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Paccheri al vapore con ricotta dolce e ragù leggero di agnello This is a recipe from Alta Murgia area. Ingredients (serves 2) 20 paccheri 500 g ricotta cheese 500 g legs of lamb, pieces 2 liters of tomato sauce 2 yolks 1 stalk of celery 3 carrots 1 onion 3 bay leaves 1 lemon cinnamon 150 g of sugar extra virgin olive oil salt q.b. pepper q.b. Sauté chopped celery,...

Ingredients (serves 4) 250 g dried fava beans 350 g tagliolini (flour, water, salt) 1 onion 1 tomato 8 sweet cruschi peppers extra virgin olive oil 7-8 oyster mushrooms 1/2 glass of dry white wine salt pepper Prepare the tagliolini by placing the flour on a surface and mix with water and salt. Roll out the dough and cut the noodles in half a centimeter. Let them...

Ingredients (serves 4) 400 g of pasta 1 kg of black mussels 150 g of boiled white beans 5-6 cherry tomatoes 1 garlic clove parsley, minced extra-virgin olive oil pepper salt Wash the mussels, open them and keep them aside. Filter the water. Fry the garlic in a pot with olive oil, add the mussels, the half cut little tomatoes, the filtered water of the mussels and...

This a typical first course of Salento and it is also called, in dialect, “ranurisu cu l’aulie”. Ingredients (serves 4) 400 g rice 2 tbsps of green olives 2 tbsps of black olives broth 20 g di burro 4 tbsps of evo oil 1/2 glass of dry white wine celery 1 small onion pepper, salt to taste pecorino cheese Slice the onion and the celery and fry slowly...

Ingredients (serves 4) 800 g old bread 200 g rocket 200 g potatoes 100 g bacon 2 garlic cloves 1 whole chilli pepper 125 ml extra virgin oil salt Cut the bread into very thick slices. Peel and dice the potatoes, then cook them. In a frying pan fry the garlic with the oil, chilli and chopped bacon. Bring a pot of water to the boil. Add the slices of bread, rocket and...

Ingredients 500 g white fava beans 200 g shrimps, shelled 1 potato 1 garlic clove old bread evo oil salt Boil the fava beans with the potato in salted water; boil until they reach the consistency of a purée.Fry the shrimps in oil with garlic. Combine the shrimps with the hot purée. Add fried croutons previously prepared from the old bread. ...