La pasta fu mangiata per la prima volta in Cina, non in Italia

Di solito pensiamo che la pasta sia stata inventata in Italia, ma le prime notizie registrate di persone che mangiano pasta provengono dalla Cina, già nel 5.000 a.C. La leggenda vuole che il famoso esploratore Marco Polo abbia introdotto gli spaghetti in Italia nel 12° secolo, ma i documenti storici indicano che la civiltà etrusca pre-romana produceva la propria pasta (schiacciando il grano con le rocce e mescolandolo con l’acqua per creare l’impasto) già dal 500 a.C.

La salsa di pomodoro è arrivata dopo

La gente mangiava pasta da migliaia di anni prima che qualcuno pensasse di aggiungere la salsa di pomodoro. Questo perché i pomodori non sono nativi dell’Europa e furono introdotti nel continente solo quando l’esploratore spagnolo Cortez portò i pomodori dal Messico all’Europa nel 1519. Pomodori e pasta divennero presto una combinazione iconica in Italia, e fu solo questione di tempo prima che le polpette venissero aggiunte al mix.

600 forme diverse

Secondo l’International Pasta Organization, nel mondo si producono più di 600 formati diversi di pasta. Chissà se per ognuna di queste esiste un condimento diverso!

Gli italiani mangiano più pasta

Come prevedibile, l’Italia è il Paese che consuma la maggior quantità di pasta al mondo. Tuttavia, come non ci si aspetterebbe, il secondo e il terzo Paese che mangiano più pasta sono il Venezuela e la Tunisia. Chi l’avrebbe mai detto?

L’Organizzazione Internazionale della Pasta sostiene che se gli italiani mangiassero la loro quantità media annua di pasta a forma di spaghetti (piuttosto che le numerose altre varietà di formati di pasta), mangerebbero circa 600 milioni di chilometri di spaghetti – una quantità di pasta sufficiente per avvolgere il pianeta 15.000 volte.

Diversi significati della parola “pasta

La parola “pasta” ha origini greche e latine e significa letteralmente “farinata d’orzo” in greco e “torta di pasta” in latino. In italiano, tuttavia, la parola significa “pasta” a causa del modo in cui la pasta viene preparata, principalmente mescolando acqua e farina insieme ad altri ingredienti, come uova e olio d’oliva.

Mangiare pasta rende felici

Mangiare pasta vi renderà più felici! È vero: i carboidrati contenuti nella pasta aumentano la produzione di serotonina, il neurotrasmettitore che, secondo gli scienziati, scatena sensazioni di felicità e benessere.

Sughi diversi richiedono paste diverse

Non tutte le paste sono fatte per essere gustate con tutti i sughi. La pasta lunga e piatta, come le fettuccine e le linguine, si abbina meglio ai sughi cremosi, che aderiscono meglio a quella particolare forma di pasta. I sughi di pomodoro più densi e consistenti si sposano meglio con la pasta dalla forma corta, tubolare o a spirale, come i rotini e i fusilli.

Gli spaghetti crescono sugli alberi?

La pasta è stata parte integrante del primo pesce d’aprile televisivo. Il 1° aprile 1957, la BBC mandò in onda un falso documentario in cui si sosteneva che gli spaghetti crescessero sugli alberi: una bufala che milioni di creduloni britannici inghiottirono in un sol boccone quando videro un filmato fasullo di donne che raccoglievano spaghetti da alberi di spaghetti in Svizzera.

Contenuto liberamente ispirato a https://www.foodnetwork.ca/article/facts-you-didnt-know-about-pasta/

L’articolo 8 cose che probabilmente non sapevate sulla pasta proviene da diVerde e diViola.

But as in most technology organizations, the people who work on WordPress aren’t always representative of all the people who use WordPress. The majority of WordPress core developers, conference speakers, and other volunteers are young men. That’s where the WordPress Diverse Speaker Training Working Group comes in.

Breaking Down Barriers

A group of WordPress community organizers and volunteers, led by freelance developer Jill Binder, is working to change this. They’ve developed a workshop that trains women and other people from traditionally underrepresented groups in technology who’d like to present at conferences and WordCamps. These training events are organized by local WordPress meetup groups, and are always completely free of charge.

The workshops help attendees address some of the common barriers and fears underrepresented people have around public speaking: “I don’t know what I could speak about.” “I’m not an expert.” “I don’t know how to write a proposal.” “I don’t know how to create a presentation.” “I don’t have any experience speaking in front of groups.”

