COOKING TIPS: COURGETTE FLAN

Torta di zucchine

What you need:

– 5 big courgettes
– 1 white onion
– 2 eggs
– Parmesan cheese
– bread crumbs
– oregan
– extra-virgin olive oil

How to prepare:

Wash well and cut the onion and the courgettes. Put some oil in a pan at a low fire and add the onion. Let it flavor for a couple of minutes and add the courgettes.
After 5 minutes at a low fire, turn the fire off and put the content of the pan in a big bowl.
Add the two eggs, two or three spoons of Parmesan cheese, two sprinkles of salt and a half spoon of oregan. Mix well with a spoon and check if the salt is ok.
Cover an oven dish with baking paper and add a spoon of oil. Then, add the content of the bowl and cover with bread crumbs. Add another spoon of oil and put it in the oven at 160° for 40 minutes.
During the 40 minutes, check it sometimes because every oven is different and you don’t want everything to get burned.
You can eat the flan hot or also wait it becomes cold, cut it into small pieces and serve it in a buffet.

COOKING TIPS: FILLED TOMATOES

Pomodori ripieni

What you need:
– 6 big tomatoes
– tuna
– 2 eggs
– origan
– persil
How to prepare:
Cut the upper part of tge tomato and keep it on a side. Remove the interior part of the tomatoes with a spoon.
On a side, put the tuna in a mixer with persil. Put it in a cup, add the eggs and move well. If you want it lighter, add some boiled white rice to the IMPASTO
Now fill the tomatoes with the mix you’ve made and cover them with their upper side. If you’re lazy, you can eat them now, but to make them better, put them in the oven with origan and 2 spoons of oil for 15 minutes.

COOKING TIPS: SPAGHETTI GARLIC OIL & CHILLI PEPPER

Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino – the best Italian pasta

What you need
(4 people)
– 2slices of garlic
– 3 spoons of oil
– chilli pepper
– 400 g spaghetti
– persil
– parmesan cheese
How to prepare:
Put the water in a big pot and wait until it boils.
Add a spoon of salt and as it boils, put the soaghetti vertically  and move them with a wooden spoon until they are completely covered by the water.
Let it cook for 8-10 minutes. Not more.
While waiting, put oil, garlic and chilli pepper in a pan and let it flavour for a couple of minutes at low fire. Pay attention not to let the oil boil.
Don’t forget to move the pasta sometimes, while it’s cooking. Otherwise, it will attach to the pan.
After the number of minutes written in the box (usually 8-10), drain the pasta and put it in the pan. Let it flavour for one more minute at low fire and serve with some persil and parmesan cheese.
Call your friend, your pasta is ready!

COOKING TIPS: PASTA

Now we need some more words on pasta. As an Italian eho is often abroad, I’ve seen and unfortunately also eaten a lot of weird dishes of pasta cooked in the wrong way. Here are my tips on how to make it good and easy.
  • don’t put pasta in the water before it boils
  • as the water boils, before putting pasta, add a spoon if salt
  • don’t let the pasta in the water for more than 8-10 mins, and always check the time written in the box. When you taste it, it doesn’t have to be soft, and you need to feel its consistence under your teeth
  • when pasta is readu, drain it well
  • never add any ketchup or mayo to the pasta, please
  • for the sauce, remember that simplicity is the best ingredient. If you don’t have anything at home, a spoon of oil, parmesan cheese and lemon or pepper is enough

COOKING TIPS FOR DUMMIES

Maybe because they are busy and prefer to spend their spare time out with friends, maybe because they are too lazy to stay in the kitchen when the supermarket offers delicious ready-made dishes or because the kitchen is small and uncomfortable, students usually are very bad at cooking.

In 5 years libing alone, I still feel dummie with pans, oven and pots, but I’ve learned some tips on how to survive and eat well without spendibg all my money at the restaurant and avoiding MacDonald. Here’s some quick recipes from my italian mom, delicious and easy.