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Recipes with strawberries: our best sweet and savory ideas – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

When we buy a basket of ripe strawberries, we often find some bruised fruit. This happens because strawberries are very delicate and can suffer from heat, storage, but also waiting in the refrigerator. The first tip to avoid wasting them is to consume them as soon as they are purchased. In this way you can fully enjoy their sweetness while appreciating their natural, almost crunchy consistency. But if you happen to leave strawberries in the refrigerator for too long, here are some ideas for using bruised strawberries. Once washed and removed from any parts that are no longer edible, you can cut them roughly, blend them with the sugar and lemon juice, cook the mixture for a few minutes on a low heat and use this Strawberry sauce to make every meal even better ice-cream. If you are looking for something alternative instead, we invite you to prepare a very easy one spicy strawberry sauce. To prepare it, cut the strawberries into cubes and place on the heat in a pan in which you have melted some butter with a pinch of chilli pepper. Add a little sugar to caramelize, blend with apple cider vinegar and finish cooking when the desired consistency is reached. Once cooled, it is perfect to accompany cheeses!

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30 delicious ideas | The Italian kitchen – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

There pasta carbonara it is certainly one of the most loved Italian dishes, not only at a national level: it is no coincidence that a Carbonara Day has even been established. It is the most social pasta dish and it is also the one that we share with our loved ones with greatest pleasure: a commissioned research come on pasta makers of the Italian Food Union toPiepoli Institute reveals that for 9 out of 10 Italians (95%) carbonara is always eaten in company, especially with the family.

Carbonara is known and appreciated all over the world and there are many recipes that chefs have invented to create the perfect and most original carbonara.

We too, in our editorial kitchen, had fun experimenting and pushed the typical ingredients of carbonara on different bases, such as polenta and omelette. And going beyond the bacon or bacon debate (obviously, the answer is bacon), there are also greener versions with artichokes, peas, asparagus and other vegetables. Don’t turn up your nose: they might surprise you.

What type of pasta is used for carbonara?

You say carbonara and spaghetti immediately comes to mind, perfect for scooping up the sauce. But also mezze sleeves, why not, or rigatoni. However, there are many pasta shapes that are well suited to this recipe: from egg tagliatelle – perfect for those who love a stronger egg flavor – to linguine and fusilli, which collect that irresistible cream in their grooves. Not to mention ravioli: have you ever thought that carbonara could become a delicious filled pasta?

Going beyond the traditional Carbonara Day on April 6th, we thought it would be nice to be able to eat a different carbonara every day. So, we have put together a classic and original selection of great carbonaras for 30 days. Please take a seat.

Easter Monday picnic? 50 ideas to do it at home – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

The Easter Monday picnic it is a real institution. A day at the seaside, in the countryside, but also at the nearest park is ideal for celebrating holiday Monday and enjoying the first days of spring. And what about those big black clouds? The weather is crazy, we know and often doesn’t respect our desire for sun. But Let’s not be discouraged by the bad weather: let’s prepare the best picnic ever at home.

How to set the table

Let’s set the Easter Monday table with checkered tablecloth, baskets for bread and flowered place cards. In the center of the table and scattered between one plate and another we have colorful dishes wildflowers and, for the children at home, we prepare a small table and cushions to sit directly on the carpet: it will be just like in the park!

Given the informal atmosphere they will be disposable tableware is also allowed, perhaps to be chosen in colored and assorted paper. Yellow, orange and lilac will be fine, but even a total green look will recall picnics on the lawn. If you are wondering what to cook, the answer is: the great classics of outdoor lunches.

What to cook for the Easter Monday picnic?

They will be perfect for the Easter Monday picnic at home, meatballs to be served while still hot on a large tray, omelettes stuffed to be portioned into rectangles that can also be picked up with the hands, focaccias to be distributed on the cheerful table and savory pies based on vegetables, cheeses and cured meats. For the occasion, the preparations of the dish will be ideal baked dough in the classic version and with vegetarian or fish-based variants, as well as the sautéed yellow ricestolen for the picnic from the Milanese tradition.

To accompany these dishes they must not be missing a rich platter of cured meats such as rolled bacon, coppa, raw and cooked ham and salami and a plate with mixed cheeses soft and seasoned accompanied by honey and mustard. And to make this homemade picnic even more delicious, instead of bread we serve focaccia prepared following the most ancient Ligurian tradition.

50 recipes for a homemade Easter Monday picnic

Easter Monday picnic