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  1. AAA fresh wanted – Venere rice salad, spring/summer collection

    July 3, 2012 by Giulietta

    Do you like the hot weather? Do you like summer? Well, I don't mind that, except when the heat is excessive and, for business or pleasure, I find myself in a kitchen, maybe with one (or more) oven turned on in it .. then in this period I ALWAYS crave for something that requires baking, but this indubitably a mental tare of mine (ipse dixit after baking, in the last three days, lasagna, pizza, appetisers, crème brulee, stuffed peaches and more … yes, I agree with what you're thinking but you're not saying: I do have some serious mental tare).

    Obviously I really crave for cool or cold things (I am stupid, but only to a certain point), but have you ever thought of this great, inevitable and cruel truth of life: the things that you like to eat cold, you definitely have to cook them, sooner or later. And there you have to suffer a hot temperature, isn't it?

    But come on, grit your teeth and cook (maybe in the evening, when the whether is cooler), so you'll have a fridge full of delicacies that can be enjoyed fresh, cool or cold.
    And, if you want an idea for a rice salad different from the usual one, this is for you, a real gem of the spring/summer collection, with Venere rice, shrimps, tuna, zucchini, fresh peas and asparagus with a squeeze of lime and tuna mayonnaise.

    Do you like it?! So what are you waiting for?!

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  2. Spring smell and asparagus risotto

    April 27, 2012 by Giulietta

     

    Say what you want, but some things smell like spring: that special light that makes green brighter, rainstorms, the smell of fresh cut grass (I could also say allergy to grass, but I would have ruined the poetry. Ooops, I just did, didn't I?), the desire to go out for a ride on a moped, although you don't really have a place to go. Then the craving for a picnic, an on the road trip, ice cream, a beer outdoor, putting aside boots to rediscover sandals. And then strawberries, fresh peas (don't throw anything away .. did you ever eat the peas' skins, just stewed in butter? Wonderful!) and, of course, asparagus.

    About the subject of this post, asparagus, it's an elegant vegetable (I know this is not a key feature, but I find it elegant), delicate and yet intense in taste, very particular. I love asparagus, just hard boiled and served with a simple mayonnaise, topped with melted butter and baked with some Parmigiano, wrapped in prosciutto cotto or prosciutto crudo, or used to make one of the most classic risotto.

    Of course, if they wouldn't have that side effect that we all know, they would be even more adorable!

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