In 2018, the group supported and advised 55 WordPress communities in 26 different countries. New speakers were trained in 12 different WordPress meetup groups in the US, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, and Venezuela.  

All of the communities that held this workshop experienced a real change in the speaker roster for their annual conferences; many of their WordCamps went from having 10% women speakers to having 50% or more women speakers in less than a year. In 2017, Seattle had 60% women speakers and in 2018, Vancouver had 63%.

Why WordCamps?

Speaking at WordCamps is a consistent path to leadership in the WordPress community, so having more diverse speakers directly supports the goal of more diverse leadership in the WordPress open source project. WordCamps are where many WordPress enthusiasts choose to become professionals. When more people see speakers like them on stage and feel welcome in the community, a more diverse group of people participate in the WordPress project.

When WordPress events are more diverse, the WordPress project gets more diverse — which makes WordPress better for more people.

Help Us Grow This Work

Jill kicked off the Diverse Speaker Training Working Group at the beginning of 2018, and dedicated a year to it training facilitators and supporting organizers as an unpaid volunteer.

This year, Automattic has signed on as a 50% sponsor of Jill Binder’s diverse speaker outreach and training work. Her work is already making a noticeable impact on the WordPress project, and we want to make this training as accessible as possible to WordCamps globally. Like anything worth doing, this is a marathon and not a sprint — it’ll take time to see a more diverse contributor pool — but we’re dedicated to making sure this necessary groundwork happens.

Would you like to help foster diversity across the WordPress project? Automattic invites interested partners to pick up the other 50% of this project’s costs. Get in touch with Jill today!

But as in most technology organizations, the people who work on WordPress aren’t always representative of all the people who use WordPress. The majority of WordPress core developers, conference speakers, and other volunteers are young men. That’s where the WordPress Diverse Speaker Training Working Group comes in.

Breaking Down Barriers

A group of WordPress community organizers and volunteers, led by freelance developer Jill Binder, is working to change this. They’ve developed a workshop that trains women and other people from traditionally underrepresented groups in technology who’d like to present at conferences and WordCamps. These training events are organized by local WordPress meetup groups, and are always completely free of charge.

The workshops help attendees address some of the common barriers and fears underrepresented people have around public speaking: “I don’t know what I could speak about.” “I’m not an expert.” “I don’t know how to write a proposal.” “I don’t know how to create a presentation.” “I don’t have any experience speaking in front of groups.”

In 2018, the group supported and advised 55 WordPress communities in 26 different countries. New speakers were trained in 12 different WordPress meetup groups in the US, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, and Venezuela.  

All of the communities that held this workshop experienced a real change in the speaker roster for their annual conferences; many of their WordCamps went from having 10% women speakers to having 50% or more women speakers in less than a year. In 2017, Seattle had 60% women speakers and in 2018, Vancouver had 63%.

Why WordCamps?

Speaking at WordCamps is a consistent path to leadership in the WordPress community, so having more diverse speakers directly supports the goal of more diverse leadership in the WordPress open source project. WordCamps are where many WordPress enthusiasts choose to become professionals. When more people see speakers like them on stage and feel welcome in the community, a more diverse group of people participate in the WordPress project.

When WordPress events are more diverse, the WordPress project gets more diverse — which makes WordPress better for more people.

Help Us Grow This Work

Jill kicked off the Diverse Speaker Training Working Group at the beginning of 2018, and dedicated a year to it training facilitators and supporting organizers as an unpaid volunteer.

This year, Automattic has signed on as a 50% sponsor of Jill Binder’s diverse speaker outreach and training work. Her work is already making a noticeable impact on the WordPress project, and we want to make this training as accessible as possible to WordCamps globally. Like anything worth doing, this is a marathon and not a sprint — it’ll take time to see a more diverse contributor pool — but we’re dedicated to making sure this necessary groundwork happens.

Would you like to help foster diversity across the WordPress project? Automattic invites interested partners to pick up the other 50% of this project’s costs. Get in touch with Jill today!

But as in most technology organizations, the people who work on WordPress aren’t always representative of all the people who use WordPress. The majority of WordPress core developers, conference speakers, and other volunteers are young men. That’s where the WordPress Diverse Speaker Training Working Group comes in.

