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5 ways to waste less | The Italian kitchen – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

5 ways to waste less |  The Italian kitchen


L’waterfall it is the primary good for us human beings, but also for the environment. How to save water it must be a behavioral thought for everyone. L’waterfall it is therefore of vital importance and is also the most abundant chemical compound on earth. The quantity present on earth is immense, estimated at around 1200 billion tonnes. Our planet, in fact, is occupied for approximately 70% from water while only 30% is occupied by emerged lands.

Water is vital: our life depends on water

Most of our body is made up of water. It is the main ingredient of the blood, of our cells and represents approximately the 65% of our body weight. Water is vital and indispensable for our health: drinking water helps keep our organs healthy and replaces the liquids we lose through breathing, sweat and digestion.
To keep fit we should drink at least a liter of water a day, that is, approximately 6-7 glasses. Water is therefore a fundamental element for life on our planet!

World Water Day 2024

The World Water Day is celebrated on March 22nd (World Water Day), an anniversary established by the United Nations in 1992 and included in the Agenda 21 directives, the result of the Rio conference. The objective of the day is to raise awareness of world institutions and public opinion on the importance of reduce water waste and to adopt behaviors aimed at combating climate change.

At a political level, attention towards the topic is very high. From March 22nd to 24th the international community gathers in the United Nations Headquarters in New York for UN 2024 Water Conferenceor the second world conference on water 45 years after the first conference, which took place in 1977 in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

With the support of UN-Water and the UNDESA secretariat and organized by Tajikistan and the Netherlands, the conference has the main aim of push political and social attention towards a global problem starting from the recognition of water as a universal human right up to the priorities of use, passing through the impacts on health and the environment. Italy will be represented by Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, minister of the environment and energy security, accompanied by technical representatives of the ministries responsible for the matter (Health, MAECI, MASAF) and of the main agencies and scientific institutions that deal with water according to the their mandate (ISPRA, ISS, AICS).

How to save water in 5 tips

Since water is therefore indispensable for us and for the Planet, let’s see how to use it starting from the small daily things at home. For example, a banal gesture to start from in the kitchen is to use less water to cook pasta.

#SaveThePanettone: the initiative against waste (Knam also participates) – Italian Cuisine


Too Good To Go launches #SaveThePanettone, the initiative that will allow you to save the sweets of the Holidays. Master Ernst Knam is also contributing

According to estimates at Christmas alone in Italy over 500,000 tons of food are thrown away, with an economic loss for a single family of € 80. Just take a trip to the supermarket to realize it: although Carnival sweets have already appeared on the shelves, there are piles of unsold panettone waiting to be saved.

As? He thought about it Too Good To Go, the app that since 2015 has allowed bars and restaurants to sell food that is not sold but “too good to be thrown away” online at reduced prices.
In January, in Milan, Rome and Palermo and in over 100 shops throughout Italy, users will be able to purchase specials Magic Box containing Christmas products that need to be saved.

From 17 to 23 January, 47 stores of Carrefour Hypermarkets and Carrefour Market will join #SaveThePanettone in which the sweets of the holidays will be made available.
They also participate in the initiative Ernst and Frau Knam: from 20 January it will be possible to save Knam artisanal panettone at their respective stores in Milan. But this is not the only contribution of the king of chocolate.

"In order to raise awareness as many people as possible on the issue of food waste, we launched Remix, an eBook that can be downloaded for free from our site, which provides tips and anti-waste recipes" he declares Eugenio Sapora, Italy Country Manager of Too Good To Go.
Among the recipes, from all the countries where the app operates, there is an unmissable Ernst Knam's recipe to recycle the chocolate and nougat left over from the Holidays.

Knam chocolate and nougat mousse cake

Ingrediants

400 g of liquid cream
300 g of nougat
300 g of powdered sugar
225 g of egg whites
200 g of dark chocolate
100 g of egg yolks
90 g of unsweetened cocoa powder
30 g of potato starch

Method

Preheat the oven to 200 ° C and start beating the egg yolks with 100g of powdered sugar for about 5 minutes. Subsequently, whip the egg whites with the rest of the icing sugar and once done, gently mix the two compounds also incorporating the sifted cocoa and starch.

Spread the contents on a baking sheet covered with baking paper and bake for 9-10 minutes. Then, in a bowl, melt the chocolate in a bain-marie and lightly whip the cream separately. Now pour the cream into the bowl containing the chocolate and mix the two compounds with the whisk until you get a mousse.

Once the marquise is out of the oven, sprinkle it with a light layer of granulated sugar and you will be ready to compose your dessert! Place the marquise base in a mold and add some coarsely crumbled pieces of nougat, taking care to cover everything with the chocolate mousse.

