Yesterday evening I was doing some grocery shopping with a friend of minethat is newlywed and we talked about the fact that cooking can be relaxing and stressful in the same time.
Maybe you spend all the week busy with your work and on friday night you would seriously order a takeaway and eat in front of tv...but your hubby just called to say that you'll have guest for dinner ( yep he doesnt askd he informs you) so you need to do a shower decide a menu for the dinner, cooking, change clothes and be simply perfect!
For me cooking time is relaxing but for other is stressful and also a person more than usual could became a serious problem.
After our session of grocery shopping we sit in the cafe and we read and found a lot of suggestions and ideas from first italian number of Elle on table magazine -do you know the weight of this magazine? Now I understand how my friend Mary as that muscles inthe arms- so we found some interesting and not so long and complicated receipes to offer to your guests!!!
First question: Do you know your guests? they are simple person or they are "trendy" people?
If they are simply persons, choose a simple but delicious menu as:
Pasta with escarole: 150 g Troccoli (handmade pasta), 300 g escarola, 1/2 hot pepper, 4 anchovy fillets, 1 tablespoon of pine nuts, bread, oil, salt.
In a pan put water to boil and cook troccoli, in other pan prepare sauce with the rest of ingredients. Simply irresistible.
Salad with citrus: (I must to say this citrus salad is one of favourite dish of my mum and is simply, particular and elegant at the same time) you need: 3 orange, 4 tbsp of orange juice, 1 grapefruit, 1/2 celery, 20 pistachios, 60 g seasonal salad, 4 tbs of oil, dill,salt... this version has a lot of ingredients another version always delicious is with oranges, black olive and fennel (this is a sicilian receipes that is now a must in our home).
Montblac : For this lovely and delicious cake you need 200 ml milk cream, 200 gr chestnuts cream, 40 g meringue, dark chocolate, Use mixer to prepare milk cream, then use glass and divide chestnuts cream in individual portion then meringues in pieces in eacjh and then put milk cream.
Total time for food preparation? Less than 1 hour, now wear your best smile and enjoy the dinner, to prepare a revenge for your hubby there is a lot of time:P
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