Breaking Down Barriers

A group of WordPress community organizers and volunteers, led by freelance developer Jill Binder, is working to change this. They’ve developed a workshop that trains women and other people from traditionally underrepresented groups in technology who’d like to present at conferences and WordCamps. These training events are organized by local WordPress meetup groups, and are always completely free of charge.

The workshops help attendees address some of the common barriers and fears underrepresented people have around public speaking: “I don’t know what I could speak about.” “I’m not an expert.” “I don’t know how to write a proposal.” “I don’t know how to create a presentation.” “I don’t have any experience speaking in front of groups.”

In 2018, the group supported and advised 55 WordPress communities in 26 different countries. New speakers were trained in 12 different WordPress meetup groups in the US, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, and Venezuela.  

All of the communities that held this workshop experienced a real change in the speaker roster for their annual conferences; many of their WordCamps went from having 10% women speakers to having 50% or more women speakers in less than a year. In 2017, Seattle had 60% women speakers and in 2018, Vancouver had 63%.

Why WordCamps?

Speaking at WordCamps is a consistent path to leadership in the WordPress community, so having more diverse speakers directly supports the goal of more diverse leadership in the WordPress open source project. WordCamps are where many WordPress enthusiasts choose to become professionals. When more people see speakers like them on stage and feel welcome in the community, a more diverse group of people participate in the WordPress project.

When WordPress events are more diverse, the WordPress project gets more diverse — which makes WordPress better for more people.

Help Us Grow This Work

Jill kicked off the Diverse Speaker Training Working Group at the beginning of 2018, and dedicated a year to it training facilitators and supporting organizers as an unpaid volunteer.

This year, Automattic has signed on as a 50% sponsor of Jill Binder’s diverse speaker outreach and training work. Her work is already making a noticeable impact on the WordPress project, and we want to make this training as accessible as possible to WordCamps globally. Like anything worth doing, this is a marathon and not a sprint — it’ll take time to see a more diverse contributor pool — but we’re dedicated to making sure this necessary groundwork happens.

Would you like to help foster diversity across the WordPress project? Automattic invites interested partners to pick up the other 50% of this project’s costs. Get in touch with Jill today!

But as in most technology organizations, the people who work on WordPress aren’t always representative of all the people who use WordPress. The majority of WordPress core developers, conference speakers, and other volunteers are young men. That’s where the WordPress Diverse Speaker Training Working Group comes in.

Breaking Down Barriers

A group of WordPress community organizers and volunteers, led by freelance developer Jill Binder, is working to change this. They’ve developed a workshop that trains women and other people from traditionally underrepresented groups in technology who’d like to present at conferences and WordCamps. These training events are organized by local WordPress meetup groups, and are always completely free of charge.

The workshops help attendees address some of the common barriers and fears underrepresented people have around public speaking: “I don’t know what I could speak about.” “I’m not an expert.” “I don’t know how to write a proposal.” “I don’t know how to create a presentation.” “I don’t have any experience speaking in front of groups.”

In 2018, the group supported and advised 55 WordPress communities in 26 different countries. New speakers were trained in 12 different WordPress meetup groups in the US, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, and Venezuela.  

All of the communities that held this workshop experienced a real change in the speaker roster for their annual conferences; many of their WordCamps went from having 10% women speakers to having 50% or more women speakers in less than a year. In 2017, Seattle had 60% women speakers and in 2018, Vancouver had 63%.

Why WordCamps?

Speaking at WordCamps is a consistent path to leadership in the WordPress community, so having more diverse speakers directly supports the goal of more diverse leadership in the WordPress open source project. WordCamps are where many WordPress enthusiasts choose to become professionals. When more people see speakers like them on stage and feel welcome in the community, a more diverse group of people participate in the WordPress project.

When WordPress events are more diverse, the WordPress project gets more diverse — which makes WordPress better for more people.

Help Us Grow This Work

Jill kicked off the Diverse Speaker Training Working Group at the beginning of 2018, and dedicated a year to it training facilitators and supporting organizers as an unpaid volunteer.

This year, Automattic has signed on as a 50% sponsor of Jill Binder’s diverse speaker outreach and training work. Her work is already making a noticeable impact on the WordPress project, and we want to make this training as accessible as possible to WordCamps globally. Like anything worth doing, this is a marathon and not a sprint — it’ll take time to see a more diverse contributor pool — but we’re dedicated to making sure this necessary groundwork happens.