Leave the cake to rest for 2 hours in the refrigerator and once cold decorate the edges with chocolate chips (alternatively you can also use a dry crumbled biscuit) and cover it with a thin layer of cocoa powder and other pieces of nougat.

Halloween pumpkin: fun without waste! – Italian Cuisine

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Have fun, create the perfect atmosphere for the scariest night of the year. But beware of waste! Do not throw away the pulp of the Halloween pumpkin, it can become a great product for your beauty routine




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First rule, carve the Halloween pumpkin to prepare for the scariest evening of the year. Second rule, no waste. Those are really scary!
But let's proceed in order. How are Halloween pumpkins carved? Well, it's very simple, just choose the right pumpkins, have the right tools and a good dose of imagination and dexterity.

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The size of the pumpkin. To carve it comfortably it is better to choose pumpkins large and from the peel subtle, in this way you will be able to work them more easily avoiding the risk of getting hurt.
The shape of the pumpkin. It must be the most round possible but with one flat base, so that it can stand "upright" without wobbling.
The skin of the pumpkin. When choosing your pumpkin, always remember to check that the skin does not have bruises, it must have a color uniform and homogeneous. If you are feeling particularly inspired by a pumpkin that does not have a very thin skin, we recommend that you leave it to soak in a container full of water so that the peel can soften and facilitate the following steps.

Let's move on to the practical side: carve Halloween pumpkin. Yes, but how to do it without breaking it? Also in this case it will be enough to put into practice some small tricks to create perfect and enviable Halloween pumpkins.

Arm yourself with one Bowl very large to contain the pulp, of a cutter for smaller incisions, of a knife to cut the cap, of pencils or felt-tip pens to draw the traces of the engravings and the blotting paper from the kitchen.

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Then the cap. To prepare a perfect Halloween pumpkin you will have to start cutting the cap of the pumpkin, the part where the stem is. Adjust with the design you have previously made and cut the top to create a hole of optimal size to start digging. Attention, do not remove the cap, you will need it to close your Halloween pumpkin.
Hands, spoons and knives for finishing. Here we are, it's time to completely empty the pumpkin. Take one Bowl and start filling it with pulp and seeds until you have emptied it well and cleaned of all filaments.
Engrave. Take a small, pointed and sharp knife and start following the trail of your drawings. To avoid leaving unsightly pen or pencil marks, engrave flush with the trace or just outside the edges, in this way your Halloween pumpkin will be truly perfect!
Illuminate. Take a candle, turn it on and place it in the center of the pumpkin and close with the cap!

What about the pulp of the Halloween pumpkin?

Remember the bowl you filled with pulp and seeds? Here, the time has come to use it … Yes, but not in the kitchen. Carving pumpkins do not have a particularly good pulp to eat but it is still rich in beneficial properties for our skin: it is soothing, antioxidant and emollient. With the pulp of the Halloween pumpkin you can prepare scrubs, creams and masks for face, hair and body.

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With the first colds our skin needs to be hydrated in depth and for this reason, it pumpkin scrub is the perfect remedy! Let's begin! In a bowl, pour two coffee cups filled with pumpkin puree, a teaspoon of brown sugar, two tablespoons of olive oil and 5 finely chopped pumpkin seeds. Proceed by moistening the skin and applying the scrub, massage for a few minutes. Rinse and apply your favorite moisturizer! You will feel that softness!

Face mask with Halloween pumpkin pulp
Excellent for skins fat, dry And mature. Pumpkin contains a perfect mix of natural elements that make it versatile and suitable for every need. Combine in a small bowl the quantity of a coffee cup of pureed pumpkin pulp, a teaspoon of mieie and half a jar of white yogurt. Mix all the ingredients, apply the mask and rinse with warm water after about 10-15 minutes.

Body and face are not the only ones that need more care and hydration. Let's not forget gods too hair which with the first colds tend to dry out a little more and to be less luminous. The remedy? We give it to you! Try doing this compress once a week for strong, healthy and shiny hair! Take 150 of pumpkin puree (adjust according to the length of your hair), a teaspoon of myie and one of argan oil, 2 or 3 drops of sage or lemon essential oil. Gather all the ingredients in a bowl and once they are well blended, proceed by applying the compress to previously moistened hair. Leave on for half an hour and then wash your hair as usual.
An advice: while the hair pack is in place you can take advantage of the time by applying the face mask or making yourself a regenerating scrub!

And i sow? Ah yes, don't just use them for the beauty routine. Clean them from the filaments, dry them to perfection, and arrange them on a baking sheet, sprinkle them with a pinch of salt and bake them in a static oven at 150 ° for 45 minutes.

October 2021
Giulia Ferrari
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Posted on 10/30/2021

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