Ham timbale / Timballo al prosciutto

Doesnt take long to do and is rather easy. Very tasty, although it is a very "plain" recipe...thefilling is pretty tasty, really.

Non ci vuole molto per prepararlo, ed e' piuttosto semplice. Molto gustoso, sebbene sia un piatto "basico", semplice, il ripieno ha decisamente un ottimo sapore!

INGREDIENTS x 2 pers

INGREDIENTI x 2 pers

120gr white rice / riso bianco

60 gr ham - diced / prosciutto a cubetti

2 spoonful of grated bread / cucchiai di pan grattato

1 egg / uovo

1/2 blonde onion / cipolla bionda

40 gr of ricotta cheese / di ricotta

30 gr of any tasty melting cheese / qualsiasi formaggio che si scioglie bene

salt, pepper / sale, pepe

Lightly fry the diced ham with the sliced blonde onion till it gets very golden and soft.

Soffriggere il prosciutto a cubetti con la cipolla finche' non diventa morbida e dorata.

Boil the rice, drain it and place it in a bowl.

Add in the egg (whisked) and the grated bread.

Salt&pepper.

Bollire il riso, scolarlo e metterlo in un recipiente.

Aggiungere l'uovo sbattuto e il pane gratuggiato.

Sale&pepe.

Place half the quantity of the rice-mixture into a buttered cake-terrine.

Add in the lightly fried diced ham and onion, the ricotta cheese and the other quality of cheese that you selected.

Mettere meta' della quantita' di riso in una terrina imburrata.

Aggiungere il soffritto di prosciutto e cipolla, la ricotta e l'altro formaggio a vs. scelta.
Cover it up with the remaing rice. Press it down a little.

Bake for 20 mins at 160°.

Enjoy warm :))

Coprire con la restante parte del riso, pressare un pochino.

Infornare per 20 mins a 160°.

Gustare caldo:))

Creamy Focaccia bread

You know by now that I'm very much into focaccia bread. This particular one is so-ooo creamy and yummy.

(and very easy too!)

Use the same recipe used to make focaccia bread, in this case you need to garnish it with:

• 100 ml of double cream
• 100 gr of ricotta cheese
• salt, pepper
• slices of red peppers previously roasted.

Creamy pasta

I must admit there is no need for a recipe for this one, but just take it as a suggestion :)

Creamy pasta sauce made with blue cheese, pepper and pesto.

That's it, nothing else.

Blue cheese and pesto is a very yummy combination, go ahead and give it a try :)

All you need is:

• 100 gr blue cheese
• 50 ml double cream
• 3 teaspoons of pesto

Melt the cheese with the double cream in a pan, add the pesto and some pepper.

Enjoy :)

Quick Choc Moment

Hi there everyone! Haven't been cooking much over the past months cos I was working like crazy and living in a corporate flat where I had little chance and time to cook something good. Anyhow, lets start with this yummy and quick cake.

I used a 12cm tray, it is a very tiny cake :)

Sliced it in two and covered it with Nutella spread.
Poured the plain part first, followed by the choc one on top.
1 egg

150 gr plain flower

50 gr butter

70 gr sugar

1/2 glass of milk

3 tablespoons of cocoa powder (dark one)
Step 1)

wisked the egg with the sugar

Step 2)

added it to the flower, butter and milk.

Step 3)

poured half of it into the tray

Step 4)

added the cocoa powder to the remaing mixture

Step 5)

poured the choc mixture over the plain mixture (previously poured into the tray)
Bake for 20 mins-ish

A very quick cake to be made evry time you feel like it :)

Fruity Plumcake!

Special plumcake made with fruit yogurt and choccolate as well!

Indredients:

180 gr sugar

180 gr flour 00

250 ml yogurt (strawberry)

2 eggs

1 yeast

50 gr butter (soften)

salt

3 tbls of cocoa

Mix the egss with the sugar.

Add in the remaining indredients, but the cocoa, you will use the cocoa powder later,

the yogurt must be added at the very end.

Take 4 tablespoons of your mixture, place the in a bowl.

Add in the cocoa pwder and mix very well.

Pre-heat the oven at 180 degress.

Place half of the "white-clear" the mixture in a plumcake pan

add the "cocoa" mixture in the middle,

top if off with the remaining "white-clear" mixture and place in the pre-heated oven.

Keep an eye on it, cook for 10 minutes them turn the temperature at 150 degress. Bake it for 10 more minutes at 100 degrees.

Spiced Minced Meat in pastry

Looks good, doesn't It ? It is a main dish, does not take long to make and is super delicious!

Ingredients:

Filling:

200 gr miced meat

spices ( thyme, pepper )

extravirgin olive oil

1 slice of bacon, 1 cm high

half onion

cheese ( 3 slices )

salt

Wrapper:

100 gr of flour

salt

extravirging olive oil

yeast ( 5 gr )

Prepare a dough with the flour, salt, water, yeast. Exactly like you would do for plain simple bread. Let it rise for 1 hour.

Slice the onion thinly.Put in in a frying pan with hot oil, chop the bacon slice into dices.

Let the onion soften up and become very golden.

In the meantime place the minced meat in a bowl.

Add in the salt, pepper, spices, 2 tablespoons of extravirgin olive oil.

At the end add in the fried bacon and onion slices.

Mix very well, make a firm dough.

When the bread dough is ready, flat it out with a rolling pin.

Place in on a tray with baking paper.

Take your miced meat dough and spread half of it on the pastry.

Flat in out a little.

take your 3 slices of cheese and lay them on the center.

Take the remaing minced meat dough and place it on top of the cheese.

Flat it out and kind of seal the border, this will prevent the melted cheese to drip out with cooking.

Wrap the minced meat dough with the pastry, leave an opening on the top. This will let steam out and your meat will cook properly.

Place in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees.

Must be pink-ish in the middle with a golden pastry crust.

Enjoy with fries :-)

Cheese & Chili Biscuits

I made this special biscuits in feb, as a Valentine's Day pressie for a few dear friends. Very easy to make and super yummy to eat! They go very well with cold-cuts, as an appetizer.

Ingredients:
100 gr of grated parmigiano cheese

180 gr of flour

120 gr of soft butter

1 teaspoon of powder chili ( or pepper )
1 egg

salt

In a bowl mix well the butter with the grated cheese.

Add in the flour, salt and chili.

Stir well and add in the egg.

Knead the mixture till you get a smooth dough.

Place the dough in the fridge for at least 120 mins.

After 2 hours, place the dough on some baking paper and using a rolling pin flatten the dough out a little, till you get a thick layer ( 1 cm - 1,2 cm ).

Cut it into pieces by using the shapes you prefer. (use a biscuit cutter)

Place your savory biscuits in a pre-heated oven ( 160 degrees ).

Keep an eye on them, they must be golden on top and on the bottom, but be carefull not to let them burn, it will spoil the taste completely.

Please note: they need to cool down at least for 30 mins in order to get firm.

Enjoy with a good wine :-)

PS: I got this recepe from Chicca, check it out here