For our weekly recipe, this week, we sought inspiration all the way to Carrara, a town in Tuscany - just at the border with Liguria - worldwide known for its white marble.
More importantly, Carrara is the hometown of Francesco Gabbani, the 2017 Sanremo Festival winner! Gabbani won this festival's edition - followed by a record TV audience of 12 million people during its final evening - with the song "Occidentali's Karma", while winning last year's edition in the New Entry category.
So what's best than to celebrate his victory with a traditional recipe from the city where he grew up.
Taglierini nei fagioli - Taglierini pasta in beans:
Ingredients:
- borlotti beans
- 1 onion
- 2 carrots
- celery
- parsley
- 3 - 4 cloves garlic
- rosemary, sage
- chili pepper
- canned tomatoes
- 2 potatoes
- oil, salt, pepper
For pasta preparation
- semolina
- flour
- water
Directions:
Soak the beans overnight, then cook them in water with 1 clove of garlic and some sage leaves for at least an hour. Drain while keeping the cooking water.
Chop an onion, carrot, a stalk of celery and some parsley to sautée in extra-virgin olive oil.
Add the potatoes and the remaining carrot and celery stalk, in small cubes, then the beans and cook for a few minutes. Add the beans cooking water and let simmer.
Put some clove of garlic, a sprig of rosemary, chili pepper in a saucepan and sautée in two tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil, and then add to the canned tomatoes.
Mix this sauce with the soup previously prepared. Once all vegetables are well cooked, salt to taste and mix with a blender.
Meanwhile mix water, semolina and flour and make irregular noodles with a knife.
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Cook them in the soup, let rest a little, then pour extra-virgin olive oil and freshly ground pepper to serve.
Buon appetito!
Deborah Bellotti
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