Tag: vegetarian recipes

Carbonara with asparagus: with or without bacon, delicious! – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

If you are one of those who have trouble revisiting classic recipes like carbonara, perhaps this is the idea carbonara with asparagus it won’t convince you, but we invite you to try it before a categorical no because it might surprise you. After all, we are in full asparagus season, a fresh and spring vegetable that really cannot be missing from our table.

The tradition of carbonara

We have talked about carbonara in many articles because it is a first course of Italian cuisine that is now famous and loved all over the world. It’s not easy to prepare a good carbonara, especially if you continue to use bacon instead of bacon. If you want to delve deeper into the topic, also read The secrets of Roscioli’s carbonara and we are sure that at the end you will have all the information necessary to bring a standing ovation-worthy first course to the table.

Carbonara with asparagus

What we want to propose to you is one perfect revisitation in this season of the classic carbonara because it includes the addition of asparagus which with the bacon and pecorino is out of this world. There would also be a vegetable-only variant, without bacon, but still with eggs and therefore not suitable for vegans. Choose your favourite.

Carbonara with asparagus, the recipe

Ingredients

350 g of spaghetti
250 g of asparagus
120 g of bacon
30 g of pecorino romano
20 g of grated parmesan or parmesan
2 large egg yolks
salt
pepper

Method

First clean the asparagus by washing them and removing the final part of the stem. Cut the soft part and the tips into small pieces and cook the scraps in a pan of cold water which you bring to the boil.
Let the diced bacon sweat in the pan and once browned, set it aside and cook the knife-cut asparagus in the same fat, adding a drizzle of oil.
Drain the scraps and place the pasta in the same boiling water to cook for the indicated time, also adding some coarse salt.
Separately, beat the egg yolks with the pecorino, parmesan and a pinch of salt and once the pasta has been drained, pour it into the pan with the cooked asparagus and bacon, turn off the heat and add the eggs. If necessary, add cooking water.
Complete with more pecorino and serve immediately.

How to make carbonara with asparagus without bacon

Ingredients

400 g of tortiglioni
500 g of asparagus
5 egg yolks
100 g of grated pecorino
extra virgin olive oil
salt
pepper

Method

First clean the asparagus by washing them and removing the final part of the stem. Cut the soft part and the tips into small pieces and cook the scraps in a pan of cold water which you bring to the boil.
Cook the asparagus cut with a knife in a pan with a drizzle of oil, drain the scraps and place the pasta in the same boiling water to cook for the indicated time, also adding some coarse salt.
Separately, beat the egg yolks with the pecorino and a pinch of salt and once the pasta has been drained, pour it into the pan with the cooked asparagus, turn off the heat and add the eggs. If necessary, add cooking water.
Complete with more pecorino and serve immediately.

Wild asparagus omelette: to be made in early spring – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

There wild asparagus omelette it’s a quick and easy recipe of the time of spring. Going for asparagus until a few years ago was a real problem tradition of the season spring, together with collection of bitter herbs as the dandelionwhich was cooked in a pan or eaten raw.

Vegetables likeasparagus and bitter herbs such as dandelion are essential for the body because they help purification and help eliminate toxins. As Chinese medicine explains it bitter componentfundamental for balance of our health, belongs to the foods capable of lowering the blood sugar levelpurify and lighten the liver work.

Unfortunately, the progressive move away from the countryside and life in the city has led to a change of habits fundamental: we no longer live close to nature and even if we find ourselves in front of a meadow we no longer know the properties of flowers and plants because we don’t see them as part of the our nutrition. Plants such as dandelion, whose leaves and flowers were collected and consumed at the time, are not part of large-scale distribution, yet the consumption of bitter herbsever smaller, is closely connected to one of the phenomena that occurs more and more often in our society in recent years: the growing number of blood sugar problems and diabetes. Getting back to know and collect wild herbs and cooking with flowers can make the difference for our future and the well-being of our body.

Pay attention to the wild asparagus card!

By the way, did you know that a card is currently required to harvest wild asparagus? As with truffles or mushrooms, some locations require a wild asparagus harvest card: for information it is necessary to go to the municipality of reference of the area in which you are located, the card will be granted even to non-residents.

With tasty wild asparagus you can prepare pasta and risottovelvety but also the asparagus cream for seasoning canapés and bruschettafrom the aperitif platter to the savory snack, simple and tasty like those of the past. In the meantime, here’s how to prepare it wild asparagus omelette.

Vegetarian meatballs and meatless meatloaves: 15 recipes – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

Vegetarian meatballs And Meatless meatloavesbut with legumes and vegetables? It can be done! Quick and easy to prepare, meatballs and meatloaves are often a dish save-dinner which satisfies the whole family because both adults and children like them, but they don’t necessarily have to include meat. For those who follow one vegetarian diet or for those who want to try to reduce their meat consumption (which is good for the environment) or simply for those who want to vary, here it is 15 recipes to make vegetarian meatballs and meatloaves.

Vegetarian meatballs: ideas with legumes, vegetables, quinoa and ricotta

To make vegetarian meatballs we can focus entirely on legumesrich in proteinsas in the recipes of Lentil and potato meatballsfrom the Chickpea meatballs on pea cream and of Mixed bean balls with aromatic herbsor we can combine legumes with vegetables and greenschoosing them each time based on the season as in Bean and vegetable meatballs with pumpkin and catalonia, in Vegetable meatballs with chickpeas, turnip greens, broccoli and turnips Mixed vegetable meatballs with courgettes, asparagus and broad beans.

Another idea for creating vegetarian meatballs is quinoaused as in the recipe Quinoa and sesame meatballs or by combining it, for example, with potatoes and courgettes as in Quinoa meatballs and yogurt sauce. Finally, classic save-dinnerhere they are Low-fat meatballs with the ricotta.

Meatless vegetarian meatloaves

Just as we prepared vegetarian meatballs, we can prepare some Meatless meatloaves good for everyone. Also in this case we use legumes and seasonal vegetables by combining them together, but also, for example, mozzarella and mushrooms. For autumn and winter they are perfect Pumpkin, chickpea and mushroom meatloaf, The Cauliflower meatloafThe Vegetable meatloaf with potatoes, radicchio, pumpkin, broccoli, il Vegetable and chicory meatloaf. Going towards the spring also try the Chickpea, spinach and mozzarella meatloaf and the Chickpea and artichoke meatloaf.

Below, in the gallery, our best recipes chosen for you: perfect for preparing excellent vegetarian meatballs and extraordinary meatless meatloaves.

Gordon Ramsay Recipes