‘Orecchiette with broccoli and datterini’ is very simple to prepare and also very easy. It can be enjoyed even cold and if you don’t have time, you can boil the broccoli the day before. Instead of cacioricotta you can use ricotta marzotica. Serves 2 180 g homemade orecchiette 20 ‘datterini’ sweet cherry tomatoes garlic clove oregano broccoli fresh...
In Puglia it’s not difficult to find fishermen vigorously slamming freshly octopus on the rocks. It’s their way to make octopus tender and curl the tentacles. All this may seem like a torture, it is actually only the prelude to a delicious dinner. One of the oldest recipes and summery Apulian recipes is the “purpu in pignata”. Pignata is the traditional terracotta...
Ingredients (serves 2) 150 g of “foglie d’ulivo” spinach pasta 2 thick slices of capicollo, diced 4-5 oyster mushrooms extra virgin olive oil 1/2 onion, chopped 80 g caciocavallo cheese (Pioggia Store) 150 ml cream or milk powdered nutmeg 1/2 glass of sweet wine primitive salt Clean the mushrooms with paper towels and rinse quickly under water. Dry and cut...
Ingredients (4 servings) 500 g clams 500 g shrimps 4-6 large prawns 300 g shrimps 500 g cavatelli 3-4 small cloves garlic, chopped chopped parsley 3 tablespoons evo oil black pepper salt 3 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 cup Brandy Clean the clams and the mussels by scrubbing them in cold water, and removing the beards. Clean the shrimps. Starting with the head end, pull...
This dish belongs to the tradition and the cuisine of Apulia. Rapini is made of edible leaves and small, broccoli-like florets. In Italy, it is called cime di rapa (literally meaning “turnip tops”) or rapini. In Naples it is known as friarielli. In Rome broccoletti and in Portugal and Spain grelos. Ingredients for 350 grams of orecchiette 250 gr whole wheat flour water salt 1...
Potato gnocchetti with Primitivo wine and Martina Franca capicollo Ingredients for gnocchi (2 servings) 3 big potatoes 1 tbsp of salt 1 egg flour For the sauce 1/2 onion, chopped 2 thick slices of capicollo from Martina Franca, diced 1 glass of sweet Primitivo di Manduria (passito) 1 glass of cream black pepper 4 taralli, crumbled Grana padano Place the potatoes...
