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Sweet ravioli recipe with nuts and bitter herbs – Italian Cuisine

Sweet ravioli recipe with nuts and bitter herbs


  • 25 g shelled walnuts
  • 25 g dried bread and smoothie
  • 1 teaspoon of brown sugar
  • dried herb mix (rosemary, bay leaf, mint, sage)
  • fresh wild herbs (cress, rocket, lemon balm, mint, sclopit or parsley, fennel)
  • butter
  • smoked ricotta

FOR PASTA
Knead flour with 120 g of water and a pinch of salt until the mixture is homogeneous and smooth.

FOR THE STUFFING
Jump fry the walnuts in a frothy knob of butter together with the bread and sugar.
Blend all in a mixer then add the mix of dried herbs and fresh field herbs.

TO PREPARE RAVIOLI
Roll out the dough with a pasta machine or with a rolling pin into very thin sheets (1-2 mm).
Arrange fill the pastry into small piles 5-6 cm apart, cover with the pastry itself and cut out the ravioli with a pastry wheel.
Cook them in boiling salted water. Meanwhile, heat a knob of butter in a large pan. Drain the ravioli and stir in the melted butter.
Complete them with grated smoked ricotta.

Carrot cream recipe with wild herbs and macadamia nuts – Italian Cuisine

Carrot cream recipe with wild herbs and macadamia nuts


A tip from chef Carlo Cracco "the cream could be spiced up with a few drops of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, which gives a little acidity, but gentle"

  • 500 g clean carrots
  • 120 g clean mixed leaves (curly endive, rocket, soncino, catalonia)
  • 100 g peeled potatoes
  • 60 g macadamia nuts
  • 30 g butter
  • 30 g shallot
  • 2 carrots in ribbons to decorate
  • garlic
  • vegetable broth

For the recipe of carrot cream with wild herbs and macadamia nuts, Cut carrots and potatoes into pieces of the same size.
Heat in a saucepan the sliced ​​shallot with the butter and 1 clove of garlic with the peel.
United carrots and potatoes, brown for 5 minutes, then add about 900 g of hot broth and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes.
Eliminate finally the garlic and blend until a smooth and velvety cream is obtained.
Serve it completing the dishes with leaves, carrot ribbons and macadamia nuts.

Recipe Calamari stuffed with tomatoes, potatoes and pine nuts – Italian Cuisine

Recipe Calamari stuffed with tomatoes, potatoes and pine nuts


  • 4 squid
  • 300 g cherry tomatoes
  • 200 g potatoes
  • 60 g shelled pine nuts
  • 2 coppery tomatoes
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • basil
  • salt
  • pepper

For the recipe for the squid stuffed with tomatoes, potatoes and pine nuts, Cut the tomatoes into quarters, remove the seeds and cut the pulp into very small cubes.
Peel the potatoes and cut them too
diced.
Heat a little oil in a pan and brown the diced potatoes with
a pinch of salt and pepper. After 2 minutes add the tomatoes and sauté everything for another 2 minutes. Sprinkle with a few chopped basil leaves and turn off. Toast the pine nuts in a pan for 2-3 minutes and add them to potatoes and tomatoes, obtaining the filling.
For the sauce: Cut the cherry tomatoes in quarters; heat a drizzle of oil with a sprig of basil in a pan. Sauté the cherry tomatoes for 3 minutes,
with a pinch of salt, over high heat. Turn off and remove the basil. Blend them with the hand blender.
For the squid: clean the squid, separating the tufts from the bodies and removing the internal pen. Peel and wash them. Fill them with the filling; reposition the tufts at the ends of the bodies, fixing them with a toothpick and closing the mouth at the same time, so that the filling does not come out. Cook the stuffed squid in a hot pan with a drizzle of oil for 3 minutes over high heat. Serve them cut in half, over the cherry tomato sauce. Complete with a drizzle of oil and ground pepper.

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