With the precious contribution of the Ricette e Racconti
blog and the Balin di Castellapertole restaurant (VC).
Black rice with prawns and courgettes
Pour the Black rice into a pan with plenty of cold water, bring to the boil and cook over a low heat for 40 minutes when it starts to boil. Drain the rice and put it to one side. Wash and slice the …
Panissa alla Vercellese
Soak the beans in cold water for 12 hours. Drain the beans, put them in cold water together with the lard, the onion, salt and cook over a low heat for approximately 1 hour and half: the beans must …
Rice soup with chicken and vegetables
Boil the chicken thighs together with 2 spring onions and 1 teaspoon of salt for approximately one hour, until they are cooked. Drain the chicken and put the stock to one side. Clean the chicken …
Risotto alla Carbonara
Brown the bacon in a saucepan with a little oil and let it cool. Beat the egg yolks with the mixture of Parmigiano and Pecorino cheese and the pepper. Toast the rice in the oil and simmer with the …
Risotto with artichokes and sausage
Toast the rice in oil, pour in the wine and let it evaporate. Cook the rice with the boiling stock for approximately 8-9 minutes. Meanwhile clean the artichokes and cut them into slices. Chop the …
Risotto with broccoli, Stracchino and San Daniele cured ham
Steam and blend the broccoli. Cut the slices of cured ham into strips. Toast the rice in the oil and simmer with the wine until it completely evaporates, then add the boiling stock. Cook for 8-9 …
Risotto with porcini mushrooms
Toast the rice in oil, simmer with wine, add the chopped garlic and shallots and let the flavours blend. Add the chopped or sliced mushrooms, keeping approximately 1/3 of them aside. Cover with the …
Risotto with snails
Boil the snails. Fry the chopped carrots, celery, onion and garlic slowly in half the oil. Add the boiled snails, simmer with half the white wine and cook for 10-15 minutes. Meanwhile toast the rice …
Risotto with vegetables and Seirass
Wash and clean all the vegetables. Cut the celery, carrots, potatoes, courgettes, peppers, courgette flowers, spinach and asparagus into cubes or strips. Put a pan on the heat with lightly salted …
Spelt pasta with pumpkin pesto and dried tomatoes
Peel the pumpkin, wash it and slice it quite finely. Put the pumpkin in a pan with 1 tablespoon of oil, salt, pepper, a clove of garlic, a sprig of washed parsley and 2 bay leaves. Cook for about …
Spelt soup
Rinse the spelt under cold water and put it in a pan with 2 litres of water (approximately 750 ml of water every 100 gr of spelt). Cover with a lid, bring to the boil and cook on a slow heat for …