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February 18, 2007
Vitello al curry con patatine e fagiolini
This is part of my effort to start learning and speaking Italian properly. What better way to start than with food, right? I have to say that I have no problems with food vocabulary in Italian, but I am totally terrible with the Italian language in general.
Oggi ho mangiato: vitello al curry con patatine e fagiolini. Mi scusi, io non parlo molto bene l'Italiano.
Ingredienti :
400g vitello/bovino adulto (beef/veal)
6 cucchiaini di curry in polvere (powdered curry or curry paste)
500 ml di latte di cocco (coconut milk)
2 cipolle grosso (onions)
200g di fagiolini bollire (string beans)
200g di patatine bollire (potatoes, chipped)
Sale, pepe, olio di sesamo (salt, pepper, sesame oil)
150g penne, perche io rimanere senza riso bianco (because I ran out of white rice, sorry!)
Per una ricetta vegetariana, cambiare (sostituzionare) il vitello con 400g di melanzane grigliata. Substitute the meat with grilled aubergines for a vegetarian version of this recipe.
Ricetta :
1. Fai soffriggere a fuoco alto le cipolle tagliate con un filo d'olio.
(Stir-fry the onions on high heat with a dash of oil)
2. Aggiungi il vitello a pezzi, il curry e lascia cuocere per 5 minuti
(Add the meat, curry and cook for 5 minutes until evenly coated)
3. Aggiungi il latte di cocco e lascia cuocere a fuoco lento per 45 minuti
(Add the coconut milk and cook for 45 minutes, over low fire)
4. Aggiungi il fagiolini e patatine, sale e pepe
(Add the cooked beans and potatoes, salt and pepper)
5. Copri e lascia cuocere a fuoco lento per 10 minuti
(Cover and cook over low fire for 10 minutes)
6. Fai bollire il penne/riso bianco
(Cook the penne)
7. Servi e buon appetito! :)
Posted by Yasmina at 09:06 PM | Comments (2)
February 06, 2007
Pastry-Eating Frenzy
I love the pastries they make in bakeries here... I swore off pastries for this week but then Eva came over this afternoon with a plateful... How can I resist?
Nearby our flat are a couple of really great panificio/pasticceria/bakeries, where we usually stock up on fresh bread (if the husband doesn't feel like making his own), get our focaccia for our soups and salads, catch a morning coffee with a freshly baked brioche, and getting seasonal pastries.
I love the selection of seasonal pastries, like chiaccere (sp?) which is a crispy fried dough sprinkled with powder sugar that you can find only during carnaval season. As well as pastries and pies that use seasonal fruits like mirtillo (blueberries) and fichi (figs) and lampone (raspberries).
Posted by Yasmina at 10:03 PM | Comments (1)
February 02, 2007
VOX QotD: Next On My Itinerary
What's the next country you want to visit? Submitted by Schomer.
Braziland India. Japan is pretty high on the list, too.
However, this year, we are already planning+booking trips to:
1. Hungary in June: I've been here before, but the husband hasn't been, and we're going for the wedding of our friends, Laszlo, who's Hungarian and Lesh, who is British-Indian.
2. Turkey in June: we both have never been here, so we're excited to come; also for the wedding of our friends, Anton, who's British-Turkish, and Kata, who is Hungarian.
3. Indonesia in August: family visit to fulfill our duties as daughter and son-in-law, but we are also hoping to travel a bit rather than just seeing family and friends in the city.
4. Singapore stopover in August: how can we go to Indo without visiting friends in Sing?
5. India in November, still tentative: the continuation of the Hungarian-Indian wedding of Laszlo and Lesh.
Sounds like a good year.
I wish every year I can visit at least 2 new countries. It's hard because we're in Europe now and we've been to most places here. I am getting a bit sick of Europe, although I love Italy. Scandinavia is definitely interesting, but I see them as more of city-weekend breaks, rather than a place for holidays.
I feel terrible about Brazil because one of my good friends, João, lives in Rio di Janeiro and he comes to visit us nearly every year. The visiting score right now stands 4-0. We keep putting off Brazil for other travel plans. I really hope we can go soon to Brazil for a vacation there and see him.
Posted by Yasmina at 04:34 PM
