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Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Episode #05 - Beef Stew, Polenta & String Beans (2 of 2) - Italian Cooking

Today we are serving: Beef Stew over Polenta, with a side of String Beans cooked on a bed of Cherry Tomatoes. We drank...almost all of it: Chianti Classico - Coltibuono 2005 Yellow Tail - Merlot / Cabernet 2006 BEEF STEW Serves 4 Prep Time 15 minutes Cooking Time 2 hours Ingredients 2Lb Beef for stew, cut in 1 inch cubes 3 ripe tomatoes 3 carrots 3 celery stems 3/4 red onion 2 handfuls of Thyme Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper Two glasses of wine Getting Ready Peal and chop the onion medium fine. Rinse well the celery and chop it in 1/2 inch pieces. Peal the carrots, cut them length wise if they are big enough, and then chop in 1/2 inch pieces. Rinse the Thyme well. Time to Cook In a cast iron casserole, sauté the onion, the carrot and the celery in about 3 tablespoons of Olive Oil on a medium -- high flame, until the onion gets a nice golden color. Add the meat, maintain the stove on a medium -- high flame, and brown it well. Before the meat starts pouring its juices in the pan, add the two glasses of wine, stir well, and let the alcohol evaporate...you can smell its pungent essence right away. In a couple of minutes your stew is ready to start cooking and finally settle down into the casserole; lower the stove to a medium flame, add salt, pepper, the thyme and the tomatoes cut in half, stir well and cover with a lid. From now on is just a waiting game...stir constantly, every 10 minutes, make sure the flame is not too high or the stew will start sticking to the bottom of the ...

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Thursday, 19 August 2010

Episode #01 - Spaghetti with Red Sauce & appetizers (2 of 2) - Italian Cooking

Debi and Gabriele will upload weekly new Fresh & Traditional Tuscan recipes...obviously Chianti will be served. Visit us at www.underthetuscangun.com Red Sauce: Prep Time: 5 Cooking Time: 15 Ingredients: 1/2 red onion 2 tablespoons of olive oil 1 can of pelati (16 ounces) 2 handful of fresh basil 1 hot red pepper Salt, Pepper Fresh grated parmesan Goes well with... Every time you'll see that a dish requires some red sauce...well, this is the recipe! Tips... Guess what you have to do in case you like your sauce hotter than this? How to prepare it: GETTING READY WITH THE INGREDIENTS Chop the onion medium thin. Wash the fresh basil and set aside. Process the can of pelati. COOKING YOUR DISH On a medium high flame brown the onion... When golden, pour the pelati, add salt, pepper and red pepper, and lower the flame to medium. The cooking time is about 15 minutes...this is what it takes to the sauce to get to a nice consistency. A few minutes before taking your sauce of the fire, put in the pan half of the basil... Serve your dish; sprinkle the parmesan, grate the pepper, one or two leaves of basil...the olive oil! Prosciutto rolls with Arucola: Serves: 2 Prep Time: 5 Ingredients: 6 Slices of Prosciutto 6 generous pinches of fresh Arugula How to prepare it: Cut off most of the fat from your prosciutto. Lay one slice at the time on a cutting board, put a pinch of arugula on the top of it...now roll! As easy as it gets! Notes: Teach your "guy" how prosciutto should be cut, and ...