Would you like to help foster diversity across the WordPress project? Automattic invites interested partners to pick up the other 50% of this project’s costs. Get in touch with Jill today!

But as in most technology organizations, the people who work on WordPress aren’t always representative of all the people who use WordPress. The majority of WordPress core developers, conference speakers, and other volunteers are young men. That’s where the WordPress Diverse Speaker Training Working Group comes in.

Breaking Down Barriers

A group of WordPress community organizers and volunteers, led by freelance developer Jill Binder, is working to change this. They’ve developed a workshop that trains women and other people from traditionally underrepresented groups in technology who’d like to present at conferences and WordCamps. These training events are organized by local WordPress meetup groups, and are always completely free of charge.

The workshops help attendees address some of the common barriers and fears underrepresented people have around public speaking: “I don’t know what I could speak about.” “I’m not an expert.” “I don’t know how to write a proposal.” “I don’t know how to create a presentation.” “I don’t have any experience speaking in front of groups.”

In 2018, the group supported and advised 55 WordPress communities in 26 different countries. New speakers were trained in 12 different WordPress meetup groups in the US, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, and Venezuela.  

All of the communities that held this workshop experienced a real change in the speaker roster for their annual conferences; many of their WordCamps went from having 10% women speakers to having 50% or more women speakers in less than a year. In 2017, Seattle had 60% women speakers and in 2018, Vancouver had 63%.

Why WordCamps?

Speaking at WordCamps is a consistent path to leadership in the WordPress community, so having more diverse speakers directly supports the goal of more diverse leadership in the WordPress open source project. WordCamps are where many WordPress enthusiasts choose to become professionals. When more people see speakers like them on stage and feel welcome in the community, a more diverse group of people participate in the WordPress project.

When WordPress events are more diverse, the WordPress project gets more diverse — which makes WordPress better for more people.

Help Us Grow This Work

Jill kicked off the Diverse Speaker Training Working Group at the beginning of 2018, and dedicated a year to it training facilitators and supporting organizers as an unpaid volunteer.

This year, Automattic has signed on as a 50% sponsor of Jill Binder’s diverse speaker outreach and training work. Her work is already making a noticeable impact on the WordPress project, and we want to make this training as accessible as possible to WordCamps globally. Like anything worth doing, this is a marathon and not a sprint — it’ll take time to see a more diverse contributor pool — but we’re dedicated to making sure this necessary groundwork happens.

Would you like to help foster diversity across the WordPress project? Automattic invites interested partners to pick up the other 50% of this project’s costs. Get in touch with Jill today!

But as in most technology organizations, the people who work on WordPress aren’t always representative of all the people who use WordPress. The majority of WordPress core developers, conference speakers, and other volunteers are young men. That’s where the WordPress Diverse Speaker Training Working Group comes in.

Breaking Down Barriers

A group of WordPress community organizers and volunteers, led by freelance developer Jill Binder, is working to change this. They’ve developed a workshop that trains women and other people from traditionally underrepresented groups in technology who’d like to present at conferences and WordCamps. These training events are organized by local WordPress meetup groups, and are always completely free of charge.

The workshops help attendees address some of the common barriers and fears underrepresented people have around public speaking: “I don’t know what I could speak about.” “I’m not an expert.” “I don’t know how to write a proposal.” “I don’t know how to create a presentation.” “I don’t have any experience speaking in front of groups.”

In 2018, the group supported and advised 55 WordPress communities in 26 different countries. New speakers were trained in 12 different WordPress meetup groups in the US, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, and Venezuela.  

All of the communities that held this workshop experienced a real change in the speaker roster for their annual conferences; many of their WordCamps went from having 10% women speakers to having 50% or more women speakers in less than a year. In 2017, Seattle had 60% women speakers and in 2018, Vancouver had 63%.

Why WordCamps?

Speaking at WordCamps is a consistent path to leadership in the WordPress community, so having more diverse speakers directly supports the goal of more diverse leadership in the WordPress open source project. WordCamps are where many WordPress enthusiasts choose to become professionals. When more people see speakers like them on stage and feel welcome in the community, a more diverse group of people participate in the WordPress project.

When WordPress events are more diverse, the WordPress project gets more diverse — which makes WordPress better for more people.

Help Us Grow This Work

Jill kicked off the Diverse Speaker Training Working Group at the beginning of 2018, and dedicated a year to it training facilitators and supporting organizers as an unpaid volunteer.

