Easy Italian Recipes

Archive for January, 2008

Minestrone Piemontese Italian Soup Recipe

27th January 2008

Ingredients

  • 1/4 lb. salt pork
  • 1 cup shell beans
  • 3 large potatoes
  • 3 carrots
  • 2 onions
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tbs. Parsley
  • Grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup tomato or 1 tbs. tomato paste
  • 3 qt. Water
  • 1 tsp. Basil

Directions

  • Cut vegetables into cubes.
  • Put salt pork in a large pan and add water.
  • Add vegetables, beans, tomatoes, garlic, and cook for 1 hour.
  • Let simmer for another 1/2 hour or until vegetables are cooked.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Serve hot with grated Parmesan cheese over it.
  • Serves 4-6.

Regina

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Spumoni Cake Recipe

20th January 2008

Ingredients

  • 1 yellow cake mix
  • 4 eggs
  • 1-cup sour cream
  • 3/4-cup oil
  • 1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • 1 8 oz. Chopped cherries
  • 2 oz. Unsweetened chocolate melted
  • 4 drops each red & green food color
  • 1/2 tsp. almond extract

Directions

  • Beat 1-5 med. 2 minutes.
  • Divide into 3 bowls.
  • 1. Add nuts an and green food color.
  • 2. Add cherries and red food color.
  • 3. Add chocolate and almond.
  • Grease Bundt pan well.
  • Pour 1, then 2, and then 3.
  • Don’t swirl.
  • Bake at 350 for 1 hour.
  • Cool 10 Min.
  • Remove Cool.
  • Sprinkle with confectionery sugar.

Deb

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Cannelloni Recipe

12th January 2008

Pasta

  • 4 cups flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 cups water

Cut paper-thin pieces in 4 in. by 3 in. pieces.
Boil in salted water 5 minutes and cool.

Stuffing

  • 4 oz Pork
  • 4 oz Veal
  • 4 oz Chicken
  • 4 oz Ham
  • 1/4 cup grated Romano cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/8 tsp. pepper
  • 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
  • 2 tbsp. Butter or margarine

Directions

Chop meat fine.
Melt butter/margarine & brown meat except ham.
Add ham and seasonings.
Cover and simmer 15 minutes.
Grind meat.
Add eggs and cheese.
Should be fine and smooth.
Spread stuffing on pasta squares.
Roll and put in buttered pan.
Pour butter on top, layer of cheese & chicken broth.
Bake at 350 for 15 to 30 minutes.

Olympia

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