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The recipes with little cholesterol – Italian Cuisine

The recipes with little cholesterol


Mascarpone cream, prawns in sauce, buttery canapés, stuffed desserts, patés … yummy, right? In these days of celebration we decided to enjoy everything that the throat and the eyes asked, what goodness. And we did very well. But now, we have to take a little break, giving our body the chance to purify is dispose of excesses of Christmas.

In fact, during the holidays, we probably assumed a quantity of saturated fats greater than usual, which are the main cause of the high cholesterol. On the podium of foods to avoid to increase the level we find: eggs, offal, butter, sausages and fried, while it has been shown that foods such as oils of soy, flax, nuts, kiwi, blue fish, oat bran, legumes, whole grains, fruits and vegetables and nuts are true allies to fight high cholesterol.

Here then are our 24 recipes with little cholesterol to purify after the holidays

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Oil cake, lentils and walnuts

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Sesame seared tuna with soy "mayonnaise"

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Crenaceous rock soup with pears

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"Carpaccio" of beef with rhubarb compote and tuna bottarga

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Almond soup with pineapple and citrus peel

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Lentil moist with spicy chicken wings

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Steamed salmon and tofu "mayonnaise"

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Honey pitaya sorbet with papaya sauce

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Carrot gazpacho with celeriac

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Cream of zucchini and chicken

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Raw and cooked pears with cabbage pâté

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Sweet potato, artichoke and cardoon flan

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Castagnaccio

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Cookies with soy flour and pineapple

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Radicchio in the pan

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Venus rice cream, black cabbage, raspberry and cinnamon

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Daikon rolls and leeks with walnuts and currants

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Almond biscuits

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Quinoa with leeks, soy and toasted almonds

the basic recipe and many other ideas – Italian Cuisine

the basic recipe and many other ideas


Simple, with almond flour, carrots, yogurt, delicious or vegan. How do you prefer the orange cake?

There Orange cake is the ideal cake for the Breakfast of the whole family, but if enriched and decorated with care can also turn into a delicious dessert to be served after a meal.
Preparing it is really very easy because the base is that of a simple cake to snack, but they exist many variations that can make this cake more or less soft, more or less wet, more or less caloric.
We can remove the eggs, use different flours, replace the butter with oil and add the yogurt or ricotta in the dough.
In short, this is really one versatile recipe!

The classic recipe of orange cake

First of all, grate the peel of two oranges not treated avoiding reaching the white part.
Take it too 180 g of juice filter it if necessary.
Separately mounted three whole eggs with 150 g of sugar and then add 80 g of soft butter, 270 g of 00 flour sifted with a sachet of yeast and then the peel and orange juice.
Mix with one hand whisk or inside a planetary and then pour the mixture into a buttered and floured cake tin or lined with parchment paper.
Cook the cake at 180 ° for about 35 minutes. Take the toothpick test to check the cooking.
Once cold sprinkle with icing sugar.

With almond flour

You can make the same cake using a part of almond flour.
The proportion is 200 g of 00 flour and 70-80 of almond flour.
The cake will be more moist and tasty.

With carrots

The cake orange and carrots It is perfect for children because it is good and healthy, rich in vitamins and fruit.
To prepare it, just add it to the mixture two grated and well-squeezed carrots to eliminate excess water.
Also in this case you will get a more moist consistency and a sweeter taste.
Very greedy children? Some chocolate drop and you will make them happy.

With yogurt

If you want to prepare a really easy cake, the ideal recipe is always that of the Cake 7 Jars that can be adapted by adding many ingredients, such as orange, for example.
125g yogurt jars are used as measuring cups: just beat three eggs with a jar of citrus yoghurt and two of sugar and mix everything with three jars of flour, half seed oil and a bag of yeast.
Then add to this mixture the juice and zest of an orange and cook a 180 ° for 30 minutes.
You can also make the same cake with ricotta using the 200-250 g basket as a dispenser. The proportions are always the same, but the dough will be more abundant.

