Showing posts with label Italian Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian Food. Show all posts

Monday, April 29, 2013

Healthy Spinach and Ground Beef Lasagna

A complete meal, warm and friendly that always wins all the votes.



Spinach and Ground Beef Lasagna
Ingredients:

250g of lasagna sheets
200ml of cooking cream,  bechamel sauce, or ricotta cheese
100g of cheese

For Spinach:
400g of minshed spinach
150 tomato juice
Garlic
1 teaspoon of black pepper, if you like it spicy; you can add a pinch of red pepper
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of ginger
1 teaspoon of saffron
1 teaspoon of oil

For the ground beef:
250 of ground beef or minced meat
2 small cut onions
150ml of tomato juice
Some garlic
A pinch of black pepper, if you like it spicy; you can add a pinch of red pepper
A pinch of salt
A pinch of ginger
A pinch of saffron
A few drops of oil



In the oven tray; pour the cooking cream, béchamel sauce, or ricotta cheese.




After boiling the lasagna sheets in hot water with a pinch of salt on the stove, then add lasagna sheets.


Pre-boil the spinach on medium heat on the stove with salt and a few drops of olive oil, and then add the tomato juice, garlic and spices for 20 minutes.
Put the mixture of spinach on the lasagna sheets in the try.


Add lasagna sheets.





Prepare the ground beef;

In the pan; put the cooking oil on medium heat on the stove, and after 5 minutes add the onions, garlic and spices. After 10 minutes add the ground beef then stir well.
After 10 minutes again add the tomato juice, cooking time is 25 minutes.

Put the mixture of ground beef on the lasagna sheets.



Add some cheese.




Add lasagna sheets.



Add Cooking cream and cheese.



Preheat the oven to 170C°/388F°
Cooking time is 25 minutes.





Advice:
Serve warm
This dish deserves to be prepared in advance.
It heats well and freezes easily.
I often prepare it a few hours before cooking the pasta to have the time to soak up sauce.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Italian Soup (Pasta and Mushrooms)

This soup recipe comes from my cousin Nazha who lives in Italy.
She comes to my home with a big bowl of soup..... It was really delicious. After our dinner I noted the ingredients and method of this wonderful soup, I hope that you like this soup recipe. 




Italian Soup Recipe (Pasta and Mushrooms)
Ingredient:
250 of pasta (any type you like)
100g of mushrooms
50g of cut black olive
200ml of tomato juice
1 teaspoon of cumin
1 teaspoon of black pepper (If you like it spicy, you can add a pinch of red pepper)
1 teaspoon of saffron
1 teaspoon of ginger
1 teaspoon of olive oil depending on your taste 
How to Make the Italian Soup (Pasta and Mushrooms) Recipe:



Put a large cooker on medium heat on the stove; pour 500ml of water, after 5 minutes add the mushrooms, pasta, black olives and spices. Stir every 5 minutes.
After 20 minutes; add the tomato juice and olive oil depending on your taste
After 10 minutes you can serve your Italian soup warm with some bread.

Friday, April 5, 2013

Penne Bolognese Pasta Recipe

I consider Penne Bolognese Pasta meal or dish is one of my favorite because there is a mix of minced meat, spice, and the pasta. Also the cheese and the parsley leaves make a great tasty dish. I can eat this on a daily basis without getting tired of it!






Penne Bolognese Pasta Recipe:
Ingredients:
250g of pasta (Penne Pasta)
200g of ground meat (minced meat)
2 small cut onions
5 garlic gloves
200ml of tomato juice
50g of cheese (any type you desire)
1 teaspoon of black pepper 
(If you like it spicy you can add a bit of red pepper too)
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of saffron
1 tablespoon of chamomile
1 teaspoon of cumin
1 teaspoon of olive oil

How to make the Penne Bolognese Pasta Recipe:





In a large saucepan heat the olive oil and saute the garlic and onion for about 2 minutes. Add the ground meat to the saucepan and stir vigorously for 2 minutes to prevent the meat from forming large clumps, 
Before adding the crushed tomatoes. Bring to a boil and reduce the temperature to low. Add the parsley leaves and spicy and cook for 45 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes or so. Boil Penne and toss it with as much sauce as you need. The left over Bolognese sauce can be frozen. Serve the Penne Bolognese with freshly grated Parmesan cheese on top.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Easy and Simple Dinner: Spaghetti with Meatballs.


Spaghetti with Meatballs Recipe.

Ingredients:
250g of spaghetti
2 small onions
50g of parsley
250g of meatballs
1 teaspoon of black pepper 
(If you like it spicy you can add a bit of red pepper too)
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of saffron
1 tablespoon of chamomile
1 teaspoon of cumin
1 teaspoon of olive oil

How to prepare the Spaghetti with Meatballs Recipe:

 First, boil your favorite spaghetti.














In the pan, put on teaspoon of olive oil then after 5 minutes add the cut onions. 











Add the parsley and spices.












Add the meatballs.












After ten minutes add the tomato juice.
Cooking time is 20 minutes on medium heat on the stove.










Take the boiled spaghetti; add the meatballs and a touch of cheese depending on your taste.
Enjoy!














Monday, March 18, 2013

Italian Vegetable Pizza


Italian vegetable pizza is a tasteful and a tantalizing recipe that will wet your appetite! Want to know what goes into making this delicious looking dish? Here is the list:




Italian Vegetable Pizza Recipe:



Ingredients:

The toppings:
2 small cut onions 
2 small cut green pepper 
1 onion sliced
1 green pepper sliced
50g of parsley
350ml of tomato juice
100g of cheese (You can choose any type you desire)
100g of fresh mushrooms

1 teaspoon of black pepper 
(If you like it spicy you can add a bit of red pepper too)
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of saffron
1 tablespoon of chamomile
1 teaspoon of cumin
1 teaspoon of olive oil


How to prepare the dough:
250g of flour
Spoon of olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
Hot water for the mixture.









How to prepare the Italian Vegetable Pizza Recipe:

In the pan, add one teaspoon of olive oil and after 5 minutes add the cut onions.













Add the cut green pepper and spices.














Add mushrooms.













After ten minutes; add the tomato juice.
Cooking time is 20 minutes.














Put the dough in the form of single large dough or you can make small circles according to your taste.












Add cheese.














Put the stuffing on the dough, as you see in the picture.













Add slices of onions and green pepper.














Add cheese.
Cooking time is 25 minutes.
Temperature is 170C°/338F°













Italian vegetable pizza recipe is a bit heavy dish that contains over 874 calories. Love Italian vegetable pizza? Tell your friends on Facebook and Google about it!
Enjoy.