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Recipes with our imported products: Penne con crema di carciofi

Olivia — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:47:16 +0000

We are currently importing products from Masseria Maida. This organisation produces genuine and healthy products made from ingredients cultivated in the Cilento region, situated in Campania – Italy. The recipes and preservation of Maida’s products goes back to old times when everything was more natural and fresh without additional chemicals and colourings.

We will be providing you with a series of recipes which can be prepared with the selection of products we have available. These can be easily purchased by contacting us on email@myeatmania.com or visiting our online shop.

Here’s the first recipe you can to try out in just a couple of minutes:

Penne con crema di carciofi e ricotta

Crema di carciofi

You can use any type of pasta to create this recipe with Maida’s cream of artichokes.

400g penne
1 jar of Maida’s cream of artichokes
200g ricotta
100g pancetta
fresh parsley

Put some extra virgin olive oil in a large saucepan and fry the pancetta cubes until golden. In a bowl mix the ricotta with the artichoke cream and pour in the saucepan. Mix well with the pancetta. In the meantime, boil the pasta and when it’s ready drain and add to the sauce. You can add some olive oil according to your liking and scatter with some freshly chopped parsley.

For a vegetarian option you can easily eliminate the pancetta.

Fish parmigiana

Olivia — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:15:55 +0000

As we were walking to the car we realized that the other fish shop had just put on display 2 trays of fresh anchovies – cleaned and filleted – a rare sight in Malta! So we immediately made our way to buy them and with only € 6 we had just less than a kilo of this delicacy! Anchovies are very rich in vitamins and although not much popular in Malta they are extremely common in Italian dishes especially in Southern areas like Sicily and the Campania region.

Fresh Anchovies

Here’s a recipe for you to try out!

Anchovy parmigiana

Serves 6

Ingredients:

1 kg fresh anchovies, cleaned, filleted and opened
800g tomato sauce
2 eggs
100g grated parmesan cheese
200g mozzarella di bufala
100ml milk
flour
parsley, chopped
frying oil
salt & pepper

Prepare the batter by beating the eggs with the milk, salt and pepper. Lightly flour the fish and coat them with the egg mixture. Fry them in hot oil and put them to dry on absorbent paper. Then, take an ovenproof dish and cover with some of the tomato sauce and on top place a layer of the fried anchovies. Scatter some parmesan, chopped parsley and the mozzarella cubes. Dress with some tomato sauce and repeat the layers until you use up all the ingredients. Cook in a pre-heated oven of 200 degrees celsius for about 20 minutes. You can prepare a day in advance and its taste will be even better!

Parmigiana with fresh anchovies

Lo Vottaro

Olivia — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:43:39 +0000

Il Vottaro, Trentinara, Cilento - Campania, Italy

Waiting eagerly for December… not only for Christmastime but even more for our trip to Trentinara in Cilento (Campania, Italy). My parents just returned from an overland tour of Southern Italy wherein they had a fruitful encounter with a sweet Italian couple… I say fruitful or rather foodfull because these blessed human beings come from Trentinara, a small village in the Salerno province where they run a small Osteria. Their story is a voyage amidst the fresh produce and ingredients of the Cilento area. Their Osteria provides a fixed menu of the day which securely guarantees use of fresh and seasonal ingredients which make up their creative dishes. Everything is prepared by this couple, Alfonso & Cristina, who pour their fervent passion for food into the dishes they create. Click here for more information.

Rest assured that on my return I will update you with our experience of a 5 day culinary adventure… I am sure I will be delirious in this gastronomic heaven!