With caramelized oranges

How to make a cake so simple? Just add some Caramellised Oranges.
You have two ways to do it.
You can caramelize the oranges cut into thin slices by baking them with sugar directly in the pan on the stove.
When they are caramelized, let them cool down a little and then pour the mixture over it to cook it all together in the oven.
Once the cake is ready, turn it on a serving plate so that the oranges will be on the surface.
The alternative is to prepare the oranges by caramelizing them with sugar and a little 'Grand Marnier and then arrange them on the cake at the end of cooking with their warm icing.

The greedy version

You can stuff the orange cake as you want because the taste is so delicate that it is fine with jams of all kinds, hazelnut cream, custard, cream and much more.
You can even turn it into a birthday cake cutting it in half and stuffing it with cream and fruit and covering everything with whipped cream.

Vegan version

To prepare the orange cake without milk, butter and eggs just sift 300 g of flour 1 with a packet of baking powder for vegan desserts and 150 g of finely chopped cane sugar.
Then add 200 ml of water, 200 ml of orange juice, 100 ml of seed oil and grated orange peel.
You can also scent the dessert with a little cinnamon powder and add some dried fruit grains in the dough.
Bake and cook at 180 degrees for 35 minutes.

5 special places in Milan – Italian Cuisine

5 special places in Milan


Precious dishes, marble backgrounds, colored walls, pastel palettes and (above all) definitely delicious desserts are the basic elements for a social release. We have chosen 5 special places for you in Milan where you can have an Instagram-proof breakfast

"In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes" predicts Andy Warhol in the late sixties. The advent of social media in the new millennium gives him full reason. In the era of #foodporn, or the almost spasmodic search to photograph food to be eaten with the eyes, breakfast is a perfect moment for new instagrammatic shots. Precious dishes, marble backgrounds, colored walls, pastel palettes and decidedly delicious desserts are the basic ingredients for the perfect post, without forgetting the hashtag community correct: from #instagood to #foodie (hashtag community, here you find over 100). We have chosen for you 5 special places in Milan where you can have an Instagram-proof breakfast for locations and menus.

Gelsomina pastry

Within a few months, the Pasticceria Gelsomina has conquered the heart and palate of the Milanese thanks to his location in the Repubblica area perfectly total white and (above all) to his sweets with the perfumes of Southern Italy. In a side street of Viale Tunisia, like a hidden treasure chest, the Pasticceria Gelsomina welcomes you at the entrance with an infinite sweets counter and then let you choose your location among beautiful vases of prickly pears that give color and warmth to the environment. The attention to detail is strong: from the tables and chairs handcrafted by an Orvieto blacksmith on the floor of cement and hand-painted ceramic tiles of Vietri, up to the romantic style dishes recovered in vintage markets. It is defined contemporary pastry and it is actually the best definition that could be given to this special place that gives emotions and joy through hubris to the chubby cream, delicious pistachio croissants (probably the best in the city), tasty stuffed cannoli and much more. After all, the skilful hand is of the pastry chef Marco Spera, who comes from the restaurant of Filippo La Mantia. Not only desserts: also arancini, panelle, busiata, orecchiette and meatballs for a different lunch. Perfect light and marble background for your shots of inviting dishes for a rain like!

