Tasty homemade cake with oranges and chocolate

To make this wonderful cake you will need...

Ingredients

-  three eggs,
-  250 g sugar,
-  300 g flour, 
- 100 g of butter to melt,
-  a packet of yeast, 
-  juice of two oranges
-  and the grated rind of one.

 Process

 Beat perfectly with the help of an electric whisk the eggs and sugar, then gradually add the flour, butter left previously to melt in the microwave, sugar, orange juice and zest. At the end the yeast will be added. Blend the the mixture until it looks uniform and dense, with no lumps. If it is too liquid, just add a couple of tablespoons of flour. After turning on the oven at 180 degrees (the cake must be baked when the oven is already hot), butter a baking pan and pour the mixture buoy that will cook for about half an hour. 
We can check with a toothpick the doneness. Once cooked, the cake should be allowed to cool while you are preparing  the chocolate icing. 
This needs 100 g of dark chocolate and 50g butter in a double boiler to melt and mix thoroughly, and a cup of bitter coffee to be attached to glaze at a later time, when it is slightly warm, The liquid should be poured on the surface of the donut which is then allowed to cool and then store in the refrigerator.

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Grilled Chicken with salad

The summer is approaching with giant leaps. If you want to lose a few extra pounds for summer, prepare this dish of grilled chicken and salad. It has fewer calories and a genuine taste suitable for both adults and children 

Ingredients
- 2 tomatoes 
- 100 g of green and black olives, pitted 
- 100 g of arugula 
- 200 g of lettuce 
- A red onion 
- 2 cucumbers 
- A chicken breast 
- Two sprigs of rosemary 
- salt 
- pepper 

- a lemon
- Extra virgin olive oil 

First, divide the chicken breast into four pieces and place in a bowl. Drizzle with the juice of a lemon, a pinch of salt and leave in the refrigerator to marinate for an hour . 
Meanwhile, put the rosemary in a blender and blend along with freshly ground pepper. Take back the chicken breast and, after drying with a clean cotton cloth, roll it into a compound of chopped rosemary. 
Cook the pieces of chicken on a hot grill for at least half an hour. 
Wash and clean all vegetables well. Cut the tomatoes into wedges, cucumber into slices without removing the peel and onion into very thin slices. Gather the vegetables in a bowl, add the arugula and lettuce and mix them well after adding a pinch of salt and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. 

Place the chicken in a tray, add the salad and bring everything to the table.

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Pancakes with ice cream

The crepes with ice cream are a delicious dessert. Accompany  to the table with a great sweet sparkling white wine, served at very low temperature.

Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 250 g of flour
- ½ pint of milk
- 40 g of butter
- Salt
- Sugar
- a teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 50 g of dark chocolate

- 250 g of vanilla ice cream

Sift the flour into a bowl with the sugar and vanilla. Add a pinch of salt and pour in the milk, stirring the mixture with a whisk without stopping. To facilitate the transaction, you can use an electric mixer.
When the dough is smooth and velvety, add the previously scrambled eggs with the tines of a fork. Finally, also incorporate the warm melted butter. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let stand in refrigerator at least for half an hour.
Heat over high heat a non-stick frying pan not too big. Grease the bottom with a little 'butter and pour in a ladle of batter. Rotate and tilt the pan so that the mixture is evenly distributed and after a minute, gently turn it upside down.
As soon as both sides are golden brown, remove the crepe from the pan. Continue in this until you completely finish all the dough.

Arrange on a serving plate bending crepes in four portfolio. Decorate with the melted chocolate in a double boiler and serve with a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream.
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Milanese cutlet

The veal chop Milanese is considered one of the typical dishes of the culinary tradition of Italy. Initially spread mostly in areas  of the capital of Lombardy, this dish has quickly become one of the most appreciated from north to south Much beloved by children, 
the Milanese cutlet is a healthy, tasty, nutritious and very quick to prepare second dish; ideal to cope with the hectic pace of everyday life. With the addition of side dishes French fries, mashed potatoes, grilled vegetables or salad, then a single plate can easily become full from the nutritional point of view.

 To prepare  veal cutlets for four people you need:
- 4 veal loin chops,
- 2 eggs, 100 g of butter, 
- lemon, parsley, 
- salt,
- pepper and
- bread crumbs as required. 

The first thing to prepare the breading, slamming the eggs until they are almost foamy; at this point add some pepper to the eggs : salt, in fact, it should be added only when cooked, otherwise detach itself because of the breading. The ribs should not be beat but simply engraved to prevent curling, then dipped in egg and bread crumbs in the past. The entire surface of the rib should be covered. Meanwhile, in a nonstick skillet of medium in size,  melt the butter until it becomes similar to the color brown. At this point you can fry the cutlets. It takes just six or seven minutes per side. The plate can then be seasoned with fresh parsley and lemon juice.

