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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Learn How to Make Italian Frittata

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Zucchini Frittata

Frittata

   Frittata, they’re quite a wonder. Italian Flat Omelets that are tasty, versatile and easy to make. I’ve been making them for years. They’re one of my favorites. Frittata are quite versatile. You can fill them with a endless variety of ingredients, both fresh made or leftover, and this is one of the great uses and attributes of this Italian wonder, The Frittata. Americans are just recently learning about them. Italian Americans have known of, made, and have been eating Frittata in many forms for years. In the past several years you see them popping up in cafes, delis, and restaurants as the rest of American is now catching on to what Italian-Americans have known for years.    There are several different ways to eat and use Frittata. You can make a small one with two or three eggs and what ever filling you choose like Spinach and Parmigiano or Mushrooms and eat the whole Frittata for one person for lunch or dinner, with or without a green salad on the side.    The best and most useful use of Frittata is to make a large one using 8 to 12 eggs and whatever filling you choose. My favorites are Sausage & Pepper, Broccoli with Goat Cheese or Fontina, and the Spaghetti Frittata that has a cute little story behind it with me and my Aunt Fran. Anyway, when you make one of these large Frittata, the great thing is that you let it cool down, serve it at room temperature, cutting the frittata into wedges and eating it this way. A wedge of frittata can be a antipasto item on its own, part of a mixed antipasti misti, or my favorite, pulling a already made frittata out of the refrigerator and just cutting off a wedged shape piece and eating a piece any time day or night when you are hungry and need a little snack.    Frittata are great items to include in a picnic, at a barbecue, and are especially goo if you’re on a long road trip in the car, in a bus, train, or plane, a piece or two of frittata is great to bring along. If you’re on a plane, get hungry, and you have a wedge or two of frittata with you, you’ll be happy as heck that you brought it along. Yes they make great travel food, The Frittata. They’re also great as part of a buffet or to pass around little pieces as Hors D’Oeuvres at a cocktail party.    CLICK HERE For The RECIPE Excerpted From SUNDAY SAUCE by daniel Bellino Zwicke f6425-mrnewyorkny2b252822529 

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Recipe Caprese Salad







INSALATA CAPRESE
Salad of Mozzarella Tomatoes & Basil


As the name might imply, this salad (antipasto) comes from the beautiful Island of Capri in the Bay of Naples. Well yes, this salad made of fresh Mozzarella, Tomatoes, and Basil (Baz-ZEE-na-gOl) is eaten all over this lovely island by both natives and the many tourist who go to Capri to delight in its natural beauty, make a pilgrimage to the famed Grotta Azzura, swim its pristine deep blue waters, and of course eat some tasty local food of which the Insalata Caprese is the most famous of all.
This salad is the easiest thing in the world to make, with the hardest part being to find perfect rip tomatoes to complement the fresh mozzarella and basil. Once you find good fresh rip tomatoes, and you’ve got your mozzarella and basil, all you have to do is slice the tomatoes and mozzarella and dress all with a little salt & pepper, the basil, and good quality Italian Olive Oil and you’re all set. Put on some nice Italian Music, get a nice bottle of white or red wine that comes from the region and you’re all set. Pretend you’re on Capri and you’re in Heaven.







 INGREDIENTS :


1 pound Fresh Mozzarella
3-4 ripe Salad Tomatoes (washed)
8 fresh Basil Leaves (washed & dried)
3 tablespoons Italian Olive Oil
Sea Salt & Black Pepper
1. Slice the Mozzarella into 8 equal slices.
2. Place the Basil leaves one-on-top-of-the other. Roll them up. Slice the roll of basil leaves to get thin slices of Basil.
3. Put half the olive oil onto a plate. Slice the tomatoes into 12 equal slices. Place the tomato slices down on the plate of olive to coat each tomato slice with olive oil. Turn each slice over. Sprinkle a little salt and black pepper over each slice of tomato. Evenly distribute the Basil over all 12 slices of tomato.
4. Get 4 clean plates that you will be serving the Caprese Salad on.