This year, Automattic has signed on as a 50% sponsor of Jill Binder’s diverse speaker outreach and training work. Her work is already making a noticeable impact on the WordPress project, and we want to make this training as accessible as possible to WordCamps globally. Like anything worth doing, this is a marathon and not a sprint — it’ll take time to see a more diverse contributor pool — but we’re dedicated to making sure this necessary groundwork happens.

Would you like to help foster diversity across the WordPress project? Automattic invites interested partners to pick up the other 50% of this project’s costs. Get in touch with Jill today!

But as in most technology organizations, the people who work on WordPress aren’t always representative of all the people who use WordPress. The majority of WordPress core developers, conference speakers, and other volunteers are young men. That’s where the WordPress Diverse Speaker Training Working Group comes in.

Breaking Down Barriers

A group of WordPress community organizers and volunteers, led by freelance developer Jill Binder, is working to change this. They’ve developed a workshop that trains women and other people from traditionally underrepresented groups in technology who’d like to present at conferences and WordCamps. These training events are organized by local WordPress meetup groups, and are always completely free of charge.

The workshops help attendees address some of the common barriers and fears underrepresented people have around public speaking: “I don’t know what I could speak about.” “I’m not an expert.” “I don’t know how to write a proposal.” “I don’t know how to create a presentation.” “I don’t have any experience speaking in front of groups.”

In 2018, the group supported and advised 55 WordPress communities in 26 different countries. New speakers were trained in 12 different WordPress meetup groups in the US, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, and Venezuela.  

All of the communities that held this workshop experienced a real change in the speaker roster for their annual conferences; many of their WordCamps went from having 10% women speakers to having 50% or more women speakers in less than a year. In 2017, Seattle had 60% women speakers and in 2018, Vancouver had 63%.

Why WordCamps?

Speaking at WordCamps is a consistent path to leadership in the WordPress community, so having more diverse speakers directly supports the goal of more diverse leadership in the WordPress open source project. WordCamps are where many WordPress enthusiasts choose to become professionals. When more people see speakers like them on stage and feel welcome in the community, a more diverse group of people participate in the WordPress project.

When WordPress events are more diverse, the WordPress project gets more diverse — which makes WordPress better for more people.

Help Us Grow This Work

Jill kicked off the Diverse Speaker Training Working Group at the beginning of 2018, and dedicated a year to it training facilitators and supporting organizers as an unpaid volunteer.

This year, Automattic has signed on as a 50% sponsor of Jill Binder’s diverse speaker outreach and training work. Her work is already making a noticeable impact on the WordPress project, and we want to make this training as accessible as possible to WordCamps globally. Like anything worth doing, this is a marathon and not a sprint — it’ll take time to see a more diverse contributor pool — but we’re dedicated to making sure this necessary groundwork happens.

Would you like to help foster diversity across the WordPress project? Automattic invites interested partners to pick up the other 50% of this project’s costs. Get in touch with Jill today!

English. This year for Christmas we want to bring you to the Tropics We are going to propose a recipe belonging to Giovanna’s family tradition: they used to prepare this “ensalada” when they lived in South America, but they use to make it even here in Italy. 

On Christmas time in Venezuela they use to have the Ensalada de gallina or pollo (hen or chicken salad) and the Hallaca, the Venezuelan tamales made of cornmeal, vegetables and meat wrapped in a banana leaf. The king of the Venezuelan tables on Christmas is the Pernil de cochino, that is pork roasted with vegetables and pineapple, together with the Pan de Jamòn (“bread and ham”) is a sort of savory strudel.

We decided to prepare the Ensalada de pollo because it is the easier recipe: it takes a few time and is very easy to make. Would you like to share it with us? 

Español. Este año para Navidad queremos llevarte a los trópicos. La receta que proponemos, de hecho, pertenece a la tradición de la familia de Giovanna y solían prepararla para las fiestas, cuando vivían en Sudamérica (¡y también lo hacen en Italia!) 

