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Pâte à Choux(Cream Puff Dough) and Profiterol
Improperly called bigne’ in Italian, the Pâte à Choux are a simple type of pastries that can be easily transformed in many, sometime spectacular, preparations. In Italy Choux Pastries filled with custard are often stacked in a tall pyramidal shape. Chocolate is poured on the stack and decorated with whipped cream. Choux Pastries can also be filled with savory mousse or cream to make delicious appetizers.
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The Cooking of Veneto
Venice should be visited by everyone at least once in a lifetime. It is a unique city, melancholic at times, built not only out of stones, it is said, but also of water and sky. The people have a special love for the pleasures of the table, accompanied by chatter and gossip.
Venetian cooking, as well all Italian food at large, is able to combine simple ingredients and sauces to form complex flavors. Veneto recipes are essentially simple, rich of the fresh ingredients and vegetables grown in the area, and strictly seasonal.
New Step-by-step Recipes
This double issue is very rich of new recipes. We feature recipes from one of the most beautiful and beloved regions of Italy: the cuisine of Veneto and Venice rich of unique flavors and dishes.
“Anna Maria cooks French again!” said a friend when he was served for dessert a Profiterol. Here is the recipe for Cream Puff Dough, the French Pâte à Choux, improperly called bigne’ in Italian.
Last but not least I am introducing a new guest chef, very close to me: my younger sister Adele. She is a professional chef in Rome where she runs a successful restaurant.
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My sister Adele recently fulfilled her lifetime dream: To have her own restaurant. She likes to experiment with new combinations of flavors. All perfectly Italian, all perfectly new.
Risi e Bisi
Rice and Peas Soup
Rice and Peas Soup
Peas have been cultivated on the hills and fields of Veneto for centuries. This ancient dish from the Serenissima (most serene) Republic of Venice was ritually offered to the doge, the ruler of the city, on the day celebrating Saint Mark.
Risotto con
Zucca e Radiccho
Risotto with Pumpkin and Red Radicchio
Zucca e Radiccho
Risotto with Pumpkin and Red Radicchio
Colorful and savory, this risotto features the combination of sweet pumpkin (zucca gialla) and bitter red radicchio.
Risotto con gli Asparagi
Risotto with Asparagus
Risotto with Asparagus
Risotto can be flavored with all kind of ingredients. The delicate taste of asparagus blends perfectly with the cheese and the decoration with asparagus spears makes it a spectacular presentation.
Many don’t like liver for its lightly bitter aftertaste. The Venetians use onion to sweeten the taste of liver, in a dish that is famous throughout Europe.
Fegato
alla Veneziana
Liver and Onion
Venetian Style
alla Veneziana
Liver and Onion
Venetian Style
Cape Sante alla Veneziana
Sautéed Scallops
Sautéed Scallops
Scallops (cape sante in Italian) are common in the Adriatic sea, rich of mollusc and crustaceans. In Italy they have many names: Ventagli (fans) because of their characteristic shape or pettini (combs) from their Latin name, Pecten.
Bigne’
(Pâte à Choux)
Cream Puff Dough
(Pâte à Choux)
Cream Puff Dough
Profiterole
Bigne’ alla Crema di Salmone
Puff Pastries Filled with Salmon Cream
Puff Pastries Filled with Salmon Cream
Biscotti all’Arancio
Orange Chocolate
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Orange Chocolate
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Bonus Recipe
A fantastic cookie recipe adapted from a book by Nick Malgieri. It is just fantastic! I couldn’t wait to share it with all of you!
Each town has its own traditional dishes, risi e bisi (rice and peas soup) , fegato alla veneziana (liver with onions), risotto and polenta among them.
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