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Sicilian Pasta with Meatballs and Brodo – Recipe

ANGELINA – SERVING Up The MEAL

ANGELINA’S PASTA With MEATBALLS

La FAMIGLIA

“MANGIA BENE” !!!

La PASTA

Con POLPETTINI

NONNA BELLINO’S COOKBOOK

RECIPES From MY SICILIAN NONNA

“MANGIA BENE” !!!

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SICILIAN PASTA with MEATBALLS SICILIANA

For the Dough:

10 ounces Semolina Flour (durum wheat)
A pinch of Salt
2 large Eggs

Mix all above together to form a dough. Knead for a few minutes.

Cover the dough and let rest for at least 45 minutes before using.

Roll pasta dough into thin sheets. Roll the sheets up, and cut to 1/8tj inch thickness.

For the Meatballs:

12 ounces Ground Beef
2 tablespoons fresh Parsley, finely chopped
3 ounces grated Caciocavallo Cheese (or Pecorino, if unavailable)
1/4 cup breadcrumbs
Salt, to taste
Freshly ground Black Pepper, to taste
1 large egg

Mix all above ingredients together. Form into small Meatballs (Polpettini)

For the Broth:

2 tablespoons fresh Parsley, chopped
A handful of Celery leaves
1 medium Carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
1 tablespoon Tomato Paste
½ medium onion, peeled and halved
1 medium Potato
Salt, to taste

1 pound Beef, Veal, or Chicken Bones

Place all above ingredients in a large pot and simmer for 90 minutes

to make the broth. Strain broth, and discard the bones.

To Serve the PASTA with MEATBALLS.

Place Meatballs in broth, and cook at a low simmer for 5 minutes.

Cook the Pasta in boiling Salted water for about 2 minutes.

Drain the pasta in a Colander.

Add the cooked pasta to pot with the Broth & Meatballs. Cook at a low

simmer for 4 minutes.

Serve the Pasta and Meatballs. Remove some pasta and Meatballs and place on a plate, with very little broth, but you do want a bit of broth in each portion.

Serve your guests, with grated Pecorino Cheese on the side to sprinkle over the pasta.

Enjoy !

Raos Meatballs Recipe

RAO’S Famous MEATBALLS

If you’re looking for a hot and cozy fall recipe, look no further than Rao’s. Known for its exclusivity and esteemed reputation, New York City’s Rao’s restaurant has been serving up authentic Italian food since 1896.

Here, Dino Gatto, the Executive Chef of New York City’s Rao’s Restaurant, shares his tips for how to make the juiciest meatballs:

For mouthwatering meatballs it’s important to only use the freshest and best quality products.

In this recipe, you will find that we add the water, cheese and breadcrumbs in layers, which allows the breadcrumbs to be separate from the water. If you add the water, then breadcrumbs … by the time you get started to mix, the water will be absorbed into the bread and will be hard to mix and dry, which also makes it hard to roll.

The longer the meatballs simmer in the sauce, the softer they will be inside and also have the crust from them being fried.

“RAO’S”

East Harlem

New York City

RAOS MEATBALL Recipe :

Ingredients :

1 pound Ground Beef

1/2 pound Ground Veal

1/2 pound Ground Pork

2 Eggs (beaten)

1 cup grated Parmesan Cheese

2 tablespoon fresh chopped Italian Parsley

1 teaspoon each Sea Salt & ground Black Pepper

1 Garlic clove, peeled and minced fine

2 cups fresh Breadcrumbs

1 cup water

1 cup Olive Oil

1 Garlic clove, mashed

1. In a large mixing bowl, add the Beef, Veal, Pork, Parmesan, parsley, salt & black pepper, minced garlic, and mix together using your hands (don’t overmix).

2. Add the bread breadcrumbs to the meat, and combine. Slowly add the water a little at a time as you mix with your hands.

3. Shape the mixture into 3″ Meatballs.

4. Add the Olive Oil to a large frying pan with the mashed Garlic. Cook the Garlic until it is lightly browned. Remove the garlic and discard.

5. Fry the Meatballs in batches, browning on all sides.

6. Frying the Meatballs in batches, remove the browned Meatballs, and set aside on a plate.

7. Once all the Meatballs have browned, cook the Meatballs in Tomato Sauce for 15 – 20 minutes, at a slow simmer.

Serve with Spaghetti or other Pasta, or make a Nice Meatball Sandwich.

Enjoy !

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Amalfi Coast Lemon Cake Recipe

FAMOUS LEMON CAKE

“MAMMA AGATA”

MAMMA AGATA’S Famous “LEMON CAKE” Recipe

INGREDIENTS:
1 & 1/3 Cups Sugar
2 Sticks Butter (1/2 Pound) Plus An Additional 1.5 Tablespoon To Grease The Pan
4 Large Eggs
Grated Zest of 2 Large Lemons, or 4 If Small
Pinch of Sea Salt
1 & 1/3 Cups All-Purpose Flour
4 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 Cup Whole Milk
1/4 Cup Finely Chopped Hazelnuts

LEMONADE Mixture for Top of CAKE

1 & 1/3 cups Water

Juice from 3 LEMONS

8 tablespoons Sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celsius or 320 degrees fahrenheit.
Whip the butter in a mixing bowl on high speed for at least two minutes.
Add the sugar and continue to whip until a soft cream forms.
Add the following to the mixing bowl, one at a time, and blend after each; eggs (one at a time), salt, grated lemon zest.
Alternate adding and blending the flour, baking powder, hazelnuts and milk into the mixing bowl.
Continue to mix the ingredients on medium speed until the texture of the batter has a light and airy consistency (similar to mousse).
(Note: Do not beat the batter for too long after adding the baking powder.)
Coat the surface of the fluted pan with butter before dusting it with flour, then shake off any excess flour before adding the cake batter to the pan.
Pour the batter into your greased and floured pan.
Bake the cake in the pre-heated oven for 45 minutes. While the cake is baking prepare your lemonade mixture by first squeezing the lemons into a pitcher or other container from which you can easily pour the mixture later.
Add the sugar to the lemon juice, and mix until the sugar is fully dissolved in the lemon juice.
Add the water and mix well.
Once the cake has finished baking, let it sit for two hours outside the oven to bring it to room temperature.
Slowly pour a little bit of the lemonade mixture all over the cake in the pan every 10 minutes (three times total) for 39 minutes to allow the cake to absorb the lemonade mixture very slowly.
After the first 30 minutes, tip the cake onto a serving platter and add the remaining lemonade to the top of the cake, distributing it evenly all over the cake.