En Venezuela, de hecho, no es Navidad si no hay Ensalada de gallina o pollo en la mesa  y la Hallacas, la reina de la mesa, que ès un bollo de harina de maíz relleno de verduras y carne y luego envuelto en una hoja de plátano. El rey de la mesa es, en cambio, el Pernil de cochino adornado con rodajas de piña y cerezas. Y el Pan de Jamón, una especie de milhojas sabroso (ver la receta aquì)

Hemos elegido replicar la Ensalada de pollo porque está muy cerca de lo que es nuestra Ensalada Rusa, que es un plato típico para las fiestas. Por otro lado, es difícil encontrar los ingredientes para los otros platos, por lo que decidimos ofrecer algo tradicional con un toque exótico. ¿Te gustaría probar?

Ingredientes para 8 personas 

• 250 g chicken breast – 250 g pechuga de pollo o gallina
• 1 litre chicken or vegetable broth – 1 litro de caldo de gallina o pollo
• 250 g vegetables (potatoes, carrots, peas) – 250 g verduras (zanahorias, papas, guisantes)
• half a green apple (about 150 g) – media manzana verde
• 1 pineapple ring (fresh or canned), optional -  Piña en almíbar enlatada y cortada en cuadritos (opcional)
• 5 tablespoons mayonnaise – Mayonesa (5 cucharadas grandes) 
• 1 lemon – Limòn
• kitchen salt, black pepper to taste – Sal, pimienta al gusto

Difficulty: easy – Time: 45 minutes

Dificultad: facil – Tiempo: 45 minutos

English. Place the chicken into the broth and bring to a boil. Poach the chicken breast for half an hour or twenty minutes (it depends on the size) on medium heat. When the chicken is done, let it cool down, then shred it. 

Español. En una olla con agua suficiente, colocar un cubito de caldo de pollo y la pechuga de pollo. Cocinar por media hora. Una vez listo, deja enfriar el pollo y esmecharlo en trozos pequeños.

English. Wash and clean the vegetables, then dice them.

Bring to a boil a couple of litres of water and sear the vegetables until tender (they have to be tender, but crunchy enough). 

Dice the apple and the pineapple (if you use it).

Español. Pelar, lavar y cortar en cuadritos las zanahorias y las papas. 

Poner a hervir en una olla primero la zanahoria, se espera unos minutos y luego se agrega las papas a fuego mediano hasta que ablanden y queden firmes pero que no se vuelvan puré.

La manzana verde cortarla en cuadritos, también la piña si es que se añade.

English. When the vegetables are cool, season with salt and pepper, then add the shredded chicken and combine.

Español. Cuando las verduras estén frías, sazonar con sal y pimienta, luego agregar la fruta y finalmente el pollo y mezclar.

English. Add some lemon juice (about a tablespoon) to the mayonnaise, then gently toss all together. 

Español. Aparte se une la mayonesa, la sal y las gotas de limón hasta crear una salsa.

Mezclar los vegetales, frutas, guisantes y la mezcla de mayonesa con un movimiento envolvente para no romperlas.

English. Cover the salad with clingfilm and let it rest for a couple of hours or more in the fridge. Serve with canapes or vol-au-vent or in small bowls with some decoration made of carrots and fruit. Enjoy!

Español. Tapar y colocar en la nevera por lo menos unas 2 o 3 horas.

Luego se podrà servir en los canapés o llenar  los vol au vent o desmoldar con pequeños moldes y decorar con trozos de verduras o frutas. ¡Feliz fiesta!

English. Tips and tricks. We did not use a store bought mayonnaise, but we made it ourselves. We made an eggless mayonnaise. It is very very easy to do and it takes less than one minutes! You will need 120 g of sunflower seeds oil (or soy or corn), 60 g milk or yougurt, two tablespoon of lemon juice or one tablespoon of apple vinegar. Place everything into the hand-blender cup and blend for a few seconds: you will see a delicious creamy mayo in less than 30 seconds.
If you prefer a more yellow mayonnaise add to the ingredients half a teaspoon of turmeric powder. 

Español. Consejos y trucos: No usamos mayonesa industrial pero sí mayonesa light, sin huevos. Es muy fácil hacerla: con un minipimer se realiza en 30 segundos. 120 g de aceite de girasol y 60 g de leche, más una cucharada de limón o vinagre (que es más picante), se colocan en la copa de la licuadora de inmersión. Se mezcla y en unos segundos la mayonesa está lista. Si les gusta más amarilla, poner una cucharadita de cúrcuma antes de licuar.

La parchita in spagnolo è la maracujà, ovvero il frutto della passione. Oggi vogliamo proporvi una bevanda a base di maracujà e mango, molto dissetante, da gustare con una montagna di ghiaccio nelle calde giornate estive. 

