Category | Garfagnana recipes



Potato bread of Garfagnana

Garfagnana recipes | Date: 15 Feb 2013 | 

Here is the recipe for a good Garfagnana potato bread : Ingredients: 200 gr. potatoes 500 gr. flour 25 gr. brewer's yeast (1 cube) 20 ml extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon salt Preparation: Boil the potatoes in salted water. Dissolve the yeast in a bowl of warm water. Add some flour (about 50 gr.) and just leave the mixture to rise for about an hour. Peel the potatoes that you previously boiled and mash with a fork or with a potato masher. In another bowl, pour the remaining flour, the yeasted mixture, oil and salt. Create...

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Chestnut pancakes

Garfagnana recipes | Date: 04 Feb 2013 | 

Ingredients for 8 people:      200 gr. chestnut flour      1 tablespoon of sugar      1 pinch of salt      water (as needed)      olive oil Preparation: in a bowl, dissolve the chestnut flour with water, taking care that no lumps are formed, add sugar and salt and mix well. Heat the oil in a pan and when it's hot, pour the mixture in it, using a spoon and creating  small circle pancakes. Serve hot. Pancake accompaniment: the chestnut pancakes are perfectly accompanied with fresh ricotta cheese...

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Ricotta cheese and chocolate cake from Garfagnana

Garfagnana recipes | Date: 17 Sep 2012 | 

ingredients: Base of the cake      250 grams of sugar      500 grams of flour      100 grams of butter      3 eggs      1 pinch of yeast Cake topping      400 grams of Ricotta cheese      180 gr. of sugar      3 eggs      100 gr. of candy      120 gr. chocolate cutted into small pieces      1 cup of anice liquor (we use "sassolino" liquor) Preparation    Mix the ingredients for the base of the cake till you get a homogeneous mixture. Roll out the dough...

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Red “crostini” of Garfagnana

Garfagnana recipes | Date: 02 May 2012 | 

Typical and simple Garfagnana appetizer Ingredients for 8 slices of bread: 1 cup of tomato puree 1 clove of garlic  5 laurel leaves 1 teaspoon of anchovy paste 1 tablespoon of capers 2 tablespoons of vinegar 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil  Salt and pepper 8 slices of toasted bread Place the laurel leaves in a cup of vinegar the night before. Chop finely the laurel leaves and mix them in a blender with the other ingredients  until you get a thick sauce. Let rest in refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Spread...

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Chestnut crêpes with ricotta cheese

Garfagnana recipes | Date: 28 Dec 2011 | 

Ingredients for 8 people:      400 g of chestnut flour      a glass of water      a teaspoon of sugar      a pinch of salt      olive oil Preparation: First of all, to prepare chestnut  crêpes (also called "necci" in Garfagnana) you must acquire the "Testi" (photo at top) , a metal tool composed of two circular parts with a long handle (see photo on top of the article). Put the chestnut flour in a bowl with  water, sugar and salt; mix well until you get a smooth batter. Grease the "testi" tool and put a part...

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Spelt pie

Garfagnana recipes | Date: 07 Nov 2011 | 

Spelt pie recipe : Ingredients for 6 people :      300 gr. spelt      300 gr. puff pastry      250 gr. ricotta cheese      4 eggs      50 g of grated parmesan cheese      20 g of grated pecorino cheese      1 little piece of ham rind      1 stock-cube      Salt and pepper   Preparation: wash the spelt and boil it in water with the stock-cube, the piece of ham rind, salt and pepper. Drain and let it cool. Place the eggs, the ricotta cheese, the grated parmesan and pecorino...

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Garfagnana spelt (farro) soup

Garfagnana recipes | Date: 12 Oct 2011 | 

Recipe of the spelt (farro) soup of Garfagnana: Ingredients for 6 persons: 200 gr. spelt 300 gr.  pinto beans 200 gr. cannellini beans 2 stalks of celery 2 carrots 2 potatoes 1 little cube of ham 1 stock cube 1 garlic clove extra virgin olive oil salt and pepper Preparation: Put all the beans (Cannellini and Pinto) in a pot . They have been previously soaked in cold water;  add carrots, celery, potatoes, the piece of ham and garlic. Cover everything with water and boil for about two hours; add salt, pepper...

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Italian chestnut cake

Garfagnana recipes | Date: 29 Sep 2011 | 

The recipe for chestnut cake of Garfagnana (“Castagnaccio”): Ingredients for 8 people : 400 gr of chestnut flour 3 tablespoons of sugar 60 gr of pine nuts 50 gr of walnuts 1 pinch of salt 1 orange 1/2 glass of extra virgin olive oil 1/2 glass milk 1 sprig of rosemary Preparation: Put the flour in a bowl with sugar, salt, milk and a part of the olive oil. Mix all the ingredients with a whisk until you get a smooth and creamy paste; add the orange peel (small pieces), half dose of pine nuts, half portion of walnuts...

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