Showing posts with label Italian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian. Show all posts

Thursday, September 19, 2013

RISOTTO WITH LOBSTER - Recipe of The Day

English: Cocktail Claw crab meat from Blue Swi...
English: Cocktail Claw crab meat from Blue Swimming Crab. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
For this risotto either lobster or crab meat can be used: the former is, however, considered more tasty. The lobster or crab meat ought to be about half the weight of the rice employed. A little more than a pound of rice and half this weight[Pg 24] of crab meat ought to be enough for six persons.
Chop fine a sprig of parsley, a stalk of celery, one carrot, half an onion a clove of garlic and brown the whole in good olive oil. When browned, add the crab meat and season with salt and pepper. During the cooking process stir and turn over the crabs, and when they have become red, pour over as much hot water as is necessary to cook the rice.
After the water boils for a while, remove the lobster (or crab, or craw-fish) leaving the saucepan on the fire. Put half of the crabs aside, and grind the rest. Rub the ground meat through the sieve and put it back on the fire. In another saucepan melt some butter and put into it little by little the rice that has been washed and dried. Stir and add the broth from the first saucepan. When the rice is almost cooked add the craw-fish that you have put aside, or rather its meat extracted from the shells, take from the fire and pour over it the fish mixture, adding some grated cheese.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

MACARONI NAPOLITAINE - Recipe of the day

Macaroni and Cheese
Macaroni and Cheese (Photo credit: cookbookman17)
(Maccheroni alla Napoletana)

Grind 1/4 lb. salt pork or bacon and fry it out in a saucepan. While it
is frying put one small onion through the grinder. As soon as the pork
begins to brown add the onion, the parsley chopped, a clove (or small
section) of garlic shredded fine, and a few dried mushrooms which have
been softened by soaking in warm water. When the vegetables are very
brown (great care must be taken not to burn the onion, which scorches
very easily) add 1/2 lb. round steak ground coarsely or cut up in little
cubes. When the meat is a good brown color, add some fresh or canned
tomatoes or half a tablespoonful of tomato paste and simmer slowly until
all has cooked down to a thick creamy sauce. It will probably take 3/4
hour. The sauce may be bound together with a little flour if it shows a
tendency to separate.


This sauce is used to dress all kinds of macaroni and spaghetti, also
for boiled rice (see Risotto). The macaroni or spaghetti should be left
unbroken when cooked. If they are too long to fit in the kettle immerse
one end in the boiling salted water and in a very few minutes the ends
of the spaghetti under the water will become softened so that the rest
can be pushed down into the kettle. Be careful not to overcook it, and
it will not be pasty, but firm and tender. Drain it carefully and put in
a hot soup tureen. Sprinkle a handful of grated cheese over it and pour
on the sauce. Lift with two forks until thoroughly mixed.

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