Milanesini Biscuits, Brunsli, Hungarians e. .. Happy Holidays to all!
Together with my wishes for a Merry Christmas I give you three great recipes for preparing the wonderful and delicious Christmas Cookies: The Milanesini excellent shortbread from a slight lemon flavor Brunsli the soft almond biscuits and cocoa and Hungarians from the crumbly texture (try it!) fact few weeks ago I attended a short course in the kitchen where we made these delicious cookies ... simple to make and cute to give away ...
Biscuits Milanesini
Ingredients:
200 grams of flour 100 g butter 100 g sugar
60 grams of white almonds, finely chopped 1 egg
for '+ 1 egg yolk mixture to brush the biscuits
salt - a pinch
lemon zest to taste
Preparation:
Mix butter and sugar, add egg, salt and finely chopped lemon last. Finally add the flour and ground almonds.
Let the dough rest, covered with plastic wrap for food in the refrigerator for 12 hours after
Flatten the dough with a rolling pin (about 1 cm thick) scoring with a roll (I used a wooden spargimiele) and cut the dough with the appropriate stencils
Brush each biscuit with egg 2 times
Arrange the biscuits on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
Bake at 200-220 degrees for about 12-15 minutes and allow to cool (remove i biscotti solo quando si saranno raffreddati per evitarne la rottura!)
Biscotti Brunsli
Ingredienti:
330 gr di mandorle grezze (con la buccia per intenderci)
70 gr di zucchero + una presa di zucchero per spolverare i biscotti
70 gr di cacao
70 gr circa di albume (2)
cannella qb
Preparazione:
Miscelare le mandorle tritate finemente con lo zucchero, l'albume, il cacao e una spolverata di cannella fino ad ottenere a rather compact dough let it rest in refrigerator (covered with plastic wrap) for a few hours
Flatten with a rolling pin to a thickness of about 8-10mm
Sprinkle the dough with sugar and cut with the appropriate molds of desired shape
Place the cookies on a baking tray lined with baking paper
preriscaladato Bake at 200-220 degree for 5-7 minutes (do not contain flour in cooking is a snap! consistency must be careful ... soft! if you keep them in the oven for too long will become very hard!)
Biscuits Hungarian
Ingredienti:
140 gr di farina
60 gr di fecola
170 gr di burro
90 gr di zucchero a velo
2 tuorli d'uovo sodo
vaniglia (i semi di 1/2 bacca o un pizzico di vanillina in polvere...ovviamente prediligete la bacca!il sapore e il risultato è decisamente migliore!)
60 gr di mandorle bianche tritate finemente
Preparazione:
Miscelare il burro con lo zucchero e la vaniglia
aggiungete i tuorli d'uovo passati in un passino (otterrete una purea che si miscelerà better dough!) and finally the sifted flour and starch, and chopped almonds
Let the dough rest, covered with plastic wrap for food in the refrigerator for 12 hours after
Flatten the dough with a rolling pin cut the dough with the special heart-shaped molds
Arrange the biscuits on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper (distanziateli a little because they tend to expand during cooking!)
Bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 15-20
minutes Let cool (only when you remove the cookies are cooled to prevent breakage!)
wanting to ... melt in microwave or bain-marie 200 grams of dark chocolate and spend half the cookie in melted chocolate
or Cat 'Naples, whatever you want ... in short, a "potato cake" filled! a classic dish, simple and very tasty ... to taste, definitely, as a main dish ... because this is a pretty rich recipe of ingredients (potatoes, cheese, salami ...) was the first Once I did and I would say that this recipe, found on a log kitchen and slightly modified, I was very satisfied! try it then you too ...
