Food and Wine - Donnafugata

Salad of tomatoes and Fano prawns with potato sauce and black truffle

Chop the garlic and stew it in a pan in the extra virgin olive oil. Add the red tomatoes cut in cubes, the basil cut in julienne, the bread soaked in water and squeezed to remove excess moisture, salt and pepper. Keep warm. Shell the prawns, extract the pulp and…

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‘Mpanata con le alici (Anchovy empanadas)

Bone the anchovies and rinse under running water to whiten them, then leave them to dry. On a pastry board, work into the flour the oil, salt and warm water in which you have dissolved the yeast. After letting it rise for about a half-hour, roll out the dough…

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Meat roulades in piquant sauce

Lay the mortadella on the meat slices and roll together, securing the roulades with toothpicks. Sauté in olive oil, garlic and parsley. Mince the rinsed capers and anchovies and add the roulade gravy when almost done. Bathe with the wine and let evaporate. Recipe from La cucina di Pantelleria- Tradizione e…

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Asparagus and rice soup

Under running water clean the asparagus of any dirt then break with your handsinto small pieces. The parts you cannot break are too tough and should bediscarded. Finely mince the white part of the scallion and lightly sauté in acasserole with the oil. Before it colors add the asparagus pieces,…

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Chicken salad

Peel the onion and carrot, trim the celery, rinse and coarsely chop. Put the vegetables, parsley and garlic in a pot with about 2 quarts of salted water, bring to a boil and lower the heat, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes. In the meantime, flame the chicken, rinse…

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Spaghettini with sea urchins

Put a heavy glove [for work or gardening] on the hand you normally work with and pick up a sea urchin. Using a pair of sharp-pointed scissors cut around the top of the urchin, open, remove the black filaments from the inside and then scoop out the roe, setting it…

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Sweet ravioli

Blend all the ingredients together until they form a compact dough. Sieve the ricotta, add the raw egg and sugar and amalgamate. Cut the dough into rounds about 8 cm (3 inches) in diameter and place a bit of filling in each center. Fold over and close, sealing the edges…

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Linguine with wild asparagus

Remove the tough parts of the asparagus, rinse and drain. Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the asparagus, salt and lightly sauté for five or six minutes, adding some spoonfuls of hot water if necessary. Cook the pasta and in the meantime break the eggs into a salad bowl.

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Chicken drumsticks

Chop the aromatic herbs very finely. Massage the chicken legs with oil, aromatic herbs and pepper. Arrange the legs in a baking pan covered with greaseproof paper, sprinkle with abundant sesame seeds and bake at 180°C for about 30 minutes. Turn halfway through cooking. Once cooked pass the drumsticks under the grill…

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Beef Burger

Mix the ground meat with an egg and shape the burger that should not be too large, about 120 gr per meatball. For the preparation of condiments, cut the cucumber and tomatoes into slivers and finely shred the lettuce. Preheat the griddle well and cook the burgers on both sides. Meanwhile,…

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Fillet of beef with porcini

Clean the porcini by gently wiping them with a damp paper towel to remove traces of soil. Porcini should not be washed under running water because, being spongy, they absorb liquid. Cut the mushrooms into fairly large pieces removing the parts that are damaged or riddled with worm holes. Wash…

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Stuffed aubergines (eggplant)

Cut the aubergines in half lengthwise, empty out with a spoon, salt the insides and turn upside-down to drain. Toast the minced almonds. Sauté the aubgerine pulp with the garlic, basil, anchovy fillets and tomatoes cut into small pieces. Add the almonds, grated breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese, the rinsed and…

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