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Beef and Ginger

October 10, 2020 robiulo Leave a comment

Beef and Ginger

Once all the slicing and chopping is done this is a quick meal. If you’ve got a wok, use it. If not, a large frying pan will work. If you can’t find ‘toasted’ sesame oil for the marinade, use olive oil.

Ingredients:

1 lb. skirt steak, trimmed, sliced against grain into 1/4 inch strips
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. toasted sesame oil
1 tsp. plus 1 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. kosher salt
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 medium Vidalia onion sliced into 1/2 inch rounds
3 inch piece of ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
Black pepper to taste
3 tbsp. room temperature butter
1 tbsp. lemon juice

In a bowl, toss ingredients 1 to 5 and let sit at least 20 minutes. Place the vegetable oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the steak in a single lawyer, cook about 2 minutes until the edges a lightly browned.

Turn the steak over and add the onions, ginger, black pepper, and 1/3 cup of water. Cook, tossing until the onion wilts.

Turn off the heat and add the butter, lemon juice, and the remaining 1 tbsp of soy sauce. Stir until everything is coated with the sauce. Serve with rice.

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Prosciutto

August 5, 2020 robiulo Leave a comment

Prosciutto San Daniele DOP

By Toni Brancatisano

. . . “Prosciutto Crudo is an Italian dry-cured ham that is usually served raw and thinly sliced. The word crudo means raw, as opposed to prosciutto cotto, which is cooked. It is characterised by a pinkish-red color and is slightly veined with thin streaks of fat. The fat or lard around it, which is pure white, is delicate and complements the meat so, when eating Prosciutto Crudo, both the meat and the fat should be enjoyed together. . .”

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Mercato

May 29, 2020 robiulo Leave a comment

Mercato

If you live in New York you’ve probably heard of Schaller and Webber. It’s an old-fashioned German butcher shop but really more than that. In addition to fresh cut meat they also have a variety of wursts and smoked meats, quite a few salads, and imported European groceries and beer.
It’s on the Upper East Side and we live on the Upper West Side, so it isn’t close. We still manage to shop there at least every 6 weeks. Since CORVID 19 we’ve been using a service called Mercato for some of our shopping. You order on their website and they arrange purchases at the best independently owned food stores in New York and delivery it to you within a day or so. So, here’s our most recent delivery that made a great dinner.

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Sausage Cooked in Red Wine

April 10, 2020 robiulo Leave a comment

Sausage Cooked in Red Wine

Here’s another simple but excellent recipe and it only has 2 ingredients. I got it from Giovanna Bellia LaMarca in her Sicilian cooking class at the Institute Culinary Education.

Ingredients:

1 lb. Italian sausage, hot or sweet
¾ cup dry red wine (something good enough to drink)

Place the sausage in a single layer in a pan. Add enough water to reach ½ way up the sausage and cook, turning half way, until the water is almost evaporated.

Add the wine and cook on medium-high heat, turning at least once, until the sausage is cooked on all sides. Serve the sausage with the pan drippings poured over them.

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Sausage and Bean Stew

February 28, 2020 robiulo Leave a comment

Sausage and Bean Stew

This is another Melissa Clark recipe. She keeps coming up with good ones. Although the ingredients are mainly Italian, this reminds me of chili.

Ingredients:

Olive oil for frying
1 lb. Italian sausage cut into ¾ inch slices
1 tbsp tomato paste
½ tsp ground cumin
1 & 1/2 cups Italian trinity
2 diced garlic cloves
1 lb. cannelloni beans rinsed
2 thyme sprigs
1 large rosemary sprig
1 bay leaf
2 tbsps. balsamic vinegar plus more for serving
Salt and black pepper

Place the sausage in the freezer for 20 minutes. This makes it easier to slice and hold its shape. Brown the sausage in oil in a stock pot. Remove when done and leave the oil and fat in the pot.

Add the tomato paste and cumin to the pot and cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add the trinity and garlic. Cook on medium until the vegetables have softened.

