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Croutons with chickpea hummus and Prosciutto di Parma

The Parma Ham Festival ended a few days ago, but we can’t get enough of this traditional specialty. So, why not think of an appetising starter with the king of deli meats? Try these gluten-free Croutons with chickpea hummus and Prosciutto di Parma.

In this recipe, we have decided to combine ham with chickpea hummus, which, with its special texture, gives even more fullness to each bite. Hummus can be used for may more snack ideas, including as a dip for fresh vegetables for a special Pinzimonio. So why not try also this amazing pink hummus. Have fun giving your recipe a touch of colour.

Look at the ingredients for this very simple, quick and tasty recipe and let’s get ready to cook!

Gluten-free Croutons with chickpea hummus and Prosciutto di Parma

Chickpea hummus carbohydrates 10.33g per 100g

Mixed leavening bread carbohydrates 45g per 100g

Ingredients for hummus

  • 230g already cooked or canned chickpeas
  • 60g water
  • 40g lemon juice
  • 40g tahina (sesame seed cream)*
  • 30g extra virgin olive oil
  • salt and pepper

Ingredients for gluten-free croutons

*Ingredients whose labels must read “gluten-free” (or, in Italy, present on  Prontuario AIC)

Preparation

  1. To prepare the hummus, place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth and even.
  2. Cut slices of Mixed leavening bread to the desired size. If you prefer a crunchier crouton, toast the slices in a toaster or in the oven.
  3. Spread the hummus on each slice and top with a slice of freshly sliced Prosciutto di Parma. Easy, isn’t it?

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Version with gluten of Croutons with chickpea hummus and Parma ham

Replace the gluten free croutons with standard bread: hummus only contains naturally gluten free ingredients.

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Mediterranean Risotto

Behind the scenes of my Mediterranean Risotto: towards the final of the Rice Food Blogger Contest

When you have an unforgettable experience, you are afraid to try to repeat it for fear that it will disappoint you and spoil the fairytale atmosphere of your memories. With the ‘Chef Giuseppina Carboni’ Rice Food Blogger Contest this was not the case: the second experience not only did not disappoint expectations, but even gave us surprises and emotions that were totally unexpected: let’s discover the behind the scenes of my Mediterranean Risotto.

The day of the final

There were 12 of us, the semi-finalists of the contest, at the Chef Academy in Terni to challenge each other to the sound of risottos created from a mystery box designed by chef and jury member Roberta Massoli of the La Pergola Restaurant in Magliano Sabina.
My mystery box contained strawberries, goat cheese, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese and Maremma rice.

The result: my Sweet Thoughts Risotto, cooked with strawberries, creamed with a goat’s cheese cream and served with a parmesan and pine nut crumble that I loved. Actually, the jury, composed of Chef Academy director Ronny Albucci, Chef Roberta Massoli, Chef Matteo Barbarossa, the winner of the last edition of the Contest, Cristiana Curri, and the event organiser Luca Puzzuoli , also liked it, and in addition to choosing me among the 5 finalists, they declared my risotto the best of the semifinal!

And do you know what was at stake? A real chef’s jacket from the prestigious host cooking school, the first one I have ever worn.

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Furthermore, the products of the initiative’s sponsors have been gracing our table for several days: Maremma rice, Parmigiano Reggiano, Flagella tomatoes, Verrigni pasta and Infinito extra virgin olive oil.

A great surprise of this edition was the lunch organised at the Italyheart oil mill in Fornole di Amelia: a masterpiece from start to finish! In addition to a divine lunch, where my children for the first time tasted wild boar meat and pigeon with anchovy paste, there was a very interesting mini-lesson by Angela Canale – agronomist, panel head, olive oil expert – on Italian extra virgin olive oil and a tasting dedicated to the Infinito oil produced by the oil mill that welcomed us.

Many products for one risotto: my Mediterranean Risotto

Waiting for the highly anticipated final on 21 July in which I will see the other finalists, Bianca and Marta, Angela, Alessia and Sara, I couldn’t help but create a risotto with the extraordinary products that the organisers and sponsors have given us… I must admit that if the mystery box of the final contained these ingredients, few palates would be able to resist!

Enjoy this risotto!

