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Italian Recipes - How About A Dinner In Rome?

If you are wondering what to prepare formixture with a portable mixer or wire whisk
dinner tonight, then you can always try thesefor several minutes until it begins to be
easy  recipes.  It's  quick  and  affordable.thoroughly chilled. Cover and place in the
freezer  until frozen, stirring occasionally.
Menu
Simple Syrup: Place the sugar and water in a
Meal:  Chicken  Spaghettistainless steel or enameled saucepan and boil
for 5 minutes. Strain through a sieve lined
Salad:  Spinach  Saladwith a damp cloth. Cool.his is gonna seem so
simple that you won't believe that it will
Dessert:  Lemon  Sorbetwork,  but  it  does.
Chicken  SpaghettiThe thing with rice cooking is that folks
tend to make it too hard. Get out a nice
Ingredients:heavypan with a tight fitting lid. (Visions
is nice for this cause you can see what's
1  cup  Chopped  onion  (about  1  large)going on inthe pot.) Get a bag of normal ol'
long grain rice++not Rice-A-Roni or Uncle
1  cup  WaterBen's or anyof that "converted" stuff. Dump
as much into the pot as you like (one cup dry
1  tsp  Dried  oregano  leavesmakesabout  three  cups  cooked).
3/4  tsp  Dried  basil  leavesOther  Itallian  Meals
1/2  tsp  Dried  marjoram  leavesThe island of Sardinia perhaps most quickly
conjures up the idea of sardines. A small
1  tsp  Sugarisland off of the western coast of Italy, it
certainly incorporates seafood in to much of
1/4  tsp  Dried  rosemary  leavesits regional cuisine. However, Sardinia has
such a rich and various history that it bears
1  clove  Garlic,  crushedlittle resemblance to the traditional idea of
Italian cooking. Like many other Italian
1  Bay  leafregional cuisines, Sardinia's regional taste
is often a surprise for a palette that is
1  (8-ounce)  can  Tomato  sauceexpecting red sauce and parmesan cheese to be
the beginning and end of traditional Italian
1  (8-ounce)  can  Tomato  pastecooking. While it is a region of Italy,
Sardinia's history is shared with explorers
1-1/2  cups  Cut-up  cooked chicken or turkeyof many European nations, such as Greece,
France, and Spain. This diverse history of
4  cups  Hot  cooked  spaghettipeople shows in the traditions and culture of
this  isolated  island  destination.
Instructions:
While, being an island, seafood, especially
Heat all ingredients except chicken andshellfish, plays a large part in the regional
spaghetti to boiling in 10-inch skillet;cuisine of Sardinia, very few Sardinian meals
reduce heat. Cover and simmer 30 minutes,do not incorporate lamb, a rich resource in
stirring occasionally. Stir in chicken. Coverthe mountainous inland of the island of
and simmer 30 minutes longer, stirringSardinia. In addition to the lamb's meat, a
occasionally. Remove bay leaf. Serve saucefavorite of Sardinian chefs, very few meals
over  spaghetti.are complete without the company of sheep's
milk and wild fennel. Stews and roasts are
Note: All three Italian recipes in thispopular choices for the people of Sardinia.
article  yield  6  servings.Looking at any Sardinian recipe, it is easy
to see that the cuisine of this hilly island
Spinach  Saladis a veritable stone soup of the many
different cultures that have passed through
Ingredients:the  island  over  the  years.
2  or  3  cups  Raw  spinachThe seafood traditions of the Greek isles can
be found in the mussel stews and roasted
3  slices  Baconlobster dishes that keep the island's
fishermen busy. Malloreddus is a Sardinian
1  whole  Avocado,  slicedpasta that can be found in many stews and
pasta dishes accompanying chicken or rabbit
12  strips  Pimientobasted in fennel or saffron. Malloreddus is a
grooved pasta that very much resembles
Salt  and  pepper,  to  tastegnocchi in taste and texture, and is made of
semolina flour and sometimes seasoned lightly
1/2  cup  Italian  olive  oilwith saffron, while most gnocchi is made with
potato.
1/4  cup  Vinegar
Stews are very popular in the regional
1  cup  crumbled  Gorgonzola  cheesecuisine of Sardinia, and even meat and
poultry dishes are served in rich cooking
Instructions: Wash spinach well, and removesauces that could just as easily be served as
stems. Dry. Fry bacon crisp and then drain.soups. For this reason, accompanying a
Chop or crumble into small bits. Toss theSardinian entre with a hearty crusted bread
spinach  with  remaining  ingredients.or a side of potatoes makes for a very
filling meal. Pasta, in the traditional sense
Lemon  Sorbetis not as large a part of Sardinian cooking
as in other regions of Italy. The pastas of
Ingredients:Sardinia are more commonly associated with
Middle Eastern cuisine. Hearty grains and
2-1/4  cups  Fresh  lemon  juicefusilli more commonly accompany the dishes of
Sardinian regional cuisine, as opposed the
1-1/2  tbsp  Grated  lemon  zestlasagna, spaghetti or linguine that Americans
more commonly associate with Italian cooking.
4-1/2  cups  Simple  syrup
Between the diverse history of Sardinia's
Simple  Syrup:people, from France to the Middle East, and
the various different landscapes and
3  cups  Sugarresources that can be found throughout the
island, it is hard to put Sardinian cuisine
6  cups  Waterinto one category. One thing is for sure
though, while you will find many different
Instructions: Combine the ingredients andtypes of food on the island of Sardinia, it
freeze in an ice cream maker. Alternatively,is unlikely that you will find anything like
place in a bowl set within a larger bowlit anywhere else in the world.
holding ice cubes and salted water. Beat the



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