Ingredients for a cake of 24 cm (6 / 8 servings):
1kg potatoes (white paste and better if "old")
200 grams of mixed cheese (the recipe calls for 100 grams of smoked mozzarella and 100 ... I used the smoked cheese and fontina)
70g cooked ham (you can use other meats ... I used the mortadella)
50g parmesan
25g pecorino
2 eggs 2 tablespoons milk
50g of butter to taste breadcrumbs
nutmeg (if you like ... a little!)
salt
also included the recipe 2 tablespoons chopped parsley ... which I have not used
Procedure:
Boil the potatoes (I I used to accelerate the timing, convenient pressure cooker!), peel them and pass them, still hot, with masher (1 photos )
United mashed 30g butter, softened resulting in flakes (the rest of the 20 grams you will need to finish!) and stir with a wooden spoon or spatula.
Add the Parmesan and pecorino cheese (chopped parsley if you like), eggs, milk ( photos 2-3), adjust salt and mix bene.In this stage you can add the sausage chosen ( baked ham or sausage ...) ... or shredded, as in my case, I put the slices within the next whole gateau
butter with a piece of butter the cake pan (preferably opened, do not trouble express your gateau once cooked!) and sprinkle bottom and sides with bread crumbs ( 4 photos)
pour half the mixture into the pan of potatoes and livellatelo with the back of a spoon (5 photos )
distributed at this point a -2 entire slices of mortadella, cheese cut into cubes and mixed superimpose a few slices of mortadella until all the ingredients (6-7 photos)
livellatelo and pour the mixture was thoroughly (8 photos )
sprinkle the surface with plenty of bread crumbs (9 photos ) (and still a bit 'of parmesan cheese if desired) and finish with the remaining butter in flakes (10 photos )
bake for 40 minutes at 200 ° until top is golden brown (11 photos ) and then turn off the oven. Take the rest out of the oven for 20 minutes with oven door open. Disconnect the gateau from the mold by passing the knife along the edge of a boxcutter, sfornatelo and transfer it on a platter. Serve sliced \u200b\u200b... just like a pie (12 photos )
nb in my version I used, as shown in the photos, the mortadella slices whole ... and placed the cheese in the middle for a nice effect "filling" inside. If you prefer, you can add, as I said before, shredded meats and cheeses into cubes directly into the compound. In cut the pie, if you use whole slices of salami, use the blade of a sharp knife! The gateau is best to cut the slices will be more cold ... 'set! Wishing you a while to prepare and heat the slices at the time ... the choice is more practical! Enjoy your meal and the next recipe!
... I am now beyond the limit where red lanterns are hearts of fire and where the drops of the candles on the old bottles are teeth I am beyond all boundaries tomorrow I am in the country where night is day and all
are around yesterday I possess many copper coins of silver I buy everything! I reached the place where the scents in the air where dreams are water channels and the lights of the candles are
vertical mouths and the mouths are drawn from twenty silent flames
I Finally, everywhere. ... have confused all the languages \u200b\u200b... they stopped all the clocks. Re Delirio 7/4/63
This is one of those recipes save dinner "... one of those tasty recipes to prepare in a short time and is so simple that it needs no great explanation! ... with little effort will prepare a complete and tasty mouth-watering! Guaranteed! away in the kitchen ...
Ingredients for 3-4 people:
5-6 medium potatoes
about 450 grams of sausage (sausage)
breadcrumbs to taste extra virgin olive oil to taste
rosemary to taste ( dried or fresh)
Procedimento:
per prima cosa lavate, pelate e tagliate a fette le patate (non troppo spesse altrimenti faranno fatica a cuocere ma neppure troppo sottili atrimenti si "spappoleranno"...diciamo meno di 1cm - foto 1 )
fate bollire in un tegame dell'acqua e tuffatevi all'interno le patate per 4-5 minuti ( foto 2 ) - questa operazione accellera di parecchio la cottura delle patate!
in una pirofila da forno ben oleata sistemate le patate e la salsiccia tagliata a tocchetti spolverate il tutto con una generosa manciata di pangrattato e un po' di rosmarino...mescolate bene and supplemented with a little 'of olive oil (3 photos ) - not go overboard with the oil! the sausage will release a little 'of fat that contribute to good flavor to your potatoes!
bake your dish in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes until cooked (4 photos ), stirring with a wooden spoon every so often ( careful not to break the potatoes )
to have a nice gratin ... during the last 5 minutes of cooking, put the pan in the most 'top of the oven and place the oven in a "grill" :-) until the potatoes and the sausages are well colorful!
i miei consigli: volendo...5 minuti prima della fine della cottura e quindi prima di passare alla gratinatura...spolverate il tutto con un po' di parmigiano che con il calore del grill si scioglierà creando una fantastica e saporita crosticina!