Stir in the beans, 8 cups of water, thyme, rosemary, and bay leaf. Bring it to a boil, lower heat and simmer until the beans are cooked – about 2 hours.

Sausage and Bean Stew — It’s easier to remove the herbs if you tie them together.

At this point remove about a cup of beans and puree them in a blender or food processor and return them to the pot to thicken the stew. Return the sausage to the pot and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the vinegar, taste and adjust seasoning.

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Pork Marbella

February 8, 2020 robiulo Leave a comment

Pork Marbella

Marbella, typically made with chicken is very good with pork too. I’m using sliced tenderloin but you can also use chops. This recipe is adapted from Bon Appetit

Ingredients:

2 lb. pork tenderloin – ½ to ¾ in. slices
Salt and pepper
1 cup dry white wine
½ cup prunes, pitted and cut in half
½ cup green olives, pitted
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup capers
¼ cup red wine vinegar
4 smashed garlic cloves
¼ cup olive oil plus more for frying
1 tbsp. butter
¼ cup chopped parsley

Season the pork slices with salt and black pepper. Let it rest for 15 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 325^o.

Mix ingredients 3 through 10 in a bowl. Add the seasoned pork and let it marinate, refrigerated for 3 hours to overnight.

Remove the pork from the marinade and blot dry with paper towels. Lightly brown in a large pan with olive oil.

Remove the pan from the heat and pour in the marinade, including the olives and prunes. Place on the middle rack in the oven and roast for 20 minutes, turning the pork after 10 minutes. Finish with the pan under the broiler for 5 more minutes.

Place the pork, olives and prunes in a serving dish. Discard the garlic. With the pan on medium heat on top of the stove, whisk in the butter and parsley and stir for a few minutes while the butter melts and the sauce thickens. Pour the sauce over the pork, olives, and prunes and serve.

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Sausage and Grapes

November 29, 2019 robiulo 4 Comments

Sausage and Grapes

This recipe is adapted from Melissa Clark’s A Good Appetite in the New York Times. She suggests using any kind of sausage you like. I chose hot Italian sausage because it made a good contrast to the sweetness of the grapes.

Ingredients:

1 large onion, thinly sliced
4 tbsps. olive oil
Salt and black pepper to taste
4 cups of stemmed red seedless grapes
½ tsp. ground cumin
1 lb. hot Italian sausage
½ cup coarsely chopped parsley
2 tbsps. chopped scallions or chives
2 tsps. Sherry vinegar + more to taste

Heat oven to 450^o.

In an oven proof pan, toss the onions with the salt, pepper and 2 tbsps. oil. Roast for 10 minutes or so, until the onions take on some color. Remove the pan for the oven and add the grapes, cumin, and the remaining oil. Spread in an even layer and add the sausage. Roast for 25 minutes, turning sausage and tossing onions/grapes halfway through.

After 25 minutes, remove the sausage to a serving plate. Add the parsley and chives to the pan with the grapes and onions and mix. Use a slotted spoon to remove the grapes and onions to the serving plate. Add the vinegar and scrape up any brown bits. Put over the grapes and sausage and serve.

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Pork and Pepper Meatballs

July 12, 2019 robiulo 2 Comments

Pork and Pepper Meatballs

There are lots of ways to make meatballs. Here’s another one.

Pre-heat the oven to 450^o. Mix the bread, egg, and pepper liquid until the bread has absorbed it and is moist. Add the minced peppers, salt, black pepper, parsley, and pork and mix thoroughly with your hands until all of the ingredients are incorporated.

Shape into golf ball size balls. You should get ten or twelve meatballs. Lay them in an oiled baking pan or dish and roast for 15 minutes. Serve them plain or with sauce.

(a simple marina sauce)

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Neapolitan Meatballs

June 11, 2019 robiulo Leave a comment

Neapolitan Meatballs – (Polpette Alla Napolitana)

This is an old-fashioned recipe. You can leave out the pinoles and currants but if you use them it makes these polpettes special.