Il sapore è delizioso: il dolce del mango si sposa perfettamente con il gusto acidulo del frutto della passione. E che dire del colore? E’ un concentrato di oro puro, del sole dell’estate. Invitante non trovate?

• 6 maracuja o frutto della passione 
• 1 mango maturo 
• 3 cucchiai di zucchero di canna
• 1 litro di acqua 
• ghiaccio

Lavate bene i frutti prima di utilizzarli.
Pelare e affettare il mango. Tagliare a metà i frutti della passione e togliere la polpa. Versare tutto nel bicchiere di un frullatore. 

Guardate che belli che sono i gusci delle maracuja: non sembrano quelli dei ricci di mare? 

Aggiungete nel frullatore lo zucchero e tanta acqua quanto basta a coprire la frutta. Frullate bene. 

Filtrate il succo ottenuto attraverso un colino. I semi delle maracuja sono grossi, duri e possono risultare indigesti. Alcune persone li mangiano tranquillamente: voi fate come meglio credete… 

Versate il succo filtrato in una caraffa, aggiungete il resto dell’acqua e mescolate. Mettete in fresco fino al momento di servire. Servirete in bicchieri stracolmi di ghiaccio, naturalmente!
Buon drink!

• 6 maracuja or passion fruit – 6 parchitas
• 1 ripe mango - 1 mango mediano maduro
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar – 3 cucharadas de azùcar morena
• 1 litre water – 1 litro de agua
• ice cubes – hielo

English. Wash well the fruits before using.

Peel and cube the mango. Half the passion fruits and scoop out the flesh. Place the fruits into a liquidizer or juicer or blender. 

Español. Lavar la fruta antes de usarlos.
Pelar y cortar el mango en trocitos. Cortar a la mitad la fruta de la pasión y retirar la pulpa. Verter en el vaso de la batidora.

English. Look: how beautiful are the maracuja cups: they look like empty sea urchins, don’t they? 

Add sugar and water to the fruits (water: enough to cover the fruits) and blend until smooth. 

Español. Miren que bellas son las cáscaras de la fruta de la pasión: no se parecen a las de los erizos de mar? 

Añadir el azúcar en la licuadora y agua suficiente para cubrir la fruta. Mezclar bien.

English. Place a strainer over a bowl and pour the blended mixture into it. Press with a tablespoon or a spatula to extract all of the juice. The maracuja seeds are big and may be hard to digest: someone eat them: we preferred to remove the seeds, feel free to do the same or not…

Español. Colar el jugo resultante a través de un colador. Las semillas de la fruta de la pasión son grandes, duras y pueden ser indigestos. Algunas personas los comen, ustedes decidan que hacer …

English. Pour the juice into a pitcher, add the remaining water and mix. Put the juice to rest into the fridge, to cool down. Serve into glasses full of ice cubes. Enjoy! 

Español. Verter el jugo filtrado en una jarra, añadir el agua restante y revolver. Ponga en la nevera hasta el momento de servir. Servir en vasos con abundante hielo, por supuesto!
Buena bebida!

 
 
La loro formula “all you can eat” non è intesa nel senso letterale, ma piuttosto come un percorso introduttivo all’assaggio di tutti gli altri piatti in carta, che gli chef Taketomi Minakami da Osaka, Aromides Rodrigues, dal Venezuela, Damith Bernard Wedikkara dallo Sri Lank, componenti la brigata di cucina, preparano con maestria e cura.
qui l’album della presentazione alla stampa,  curata da Laura Gambacorta.

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English. We were sorting out some drawers when we get a box full of old pictures. It was like opening Pandora’s box. Memories popped out like the mytological winds and we couldn’t give up watching those images. They told us about the sea, palm trees, coconuts and… Coquitos. 

Español.  Poniendo orden en unos viejos cajones en casa, encontramos una caja llena de fotografías: era como abrir la caja de Pandora. Los recuerdos se han venido corriendo como los vientos legendarios y ya no podían dejar de ver las imágenes. Que contaban del mar, de palmas, de coco y … Coquitos.

English. On the middle of the afternoon, mum used to take a tin out of her big shopping bag: it was a box full of Coquitos. Sweet, tasty, they smelled of feast.

Español.  Para merienda, mamà sacaba una caja de lata llena de Coquitos, dulce y sabroso que sabían de fiesta.

