04/19/11 Pasta Shells with Escarole, Sausage, and Cheese |
 FACT: 99% of commercial oregano you've bought originates from Turkey, Greece and Mexico. Why not try Italian? Angela's Italian Organic Oregano! It's grown on the only certified organic oregano farm in Sicily, Italy. Angela's Oregano has a rich flavor that harmonizes even with hot and spicy food, as is popular in Southern Italy. It holds its flavor just perfectly. One order contains 7 bags of beautifully bunched organic oregano, still on their small branches, for a total of over 195 grams (over 7 ounces). Just 10.99 Euros!
"Yes, your oregano package arrived safe and sound. We really enjoy your product and we use enough oregano to know that no other brand comes close to yours. This must be my 3rd or 4th order from you! Thanks for producing and selling in small quantities. Keep up the good job you are doing." Frank L. (Prince Frederick, Maryland) Visit her exclusive site and give it a try. You'll smell & taste the difference. |
"Con niente non si fa niente." (You can't make something from nothing. ) Welcome to another recipe edition from Adriana's Italian Bakery!
This week's Italian recipes:
-Asparagus with Gremolata Butter
-Artichoke, Fresh Mozzarella, and Salami Sandwiches
-Pasta Shells with Escarole, Sausage, and Cheese
Buon giorno and thank again for finding the time to read your recipe newsletter! I look forward to connecting further in the coming days with more back and current issues. Enjoy this week's recipes!
Arrivederci e grazie!
Yours Truly,
Adriana Ciccarello
Cookie of the Week: Sicilian Orange Almond Cookies |
"Sicilian Orange" Almond Cookies: A soft and chewy Italian almond cookie with a crisp outside and tender inside. Made exclusively from our own home grown natural almonds with bits of candied Sicilian oranges, the freshest farm eggs, flour, and sugar. No preservatives, additives, artificial colors, nor flavors. Serves 5-7.
900 grams (2 lbs.) is only 14.49 Euro ($21.25-$21.75) + Shipping.
Example Order: One order to anywhere in the USA costs 14.49 Euro plus 8.70 Euro for Global Priority Mail shipping (7-10 days) for a total of 23.19 Euro ($34.25-$34.75 U.S. Dollars).
Recipe: Asparagus with Gremolata Butter |
Asparagus with Gremolata Butter
Asparagi con Burro Gremolata
Ingredients:
2 lbs asparagus, trimmed
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1 large garlic clove, minced
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped fresh Italian parsley
Directions:
Cook asparagus in large pot of boiling salted water until just crisp-tender, about 4 minutes.
Drain; rinse with cold water to cool quickly, and drain again.
Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add lemon peel and garlic and stir 30 seconds.
Add asparagus and toss to coat.
Sprinkle lemon juice over.
Saute until asparagus is heated through and coated with butter sauce, about 3 minutes.
Season asparagus with salt and pepper.
Transfer to platter.
Sprinkle with parsley and serve. Serves 6.
That's it!
Recipe: Artichoke, Fresh Mozzarella, and Salami Sandwiches |
Artichoke, Fresh Mozzarella, and Salami Sandwiches
Panini di Carciofi, Mozzarella Fresca e Salame
Ingredients:
Two 6-ounce jars marinated artichoke hearts, drained, chopped
1/2 cup chopped drained oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano cheese
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Four 5-inch diameter or 6-inch long Italian rolls, split in half lengthwise
12 ounces fresh water-packed mozzarella, drained, sliced
6 ounces salami, thinly sliced
8 tablespoons green Olivada
Directions:
Mix first 5 ingredients in medium bowl to blend.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Divide artichoke mixture among bottom halves of rolls.
Top with cheese, then salami.
Spread top half of each roll with 2 tablespoons olivada.
Place atop salami.
Press sandwiches lightly to compact and wrap each tightly in plastic wrap.
Refrigerate sandwiches at least 4 hours and up to 1 day. Makes 4.
That's it!
Recipe: Pasta Shells with Escarole, Sausage, and Cheese |
Pasta Shells with Escarole, Sausage, and Cheese
Conchiglie con Scarola, Salsiccia e Formaggio
Ingredients:
One 14-15-ounce head of escarole, cut into crosswise into 1-inch wide ribbons (about 10 cups)
8 ounces medium pasta shells (about 3 and 1/2 cups)
4 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
10 ounces sweet turkey sausage (about 3 links), casings removed
1 large red onion, cut through root end into thin wedges
3/4 teaspoon fennel seeds, crushed
3 tablespoons thinly sliced drained oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
3 tablespoons grated Pecorino Romano cheese
Directions:
Cook escarole ribbons in large pot of boiling salted water until tender, about 5 minutes.
Using slotted spoon, transfer escarole to strainer and drain, keeping water boiling.
Add pasta shells to boiling water; cook pasta shells until 'al dente', stirring occasionally.
Ladle out 1/2 cup cooking water; reserve.
Drain pasta shells; return to pot.
Meanwhile, heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
Add sausage; saute until cooked through, breaking up with fork, about 5 minutes.