Ingredients:

1/3 cup dried currants (soaked)
A small loaf of day-old Italian bread with the crust removed
Some milk to wet the bread
About 1 lb. of ground beef chuck
A handful of chopped parsley
1 finely chopped garlic clove
Salt and black pepper
1 beaten egg
1 cup grated Parmigiana cheese
1/3 cup pinoles (pine nuts)
Olive oil for frying

Soak the currants in a little warm water. Soak the bread in the milk. Squeeze out the excess milk, break it apart and put it in a bowl with the beef, parsley and garlic.

Mix it well and add salt and pepper, the egg, cheese, the pinoles and drained currents. Mix this thoroughly with your hands.

Shape the mix into small balls (I use an ice cream scoop to get them the same size) and let them rest for 15 – 20 minutes and then fry in a good amount of olive oil over medium heat in a heavy pan.

Keep rolling them to brown on all sides. Drain and serve with tomato sauce. They’re very good plain too.

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Polpette alla Calabrese

April 19, 2019 robiulo Leave a comment

Polpette alla Calabrese

My grandmother Nicolina was from Salerno but her husband was Calabrese so this is how she made meatballs.

Ingredients:

1 lb. mix of ground pork, veal and beef chuck
1 clove of garlic finely minced
1 egg
2/3 cup of plain breadcrumbs
1/3 cup of grated Parmigiana cheese
2 tbs. of olive oil
Salt and black pepper
A handful of chopped Italian parsley
5 tbsp. tomato sauce

Mix all the ingredients thoroughly. It’s easier to mix the 3 meats first and then add the other ingredients. You can really only do it with your hands. Shape the mix into small balls (I use an ice cream scoop to get them the same size) and let them rest for 15 – 20 minutes. Fry them in a good amount of olive oil over medium heat in a heavy pan. Keep rolling them to brown on all sides. Drain and serve with tomato sauce. They’re very good plain too.

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Beef and Ginger

Once all the slicing and chopping is done this is a quick meal. If you’ve got a wok, use it. If not, a large frying pan will work. If you can’t find ‘toasted’ sesame oil for the marinade, use olive oil.

Ingredients:

In a bowl, toss ingredients 1 to 5 and let sit at least 20 minutes. Place the vegetable oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the steak in a single lawyer, cook about 2 minutes until the edges a lightly browned.

Turn the steak over and add the onions, ginger, black pepper, and 1/3 cup of water. Cook, tossing until the onion wilts.

Turn off the heat and add the butter, lemon juice, and the remaining 1 tbsp of soy sauce. Stir until everything is coated with the sauce. Serve with rice.

Prosciutto San Daniele DOP

Read the complete article here.

Mercato

Mercato’s website here –

Schaller and Weber’s website here –

Sausage Cooked in Red Wine

Here’s another simple but excellent recipe and it only has 2 ingredients. I got it from Giovanna Bellia LaMarca in her Sicilian cooking class at the Institute Culinary Education.

Ingredients:

1 lb. Italian sausage, hot or sweet

¾ cup dry red wine (something good enough to drink)

Place the sausage in a single layer in a pan. Add enough water to reach ½ way up the sausage and cook, turning half way, until the water is almost evaporated.

Add the wine and cook on medium-high heat, turning at least once, until the sausage is cooked on all sides. Serve the sausage with the pan drippings poured over them.

Sausage and Bean Stew

Ingredients:

Place the sausage in the freezer for 20 minutes. This makes it easier to slice and hold its shape. Brown the sausage in oil in a stock pot. Remove when done and leave the oil and fat in the pot.

Add the tomato paste and cumin to the pot and cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add the trinity and garlic. Cook on medium until the vegetables have softened.

Stir in the beans, 8 cups of water, thyme, rosemary, and bay leaf. Bring it to a boil, lower heat and simmer until the beans are cooked – about 2 hours.

At this point remove about a cup of beans and puree them in a blender or food processor and return them to the pot to thicken the stew. Return the sausage to the pot and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the vinegar, taste and adjust seasoning.

