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Trekking and food, rules and advice – Italian Cuisine

Trekking and food, rules and advice


What to eat before, during and after a day dedicated to nature and trekking?

The world of trek, or if you want to leave English for a moment, of hiking surrounded by nature, fascinates many. But when is it going to do this activity what kind of power is needed? It is something that sets the body in motion, causing effort, and therefore requires the right provision energetic (and not only) to be lived to the fullest.

The importance of carbohydrates

First of all we must keep in mind that the trek involves a calorie expenditure much higher than the usual days spent in the office. There are those who even speak of a caloric intake four times greater. This is why energy reserves are not a secondary aspect of this fascinating world. As with many sports, therefore, one of the sources necessary for the body is carbohydrates. Pasta, bread and rice are essential before setting out: it is important that at least 50% of what you eat before trekking is made up of carbohydrates. But also the sugars, although in smaller quantities, they want their own part because they support the muscular activity that they are about to perform. A little fruit waiting for the excursion would not be bad.

Energy, fats and proteins

In addition to carbohydrates, proteins, although less important in energy terms, can provide a valuable ally before trekking. Especially thanks to their contribution of amino acids useful for the construction of cells and their replacement. Proteins and then fish, eggs, cheese, milk, meat and legumes should represent about 30% of a hiker's daily meal. Another 20%, however, would be appropriate if it consisted of fats or lipids (oil or butter, for example), while to combat fatigue it is also useful to fill up with vitamins. Those of group B are the most suitable in this sense. There C vitamininstead, it strengthens the immune system.

The menu

But what is the best diet for those who have to spend a day dedicated to trekking? First of all you have to organize yourself in the kitchen since the day before. That is, you have to go to dinner the night before with the right amount of carbohydrates, fruit and sugar and drink lots of water. Instead, avoid an exaggerated load of meat or protein. TO Breakfast milk, juice or yogurt, do not overdo it, they are just fine. Even better if accompanied by cereals, biscuits, bread with jam or fresh fruit. During the excursion, again, it is important to have water with you to constantly integrate the body from the inevitable loss of mineral salts due to sweating. Drink every half hour. Furthermore, we must not forget to put easily digestible and useful foods in the backpack to continue the excursion such as apple, citrus fruits, banana, apricots, grapes, prunes, dried fruit, dry biscuits, chocolate.

Break and dinner

If there is a lunch break during the excursion, the sandwich classic of picnics is good, as long as it is accompanied by light ingredients and at the same time protein like bresaola, grana or lean ham. Once back home, the time has come to recover the energy spent. The sausages have been abolished, better to choose pasta or rice in broth or legumes like chickpeas, beans and peas. Always with pasta. Lastly, thanks to flavonoids, low-fat cheeses give a concrete and useful antioxidant contribution to the entire body.

Perfect pizza: the 5 rules to prepare it at the top – Italian Cuisine

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When we first published this article, the Neapolitan pizza was not yet a World Heritage Site: now it is, and as then it is one of the most well-known and loved dishes in the world. In its multiple versions. If it is true that even a frozen pizza, with some tactical moves, can be turned into a deluxe pizza (just as there are tricks to better enjoy take-away pizza), there is nothing like a real pizza just baked. From a Neapolitan wood-burning oven, or from your own home.

The great Neapolitan pizza makers never willingly give up their secrets: often they are small tricks, expert gestures handed down from teacher to shop boy, from grandparents to grandchildren, from parents to children. Furthermore, summarizing them or recounting them is not easy, because most of these are imperceptible tricks that are learned through observation and practice.

162095Today, like yesterday, however, inspired by the best pizza makers is a good starting point. There are texts that can come to our rescue, one for all: The pizza book: how to prepare it at home with the secrets and recipes of 11 great Neapolitan pizza masters (Ed. Mondadori, click here), realized thanks to Rossopomodoro and Molino Caputo.

Enzo De Angelis and Antonio Sorrentino who went around for Naples to interview the best pizza makers in the city to get their story told and collect their best recipes (which in the book are explained step by step with lots of photographs).

162089The two Neapolitan chefs explain us here in 5 rules what are the critical steps and the definitive tricks for a perfect do-it-yourself pizza.

1) Ingredients: eye to water hardness
Once you rely on a reliable recipe, you must absolutely respect the proportion of the ingredients. Among the most decisive ones is the water that must be moderately hard to guarantee a good compactness of the dough. Water hardness depends on the amount of calcium and magnesium salts. If the one at home is too sweet, it is better to use the mineral one in the bottle.

2) Yeast: choose it and work it well
The chef's advice is to use the fresh brewer's yeast. During preparation, care must be taken not to mix the yeast with the salt. In fact, salt inhibits leavening, but putting a bit of it is important, as well as for the taste, also to give more consistency to the dough. Better to opt for the iodized one, dissolving it in water and gradually adding it during the processing of the ingredients.

3) Manuality: yes with safe and precise gestures
The manual skills of those who knead are among the most important factors for a successful outcome: the ingredients must be mixed well and then the mixture must be worked vigorously to obtain a homogeneous and lump-free mixture. When rolling out the dough, do not use the rolling pin, but the hands who make decisive gestures to widen the dough from the center to the outside.

