Pasta Carbonara
Posted on May 18, 2010 08:05:02 PM
Pasta carbonara is a very fascinating thing, let's start with the ingredients for 4 people: 320g spaghetti (this is the typical type of pasta for the carbonara) 100g bacon, diced Salt and pepper 3 eggs extra-virgin olive oil 50g of grated Parmesan cheese. The ideal cheese should be Pecorino, which is made from sheep's milk and has a sharper taste than ...
Vegetable Frittata Recipe
Posted on May 6, 2010 06:02:37 PM
Cheese and Pears is back after a long time with a vegetable frittata recipe. I have to confess one thing: I have hardly cooked recently, and my sweet-half (I'm not sure if this is proper English, I'm translating from Italian dolce-metà) has taken over the duties in the kitchen, and I think that for while ...
Canned Tuna Recipes: Tuna Pasta
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 06:50:31 AM
Tuna pasta is the most common of the canned tuna recipes, and also the typical lunch of college students. After all, what's quicker and cheaper that that? Drain the pasta, open the can of tuna, and it's done, no need to add extra oil either, the one in the can will do, just don't expect ...
Pear Risotto With Walnuts
Posted on Jan 27, 2010 07:45:22 AM
If you have done risotto properly a couple of times (if not, you can start from this mushroom risotto or the saffron risotto), this pear risotto with walnuts looks like an easy one, but it's actually very easy to mess it up. Here is what you'll need for 2 people: 2 medium pears 150-200g (5-7oz) risotto rice 1 glass ...
Cauliflower Pasta
Posted on Jan 27, 2010 07:06:04 AM
This cauliflower pasta recipe is the proof that you can make pasta with pretty much anything.The cool thing about this cauliflower pasta is that you cook the cook the pasta and the cauliflower in the same water: additional taste guaranteed. For 2 people you will need: 160-200g (5-7oz) short pasta (ie no spaghetti) a cauliflower olive oil, salt and ...
Scallops
Posted on Jan 26, 2010 07:51:09 AM
This scallop recipe is probably the first seafood recipe ever of this blog, except for the shrimp risotto and the shrimp and zucchini pasta. I must admit I prefer meat rather than seafood, but these scallops almost made me change my mind. The Italian name for Scallop is capasanta, I'm not sure where it comes ...
Homemade Pizza Recipes: a Recap
Posted on Jan 25, 2010 07:38:40 AM
This is a recap of my homemade pizza recipes for the past 3-4 months. Friday night is pizza night at the Cheese and Pears household. The pizza dough recipe remains the same, you can find it here with this thin crust pizza, or this thin pizza crust where, I just found out, I used to ...
Green Bean Salad With Cod: Super Fast and Easy
Posted on Jan 24, 2010 06:32:13 PM
This green bean salad with cod is a very, very easy salad recipe, made with frozen beans and cod (fresh frozen as the cook of an unfortunate restaurant said about his food in an episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen nightmare USA). This salad is so simple that I wasn't even sure if I should post it, ...
Savory Pie With Broccoli Zucchini and Potatoes
Posted on Jan 10, 2010 11:22:19 AM
After surviving Christmas with the family and Year End at the Company, Cheese and Pears is back, trying to cope with a fall in the number of visits to the site, that is only second to the fall of employment rate over here in Ireland (bad joke, I know). Ice has taken possession of the ...
Biscotti Recipes: Cantuccini (Almond Biscuits)
Posted on Dec 14, 2009 01:01:28 AM
Cantuccini are typical of Prato, in Tuscany, but they have become very popular in all Italian cuisine. Their real name actually leaves nothing to imagination: "Biscotti di Prato" Don't be misled though: these biscuits are not for breakfast or for snacking, they are a proper dessert, best served with a very popular sweet wine called ...