Mediterranean Risotto

21.6g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients

  • approx. 2 litres of previously prepared vegetable stock
  • 360g Carnaroli rice
  • 300g Flagella tomato sauce
  • 85g cow’s milk mozzarella
  • 65g Stracchino cheese or another cream cheese
  • 60g Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, grated
  • 60g extra virgin olive oil
  • 30g carrots
  • 30g leek
  • 30g water
  • 15g celery
  • salt, oregano, basil and Infinito extra virgin olive oil to garnish

Preparation

  1. First prepare the tomato cream. Put about 20g of Infinito extra virgin olive oil in a saucepan with the chopped leek, carrot and celery. Let the vegetables soften and brown, then add the Flagella tomato sauce, a pinch of salt and a ladle of stock; let it cook for about 15 minutes and whisk to obtain a homogeneous sauce, finally set aside.
  2. Prepare the cream cheese with mozzarella, stracchino cheese and 30g water; whisk for a few seconds until smooth and allow to rest at room temperature.
    Start preparing the rice. Put a little oil in a pan and toast the rice on a high heat (it took me 3 minutes to get the grains nice and transparent with a white kernel in the centre). Start adding the boiling stock. Continue stirring and only add stock when the rice has absorbed almost all the liquid. After about 5 minutes, add the tomato sauce and continue to cook the risotto.
  3. Turn off the heat, leaving the rice still al dente, and start stirring in about 40g of extra virgin olive oil so that the starch is released and forms a nice creamy texture; then add the grated Parmesan cheese and continue stirring until it is completely incorporated. Let the risotto rest for at least 1 minute covered with a dish towel.
  4. Serve by placing a spoonful of mozzarella cream at room temperature in the centre of the plate; pour a few drops of extra virgin olive oil over the cream, place a basil leaf on top and sprinkle with a pinch of oregano.
  5. Serve and dream of summer in one of our beautiful Mediterranean countries!
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Mediterranean Risotto

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Recipes from the world: Cantonese rice

Today we want to try a speciality of Asian cuisine, a light but tasty dish that combines rice with vegetables, fish and spices.
In short, an irresistible one-course meal: Cantonese rice.

If you like oriental flavours, how about a curry preparation? We love Couscous with prawn and courgette curry!

Here’s the shopping list!

Cantonese Rice

20.48g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients

  • 300g long-grain rice
  • 150g shelled prawns
  • 150g yellow pepper
  • 150g red pepper
  • 100g peas
  • 50g spring onion
  • 50g soy sprouts
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 piece of fresh ginger
  • 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • extra virgin olive oil

Preparation

  1. Cook the rice in plenty of salted water, drain and set aside.
  2. Chop the spring onions and sauté them in the wok with a few tablespoons of oil together with the diced pepper and soy sprouts.

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  1. Add the peas and chopped ginger after 5 minutes. Let the vegetables cook for about 10 minutes, then add the shrimps and let them warm up well. Remove the mixture from the wok and keep it warm.

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  1. Whisk two eggs in a bowl, put 2 tablespoons of oil in a hot wok and add the eggs by scrambling them with two chopsticks (the kind used in Chinese restaurants).

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  1. Once the egg is finally done, add it to the rice and vegetables, top with 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and serve piping hot.

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Version with gluten of Cantonese rice

The recipe contains only naturally gluten-free ingredients, so no adaptation is necessary for its version with gluten.

 

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Aperitif time: Guacamole Salsa

Aperitif is more and more an Italian ritual, a way to enjoy some food with a good drink with family and friends. So, even early in the week, we may be thinking about the Friday night aperitif and, this time, we have decided it will be homemade.
So we share with you a recipe for an appetising salsa to enjoy with crispy nachos: Guacamole Salsa. You can also accompany it with Teff crackers.

Do you like the idea? We are already anticipating it.

Guacamole Salsa

1.86g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients

  • 200g avocado (the pulp of 1 avocado)
  • 30g lime or lemon juice
  • 10g onion or spring onion
  • 3g salt
  • 2g coriander or parsley
  • 1-2 g finely chopped garlic
  • pepper, chilli and chopped tomato to taste

Preparation of Guacamole Salsa

  1. Place the avocado pulp in a blender, add the lime or lemon juice and blend well. Then add all the other ingredients chopped very finely.
  2. Season with salt, pepper and chilli and, if you want, add a chopped tomato.
    Serve the guacamole salsa with nachos or use it to stuff tortillas together with tasty Chilli con carne.

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Version with gluten of Guacamola Salsa

The recipe contains only naturally gluten-free ingredients, so no adaptation is necessary for its version with gluten.

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Mexican dinner: Vegetarian Chili

How about organising a fun Mexican dinner? We have done so and would like to recommend a recipe that is going to be a true success, with intense, spicy flavours suitable for all palates: Vegetarian Chili.

