Tiramisù

Tiramisù is the one of the most famous Italian cake, and the most common dessert that Italian people eat at the restaurant after the meal. class- mate invited us in Sicily to spend the holiday.
During this holiday she celebrated her birthday
This summer our classmate invited us to spend our holiday in Sicily.
During this holiday she celebrated her birthday, so for this occasion we cooked a traditional cake for her: Tiramisù. Celebrating together that special day for our friend was really beautiful: we had a lot of fun and we talked about different traditional cakes in our countries.
When we have finished to eat the cake she told us that the peculiarity of this cake is that she used to prepare this cake with her mother, but now her mother has gone. That’s why this cake means a lot to her: when we were celebrating her birthday she was very happy and she was thinking that her mother was there to celebrate her birthday too.
She said that it was the best gift that she has ever received and she will always remember this day because we prepared Tiramisù with love and affection for her 18th birthday.

INGREDIENTS

400 g of biscuits ladyfinger
250 g mascarpone cheese
250 g fresh cream
12 cups of coffee
3 eggs yolks
2 cups of milk
3 tablespoons of sugar
Bitter cocoa

PREPARATION

 

Put the sugar and the eggs yolks in a large bowl. 

Beat well until the mixtures is light and creamy

Add mascarpone cheese and beat well

Beat the eggs white until stiff and add them in the mascarpone cream.

Mix gently. 

Quick dip each ladyfinger biscuit in the mixture until they are nicely soaked. 

Cover with the remaining biscuits and spread over the remaining cream.

Dust with the cocoa.

Chill in the fridge for 4-5 hours or better overnight.

GLOSSARY
Ladyfinger biscuits: they are low density, dry, egg-based and sweet biscuits roughly shaped like a large finger
Mascarpone cheese: it is a cream obtained from cheese by the addition of certain substances such as lemon juice
Cream: the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized
Coffee: a dark brown powder with a strong flavor and smell that is made by crushing coffee beans
Eggs yolk: the yellow part of an egg
Milk: this liquid is used by humans for food or as a source for butter, cheeses, yogurt
Sugar: a sweet substance especially from the plants sugar cane and sugar beet, used to make food and drinks sweeter
Cocoa: a powder made from roasted seeds of the cacao

Summer paradise!

The Troll

We are good friends and last summer we went to the sea in Sardegna together.
Every day we went to the beach and we used to listen to this song.

Now, every time we occur to listen to this song we immediately remember ot that great time we spent having fun!
“Take me back, take me back, back to summer paradise”: this sentence is very important for us because we hope to live those moments again very soon.
We enjoyed a lot going to the beach with so many friends (… and beautiful guys as well!)

So… we share this positive and funny song to wish a great summer holiday to everybody!

Oh, oh, take me back, take me back

Oh yeah, back to summer paradise 

My heart is sinking as I’m lifting up

Above the clouds away from you

And I can’t believe I’m leaving

Oh, I don’t kno-kno-know what I’m gonna do 

But someday I will find my way back

To where your name is written in the sand 

‘Cause I remember every sunset

I remember every words you said

We were never gonna say goodbye

Singin’ la-ta-ta-ta-ta 

Tell me how to get back to

Back to summer paradise with you

And I’ll be there in a heartbeat, oh, oh

I’ll be there in a heartbeat, oh, oh

(Tell ‘em) 

My soul is broken, streets are frozen

I can’t stop these feelings melting through

And I’d give away a thousand days, oh

Just to have another one with you

(What’d you say?) 

Well, real life can wait

(It can wait)

We’re crashing like waves

(Uh-uh)

We’re playin’ in the sand

(Me and you)

Holding your hand, yeah, yeah 

‘Cause I remember every sunset

I remember every words you said

We were never gonna say goodbye

Singin’ la-ta-ta-ta-ta 

Tell me how to get back to

Back to summer paradise with you

And I’ll be there in a heartbeat, oh, oh

I’ll be there in a heartbeat, oh, oh 

Yeah, uh, I remember sunny mornings and summer evenings

Now you’re not next to me and I am freezing

Was it real? Oh baby, tell me, was I dreaming?

How can you show me paradise when I’m leaving? 

Now my heartbeat is sinking, hope’s shrinking

When I try to speak, no words, lip-syncing

Hope this is not just wishful thinking

Tell me that you care and I’ll be there in a heartbeat 

Someday I will find my way back

To where your name is written in the sand

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, let’s go) 

‘Cause I remember every sunset

And I remember every words you said

We were never gonna say goodbye

(No, no, no)

Singin’ la-ta-ta-ta-ta 

Tell me how to get back to

Back to summer paradise with you

(Yeah)

And I’ll be there in a heartbeat 

I remember where we first kissed

How I didn’t wanna leave your lips

And how I’ve never ever felt so high

Singin’ la-ta-ta-ta-ta 

So tell me how to get back to

Back to summer paradise with you

And I’ll be there in a heartbeat, yeah oh, oh

I’ll be there in a heartbeat

(Summer paradise)

Oh, oh, I’ll be there in a heartbeat

Glossary 

Sink: to go down, below the surface of water, mud, etc. 

Clouds: a cloud is a clump of water vapor that you can see in the sky. Clouds are sometimes white and puffy, and other times so big and gray that they completely block the sun

Sand: the very tiny, loose pieces of rock that cover beaches, deserts, etc.

Sunset: the time when the sun goes below the horizon in the evening

Heartbeat: the action or sound of the heart as it pumps blood

Wave: a movement up and down or back and forth

Pasta with chicken

The Gladiators

Last summer my friends and I went for a holiday to Rimini where we lived in a flat for all the week. Being on vacation no one wanted to cook, but after a short squabble our friend Moa volunteered to cook a dish invented by him (or at least, that was his statement...:-). He explained the rest of us he would cook italian pasta with chicken. At first we were not very convinced because we had never tried something like that and in addition it sounded very oddball but Moa convinced us and finally cooked his pasta with chicken. After cooking he called us to the table and I ate two servings of it.
I have to thank Moa because he made me discover a new recipe that I really like and in fact, sometines, I cook it on my own.
I hope you'll try it...

Ingredients

800g pasta
3 tablespoons olive oil
8 chicken tenderloins, cut into chunks
1 tablespoon dried minced onion
salt and pepper to taste
garlic powder to taste
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 (30g) can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 (35g) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
2 cup frozen mixed vegetables
1 cup dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions

prep   cook      ready in
15      45 min   1 hour

1- Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. Lightly grease a medium baking dish.

2- Bring a large a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place tagliatelle pasta in the pot, cook for 8 to 10 minutes until they are "al dente" and drain.

3- Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Place the chicken in the skillet, season with minced onion, salt and pepper, garlic powder, basil and parsley and cook until chicken juices run clear, then mix in the cooked pasta, the cream of chicken soup and mixed vegetables. Finally transfer to the prepared baking dish.

4- In a small bowl, mix the bread crumbs, the parmesan cheese and the butter. Spread evenly over the casserole.

5-Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven until bubbly and lightly browned.

Glossary

Tablespoon: a large spoon used in serving food
Skillet: a wide or broad, usually not deep metal container used for frying
Garlic: a hardy plant of the amarillys family which has a strong-smelling and a strong-tasting bulb
Parsley: an herb from the Mediterranean, used in cooking as flavouring or decoration
Tenderloins: the tender meat of the muscle running through the front of the posterior part of the body of an animal
to Squabble: to disagree angrily about a small detail
Oddball: a person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, weird or nonconforming
Can condensed cream: a dense or compact cream contained in a sealed container for food
Bread crumbs: a small particle of bread,cake,etc.