August 2017 - Cooked4U

WEST COAST…I LOVE YOU – LOS ANGELES

It's difficult to resume this travel in few words. It's the Travel, the one that more than others you will remember for all your life, just secondary the Honeymoon travel. And in fact, also in that situation the destination was less or more the same. Maybe for this reason me and my husband decided to travel through again, obviously with some variations, our most important trip with our family.
So last april, we went to the West Coast and this time also our parents left with us: terrified but at the same time curious to take on this experience with us. Of course the expectations were respected and also went beyond!
This journey has been long and fascinating so I decide to divide my report in different episodes on the basis of the place we visited.
The first place is Los Angeles. I love this city. It has all I like: sea, sun, every kind of food but especially lovely and open-minded people and a really optimisme in the air. I love Santa Monica, I believe that Beverly Hills is very fascinating and you must visite Universal Studios; an amusement park but also a world cinema library! Very interesting!
Los Angeles is this and more, remember that is necessary to have a car to go around the city because public transport are not so efficient. Of course LA is very extended: you need at least 3-4 days to see principal areas of the city. And of course you can eat everything, everywhere and every kind of food: american, italian, asian, french...
If you want a suggestion, go to Rainbow in Sunset Boulevard. It's a famous bar/pub where exhibited the most famous Rock and Metal bands and where you can eat a fantastic american cuisine. Chicken and hamburgers in this seventy and eighties atmosphere are unmissable. See you soon for the next story of this beautiful trip and if you want to learn more, contact me!

TOMATOES’ SAUCE

Cut the tomatoes, eliminating the resistant parts. Put them into a pot and cooking without adding anything. From the boiling, cooking for 7-10 minutes. remove the tomatoes from the pot and put them into a rag to drip for about 30 minutes. Then pass the tomatoes into the vegetable mill using first the small colander with big holes and the second time into the small colander with little holes. Pot the sauce, and put the little jars into a pot full of water and boiling them for at least 40-45 minutes. This passage is very important to sterilize the sauce. Than turn off the light and cool down the jar into the pot with water. When they are becoming cold, dry the jars and put them in a cool, dry and dark place. The shelf life of the sauce is roughly 1 year.

LITTLE PIZZA OR FOCACCIA

Mix for few minutes the two kind of flours with water and brewer's yeast. Let's rest for about 15-20 minutes. Then add salt and oil and mix until a complete absorption. The mix must be homogeneous.
Let's rest at a temperature of 30°C (86°F) into the oven withe light on for about 90 minutes. I share the mix into little balls of 50 gr each and I create a little pizza. Let's rise for about 45 minutes and before put them into the oven at 200°C (392°F) for 5-10 minutes dress them as you like.