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10/31/2024

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Traping sauce within each tight twist, fusilli pasta is filled with delicate texture and flavor. Timelessly pairing tomatoes and cheese, "Fusilli con Pomodoro e Basilico" is a traditional dish that comes together quickly into a mouthwatering meal for the whole family. What's your favorite sauce to prepare with fusilli?

08/15/2022

BELLO Collection:It is an exclusive collection designed by Bill Goldsmith for Deruta of Italy. Through the years, this renowned design has become a classic and featured, multiple times, in the best tabletop and dinnerware magazines.Its unique design comprises colored brush strokes bordering the rim....

08/14/2022

Chicken Marsala:
2 Thawed or fresh chicken breasts
8 oz white button mushrooms (Choose your favorite)
2 tablespoons salted butter
Half cup heavy cream
1.5 cups marsala cooking wine
Half cup chopped flat leaf Italian parsley
2 large cloves of garlic
3 tablespoons olive oil to coat pan
Flour to coat chicken
Salt and pepper to taste
Grated sharp Italian cheese to top

*If chicken breasts are thick, slice them in half. Place cut chicken on board or flat surface, cover with wax paper or plastic wrap. Using a tenderizer (meat mallet, rolling pin, etc.), beat and even out the poultry. This step helps avoid a tough chicken texture.
Flour chicken breasts to coat them lightly. Heat olive oil in saute pan, 1 Tbsp butter, then add chicken when oil has heated. Brown both sides of chicken and cook halfway through. Remove chicken and put aside.
In saute pan, add 1 Tbsp butter and mushrooms. When mushrooms have softened, add garlic and marsala cooking wine. Stir occasionally and allow wine to reduce. Add heavy cream, stir and allow to reduce slightly more.
Return chicken to saute pan and coat with mixture. Keep on stove until chicken is cooked through. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Plate on nice decorative plate, add grated cheese as desired and parsley to garnish.

08/14/2022

Busiate pasta with spicy shrimp
Pasta:
Add pasta to salted boiling water
Spicy olive oil sauce:
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 large cloves of garlic
1.5 tablespoons of herb blend aglio and olio herb blend (Bona Furtuna)
7 pieces of cleaned and deveined shrimp (Add more shrimp if desired)
Grated sharp Italian cheese to top
*To make the sauce, heat the olive oil, garlic, and herb blend in a saute pan. Soften the garlic in the oil and all spices are mixed together.
Add shrimp to the mixture, mixed occasionally, and saute until shrimp is pink colored and cooked. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Check pasta occasionally and drain when cooked as desired. Add pasta to sauteed mixture and mix well.
Plate pasta on nice decorative plate and add grated cheese as desired.

08/14/2022

Homemade ribbon pasta with sauce
Pasta dough:
1.5 cups of organic unbleached flour
Approx. half cup of water. (Add more if needed).
Marinara sauce:
2 cloves finely chopped garlic
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 generous pinch of crushed mint
1 pinch of red pepper flakes (add or take away as desired)
1 teaspoon sugar
1 small can tomato paste
1 large can crushed tomatoes
Grated sharp Italian cheese to top
*After measuring the flour and water, put flour on working area and use your fingers to make a well. Pour water slowly into well and move flour from corner of well so flour falls into middle and mixes with water.
Begin to knead the dough for about 10 minutes until you form a smooth ball. Use the heels of your hands to push the dough away from you and your fingers to pull it back to you.
Now using your thumb, press it into the dough – if it bounces back, it is ready. Now place the dough ball in a bowl and cover it allowing it to rest. Leave it to rest for approximately 20 minutes.
On your lightly floured working area, cut the dough ball in half and roll it out around 2mm thick (You can experiment with the thickness based on what you like best). Roll up the flattened dough like a carpet, then cut across the pasta to create folded over ribbons (about ½ inch wide. Lightly flour to keep pasta ribbons from sticking.
When ready to use, add pasta to medium or large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Cook for approximately 2 minutes and drain.
*To make the sauce, heat the olive oil and red pepper flakes in a saute pan. Soften the garlic in the oil until soft, then add the tomato paste and crushed tomatoes.
After sauce heats a few minutes, add crushed mint and sugar. Add salt and pepper to taste. After pasta is drained, plate pasta on nice decorative plate and add sauce and grated cheese as desired.