Would you like to accompany the recipe with an aperitif? Try the Guacamole Salsa.

Let’s begin!

Vegetarian Chili

7.41g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients

  • 400g tomato sauce
  • 300g yellow pepper
  • 300g red pepper
  • 250g carrots
  • 250g cooked Mexican black beans (about 120g dry soaked in water for at least 12 hours)
  • 200g cooked yellow soy (approx. 100g dry soaked in water for at least 12 hours)
  • 100g water
  • 40g onions
  • 1 piece of chilli pepper
  • paprika, parsley or coriander, extra virgin olive oil, salt

Preparation

  1. Put the beans in water and cook them for the time necessary for them to remain firm. Once cooked, drain them and set them aside. Repeat the same operation with the yellow soy.
  2. Chop the onion fairly finely and sauté it in a slightly high-sided pan with a little oil, adding the garlic clove and a pinch of chilli pepper according to personal preferences for spiciness.
  3. In the meantime, slice the carrots into rounds and dice the pepper, chop the parsley (in Mexico, coriander is used, but its specific flavour is not liked by all), then add all the vegetables and tomato sauce to the stir-fry, then season with salt and paprika.
  4. Let the vegetables cook for about 15 minutes. Finally, incorporate the soy and beans and let everything gain flavour for another 5 minutes before serving.

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Version with gluten of Vegetarian Chili

The recipe contains only naturally gluten-free ingredients, so no adaptation is necessary for its version with gluten.

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Traditional recipes from the world: Gulash

You know those evenings when you want to eat something really juicy to treat yourself after the long working day or week?
So, with this in mind, on an afternoon when appetite was king, we decided to prepare Gulash. This is a fantastic way to travel and discover the traditions from other countries, remember.

Are you already anticipating the flavour? We are!

So here’s the recipe!

Gulash

5.8g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients

  • 1 kg beef shoulder
  • 400g onions
  • 250g yellow pepper (about 1 trimmed pepper)
  • 250g red pepper (about 1 trimmed pepper)
  • 150g carrots
  • 50g sweet paprika
  • stock, salt, extra virgin olive oil, chilli pepper

Preparation

  1. Cut the onion and put it in a pan with a little extra virgin olive oil, letting it soften slowly for about 20 minutes. Add the chopped beef and let it cook for about 15 minutes.
  2. Add paprika, stir and cook for 1 hour.
  3. Add the chopped pepper and carrot, season with salt, moisten with a little stock and cook for another 40 minutes.
  4. Finally, adjust the flavour with a pinch of chilli pepper to taste and serve with boiled potatoes or polenta.

 

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Version with gluten of Gulash

The recipe contains only naturally gluten-free ingredients, so no adaptation is necessary for its version with gluten.

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Soy and pumpkin patties

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Soy and pumpkin patties are a nice appetiser, a tasty dish that is hard to give up, a dish that comes when hunger starts to set in and prepares for the upcoming meal. That’s why it must certainly be appetising but, at the same time, balanced so as not to weigh you down and allow you to fully enjoy the following courses.

Soy and pumpkin patties fulfil all these characteristics: they are light, healthy and tasty. And to continue having fun with patties and meatballs, dive into the Patties and meatballs section: you will find a solution to make young and old happy.

And if you are looking for a salad to go with these patties, try this Dominican salad or just prepare a mixed green and tomato salad.

Ready to start cooking?

Soy and pumpkin patties

12.20g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients

  • 300g pumpkin cooked in the oven
  • 150g boiled yellow soy
  • 50g breadcrumbs**
  • 30g leek
  • parsley, extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper and nutmeg

**Ingredients specific for celiacs

Preparation

  1. Slice the leek thinly and put it in a pan with a little oil, brown it and add soy and pumpkin.
  2. Season with herbs and spices, add salt and blend in a food processor until creamy.
  3. Form into patties (we had about 14) and roll them in breadcrumbs. Brown in a non-stick frying pan with a little oil, then serve with fresh vegetables.

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Version with gluten of Soy and pumpkin patties

The recipe contains only naturally gluten-free ingredients, so no adaptation is necessary for its version with gluten.

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Vegan chocolate biscuits

It was a challenge I wanted to try, namely to bake Vegan chocolate biscuits because on one of my trips I tasted a vegan biscuit that really bewitched me. After many trials, I have finally arrived at a version that the whole family loves, but beware that vegan does not mean low-calorie and low-carbohydrate!

