Un pesce di patate!

Ciao a tutti i miei carissimi lettori,oggi vi voglio proporre un piatto molto estivo e di semplice esecuzione, da consumare freddo. Se volete potrete prepararlo il giorno prima, riporlo in frigorifero e avere così un piatto gustoso e completo bello e pronto!

Per questo "finto pesce" vi occorreranno:

• 500 gr di patate 
• 250 gr di tonno sott'olio o al naturale
• 120 gr di maionese
• capperi sotto aceto una manciata
• acciughe sott'olio
• cetrioli sott'aceto per guarnire
• sale e pepe a piacere

Lessate le patate,pelatele e schiacciatele ancora calde in una terrina.Unite il tonno sgocciolato alle patate mischiando bene, unite anche i capperi e le acciughe tritati,aggiungete la maionese e aggiustate di sale e di pepe.Impastate con le mani, copritelo con una pellicola e mettetelo in frigorifero per farlo compattare.Date la forma di un pesce e guarnitelo a piacere. Se volete potete usare l'apposito stampo a forma di pesce. Mettetelo in frigorifero e consumatelo ben freddo.

Pizzaiola steaks

                                     

 PIZZAIOLA STEAKS

Ingredients:

• 2-3 spoons of extra virgin olive oil
• 4 middle sized steaks ( you can choose between pork or beef, both are ok)
• capers
• tomato sauce 
• salt
• oregano

How to make it:

1. Pour oil in a pan, warm it, cook the steaks on both sides.
2. Add the sauce and cook it for some minutes.
3. Add the salt and the oregano.
4. Let it on low heat for some minutes, then serve them warm.

Enjoy!

Spaghetti with capers and tomatoes sauce

Ingredients:

• 400 g spaghetti n.5
• 8 dried tomatoes 
• 100 gr capers
• extra virgin olive oil
• oregano and salt

How to make it:

1. Wash capers under fresh water in order to remove all the salt from them; put dried tomatoes in a bowl with some water for about 30 minutes, until they are soft.
2. Then strain both the capers and the tomatoes and mince them together in a bowl.
3. Add the oil to it, and mix until it becomes homogeneous.   
4. Sprinkle some oregano on it and some salt.
5. Pour the sauce in a pan.
6. Cook spaghetti, and take a spoon or two of water from the saucepan in which you're cooking spaghetti.
7. Strain spaghetti and put them in the pan with the sauce.
8. Sautè it adding the spoons of water, for about 5 minutes.
9. Serve them warm.
10. Enjoy!

Pasta alla puttanesca

 

 

 

Ingredients for the sauce:

• Anchovies
• capers
• black olives
• chopped tomatoes/tomato sauce
• chopped garlic 
• parsley

How to make it:

In a pan/saucepan, let the garlic fry lightly in the oil. Remove the garlic and add the anchovies; with a wooden spoon, let them melt in the oil- it should look like a sauce. Add capers, olives (chopped) and tomato sauce/chopped tomatoes. Leave it on low heat for about 10 minutes. Sprinkle on some parsley, and once your pasta is ready, sauté it in the pan. Enjoy!