Easy Pizza recipe today, in a very windy Kinsale

Introduction: Making pizza is easy, if you know how. I tried to explain at best, a way to make simple  pizza at home.

Serves 4

Ingredients:

For the dough:

• 600g white flour
• 350ml warm water
• 1 packet of dry yeast (7 g)
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of sugar

For the topping:

• 240g of tomato sauce
• 500 g mozzarella cheese
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• a pinch salt
• one tablespoon oil

Preparation:

For the dough, put the flour in a bowl, add the salt and mix well. Put the warm water in a glass bowl and add the yeast, sugar and oil, mix well. The most important thing is to never mix the yeast with the salt, first put the salt with the flour. Then pour the water into the flour, be careful it’s not too hot, but warm. Mix well with a wooden spoon or with your hands. Then knead the dough on the table until it is smooth and soft, add water if necessary. Let the dough rise for 30 minutes in the bowl. An ideal thing is to cover it with clingfilm, because it helps the rise. After thirty minutes, the dough should be increased by two, divide it into four parts and create balls. put these in a tray covered with clingfilm and leave to rise for three hours. You can put the balls in the fridge or freeze. When you want to make your pizza, the balls must be at room temperature. For the topping : put salt, oil and oregano in the raw tomato sauce and mix well. Then cut in pieces the mozzarella.Roll out the dough on a baking dish and put three tablespoons of tomato for each pizza. Spread the tomato and sprinkle over the mozzarella. Bake at 200 degrees for ten minutes. cooking varies according to the type your oven.

Beer suggestions:My favorite beer is Menabrea, Italian produced in Biella, ideal with pizza.

 

Beef with Murphy -Snowing in Kinsale today!!

Introduction:

Today it’s snowing, I want to eat something warm, but Irish, why not a recipe of Cork? Then I bought meat and Murphy beer.

Ingredients:

serves 6

• 900g lean stewing beef
• flour
• 3 tablespoon of  olive oil
• 2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 carrot
• one onion
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 tablespoon of concentrated tomato purée
• 1 spring of fresh thyme
• 1 pint of Murphy beer (600 ml)

Preparation:

Cut the meat in cubes and toss in  flour. Heat some oil in a  pan and fry the meat until is brown on all sides. In another casserole, add oil, onion and carrot cut in pieces, then fry for two minutes without burns it. Pour the beer and add sugar, mustard, concentrate tomato purée and thyme. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Bring to the boil and then reduce, cooking slowly for one hour and an half circa. Sometimes need more time.

Beer suggestion: Murphy!

Nice and dry today in Kinsale, sunny!!!

Introduction: this week the menu is typically “Piemontese”, with a touch of “Cork”.

Wine suggestion: with the Risotto “Barbera” of course and with the main course a good bottle of “Barolo” the same that we’ll use also for cooking the meet. With the dessert I think “Moscato” is perfect.

Starter: Durrus Cheese and Barbera Risotto, Posted on November 23, 2012

Main course: Brasato al Barolo, Posted on June 4, 2010

Dessert: Torta di mele e amaretti, Posted on October 31, 2010

Snowing in Kinsale today!! one new menu

Introduction: Also this week, I chose the recipes among the most seen by the blog visitors.This menu is for those who do not have much time to prepare dinner. Quick and easy recipes chosen by you.

Wine suggestion: for the starter I suggest a bottle of  Lugana wine, which I think goes well with the omelette main course, even if this is my opinion.

Starter:  Involtini di asparagi, posted on April 11, 2012

Main course: Fluffy Omelette, posted on March 28, 2011

Dessert: Budino al cioccolato e biscotti, posted on February 20, 2013

After or with the dessert: I suggest a good “Espresso”

Menu of the week

Introduction: I decided to post the most popular recipes of the week. Each week there will be a menu chosen by Blog visitors.

 

Starter: Frittura dolce,  Posted on August 19, 2010

Wine suggestion: For the starter I suggest Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Mionetto, this is one of my favourite sparkling wine.

 

Main course: Irish beef “Ragú”, Posted on November 26, 2012

Wine suggestion: For the main course is ideal a good Barbera of Monferrato . 

 

Dessert:Soufflé di nocciole piemontesi con salsa Gianduja, Posted on October 2, 2012

Wine suggestion: Barolo chinato wine is  my opinion a good match

 

 

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Budino al cioccolato e biscotti

Introduction:       In this post, I explain how to make Budino , as my grandmother used to do. Just instead of  Novellini I put Digestive biscuits.

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 1/2 liter milk
• 4 Digestive biscuits
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• vanilla

Preparation:

Put  cocoa and sugar in a saucepan, add the sifted flour, a pinch of vanilla and mix well the three ingredients. Boil the milk and pour gradually into the pot with three ingredients. stir well and cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. Boil for two minutes and remove the pan from the heat. Break the biscuits into small pieces and place in each cup. Pour the mixture into the cups and let cool. Keep then the pudding in the fridge