Tuesday 13 November 2007

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!

2 comments:

Gattina Cheung said...

S, oh I miss you a lot! Hope your mom fully recovers!!!
I know I will love your family recipe. I may fly back to the States after Christmas. I will do your recipe with my mother-in-law together then!

Saffron said...

Hi! I'm sure your mother in law knows the recipe!!
Good luck with your Spanish classes!
Baci