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Spicy Calamari

Calamari with spices are a tasty main dish of fish, to be served warm in winter as in summer.

Ingredients:
- 4 squid
- 50 g of dried mushrooms
- A clove of garlic
- A sprig of parsley
- A pinch of oregano
- 100 g breadcrumbs
- A lemon
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper

Put the dried mushrooms in warm water and leave them for at least twenty minutes  to soften. Meanwhile, clean the squid, leaving intact the pockets. Finely chop tentacles and recombine them in a bowl. Add the garlic (cut into thin slices), chopped parsley and then stir. Finally, add the mushrooms well drained and chopped with a knife and add the breadcrumbs. After flavored with oregano, salt and freshly ground pepper, stir in one or two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. In the end the dough should be smooth and well blended.

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Red peppers stuffed with rice and vegetables

The red peppers stuffed with vegetables and rice can be brought to the table both as a rich appetizer and as a first course. They are easy to prepare and always become a big hit.

- Ingredients:

- 2 red peppers

- A carrot

- 100 g of peas

- A courgette

- 100 g of pickled capers

- 200 g arborio rice

- Salt

- Pepper

- Extra virgin olive oil

- Half a cup of white vinegar

First, cut the peppers in half and remove the seeds and various strands. Wash them well under the spray of the tap and pass quickly over the flame. Once they have cooled peel helping with a sharp boxcutter.

Boil the rice in boiling salted water until  it is 'firm to the bite' and drain. Season with a pinch of pepper, a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and mix well.

Wash the zucchini and carrots then cut into cubes more or less all the same size. Scald quickly in the salted water with a half a cup of white vinegar. Add them to the boiled rice and mix well with a wooden spoon.

Fill the peppers with this mixture and lightly press the surface to make it more uniform. Arrange on a platter and serve at the table.

Risotto with red radicchio

The risotto with radicchio has a unique flavor, slightly bitter flavor that is characteristic of radicchio that in this recipe is balanced by creaming with Parmesan cheese.

Ingredients for two people:
• a small tuft of red radish
• vegetable broth (one liter)
• extra virgin olive oil (one tablespoon)
• a shallot
• 160 grams of rice
• Dry white wine (50 ml)
• Black pepper (freshly ground)
• Salt 
• 20 grams of Parmigiano Reggiano

Process
Clean the radicchio and slice coarsely. Coarsely chop the radicchio with a big knife on a cutting board. Then heat the broth.

In a soup pot,  put some oil and finely chopped shallots. Then fry with low heat. When the shallot is golden, raise the heat and add the rice and toast for about a minute. Then pour in the wine and let it evaporate completely. Combine the boiling broth (4/5 spoons) and then continue to add the remaining broth, stirring occasionally,  ensuring that the mixture is not too dry. Five minutes before the rice is cooked add the chopped radicchio and check the salt. Continue to stir until the end of cooking rice. Turn off the heat and stir in grated Parmesan cheese.

Spaghetti with Anchovies

The spaghetti with anchovies are a dish of Sicilian origin and it is characterized by kindness and genuineness. They are also excellent with some chopped walnuts sprinkled on the plate.

Ingredients for four people:
- 350 grams of spaghetti
- 400 grams of anchovies
- oregano
- basil
- a clove of garlic
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper 

Process

First clean the anchovies: Pull the pulling head down so that the abdomen is opened at the right point in order to remove the entrails. Open the abdomen of anchovies with a sharp knife and remove the central bone. Rinse thoroughly under running water to remove any residue.
Now for the cooking sauce:
Put a little oil in the pan and lightly fry the garlic, until when it's just golden. Add the anchovies, of course cleaned and boned, oregano, salt and pepper. Let cook for about 20 minutes.
Now for the pasta:
Boil it in salt water, but little, drain and dress with the sauce of anchovies. Add the chopped basil and serve each plate of spaghetti with anchovy fillet some as final ornament.
If you want an idea to make it even tastier, add the capers.

Folpetti (small octopuses) in red

Ingredients: 

- 1 kg of folpetti (octopus). 
- oil; 
- 3 cloves of garlic; 
- chopped parsley, 
- chili; 
- red wine; 

Folpetti Put in a saucepan (or rather, in a crock pot) with a generous dose of olive oil, a little 'pepper, three cloves of garlic and parsley. Mix the ingredients, and then put the pot in the fridge for a few hours, in such a way as to flavor folpetti. Then, remove the pan from the fridge, fry the octopus, add the wine (about two cups) in the pan, and after the wine has evaporated, let it simmer for an hour and a half.