So let’s enjoy these biscuits, but in moderation, also because it’s hard to stop once you’ve tasted them! Other biscuits? Try these Coffee flavoured ones.

Vegan chocolate biscuits

62.28g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients

  • 100g fine corn flour*
  • 100g fat emulsion (with Zero butter)*
  • 80g dark chocolate*
  • 75g teff flour*
  • 75g sugar
  • 65g Moscovado sugar
  • 60g hazelnuts
  • 40g water
  • 30g bitter cocoa*
  • 7g soy lecithin*
  • 4g baking powder*
  • 1 vanilla pod

*Ingredients whose labels must read “gluten-free” (or, in Italy, present on  Prontuario AIC)

Preparation of Vegan chocolate biscuits

  1. Start by chopping the hazelnuts to a flour-like powder; then chop the dark chocolate; prepare an emulsion with water and soy lecithin.
  2. Whip the plant butter with the sugars and add all the other ingredients until you obtain a firm dough; cover it with cling film and place in the refrigerator about 30 minutes.
  3. When the time has elapsed, take the mixture and form small balls of 40g each; arrange them on a baking tin covered with parchment paper at a distance of 5cm; finally, place in the refrigerator for another 30 minutes.

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  1. The last step is to bake your chocolate balls in a static oven preheated to 180°C for 15 minutes. You can decorate each ball with 1 hazelnut before baking.

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  1. Once baked, let the sweets cool and serve.

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Version with gluten of Vegan chocolate biscuits

The recipe contains only naturally gluten-free ingredients, so no adaptation is necessary for its version with gluten.

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From Tuscan tradition, Ribollita

You know, we like to fight the cold at the table with dishes rich in flavour and able to warm even the coldest winter days, and Ribollita is always one of the first choices.

Here is our recommendation today, a great classic coming from the Tuscan gastronomic tradition: Ribollita, an irresistible speciality prepared with simple and wholesome ingredients, as its peasant history dictates.

And Ribollita is so good that it will win over even the most stubborn vegetable detractors, just like the Vegetable mix au gratin.

Ribollita

3.25g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients

  • 400g canned cannellini beans*
  • 200g carrots
  • 180g courgettes
  • 150g kale
  • 150g savoy cabbage
  • 150g potato
  • 100g onions
  • 100g leek
  • 70g herbs
  • 300g ripe tomatoes or tomato sauce
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 bunch of herbs
  • 1 potato
  • water, extra virgin olive oil and salt as needed
  • bread croutons**

**Ingredients specific for celiacs

*Ingredients whose labels must read “gluten-free” (or, in Italy, present on  Prontuario AIC)

Preparation of Ribollita

  1. Wash and chop the vegetables. Put a little oil in a large saucepan, add onion and leek (let them sweat), then carrot, potato, courgette, Savoy cabbage, herbs and tomatoes.
  2. Cover with water (about 2 litres) and add salt; prepare a bunch of herbs tied with string and add it to the vegetables; finally, add garlic. Let it cook for a long time, add the beans and continue cooking.
  3. When the vegetables are perfectly cooked, set 1/3 of the vegetables aside and blend the rest.

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  1. Serve the soup with slices of stale bread and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.

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Version with gluten of Ribollita

The recipe contains only naturally gluten-free ingredients, while you may have to replace the gluten free bread croutons with standard ones.

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The simple freshness of Mint flavoured beans

Today we have come up with a dish that can become a light main course or a perfect side dish to enrich a meal. Simple, genuine, tasty and ideal for any palate: one ingredient and herbs and you’re done, Mint flavoured beans.

Here’s how to prepare them for a fresh, healthy, naturally gluten-free and diabetes-friendly dish, perhaps accompanied by seasonal vegetables. I chose Borlotti beans that are very common in northern Italy, but feel free to pick your favourite beans for this salad.

And if you want an idea for another fresh and tasty salad, try this irresistible Swordfish salad.

Mint flavoured beans

18.56g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients

  • 160g dried borlotti or white beans (soaked for 12 hours)
  • 1 celery stalk
  • 1 clove garlic
  • extra virgin olive oil, mint, salt and black or pink pepper

Preparation

  1. Boil the beans in water with celery and garlic; once cooked, remove the latter and drain the beans.
  2. Let the beans cool and season them with fresh mint leaves, a good extra virgin olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper: it is a very simple dish, but really rich in flavour and aroma.

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Version with gluten of Mint flavoured beans

The recipe contains only naturally gluten-free ingredients, so no adaptation is necessary for its version with gluten.

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