Tag: Potato

Recipe Spicy potato ravioli – Italian Cuisine

Ingredients

700 g potatoes
500 g flour plus a little
400 g grated grana cheese a little more
4 eggs
onion
butter
sage
garlic powder
mixed spices (garofolà)
extra virgin olive oil
salt

Duration: 1 h 30 min

Level: Middle

Dose: 8 people

For the recipe of spiced potato ravioli, boil the potatoes. Meanwhile prepare the dough by working 400 g of flour with the eggs, a pinch of salt and 4 tablespoons of oil, until obtaining a homogeneous mixture. Crush the potatoes. Melt a knob of butter in a pan, add a slice of chopped onion and 100 g of flour. Cook until you get a crumbs set. Add some of the potatoes, then, away from the heat, add part of the grain.
Stir back on the stove, and gradually add the rest of the potatoes and parmesan, a pinch of garlic powder, salt and a teaspoon of garofolà. You will get a consistent and fragrant mixture. Roll out the dough with the dough sheeter, in sheets not too thin, working on a floured surface: the ravioli are large and the filling is consistent, so the dough must be able to contain it without breaking in cooking.
Place the filling on the sheets, in large walnuts, fold the dough covering the filling and cut the ravioli with a serrated wheel, closing the dough well along the edges. Boil the ravioli in boiling salted water for 6-8 minutes, then drain gently. Dissolve in a pan a generous amount of butter with some sage leaves and pass the ravioli to dress them. Complete with a sprinkling of parmesan and serve.

Potato Salami Recipe – Italian Cuisine – Italian Cuisine

Ingredients

450 g potatoes
150 g boiled chestnuts
150 g carrots
150 g rapa
120 g boiled beet
70 g raw ham in slices
70 g a slice of cooked ham
6 large leaves of cabbage
garlic
butter
grated Parmesan cheese
2 eggs
nutmeg
parsley
odor (celery, carrot, onion)
salt
pepper

Duration: 2 h

Level: Middle

Dose: 10 people

To prepare the potato salami, boil the potatoes with the peel; in the meantime, reduce beetroot, carrots, turnip and cooked ham into cubes; chop the chestnuts. Boil first the leaves of cabbage, deprived of the central rib, then the diced carrots and turnip. Next, cook in a knob of butter, fried with a clove of garlic, diced carrots, turnip, beetroot and chestnuts. Add the cooked ham, salt and pepper everything. Peel the boiled potatoes, mash them and mix them immediately with the eggs, 40 g of Parmesan, the diced vegetables and ham, grated nutmeg, finely chopped parsley, salt and pepper. Cut the cabbage leaves in half then spread them on a cloth, placing them slightly crossed to form a rectangle; then flatten them with the meat tenderizer. Cover the leaves with the slices of raw ham, spread the mixture of potatoes on them and sprinkle with a tablespoon of Parmesan. Using the tea towel, roll up, close the roll in a sheet of film and place it in a fish pan with salted boiling water, flavored with the smells. After 15 minutes of boiling, drain the salami and let it cool, before slicing it and serve it in a serving dish with a garnish of your choice.

The sweet potato is good for diabetes – Italian Cuisine

The sweet potato, or batata, prevents diabetes and hypertension; it also boasts antioxidant properties
Widespread in Latin America, the sweet potato, also known as yam, has effective therapeutic functions. Among the scientifically proven benefits there is the diabetes prevention, of hypertension and its properties are appreciated antioxidants.

The extract of its peel reduces basal blood sugar, cholesterol and glycated hemoglobin
To study the tuber and its effects on the diabetesin particular, the researchers of the Biomedical Engineering Institute of the Cnr of Padua have recently been investigating the characteristics and the effects of the sweet potato, working with people with type II diabetes, in collaboration with the University of Vienna. . The result turned out to be interesting: the extract from the peel of sweet potato (caiapo) reduces basal blood sugar, the cholesterol and glycated hemoglobin, improving the general condition of patients.

In Japan, with its skin, diabetes, hypertension and anemia are treated
For the Japanese and in particular for those of the Kagawa region it is not news: the consumption of the batata is a habit. Like raw and cooked and, moreover, from the peel in this region they get medicines to treat diabetes, hypertension and anemia.

The leaves would reduce the risks of lung and breast cancer
In oriental medicine it is considered a true panacea: the leaves would reduce the risks of lung cancer, while the batata itself has preventive effects of breast cancer.

Rich in anthocyanins, flavonoids and antioxidants, it is used in the cosmetic industry in antiaging preparations
Even in the West, if they are beginning to appreciate the qualities, the wealth of anthocyanins, flavonoids and antioxidants have earned them a front line position in thecosmetic industry, where it is used in antiaging preparations.

Related to the American potato and widespread in Europe since 1500, in Italy it had little success until the beginning of the 20th century
This tuber has an irregular and elongated shape and is a close relative of the American potato, began to spread in Europe after Columbus's explorations, but in Italy it had little success until the beginning of the 20th century. It is currently (successfully) cultivated in some Italian regions, so much so that it has become an agricultural product of excellence in Veneto, Emilia Romagna and in the Pontine plain.

Perfect for soups, sauces as a side dish stewed or sautéed in a pan
Its taste is sweet and pleasant. In soups It gives a creamy and delicate touch, but can be used in the preparation of sauces and as a side dish stewed or sautéed in a pan.

Barbara Roncarolo
December 9th 2015
updated by Marianna Tognini
December 2018

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