3 Italian dishes that you definitely need to cook yourself
Italian food
If you have been wanting to cook an Italian lunch or dinner for a long time, now is the best time to do so, as the ingredients are most suitable for them now – spring ingredients. And besides, it will take you very little time to cook.
The FoodOboz editorial team has prepared 3 recipes for real delicious Italian dishes that you should definitely try and cook.
1. Gratin with artichokes
How to cook a delicious gratin with artichokes
Ingredients:
- frozen artichoke hearts - 450 g
- chicken broth - 1 cup
- olive oil - 3 tbsp
- grated Parmesan cheese - 50 g
- breadcrumbs - 50 g
- garlic - 1 clove
- chopped parsley - 2 tbsp.
- black and red ground pepper - 5 g each
Method of preparation:
- Heat olive oil well in a heavy-bottomed frying pan, add garlic, and fry for 1 minute.
- Add the artichoke hearts, chopped parsley, salt, and black, and red pepper, mix well, and fry for about 3 minutes until the artichoke hearts begin to brown on the edges.
- Pour in the wine and chicken broth and continue to fry for about 3 minutes.
- After that, transfer the finished artichokes to a baking dish.
- Melt the butter in a frying pan, pour it into a bowl, and add the breadcrumbs and Parmesan, sprinkle the artichokes and put them in the oven to bake until the top is browned – about 10 minutes.
2. Fettuccine Alfredo
Pasta with mushrooms and chicken fillet
Ingredients:
- fettuccine pasta - 300 g
- chicken fillet - 800 g
- mushrooms - 600 g
- olive oil - 3 tbsp
- butter - 2 tbsp.
- garlic - 2-3 cloves.
- onions - 1 pc.
- heavy cream - 200 g
- grated Parmesan cheese - 70 g
- oregano - 1 tsp.
- salt, pepper - to taste
Method of preparation:
- Boil water in a deep saucepan, add generous amounts of salt, and boil the pasta.
- Cut the chicken into small pieces, and fry in olive oil until golden brown.
- Chop the mushrooms and fry them well.
- Chop the garlic and fry it in a frying pan with butter, add the meat, mushrooms, onions, salt, pepper, and cream, mix well, and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Finally, add the pasta, Parmesan, and oregano.
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3. Beef carpaccio
beef carpaccio
Ingredients:
- 350 g of beef (tenderloin, thigh flesh)
- 50 g of parmesan cheese
- 1 tsp of capers
- 1 handful of arugula
- a couple of pinches of salt
For the dressing:
- 1 tbsp. of olive oil
- 2 tsp. white wine vinegar
- 2 tsp. capers
- 1/4 tsp. dried basil
- a couple of bunches of black pepper
- a few drops of tabasco
Method of preparation:
- First, you need to rinse the beef well, cut off all possible films, and dry it.
- Wrap it in cling film and put it in the freezer for 1 hour, but no more, so that the meat is not over-frozen.
- After the time has elapsed, take out the meat and cut it into thin slices with a very sharp knife across the grain and put it in a bowl.
- Make the dressing: in a mortar, combine olive oil, basil, tabasco, salt, and black pepper, and mash everything well until smooth.
- Add the resulting dressing carefully to the meat so that it gets on each piece.
- Put the finished dish on a plate, add capers and Parmesan, and you can also add arugula.
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