English. While nostalgia invaded our heads and hearts, a question arose: 

Giò, how do you make those Coquitos?
Answer: easy, only coconut, sugar, eggs…
Well, we have got everything: let’s make them!

Español.  Mientras la nostalgia se abrìa paso en la mente y en el corazón, surge una pregunta: Gio, pero ¿cómo se hacen estos coquitos? 
Fácil, sólo se necesita coco rallado, azúcar, huevos … 
Bueno, hay de todo! a trabajar…

• 100 g dried and shredded coconut – 100 g de coco rallado
• 100 g white sugar – 100 g de azùcar
• 1 egg – 1 huevo
• 1 pinch of satl – una pizca de sal
  
• some drops of vanilla essence (optional) – algunas gotas de vainilla

English. Preheat oven to 200°C. Place the sugar and the salt in a bowl. Slightly beat the egg (with the vanilla, optional).

Español.  Precalentar el horno a 200 ° C. Poner en un bol la pizca de sal, el azúcar y la vainilla (si se utiliza la esencia de vainilla ponerla en el huevo). Batir ligeramente el huevo.

English. Pour the egg into the dry ingredients. Combine with a fork, then go on kneading with your hands.

Español.  Verter el huevo en los ingredientes secos y revolver con un tenedor en primer lugar, a continuación, con las manos.

English. Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Shape 12 little balls with your hands, then lightly press the edge: they have to look like a cone, this is the peculiarity of the Coquitos. You can also cook the Coquitos directly into the pastry paper cups.

Español.  Forrar con papel de horno una bandeja para hornear. Luego formar 12 bolas y modelar ligeramente la punta: deben tener una forma de piramide, de cono, que es su sello distintivo.

English. Bake into preheated oven to 200°C for 10/12 minutes or until you notice the edges begin to get brown. Pay attention to not overcook: the Coquitos must be crunchy outside and tender inside. You will surely fall in love with these coconut macaroons.

Español.  Hornear en horno caliente (precalentado a 200 ° C) durante 10-12 minutos, o hasta que las puntas de los coquitos comienzan a color. No debe cocer demasiado: los dulces debe permanecer crujientes por fuera y suaves por dentro. Les van a encantar y querràn más y más, estamos seguras!

Mettendo a posto i cassetti di casa abbiamo ritrovato una scatola piena di fotografie: è stato come aprire il vaso di Pandora. I ricordi sono usciti impetuosi come i mitici venti e non riuscivamo più a smettere di guardare quelle immagini. Che raccontavano di mare, di palme, di cocchi e… di coquitos.

Per merenda la mamma tirava fuori una scatola di latta da cui uscivano loro, i coquitos, dolci, gustosi, che sapevano di festa. 

Mentre la nostalgia si fa largo nella testa e nel cuore, una domanda sorge spontanea: Giò, ma come si fanno ‘sti coquitos?

Facile, ci vogliono soltanto cocco, zucchero, uova…

Bene, c’è tutto! Al lavoro…

• 100 g di cocco grattugiato
• 100 g di zucchero
• 1 uovo
• un pizzico di sale
• qualche goccia di essenza di  vaniglia o una bustina di vaniglina (facoltativa)

Preriscaldate il forno a 200°C.

Mettete in una ciotola zucchero, sale e vaniglina (se usate l’essenza di vaniglia mettetela nell’uovo). 

Sbattete leggermente l’uovo.

Versate l’uovo negli ingredienti solidi e mescolate prima con una forchetta, poi con le mani. 

Foderate con della carta da forno una teglia. Poi formate 12 palline, quindi schiacciatele leggermente sulla punta: dovranno avere un aspetto a cono, è la loro caratteristica. Potete anche cuocere i dolcetti direttamente nei pirottini. 

Cuocete in forno caldo (preriscaldato a 200°C) per 10/12 minuti, o fin quando noterete che le punte dei coquitos iniziano a colorarsi. Non devono cuocere troppo: i dolcetti devono rimanere croccanti all’esterno e morbidi dentro. Ve ne innamorerete e ne vorrete sempre di più, ne siamo sicure! 

L’origine del nome deriva molto probabilmente dal nome di quell’antica bevanda: Xocoatl,(nelle sue terre d’origine, lo chiamavano “cibo degli Dei” per questo… Continua a leggere»                  

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