08/07/2022

Chicken Marsala:
2 Thawed or fresh chicken breasts
8 oz white button mushrooms (Choose your favorite)
2 tablespoons salted butter
Half cup heavy cream
1.5 cups marsala cooking wine
Half cup chopped flat leaf Italian parsley
2 large cloves of garlic
3 tablespoons olive oil to coat pan
Flour to coat chicken
Salt and pepper to taste
Grated sharp Italian cheese to top

*If chicken breasts are thick, slice them in half. Place cut chicken on board or flat surface, cover with wax paper or plastic wrap. Using a tenderizer (meat mallet, rolling pin, etc.), beat and even out the poultry. This step helps avoid a tough chicken texture.
Flour chicken breasts to coat them lightly. Heat olive oil in saute pan, 1 Tbsp butter, then add chicken when oil has heated. Brown both sides of chicken and cook halfway through. Remove chicken and put aside.
In saute pan, add 1 Tbsp butter and mushrooms. When mushrooms have softened, add garlic and marsala cooking wine. Stir occasionally and allow wine to reduce. Add heavy cream, stir and allow to reduce slightly more.
Return chicken to saute pan and coat with mixture. Keep on stove until chicken is cooked through. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Plate on nice decorative plate, add grated cheese as desired and parsley to garnish.

Chicken marsala

08/07/2022

Busiate pasta with spicy shrimp
Pasta:
Add pasta to salted boiling water
Spicy olive oil sauce:
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 large cloves of garlic
1.5 tablespoons of herb blend aglio and olio herb blend (Bona Furtuna)
7 pieces of cleaned and deveined shrimp (Add more shrimp if desired)
Grated sharp Italian cheese to top
*To make the sauce, heat the olive oil, garlic, and herb blend in a saute pan. Soften the garlic in the oil and all spices are mixed together.
Add shrimp to the mixture, mixed occasionally, and saute until shrimp is pink colored and cooked. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Check pasta occasionally and drain when cooked as desired. Add pasta to sauteed mixture and mix well.
Plate pasta on nice decorative plate and add grated cheese as desired.

Busiate pasta with shrimp

08/05/2022

Homemade ribbon pasta with sauce
Pasta dough:
1.5 cups of organic unbleached flour
Approx. half cup of water. (Add more if needed).
Marinara sauce:
2 cloves finely chopped garlic
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 generous pinch of crushed mint
1 pinch of red pepper flakes (add or take away as desired)
1 teaspoon sugar
1 small can tomato paste
1 large can crushed tomatoes
Grated sharp Italian cheese to top
*After measuring the flour and water, put flour on working area and use your fingers to make a well. Pour water slowly into well and move flour from corner of well so flour falls into middle and mixes with water.
Begin to knead the dough for about 10 minutes until you form a smooth ball. Use the heels of your hands to push the dough away from you and your fingers to pull it back to you.
Now using your thumb, press it into the dough – if it bounces back, it is ready. Now place the dough ball in a bowl and cover it allowing it to rest. Leave it to rest for approximately 20 minutes.
On your lightly floured working area, cut the dough ball in half and roll it out around 2mm thick (You can experiment with the thickness based on what you like best). Roll up the flattened dough like a carpet, then cut across the pasta to create folded over ribbons (about ½ inch wide. Lightly flour to keep pasta ribbons from sticking.
When ready to use, add pasta to medium or large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Cook for approximately 2 minutes and drain.
*To make the sauce, heat the olive oil and red pepper flakes in a saute pan. Soften the garlic in the oil until soft, then add the tomato paste and crushed tomatoes.
After sauce heats a few minutes, add crushed mint and sugar. Add salt and pepper to taste. After pasta is drained, plate pasta on nice decorative plate and add sauce and grated cheese as desired.

Home made pasta and sauce