Pairing Lombardy Pastries and Desserts With Sweet Wine – I Love Italian Regional Cuisine
Can you believe that an independent Sicily would rank seventh in the world for wine production? And Sicilians really love their desserts. The best-known Sicilian dessert wine is Marsala. This was once considered a great sweet wine and if you’re careful you may find a good one. Avoid Marsala cooking wines like the plague, even for cooking. Remember, in Sicily and elsewhere, most dessert wines are sold in half-liter bottles.
Panettone is a classic Italian Christmas cake. The Lombardy version is said to be the best and the hardest to make. To do it right, use baker’s yeast. Among the ingredients are egg yolks, melted butter, raisins (soak them and squeeze them dry), butter, and diced candied orange and lemon rinds. Italian bakeries should carry this delicacy at Christmas time. Suggested wine pairings include the red fizzy or sparkling Acqui/Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG from neighboring Piedmont (if you can find it), Asti, and Moscadello di Montalcino DOC.
Cassata alla Siciliana (Sicilian Cassata) is a cake, not to be confused with an ice-cream treat of the same name. It starts with a sponge cake and has lots and lots of ingredients including chocolate, chestnut flour, and ricotta cheese. After it’s baked you add apricot jelly, candied fruit, and more. Recommended wine pairings include the Sicilian Malvasia delle Lipari DOC which may be made in the Passito style, the Sicilian Moscato di Siracusa DOC, or the Moscato di Trani DOC from Apulia. You may have trouble finding these wines… Continue reading
Family Cooking tips on Your Cheap Gas Barbecue
Garden cooking is an excellent way of enjoying good open meals amidst the scenic wonders of your garden, whether it is artificial or natural. The charm of eating outdoors with friends and family is unbeatable. In fact, many a family problem has been resolved over a good barbecue and a cheap gas barbecue is good enough for such events.
You do not really need fancy expensive appliances to stir up some camaraderie and family bonding. There is also nothing like giving an aura of romance for a party of three or four couples when the temperature is just what one would really love to be enclosed within. A barbecue can also be enjoyed by older people, or by the younger generation who can sometimes take a break from their regular diet of soda and fries. For the barbecue to withstand the onslaught of frequent preparation of splendid meals, the make should be preferably of cast iron with good features like side burners or rear burners.
If you have your child in the kitchen, you are not just teaching them to prepare food but you are teaching them how to help you in the chores that makes your son or daughter more responsible specially in eating healthy food.
You can plan your recipe for the whole day. Children can be choosy in eating food but, it is the chance that you can have a bonding time with your children and plan your next healthy meal. Allowing them… Continue reading
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