Add remaining olive oil, onion, and fennel seeds; saute until onion is almost tender, about 6 minutes.
Stir in tomatoes, escarole, and reserved 1/2 cup cooking water; simmer until heated through, about 3 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper.
Add sausage mixture to pasta; toss.
Transfer to bowl.
Sprinkle with cheese. Serves 4.
That's it!
Printer Friendly Version :: Submit Your Thoughts
 Italian taste on every table all over the world. Thanks to a refined Italian style, excellent quality and fine elegance, Italian silver has found with the trade mark "Caterina Collezione" a place of prominence on tables and in households the world over. At SilverFromItaly.com, we have created for you the most simplistic and hassle free way to purchase brand new, beautiful Italian sterling silverware directly from our silver factory.
"The bowls have arrived. They take my breath away. So beautiful! Thank you so much for your above and beyond effort to make our wish come true." Marie and Richard F. (Phoenix, Arizona) Take a look at our extensive catalog and you'll find that perfect & unexpected wedding and anniversary gift at savings of 50-60%! Take a visit at SilverFromItaly.com |
Only In Italy! |
"Only In Italy" is a daily news column that translates & reports on funny but true news items from legitimate Italian news resources in Italy. Each story is slapped with our wild, often ironic, and sometimes rather opinionated comments. And now, for your reading pleasure:
Italy Supreme Court: "Workers Have Right To 'Overalls Time'"
Rome - September 15, 2010 - Italy's workers have the right to be paid for the time it takes them to change into and out of their overalls at the workplace, the nation's supreme Court of Cassation said on Wednesday.
The court set the precedent by ruling against Unilever after a group of the multinational's Italian employees sued it for failing to pay them for getting changed.
The giant producer of foods, cleaning and personal care goods said it was not liable to pay 'overalls time' because it did not require "assiduous application". But Italy's top judges disagreed on the grounds that Unilever requires its workers to get changed at the workplace following set rules.
"If the worker can choose when and where to put on the overall (perhaps at home before setting off for work), this activity is an act of preparation for work and should not be paid," the supreme court said.
"If the operation is managed by the employer, who regulates the time and place it should be performed, it is part of the actual job and therefore the time should be paid".
The Cassation sentence upholds previous rulings that established the workers should be paid 10 minutes 'overalls time' a day.
"Mamma mia", at this very moment there are hundreds of thousands of happy Italian employees at work getting dressed and undressed, taking their sweet time just like Sophia Loren did in the flick "Ieri, Oggi, Domani"...while their employers are banging their heads on desks.
Question: If an Italian employee is fired unfairly what is the financial range of compensation that can be made to employees?
If a firing is judged as unlawful an employer (with more than 15 employees) must reinstate an employee within 3 days. Alternatively, the employee can choose compensation equal to the wages of 15 months. If the employer has less than 16 employees, reinstatement or compensation of between 2.5 to 6 month's wages is possible.
Unfortunately, the following reasons for firing an Italian employee are considered unlawful:
- Employee is too sun-tanned.
- Employee paces herself like a slug.
- Employee suspected of being a pimp.
- Employee is trying to poison supervisor.
- Employee is personally responsible for a federally-mandated tax increase.
- Employee was annoyed the company didn't provide a place for naps during break time.
- Employee only wears slippers or socks at work.
- Employee smells like fresh asphalt.
- Employee finds 14 reasons to do anything except original task.
- Employee wants to check a co-worker for ticks.
- Employee thinks 7:30 a.m. is too early to get up for work.
- Employee wore pajamas to work.
- Employee's looks resembles Mussolini too much.
"Only In Italy" Subscribe today and you'll discover why the last improvements to Italy were made by Julius Caesar and why it's been downhill ever since! Click Here to Subscribe!
|
SilverFromItaly.com
Read Past Issues
What's New?
Our Cookies
Order Our Cookies!
People are Talking!
Try Our Almonds!
Tour Our Bakery
Shipping
About Adriana
Customer Service
Italian Sources
Our Privacy Policy
Submit Your Thoughts
Email Adriana
Subscribe!
Follow Adriana on FB:
Angel Cake
Beetroot with Bechamel Sauce
Chicken Breasts with Prosciutto and Sage
Chocolate Crepes
Fava Bean Soup
Grilled Striped Bass with Lemon and Fennel
Recipe for Milanese Osso Buco
Pasta with Sausage, Eggplant and Basil
Risotto with Cauliflower and Leeks
Spaghetti with Garlic and Arugula
Tomatoes Au Gratin
Winter Tomato Sauce
Questions: Need more Italian recipes? How about Italian gift ideas? Or just plain Italian fun?
Subscribe to these interesting newsletters from our closest and trustworthy Italian affiliates located here in Italy? Just click the sites that may interest you and sign up:
Silver From Italy.com
Oregano From Italy.com
Only In Italy.com
Copyright ©2000-2009 FromItaly di Ciccarello. ISSN: 1724-7985. All Rights Reserved. Please read our Privacy Policy
This newsletter is powered by Libero. It no longer uses NOR does it recommend the services of Tiscali S.p.a.