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Nov 13 2007

Heavenly quick Spaghetti for Gabriele Sandri

Gabriele SandriCan you imagine: you go to a football game and next thing you know: you are in heaven?

That’s exactly what happened to Gabriele Sandri after he was shot "by mistake" by the Italian police… In honour of Gabriele Sandri’s soul:a quick spaghetti dinner recipe by Italian master chef Antonio Carluccio.

Now for the official reaction

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, attending Mass when he was informed by Italy’s interior minister about the death, called the fan violence as “very worrisome.”


What about the police killing people?
Wouldn’t that be “very worrisome.”???

Antonio Carluccio quick dinner spaghetti recipe

I saw Jamie Oliver doing this quick dinner spaghetti recipe as well, but Jamie Oliver should have pointed out that his inspiration came from Antonio Carluccio, which as we all know is one of the favorite chefs of Jamie Oliver anyway.

The trick in getting your dinner recipe done quickly is not savoring your own minced meat, but using the minced meat of your favorite sausages you buy from your local butcher. In other words: let your butcher do the work for you and have a quick dinner spaghetti ready in the time needed to cook your spaghetti!

Quick dinner spaghetti recipe ingredients

  • 400g / 14oz of your favorite pasta
  • salt

For the spaghetti sauce:

  • 6 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 300g / 10½oz fresh Italian sausage (luganega, but you can really use any sausage of your preference), meat removed from the casing and crumbled
  • 35g / 1¼oz dried porcini mushrooms, soaked in water for half an hour, then finely chopped (keep the liquid)
  • 3 tablespoons dry white wine
  • 600g / 1 lb 5oz polpa di pomodoro (crushed tomatoes)
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Quick dinner spaghetti recipe preparation

For the spaghetti sauce:

  1. Heat oil in a casserole, add onion and let cook for 5 minutes over a moderate heat until the onion is softened.
  2. Add the garlic and cook for another minute until the fragrance of the garlic comes out.
  3. Add the meat of the sausages and porcini.
  4. Allow to brown while stirring.
  5. Pour in the wine and the tomato pulp and leave to cook over a very low heat for as long as you have time!
  6. If more moisture is needed, add a little of the mushroom soaking liquid.
  7. When ready, season to taste with salt and pepper.

Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water until al dente. Take a long cooking pasta, so it will be ready while you are making your pasta sauce.

Mix the pasta with the sauce and serve immediately hot.

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Oct 30 2007

Quick dinner recipes: Quick and easy tomato sauce recipe

Organic tomato sauce

organic tomato saucesTomatoes are ideal in the prevention of cancer (and if you want to know why you don’t want to undergo cancer treatments nor get cancer in the first place, start reading about Secondary Cancer.)

You can buy good organic tomato sauce ready made, which will really speed up your quick dinner recipes. But you can also get fresh organic tomatoes (from your garden or your balcony or any organic food shop) and make a quick and easy tomato sauce yourself.

Jamie Oliver’s homemade tomato sauce recipe

If you take half an hour (the time you need for a relaxing shower, and yes, you can combine your shower with this organic food recipe!), you can make a big pot of delicious homemade pasta sauce. Use a bit for your evening dinner pasta recipe (we will post a pasta recipe based on this organic food recipe in our next post). What you don’t use, you freeze in and use the next time when your quick dinner recipes need a pasta sauce!

Read more Jamie Oliver recipes or go straight to Jamie Oliver’s organic tomato sauce recipe

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Sep 05 2007

How to plan your Europe travel

Planning a vacation to Europe this summer and needs help with hotel bookings and travel info? Europe Hotel Guide Section can provide you with useful information on European travel, photos, hotels, attractions and restaurants.

London is a wonderful city not to be missed and every year millions of visitors throng the city for its historical sites, wonderful international cuisine and endless avenues for shoppers of every kind. Some of the many main attractions are Westminster Abbey, London Zoo, Big Ben, London Bridge and Oxford street . So when you are planning your travel and making bookings for Discount London Hotels, get the best prices and selection at Eurobookings.

belgian chocolates belgian hotelsBrussels is just a short train ride from London and it is known for its delicious yummy chocolates and French cuisine. One of the nicest places I went to was Brugge, a lovely little village with a lovely canal running through it and it’s a great place for walking and relaxing. For Belgium Hotels, get the best offers and prices at Eurobookings.

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