to the parents of pupils with opposing interests, to fulfill the duties of social solidarity, as well as economic .

The Councilor for Education of the City of Turin, Antonietta Di Martino, tried to reassure the disappointed parents of the sentence: "In light of the new pronouncement of the United Sections, the Administration will proceed to support the families and the schools in the next delicate organizational phases that follow from the aforementioned pronouncement .

But the parents who carry on the battle for the sandwich from home, on the Facebook group CaroMensa Turin, they replied: «The Cassation to Joint Sections has decided: the compulsory schooling free from the Constitution is to be thrown into the toilet, from now on, either pay the soup or skip the window (if they don't take the house away due to default) . However, families still have the right to bring their children home and bring them back to school after lunch.

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