Questa e' una semplicissima torta...da "Pucci" as defined by my husband ... one of those cakes for breakfast, to go with your coffee 'or your cup of milk! this time no decoration and no hardworking bunch of cream but just a cake with a nice effect "zebra" inside! For the dough I used the recipe for black and white donut Laura Ravaioli (chef of the Gambero Rosso Channel ... for those who do not know it!) With some small and personal change (I reduced a little 'the amount' of sugar and butter and I used yogurt instead of milk). The result 'was really just a cake ... soft and flexible, you can, among other things, store in a cupboard for several days ... as long as it remains un pezzettino!!! Dai...allora provatela e fatemi sapere...a noi e' piaciuta molto! ;-)
Ingredienti (per una tortiera da 26cm):
300 gr di farina 00
220 gr di zucchero (io ne ho messi 200 gr)
170 ml di latte (io ho utilizzato 150 ml di yogurt bianco "muller"- 1 vasetto e 1/2 circa - e qualche cucchiaio di latte)
120 gr di burro (io ne ho used 100 gr)
4 eggs
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1 tablespoon baking
a pinch of salt
Procedure:
put in a bowl with the egg shell sugar and a pinch of salt (1 photo) and with an electric mixer (I used the planetary) assembled to the mixture well (2 photos )
add the warm melted butter and then the sifted flour with the yeast (3 photos ) and with the help of a spatula, gently work the dough
add a few tablespoons of yogurt and milk
when the dough is' well mixed and smooth (4 photos ) divide into two parts and add in the sifted cocoa powder (5 photos ) ... if you need to add a couple more tablespoons of milk chocolate to the mix that with the addition of cocoa will result 'most certainly' thick!
then obtained the two composite (picture 6 ) lined with paper baking your cake and buttered and floured boards ... at this point started to pour 2 tablespoons of mixture in the center clear alternative to 2 tablespoons dark compost on top of each other ... (7 photos ) always in the center of the cake sovapponendoli ( 8 photos)! I recommend not leveled the mixture and beat the cake ... the dough will distribute 'alone slowly ...
hour bake your cake in forno preriscaldato (funzione statica...non ventilata!)a 180° per circa 40-45 minuti (fate la prova dello stecchino per verificare la cottura)...lasciatela intiepidire su di una gratella e...buona colazione!
alla prossima ricetta! Roby
n.b.: secondo me si potrebbe preparare questa torta con la collaborazione dei vostri bimbi...si divertiranno a determination of the two bodies and will be amazed to see the final effect "stripes" of the inside!
COLLEFERRO. Full environmental alarm, the Valle del Sacco said yes to a new gas turbine. Without that citizens become aware, the process of approving the project came to an end.