Bar Luce

If you love Grand Hotel Budapest and its pastel colors or you are nostalgic clinging to the beautiful of yesteryear, the Bar Luce is for you, and for your Instagram profile. At the entrance of Via Orobia of the Prada Foundation, the Bar Luce recreates the atmosphere of a typical old Milan coffee according to the brilliant interpretation of Wes Anderson, who so imagined it: «(…) was meant to be 'lived', it should have many comfortable places to sit down to talk, read, eat, drink … I think it would be a great set, but also a beautiful place to write a film. I tried to shape a place where I'd like to spend my 'non-cinematographic' afternoons". The chairs, the ant furniture, the floor, the veneered wood panels that cover the walls and the color range recall the popular culture and aesthetics of Italy in the Fifties and Sixties, to which Anderson has already inspired for the short film Cavalcanti Castle (2013). Among the other iconographic sources there are two masterpieces of Italian Neorealism, both set in Milan: Miracle in Milan (1951) by Vittorio De Sica e Rocco and his brothers (1960) by Luchino Visconti. While enjoying a breakfast of cappuccino and cornet signed Marchesi in front of the beautiful coffee machine and showcase of bitters and distillates, it will be impossible to resist a snap of jukebox or pinballs immersed in glass jars overflowing with candies for your profile Instagram.

Crazy Cat Café

Not far from the Central Station, in via Napo Torriani 5, there is the first and only one Cat Café of Lombardy, inspired by the intimate atmosphere of the Japanese neko cafés, where the absolute masters are the nine cats that live inside the room. Blondie, Bowie, Elton and other furry friends will keep you company while you sip a delicious Catpuccino (filter coffee, hot milk whipped with aroma of your choice between chocolate, homemade caramel, hazelnut, cinnamon, amaretto) and enjoy an excellent New York Cheesecake with berries sauce. With the thoughtful recommendation not to use the flash, the cats will be protagonists of your shots on colored backgrounds or next to delights served in harmony with nice cups in the shape of a cat. In addition to a relaxing and gourmand environment, thanks to the offer of homemade products available from brunch to aperitif, the Crazy Cat Café carries forward with passion an important mission: to raise awareness on the adoption of cats and on the correct behavior have towards our feline friends. Like insured, but above all so much relaxation and taste.

Vanilla Bakery

If Barbie opened a pastry shop it would be exactly like the Vanilla Bakery in Milan, just as Cristina Bernascone Raffoul (aka Fata Vanilla) did, passionate about cuisine with stars and stripes. In the Fiera-Buonarroti area, a space dedicated toAmerican Cooking between colorful cupcakes, delicious pancakes and exaggerated burgers that over the years has conquered the hearts of many princess-inside. Shabby chic white furniture, pink walls with small polka dots or vertical stripes in delicate contrast with Tiffany blue decorations, a triumph of pastels that is good for the heart and the palate. For a brunch with children or a snack with friends without thinking too much about the diet, here you are in the right place to see and enjoy la vie en rose. Loved by the Milanese celebrity for the original cake design (fun the Minions-themed birthday cake for the 6 months of the son of Chiara Ferragni and Fedez) and chosen by top brands for special catering, Vanilla Bakery is confirmed for its excellent quality and creativity, as well as being the perfect location for one selfie millenial pink!

Lubar

Cross the majestic and rigid courtyard of the Villa Reale that hosts the GAM to enter a cozy winter garden: a journey in a few steps in the heart of Sicily that leads to the LùBar. Born in 2017 from the idea of ​​the three brothers Lù (Lucilla, Lucrezia and Ludovico) Bonaccorsi, of Sicilian origins, but in fact Milanese, this café / bistro / restaurant hits the scenographic objective of creating a sensorial atmosphere of 360 °, to the sight and to the taste, in memory of Sicily. Sophisticated, relaxed and relaxing space, the LùBar is the right place to take a break from the stress of the city and enjoy an oasis of happiness with extraordinary elegance. Open from morning to evening for a transversal gastronomic offer, breakfast can be enjoyed with traditional desserts such as cornetto or stuffed cannoli or with the classic "bread, butter and jam" declined in Sicilian style: flour bread Tumminia, durum wheat typical of trapanese, and organic ricotta with orange honey. Among pink flamingos, flourishing green plants and a color palette that extends from light gray to sand, the instagrammable shots are guaranteed. After all, right here, Chiara Ferragni and The Blonde Salad team have made numerous social shots: is this enough for you?

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