Italian organic recipe

Friday Aug 15, 2008

If you are craving for some Italian organic food or something different, here some recipe you want to consider cooking. This recipe is originated in Valencia, the paella with sausage and shrimp, paella is literally means “frying pan”. The pan used to cook paella is shallow and varies in diameter.

Paella with sausage and shrimp
1/8 cup olive oil
½ pound slice sausage,
½ pound medium count (40 to 50 count) uncooked shrimp
2 cups water
2 tablespoons chicken flavored broth powder
8 to 10 strands of saffron
1 package Simply Organic Garlic Pasta Sauce Mix
1 can diced tomatoes (14.5 ounces)
2 cups instant rice

Procedure
On medium high heat, warm olive oil in a large skillet.
Sauté sausage and shrimp in oil
Add water, broth saffron and garlic pasta sauce mix and stir.
Add tomatoes and rice
Cover with lid and let simmer 15 to 20 minutes on low.

Pasta alla Norma with eggplant and basil
1 eggplant
10 ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced
1 clove garlic
3 oz aged salted ricotta cheese, grated
Virgin olive oil
1 lb. penne pasta
10 basil leaves
Salt and pepper

Procedure

Slice the eggplant and place on a cutting board propped on a slant
Cover with salt and leaves under a weight for one hour until the bitter water seeps out
Cook the garlic in olive oil, and add the tomatoes and salt.
Simmer over medium heat and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has reduce by 1/3.
Add pinch of pepper and remove from heat and set aside.
Wash the slices of eggplant and dry it.
Fry eggplant in hot olive oil
Place on paper towels to dry then chop
Cook spaghetti in a boiling pot with salted water
Toss in a large skillet half of the tomato sauce, eggplant, a few basil leaves and half of the grated cheese over a brisk flame.
Put the pasta in the serving dish.

These organic recipes will delight you family and friends and it is good for your health.

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