ll Colleferro puzzle is complete. Last central piece is a gas turbine plant for electricity generation fueled by methane released into the atmosphere, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and particulates. A technology widely criticized for the risks derived from emissions of fine and ultrafine particles. A quick rise in the locality of Valle Secola, direction Artena. Close to the village. Two kilometers from the incinerator, the chimneys of the cement and the rest of the establishments of an industrial center that has poisoned the Valle del Sacco. Without the public knowing it, the approval process
action of the plant came to an end. "We knew nothing of the same happening - says Valleriani Tree, spokesman Retuvasa, Network for the Protection of the Valle del Sacco - and we found ourselves confronted with this threat when the game had been played by now. "
citizens denounced the "silence of the institutions' at all levels:" How can we intervene on the issues affecting the future of our city if no one undertakes to inform us? "Asks Valleriani. According to the Network says, the City of Colleferro no effort was made to publish on its website the warning about the project being approved and the committee is aware of the issue when the time for action had expired. "The Secosvim spa, poponente which already manages the supply of the former industrial area Bpd - says Valleriani - have filed the papers project at the Town Hall on February 20, 2009. In the midst of an environmental emergency. Only a month earlier, the mayor of Colleferro, Mario Caccamo (elected for a center-right Civic Party), had reassured the public by saying that "would never have given his consent" to build the power station gas turbines. "
The game is played almost all of the gas turbine in the months after the umpteenth warning of environment and health that has shaken the residents of Valle del Sacco. Also in January and February of 2009, the results of a study on the state of health of residents, led by the Department of Epidemiology ASL Rome E confirmed what had long remained the only suspect is the territory as a whole showed a picture of mortality and morbidity worse than the rest of Lazio, mainly due to the long career of industrial complex.
Even worse, in March, the city discovered that the waste incineration plant is operated in a criminal: all the ovens burning with serious damage to the environment and seriously affecting people's health . Colleferro feeling the pinch, but still not enough after just two months, in fact, part of the authorization process to build the power station gas turbines. Authorities called to express their views on the work you all for voting yes and practice moves quickly from one office to another. The plant will replace the one currently in operation in the district of having and will provide energy for other industrial sites. A decree is the final approval of the Conference of the services of 11 December 2009. Appeal, however, at least from the analysis of the stenographic report of the meeting, missing two key players: the local health authority and Arpa Lazio.
"How can one issue a license without the opinion of one of the main controlling bodies such as the Harp ' Network protection is sought in the Valle del Sacco. Adds Valeriani "Because the municipal administration of Colleferro not asked the local health jurisdiction of (RMG) to report on the impact to public health?". In the face of controversy, last week the mayor met the project developers and associations (with the exception of the City of Artena However, in spite of himself involved in this matter for reasons of geographical proximity), decided the suspension of work for 7 days .
At the suggestion of a councilor, Leo Ferrari, was charged the National Research Council in judging the desirability of the system taking into account the context. But for environmental groups attive nel territorio non si tratta che di una magra consolazione: «Cercare di includere i cittadini nelle decisioni da assumere con l’autorizzazione già rilasciata, - scrivono in una nota - rappresenta tutto, tranne la restituzione del diritto leso». Ora, secondo i comitati, non resta molto da fare: «Due gli scenari possibili - dicono - o revocare l’autorizzazione pagando un risarcimento milionario a favore della società proponente, oppure tenere la borsa chiusa e scaricare il danno su ambiente e salute».
Ma Colleferro non ci sta. «Stiamo valutando con i nostri legali la possibilità - spiegano i Comitati - di sollecitare l’apertura di una procedura d’infrazione contro l’Italia da the Directorate General Environment of the European Commission for initiating the permitting procedures in clear violation of Directive 2003/04. The Network refers to the Aarhus Convention which provides for the right to participation of citizens in public decisions on the environment. Colleferro ended in an impasse that could have been avoided. According to the associations, the development of renewable energy plants, would solve the problems of demand for industrial areas, without the problems associated with coercion of a turbo gas power station. "To be the epicenter of an environmental emergency, having polluted water, air and land, undermined the health of citizens, rather than provoke guilt and concrete changes di rotta, sembra diventare quasi un titolo di merito - dicono dalla Rete dei Tutela della Valle del Sacco -. Gli errori del passato vengono usati come un alibi per commetterne altri, assicurando ancora una volta, solo gli interessi di pochi a danno dell’intera collettività».