1620914) Leaving without haste
Once the dough is obtained, it should be divided into blocks and left to rest to prepare for the actual leavening. There are different types of leavening: it is a fundamental process that directly affects the consistency of the pizza. Generally one long leavening and without temperature changes it guarantees a good growth of the pasta and is one of the secrets of a soft, crunchy and digestible pizza.

1620935) Oven and cooking temperature
The home oven must be at the right temperature which is very high. For those who want a perfect success, the ideal is to have one refractory stone: it is inserted in the already warm oven, it is heated for about half an hour at 250 ° (even better if the oven reaches 280-300 °). When the stone is at temperature, bake the pizza and cook for a short time: about 5 minutes.

Who said the pizza is just round?

173677Oval, square, boat, bundle, donut and bouquet, these are the shapes that Antonino Esposito led to the Lombard capital, which continues to attract i master pizza makers from Campania and their specialties. For its creative and innovative pizza, the pizza maker from Sorrento puts aside the round and traditional shape in favor of more curious and captivating versions, designed to perfectly accommodate the fillings almost all made in Campania, from Igp lemons to walnuts of Sorrento, from the anchovy colatura to the fior di latte of the Lattari Mountains, passing for the Provolone del Monaco Dop, the buffalo mozzarella from Campania and the Vesuvius cherry tomato. TO Milan (in Via Solferino, 27) This is what Antonino Esposito does, is a simple format but with an extra twist. A pizzeria with an American bar, where workbenches, tables and decorations become unique pieces thanks to hand-painted majolica from the Sorrento artist Rosa Linda Acampora.
173680In the dining room 35 seats and a menu featuring pizza, including the famous one Sorrentine whip, registered patent, proposed both in the oven and fried. But not only. The card also features some dishes, such as seasonal salads, a few first courses and a careful selection of cheeses and cold cuts. The dough for pizzas is based on Type 0 and Type 1 organic flours, selection of cereals, whole wheat, spelled, hemp, burnt wheat, tumia, russello, rye and gluten-free, to offer an experience that is renewed in every proposal.

Barbara Roncarolo
15 July 2015
updated by Carola Traverso Saibante
June 2018
updated from Mariacristina Coppeto
April 2019

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The rules for choosing between puree, pulp and concentrate – Italian Cuisine

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Without taking anything away from berries, avocados, seeds & c, the tomato it's a true one superfood, which is good for skin, heart, eyes. An American immigrant in reverse: arrived from overseas, never as in the Bel Paese did his fortune and is still king among the vegetables and in our local cuisine. Today we find it all year round, but for the fresh one it is good to wait for the right season, the summer of course, when plants can enjoy a real sun and release all their taste and nutritional properties.

In the other seasons we are still happy, because we have available the past, an all-Italian ancient ritual, the pulp and the concentrate. Three wonderful ways to keep the tomato all year long. But attention: one is not worth the other !!! Or rather, true connoisseurs are able to grasp the nuances that exist between the different products derived from tomatoes and, therefore, can decide which choose between these to make a recipe normal, everyday, or a gourmet dish.

The guidelines below have been drawn by Mutti in collaboration with i Jeunes Restaurateurs d'Europe Italians (even before JRE Italia was born). The ten talented young chefs have studied, tasted and cooked different products, coming up with a sort of decalogue for optimal use.

Here the advice and direct opinions of some sommelier chef.

Pulp, past and concentrated: differences and use in the kitchen

Pulp
It is the least processed product: the tomato is peeled and cold-rolled, the other key steps consist in hot packaging and pasteurization.
Taste and use
It is a semi-sweet food, to be used as a base for other preparations and it is also the fast condiment par excellence. The ideal is to use it raw or undercooked for quick bruschetta or to prepare sauces or stew.
Excellent also for braised meat, stews, fish soups or cod. It has a fresh and slightly acidic taste that is well taken to dilute the fat component of other foods, such as meat or fish for example.
The sommelier advises
Marcello Trentini recommends it in seafood dishes, because it harmonizes the taste of the tomato with the delicacy and intensity of the fish.

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The tomatoes are shredded, heated to very high temperatures for a short time, sieved, slightly concentrated and finally packed.
Taste and use
It has sweet notes, creamy density and intense but light taste. It gives the best of itself in the preparations where you want to taste the taste of the tomato. It is therefore ideal in the great Italian first courses such as pasta all'amatriciana, angry and puttanesca. It also makes good cold velvety, to be served with croutons and a drizzle of oil.
The sommelier advises
As Eros Picco suggests, the most expert can use it to prepare sophisticated jellies and coulis. For example, he makes crispy tomato leaves with which he enriches his appetizers.


Concentrate

The first part of the processing is the same as the one for the pass, but subsequently and based on the level of concentration to be obtained, we continue with sophisticated evaporation processes, which eliminate the aqueous parts.
Taste and use
It has a marked and unmistakable color, very high density and a lively and intense flavor. According to the chefs interviewed in the Mutti project, it is a strategic product. In fact, its characteristics make it the preferred product to give sauces and sauces, in addition to the unique flavorful notes, even a more vivid color. With the concentrate combined with the pulp sauces, meat sauce, stews and stews take on an extraordinary gustatory value. It can also be used to accompany boiled meat and sauces for crustaceans.
The sommelier advises
Marianna Vitale grates on finished dishes, using a special technique that exploits the vacuum, turning the concentrate into a solid block.

Barbara Roncarolo
September 25, 2014
updated February 2019
from Aurora Quinto

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