5. Place one slice of tomato down on the plate. Then lay one slice of mozzarella halfway over the tomato slice. Add another slice of tomato to go halfway over the 1st slice of mozzarella, then place another slice of mozzarella halfway over the 2nd slice of tomato. Place a 3rd and final slice of tomato over the 2nd slice of mozzarella. Repeat this process until you have four plates of Caprese Salad of equal portions. Serve to your guests and enjoy.






INSALATA CAPRESE
A UNIQUE WAY TO SERVE
CAPRESE SALAD
FRESH MOZZARELLA TOMATO & BASIL



























Humprhrey Bogart in Capri During Filming
of BEAT The DEVIL







 







Clock Tower
Piazza Umberto
Capri Town

CAPRI, ITALY





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Saturday, June 13, 2015

GROTTO AZZURRA CAPRI



Famous Majolica Tile MAP of CAPRI







Get a on a Nice Boat Tour Around The Isle of Capri

18 EURO

You Get a Boat that takes you on a tour around Capri, first stop is 
The BLUE GROTTO, where you get on a small rowboat to go
into The Blue Grotto. You must pay an ENTRNCE FEE 
of 13 EURO Which is Seperate from the 18 Euro for the
larger boat taking you around the island. SO if you want to go
into the Blue Grotto it will cost you 18 Euro plus 13 Euro
for a total cost of 31 Euro ...






LINE-UP of BOATs to The BLUE GROTTO
You Take a Larger Boat From Marina Grande, Capri
to The Entrance of The Blue Grotto ..
You Then Take Transfer to a Small Rowboat that takes
you into The Fame BLUE GROTTO .. It's Absolutely
Spectacular and more than worth the effort.






MY BOATMAN GABRIELLE



That's Me About to Go in to The BLUE GROTTO






The BLUE GROTTO


"You've Got to See It in Person"

photos Copright 2015 Daniel Bellin Zwicke






Painting

THE BLUE GROTTO

nacapri, Capri, Italy






Grotto Azzuro


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alla CLEMENZA
&
Other Great Dishes


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The LEMONCELLO SHOP CAPRI

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Friday, June 12, 2015

Take Me Back to Sorrento !!! Capri Amalfi & Napoli Too !!!

 
 
CAPRI
View From The TOp of Monte Solaro, Capri, Italy
with Faroglionni Rocks below ...
copyright 2015 Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
SORRENTO
A Classic View
VIEW of MARINA GRANDE CAPRI
From ANACAPRI
MARINA PICOLO CAPRI
with FARAGLIONI ROCKS in Distance
PIAZZA UMBERTO
ITALIAN BREAKFAST
A Typical Italian Breakfast
CAPPUCCINO e un CORNETTO
LIMONCELLO LADIES
ANACAPRI
CAPRI
GELATO
in
NAPOLI
My Favorite Lemonade Stand in Italy
Behind the famed Quississana Hotel
&
Across From CAESAR AUSUSTUS GARDENS, CAPRI
Also right by a Wonderful Little Hotel I Used to Stay At,
La TOSCA, a lovely little Hotel with the most Spectacular Views
of Capri and The Faralognni Rocks (most Iconic Symbol of Capri)
The Hotel is lovely and very affordle. I stayed ther in 1988, but stayed
in Anacapri this time at The Hotel Carmencita
Me at My Favorite Restorante in Positano
Da VINCENZO
With My ANtipasto of Polpo al Griglia e Carciofi Fritte
and a Nice Glass of Greco di Tufo local wine ...
SPAGHETTI VONGOLE
al Solotaria Restorante, Anacapri
 