La storia dei sahrāwī, popolazione residente nel sahara occidentale marocchino, è comune a molti altri gruppi etnici o culturali che ancora oggi non hanno avuto la possibilità di autodeterminarsi ed avere un proprio stato. E, come tante altre vicende di guerra e ribellione, la maledizione è nascosta proprio in quella terra tanto amata e ambita: in this case the demons are called phosphates, of which the territory is rich, and which Morocco has no intention of giving up. Even the Spaniards during the colonial period had used their last fields, and despite tacit consent to the creation of a state organization in the hands of Western Sahara, the pressures of King Hassan II of Morocco had the best, preventing the independence of the Saharan population .
We in 1973, and 13 years have passed by the UN resolution 1514, which recognized the right to independence for the peoples of colonized countries and to 10 by the inclusion of Western Sahara, then a English colony, the list of countries from decolonization. The May 10 of that year Polisario (Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguia el Hamra y Río de Oro) organized its first founding congress and Spain, in order to organize the referendum which will confirm the willingness of the Sahrawi people, the largest cultural group resident in the area of \u200b\u200bself-determination, make a census of the population. The independence of Western Sahara, however, is totally against Morocco, which in the person of its king, Hassan II, is opposed to this happening, arriving to organize what is known to history come la "marcia verde", l'ingresso di ben 350 mila marocchini, preceduti da 25 mila soldati, nella zona e il contestuale inizio delle operazioni di guerriglia da parte del fronte Polisario.
Nonostante di facciata la Spagna avesse riconfermato il proprio avallo all'indipendenza dei saharawi, segretamente giunse ad un accordo con il Marocco e la Mauritania che si spartirono la zona dando inizio così a decenni di lotta e sofferenze per il popolo dei saharawi. Dal 1979 la Mauritania si è tirata fuori dalla contesa, riconoscendo la Repubblica Democratica Araba dei Saharawi, RASD, fondata dai resistenti, e di fatto delegando completamente al Marocco la continuazione della guerra. Negli anni il conflitto ha portato a migliaia di profughi fuggiti in fields located mostly 'in Algeria, and in 1991, to organize the referendum for independence ever held, it has come to a UN-administered cease-fire, which sent humanitarian delegation to Western Sahara ( MINURSO) with responsibility for supervising the truce. The UN mission today, including several extensions, try to get to the coveted referendum, but the situation, especially in refugee camps in Algeria, has remained the same.
Raffaele Petralli, photographer, in May this year he has traveled between the Saharan and collected the images and voices. These are just some of the photos taken during his stay in refugee camps in the Algerian territory.
Saharawi women protesting after some political activists, who went in Algerian refugee camps, were killed by Moroccan police on their return home. Women have a very important role in Saharawi culture, and they have delegated many tasks including, of course, public protests. Many of them have become doctors, nurses or teachers, and all through the transmission of knowledge. Whenever one of them learns to do a job their skills are immediately shared.
Ajknete Sidi Mohamed el choirs 80 years said: "I'm 20 years who live in refugee camps in Algeria. My niece was born the day after the march Green when we were forced to flee. I made myself come, since we had no doctor with us. From that day I have helped many other women to give birth, often in situations of absolute insecurity. When the UN entered the conflict cease the violence and something has changed. But their promise on the referendum for independence have all been betrayed. We are still here for 20 years waiting to have our state, but so far tutto è rimasto uguale al giorno della marcia verde>>.
Ziara, 24 anni e 7 fratelli, lavora come cantante e ballerina in giro per i campi profughi. Di lei dice: "so che la guerra è brutta, perchè porta morte e distruzione, ma non abbiamo altra scelta. Una volta sposata voglio avere solo figli maschi, per mandarli in guerra a combattere".
L'attesa nel deserto
Guerriglieri giovani e meno giovani del fronte Polisario, che da anni si batte per il raggiungimento dell'autodeterminazione del popolo saharawi
Tutte le foto sono state scattate da Raffaele Petralla
Some useful links for further reading on this topic:
These meatballs eggplant with heart melted cheese ... will be an excellent main course or in miniature a great appetizer to accompany your drinks!
