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August

 

Spelt with pesto sauce and little tomatoes - Farro al pesto e pomodorini
 

 


Ingredients
500 gr spelt
Pesto sauce
300 gr little tomatoes “ciliegini” (“little cherries”)
Oregano
Olive oil and salt
 

Spelt with pesto sauce and little tomatoes


Ingredients for the pesto sauce
Two big handful of basil sauce
1 or 2 spoon of pine nuts
Two doves of garlic
Olive oil, salt
30 gr grated Parmigiano cheese
30 gr. grated ewe's milk cheese

 

Spelt with pesto sauce and little tomatoes

Prepare the pesto sauce: wash and dry the basil leaves, put them in the blender with the pine nuts, the garlic, a pinch of salt and mix adding the oil to obtain a soft sauce. Put the pesto sauce in a bowl. Add the Parmigiano cheese and the ewe's milk cheese.

Spelt with pesto sauce and little tomatoes

Boil the spelt, dry it and cold it under running water. Season the spelt with the pesto sauce. Cut the little tomatoes to half and season them with oil, salt and oregano, let them flavor and add to the spelt, mixing gently.

 

Spelt with pesto sauce and little tomatoes
   

Russian salad - Insalata russa

Ingredients
zucchini
potatoes
beetroot
carrots
peas
mayonnaise
caper
salt
vinegar
olive oil
 

Wash, peel and cut in very small pieces the vegetables. Boil them in salt water. Drain the vegetables and let them cold. Finally mix the vegetables with the mayonnaise, add some capers and season with olive oil, salt and some drops of vinegar. You can decorate the Russian salad with some slices of hardboiled egg.

   

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