 
RAVELLO
Villa Ruffoli
MINORI
The AMALFI COAST
 
View From The Terrazza at VILLA MARIA in Minori
LEMON GROVES at Villa Maria, Minor, Italy
WORLD'S BEST BREAKFAST
World's BestBreakfast? I Kid You Not!
This was my typical Breakfast (Colazione)
at Villa Maria each of My Three Wonderful  Days There
Vincenzo the owner Makes all types of different Jams
from the fruit he grows on his farmer way up in the hill of
the beautiful little town on The Amalfi Coast .. Villa Maria is
a wonderful little farm/ agroturismo Inn in the town of Minori, 
a cute little town if you want to be on the Amalfi Coast but away from
the madening crowds that overrun the gorgeous little town of Positano.
Vincenzo's main crop of his farm are Lemons with Olive Tree Groves,
Grapevines, and all sorts of fruits and vegetables, along with Chickens (for
meat & Eggs) and Pigs to make his awesome Homemade Salami. Vincenzo 
makes his own wine, Prosciutto, Pancetta, Coppa, and his tasty
homemade Fruit Jams which you spread on toast & Cornetto 's in the
morning for breakfast.
When dinner time comes, Maria (Vincenzo's wife) makes an awesome 
Four-Course Dinner with; Antipast to start, followed by some awesome pasta or another,
a main-course of fish, meat, or chicken, and ending with either Fruit or a Dessert that Maria makes (I love the Lemon Cake), and some of Vincenzo's Homemade Lemoncello.
And of course during the meal you'll get a bottle of either Vincenzo's own Vino Bianco or
Vino Rosso or both.
Villa Maria is one of the most special places you could ever want to stay at in your life.
It's a once in a lifetime experience that not many people get a chnace to do, and I reccommend going there most highly, "You will have the time of your life."
PACCHERI al FRUTTA di MARE
Mixed Seafood Pasta
"The Best Frutta di Mare Ever" !!!
Maria made me this awesome plate of pasta soon after my 
arrival. Vincenzo picked me up down in Minaori at
the wonderful Caffe Riso (Best Caffe & Pastry in Town)
and drove me u to his place (Villa Maria). When we got there
Vincenzo gave me a Lemonade made with his own Lemons. 
Best Lemonade of my life needless-to-say!
After I had my Lemonade and chit-chattted with Vincenzo
Maria & Nadia, I went to my room to take a show and freshen up 
after my trip from Napoli on the Circumvesuviano Train from
Naples to Sorrento, then a bus from Sorrento to Amalfi, and then
another bus from Amalfi to Minori, and finally a ride in Vincenzo's
little Fiat Panda Station Wagon from Minori by The Sea, up to
Minori in the Mountains below Ravello at Villa Maria.
So after I showered and put on some fresh clothes and went back out
to the terrace (terrazzo) Vincenzo asked me if I wantedd a little pasta?
Hell Yeah!!! Then Vincenzo asked if I wanted some wine. Again, Heck Yeah!
I had his Vino Bianco, and when he brought me the plate of pasta(Paccheri with 
Clams & Mussels) that Maria made me, 
I was in 7th Heaven!
La PASTA
con Vino Bianco Vincenzo
 
 
 
 
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MARIA & VINCENZO
Agroturismo Villa Maria
Minori
 
 
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 ME & VINCENZO
 
 
 
 
 
 
SUNDAY SAUCE
When Italian-americans Cook
by Daniel Bellino Zwicke
 
 
 
 
When Italian-Americans Cook
 
 
 
Spaghetti con Cozze
 
SPAGHETTI with MUSSELS
 
in 
 
SORRENTO
 
 
 
 
POSITANO
 
Classic Veiw of Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salumaria De Martino, Capri
 
Pinnino Buono
 
Sopresetta e Provola Affumicatto
 
 
RAVELLO
 
View From Villa Cimbrone 's Terrace of Infinity
 
Ravello on The Amalfi Coast Italy
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All Photos Copyright 2015 Daniel Bellino-Zwicke