Pork Marbella

Marbella, typically made with chicken is very good with pork too. I’m using sliced tenderloin but you can also use chops. This recipe is adapted from Bon Appetit

Ingredients:

2 lb. pork tenderloin – ½ to ¾ in. slices

Salt and pepper

1 cup dry white wine

½ cup prunes, pitted and cut in half

½ cup green olives, pitted

½ cup brown sugar

½ cup capers

¼ cup red wine vinegar

4 smashed garlic cloves

¼ cup olive oil plus more for frying

1 tbsp. butter

¼ cup chopped parsley

Season the pork slices with salt and black pepper. Let it rest for 15 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 325o.

Mix ingredients 3 through 10 in a bowl. Add the seasoned pork and let it marinate, refrigerated for 3 hours to overnight.

Remove the pork from the marinade and blot dry with paper towels. Lightly brown in a large pan with olive oil.

Remove the pan from the heat and pour in the marinade, including the olives and prunes. Place on the middle rack in the oven and roast for 20 minutes, turning the pork after 10 minutes. Finish with the pan under the broiler for 5 more minutes.

Place the pork, olives and prunes in a serving dish. Discard the garlic. With the pan on medium heat on top of the stove, whisk in the butter and parsley and stir for a few minutes while the butter melts and the sauce thickens. Pour the sauce over the pork, olives, and prunes and serve.

Sausage and Grapes

This recipe is adapted from Melissa Clark’s A Good Appetite in the New York Times. She suggests using any kind of sausage you like. I chose hot Italian sausage because it made a good contrast to the sweetness of the grapes.

Ingredients:

1 large onion, thinly sliced

4 tbsps. olive oil

Salt and black pepper to taste

4 cups of stemmed red seedless grapes

½ tsp. ground cumin

1 lb. hot Italian sausage

½ cup coarsely chopped parsley

2 tbsps. chopped scallions or chives

2 tsps. Sherry vinegar + more to taste

Heat oven to 450o.

After 25 minutes, remove the sausage to a serving plate. Add the parsley and chives to the pan with the grapes and onions and mix. Use a slotted spoon to remove the grapes and onions to the serving plate. Add the vinegar and scrape up any brown bits. Put over the grapes and sausage and serve.

Pork and Pepper Meatballs

There are lots of ways to make meatballs. Here’s another one.

Pre-heat the oven to 450o. Mix the bread, egg, and pepper liquid until the bread has absorbed it and is moist. Add the minced peppers, salt, black pepper, parsley, and pork and mix thoroughly with your hands until all of the ingredients are incorporated.

Shape into golf ball size balls. You should get ten or twelve meatballs. Lay them in an oiled baking pan or dish and roast for 15 minutes. Serve them plain or with sauce.

(a simple marina sauce)

Neapolitan Meatballs – (Polpette Alla Napolitana)

This is an old-fashioned recipe. You can leave out the pinoles and currants but if you use them it makes these polpettes special.

Ingredients:

1/3 cup dried currants (soaked)

A small loaf of day-old Italian bread with the crust removed

Some milk to wet the bread

About 1 lb. of ground beef chuck

A handful of chopped parsley

1 finely chopped garlic clove

Salt and black pepper

1 beaten egg

1 cup grated Parmigiana cheese

1/3 cup pinoles (pine nuts)

Olive oil for frying

Soak the currants in a little warm water. Soak the bread in the milk. Squeeze out the excess milk, break it apart and put it in a bowl with the beef, parsley and garlic.

Mix it well and add salt and pepper, the egg, cheese, the pinoles and drained currents. Mix this thoroughly with your hands.

Preheat the oven to 325^o.

Heat oven to 450^o.

Pre-heat the oven to 450^o. Mix the bread, egg, and pepper liquid until the bread has absorbed it and is moist. Add the minced peppers, salt, black pepper, parsley, and pork and mix thoroughly with your hands until all of the ingredients are incorporated.