Tagliatelle with raw ham and peas, a simple and tasty dish, especially during the fresh pea season.
Recipe for 4 people.
In a base of extra virgin olive oil, fry half an onion cut into coarse strips, I added one hundred and twenty grams of ham cut into strips and I blended with a little white wine. Separately I boiled for a few minutes about 800 grams of fresh peas (the cooking time varies depending on their size) and I added them to the onion and raw ham base. Once the sauce was mixed I let it cool and then I added about 80 grams of fresh cream, mixing everything together. At this point I put the tagliatelle cooked al dente in the pan, I added a little cooking water and I sautéed them. To complete the dish I sprinkled with grated parmesan cheese.
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Tagliatelle with ham and peas, the recipe – Tagliatelles au jambon et petits pois, la recette – Tagliatelle con jamón y guisantes, la receta – Tagliatelle com presunto e ervilhas, a receita – Tagliatelle mit Schinken und Erbsen, das Rezept – Công thức Tagliatelle với giăm bông và đậu Hà Lan
Anchovies with peas, the recipe. This morning I found, in the Leripesca shop in Sestri Levante, some beautiful local anchovies and some childhood memories came back to me. The anchovy, for me, is the princess of the kingdom of blue fish, in turn on the pedestal among the products of the sea. The anchovy can be prepared in a thousand ways, both cooked and raw (in this case after 96 hours in the freezer); the local one is seasonal but it is in the month of May, when the water is still fresh, that it is the right size and that for me lends itself best to the preparation with peas, also seasonal. Once again I do not know if the recipe I am about to describe is the true Ligurian one but it is the one that an aunt of mine used to prepare, considered the most thrifty among the very thrifty women in my maternal family. As a child I often went to this aunt of mine, the wife of a brother of my grandmother who, like the whole family, lived in the first hinterland where the fishmongers came with the cart and the boxes of blue fish caught during the night and who called the women to sell them the very fresh catch. At this moment I smile because I think of my aunt, a beautiful woman, tall, thin with wavy blond hair and very clear blue eyes, who died at 96 years old... My aunt went to buy anchovies for the family, composed of four adults but she did not ask for a weight, like half a kilo, but a number, no more than 15/16 depending on the size. To the anchovies she added so abundant peas from the garden and pieces of dry bread, saved from the little that was left over and that was usually part of the mash for the chickens. Here is the very simple recipe for 4 people:
About 800 grams of anchovies, 300 grams of fresh peas, shelled, a little tomato paste, half an onion, a clove of garlic, extra virgin olive oil, a few tablespoons of white wine.
Separately, lightly cook the peas in boiling salted water. In a low pot, preferably terracotta, fry the chopped onion and garlic in oil, add a little wine and add the concentrate, diluting with a little of the pea cooking water. After a few minutes, when the base is well blended, add the peas and cook and blend this base well. Taste if salt is needed. At this point, when the base is very hot, add the anchovies and immediately cover the pot with a lid. Leave to cook for a few minutes and serve immediately with croutons. I use wholemeal bread from the Vassallo bakery in Sestri Levante…
Why do we use tomato paste? Once upon a time, tomatoes only grew in the summer and, towards the end of this season, bottles were prepared at home with the sauce and the paste that was used in the most daring preparations.
This is the preparation:
This is the final dish:
Anchovies with peas, the recipe – Anchois aux petits pois, la recette – Anchoas con guisantes, la receta – Anchovas com ervilhas, a receita – Sardellen mit Erbsen, das Rezept – Cá cơm với đậu Hà Lan, công thức – 豌豆凤尾鱼，食谱 – エンドウ豆とアンチョビ、レシピ
Cuttlefish with peas my way, the recipe. Since fresh local peas are now available at an affordable price, this morning I wanted to prepare a typical Ligurian dish of this season: stewed anchovies with peas. Unfortunately I didn't find any anchovies to my liking but, on the other hand, I saw some small and very fresh cuttlefish on the fishmonger's counter and I thought of preparing them stewed instead of anchovies. I honestly don't know if this recipe has anything to do with Ligurian cuisine or with southern cuisine which I love just as much but I'll describe how I prepared it. After cleaning the cuttlefish and keeping a bag of ink, I sautéed onion to which I added a whole clove of garlic and a piece of my hot chili pepper. I then added the cuttlefish cut into strips and sautéed them over a high heat. I moistened with a little white wine and, once it had evaporated, I added the pureed tomato and the bag with the ink. I then added the peas that I had previously cooked for a few minutes in boiling water and left them to cook, adding, when necessary, a little of the pea water.
Ingredients for four people
A kilo of fresh cuttlefish with a bag of their ink
750 grams of ripe tomatoes, which I cooked in a pan without water to let the water come out which I then strained or two cans of tomato puree
Three hundred grams of fresh shelled peas
A small glass of extra virgin olive oil
A large onion, a clove of garlic and chilli pepper to taste
A little white wine
I'll be waiting for you soon for the anchovies, this time prepared with peas like my grandmother used to make them...
Cuttlefish with peas my way, the recipe – Seiche aux petits pois à ma façon, la recette – Sepia con guisantes a mi manera, la receta – Choco com ervilhas do meu jeito, a receita – Tintenfisch mit Erbsen auf meine Art, das Rezept – Mực nang với đậu Hà Lan theo cách của tôi, công thức – 乌贼配豌豆我的方式，食谱 – エンドウ豆とカトルフィッシュ、レシピ
Carote e piselli. Non c’è niente di malizioso. E’ solo la foto di un contorno, una delle mie solite immagini di cibo che non interessano a nessuno. Poi perchè devo dare tante spiegazioni… se mi piace fare queste foto.
