About birthdays, presents and...sauce.

I had a great weekend!
On Saturday it was my birthday. My P. gave me a fantastic bracelet ( from the shop where all the girls would like to have breakfast!) and we had dinner in a resturant located in Central Rome, near the Synagogue. The food was delicious with typical recipes jewish and romans. If you happen to come in Rome, I suggest you to go there. I ate so much and I drunk a superb Novello!
Yesterday I celebrated again my birthday with my girlfriends. We went out for shopping but we preferred to relax in a tea room drinking some hot chocolate.
I have no ideas for the Christmas presents and I hate to go shopping the day before Christmas!

A few days ago I made a very tasty sauce!I like ti use it especially with meat or on bruschetta bread!

Battuto
10 dry tomatoes, 20 green stoned olives, 20 black stoned olives, 1/2 red onion in slices, 2 tbsp of e.v.o. oil, 1 tbsp of red pepper (grounded).

Put all the ingredients in the blender for 30 minutes. Pour the sauce in a little pot and warm it at low flame, whisking slowly.
Italian Version here!

Free Rice

I like to read Naked Translations. This is a blog written by Céline, a professional translator from English into French and viceversa.
I like the way she writes about languages, words, expressions and about her job.
Last week she wrote a post about Free Rice, which is a website sponsored by United Nations with the aim to donate to poor people...free rice.
How can you do that?
You just need a little time to play. For each word you get right, United Nations donate 10 grains of rice to help end world hunger.
Have fun!

Italian Version here!

Coming back

I'm back after a very long time.
I was so busy at work! This time of the year we have to attend many important events so I didn't have any moment for writing anything.
Furthermore my mum went to the hospital. I was so scared, but now all is ok!
It's a sunny day, although the air is a bit cold. The right time to go for a walk in central Rome, visiting a museum, eating a slice of pizza!
But...I have to work.
Last weekend I cooked a dish wich is very traditional at home.
My granny cooked it, my mum and my aunt Walkiria cook it and now...I cook it.
We use to eat it especially during winter holidays, when we are all together at home.
It reminds me wonderful times of my childhood.
It's a kind of lasagna, but we call it Timballo.

Recipe for 4 ( or 2 very big):
4 pasta sheets
350 gr minced meat
250 gr peas
1 lt tomato sauce
bechamelle
grated parmigiano reggiano cheese
1 mozzarella
butter
1 onion
e.v.o. oil
1 glass of red wine
salt

Start with the sauce.
In a large saucepan pour 2 spoons of oil and add a sliced onion and minced meat.
After a couple of minutes put inside peas, pour a glass of wine and add salt. Stir the sauce and cook it for 30 minutes at low flame.
Meanwhile cook for 2 minutes in boiling water all the pasta sheets, cut a mozzarella in cubes and warm some bechamelle.
In a pan pour some bechamelle, then put a pasta sheet, dress with tomato sauce, cubes of mozzarella, bechamelle, grated parmigiano. Then cover with another pasta sheet and continue to dress until you finish all the pasta sheets.
Put in oven at 180°c for 30 minutes.
Buon appetito!
(Sorry, the pic is not great!)

Italian version here!