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Ricetta with mortadella and pumpkin soup – Italian Cuisine

Ricetta with mortadella and pumpkin soup


  • 900 g pumpkin
  • 300 g mortadella
  • 300 g flour
  • 60 g Grana Padano Dop grated
  • 15 g dry macaroons
  • 2 pcs eggs
  • rosemary
  • salt
  • pepper
  • butter
  • vegetable broth
  • extra virgin olive oil

For the recipe of mortadella and velvety pumpkin candies, peel the pumpkin, removing the seeds and leaving the peel. Cut it into slices, grease it with a little oil and add salt. Bake at 180 ° C for 50 minutes. Remove the peel of the pumpkin and blend the pulp with 2 ladles of aldo broth, a few rosemary leaves, 2 tablespoons of oil, a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper.
For the candies: Blend the mortadella with an ovo, the grated parmesan and the amaretti, obtaining the filling of the candies. Mix the flour with an egg, 10 g of oil and 75 g of water, working the ingredients until you have a smooth and soft mixture. Flour the work surface and roll out the dough into a sheet 1 mm thick. Cut out discs (diam. 6 cm). Prepare the candies by placing a small piece of filling in the center of each dough; fold the half-moon discs. Crush the dough around the filling to remove the air. Press the ends of the crescent between your fingers and press the filling with your thumb to give the shape of the candy.
Cook them in plenty of boiling salted water for a couple of minutes, drain them with a slotted spoon and season them in a large pan with a knob of butter for a minute. Spread the pumpkin soup on the plates, spread the candies on top, garnish with rosemary tufts and immediately bring to the table.

Recipe Golden pumpkin flowers – Italian Cuisine

Recipe Golden pumpkin flowers


  • 8 pumpkin flowers
  • 170 g boiled potato
  • 30 g ricotta
  • 30 g bacon, diced
  • 20 g beans, blanched and peeled
  • 20 g boiled puntarelle
  • 3 eggs
  • bread crumbs
  • fry oil
  • salt
  • pepper

For the recipe of golden pumpkin flowers, after having freed the pumpkin flowers from the stem and pistil, without tearing them, fill them with the mixture prepared by mixing the crushed boiled potato with the shredded chicory, the beans, the ricotta, one yolk, salt , pepper and diced pancetta browned in a pan (crispy).

Recompose the flowers giving them back their shape, pass them in 2 beaten eggs, in the breadcrumbs and fry them in abundant hot oil; Drain on absorbent kitchen paper, add salt and serve hot.

The perfect batter for crunchy pumpkin flowers: our recipes! – Italian Cuisine

The perfect batter for crunchy pumpkin flowers: our recipes!


Although they lend themselves very well to numerous recipes, it is without a shadow of a doubt in crunchy batter that the courgette flowers give the greatest satisfaction. Here then three different ways to obtain an excellent batter for crunchy and tasty pumpkin flowers.

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Pumpkin flower batter: the traditional method

To prepare the batter, they exist different proceedings. The traditional one requires only one egg, one liter of water and 100 grams of flour. Sift the latter into a bowl, add the beaten egg and pour in some milk. Stir constantly until the flour is completely diluted. When the batter for pumpkin flowers will be smooth, soft and without lumps, you can use it with the desired recipe. Then gently clean 200 grams of pumpkin flowers, leaving the stem intact. Then engrave the flowers vertically, carefully removing the pistil. They are washed in cold water, drained and then dipped in a pan with abundant oil and batter, taking care to turn them often. When they are well browned, the only thing left to do is drain them and place them on absorbent paper to let the oil drip before serving.

Batter and beer

Another way to prepare the pumpkin flower batter is to variant of beer: in this way a slightly more swollen mixture is obtained. Always serve 100 grams of flour and 200 ml of fresh lager. We need to sift the flour and add all the other ingredients, mixing well to obtain a smooth mixture. Resting for about half an hour is essential, before using it for frying.

Japanese Tempura

Finally, an alternative coming from the Rising Sun is the Japanese batter, better known as Tempura. It's great for the fish fry, but it is also very good for pumpkin flowers. To prepare it, 200 ml of carbonated cold water, 100 grams of flour and an egg are required. Beat the egg yolk in a bowl and then add water and flour. It is stirred by removing only the largest lumps and left in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Still cold, it is used with the chosen ingredients, knowing that thanks to its temperature this batter will allow the fry to be even more crispy and little oily. The merit is of the thermal shock on contact with hot oil.

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