Also suitable for children or husbands (like mine) that I do not like vegetables ... but this "camouflage" to eat for sure! ;-)
Within each dumpling I inserted a piece of fontina cheese to make them even more 'tasty and delicious (you can use any type of cheese ... anything you like! Avoid even the mozzarella in baking releases plenty of water!)
I've cooked in the oven instead of frying them ... will be so much more 'to read but very tasty! Try it!
Ingredients:
eggplants 2 long (in my photos are already 'been baked!)
2 tablespoons of bread crumbs (more' bread crumbs to taste for the breading)
2 tablespoons grated pecorino
2 eggs
extra virgin olive oil to taste
salt and pepper qb
choice to taste cheese (fontina, smoked cheese, dairy ... anything you like!)
1 clove garlic (optional)
Procedure:
wash the eggplant, pat dry, place them in a dish wrapped in aluminum foil (one picture ) and bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes
peel the eggplant cool, squeeze the pulp well (2 photos ) and shake (picture 3 )
add the eggs , bread crumbs, pecorino cheese and the garlic clove, finely chopped (if like) photo 4, then salt, pepper, mix well to the mixture and let rest for 30 minutes (5 photos )
taken a bit 'of compound , roll it between your hands and form a groove (6 photos ) to hold a cube of cheese (7 photos ) ... compacted meatballs (I have the slightly crushed) and coat in breadcrumbs (8 photos )
arrange the meatballs on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper (9 photos ) and sprinkle with a little ' olive oil with the aid of a pastry brush (10 photos )
cook the meatballs at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes until they are golden brown on both sides and Bon appetit!
Rivarolo Leaving on descent leading to the bridge on 'Orco, a night of rain and fog, I passed by for the first time Zeta. It was like me, dressed similarly, imbaccuccato in a large coat and a beret pulled down on his head, had my own pace, but it was a skeleton, maybe mine. At that time I was madly in love with a brunette with bangs named Duna. I was already sixteen, but when I was with her, my shyness was huge and paralyzing. Duna was my girlfriend, but she did not know. I never dared tell him. The dream at night and on foggy days. There was war and I thought I would die first, so she would meet one night my ghost deck Orc. Then I drew my ghost imagining how he would have seen her. Rain and fog, autumn and winter in time of war. I began to see her as a beautiful widow, dressed in purple with fin de siecle "with two enormous eyes that glowed in the dark blacks, and neck with an OVAL-ceramic portrait photos of the deceased (who was me). (dai diari inediti di Alessandri, 1944)
Here we are after a lot 'of time ... but between various commitments, management of the baby, early weaning and the preparation of baptism ... only now I can not connect again and post something ... (follow in the coming days new recipes!) Back to Baptism ... just celebrated September 12 and obviously I could not "mess up" something for my little Tommy !
I enjoyed preparing a bit 'of things ... as in photographic detail! These
Biscottoni butter shaped with lots of baby blue and shaped diaper heart (for decoration, I used a simple icing made with egg white and powdered sugar and a little dye in gel) ... then have been packaged and decorated with bows her going and then distributed to the guests ...
also part of the buffet for refreshments was prepared by me like ricotta cheesecake and chocolate (decorated with coffee beans covered with chocolate and white chocolate curls) and truffles jamaica (coconut / rum chocolate / coffee) ...
and then skewers, sandwiches, snacks and other treats different (aided by my father, mother-in-law and co.)
the cake in the shape teddy bear stuffed with chantilly cream and covered with white chocolate ... it was purchased in pastry ... do not I could do it all!
corner we have also prepared a "sweets" with vases filled with sweets and marshmallows ... to the delight of children and do not!
I enjoyed it even to prepare the favors ... we bought the organic honey directly from the manufacturer and packaged with a teddy bear key rings, ribbons, and then sealed in a bag white with small springs in the wood to stop the note (the latter also made by me)
short, a good job ... a good effort but I have met a lot ...
obvious ... I did everything with the heart ... to the small but great treasure!
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