Saturday, July 19, 2014

ITALIAN FIG COOKIES Recipe


                                                         CUCIDADI CUUCCIDADA





Italian Fig Cookies Cucidadi Cuccidada

Ingredients


2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup shortening
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 cups dried figs
3/4 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup slivered almonds
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup hot water
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 pinch ground black pepper



Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, 1/3 cup sugar and baking powder. Cut in shortening and butter until mixture resembles small peas. Stir in the milk and egg until the dough comes together. Divide dough into two pieces, wrap and refrigerate for about 2 hours or until easy to handle.

2. In a food processor or blender, grind the figs, raisins and almonds until they are coarsely chopped. In a medium bowl, stir together the 1/4 cup of sugar, hot water, cinnamon and pepper. Stir in the fruit mixture, cover and set aside until the dough is ready.

3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
4. On a lightly floured surface, roll each piece of the dough out to a 12 inch square. 
Cut each piece into 12 3x4 inch rectangles. Using a heaping tablespoon of filling for each rectangle, spread filling along one of the short sides of the rectangle. Roll up from that side. Place rolls, seam side down, on an ungreased cookie sheet. Curve each roll slightly. Snip outer edge of the curve three times.

5. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Glaze with your favorite confectioners' glaze.






La TAVOLA

STORIES & RECIPES
of
ITALIAN-AMERICAN NEW YORK

MANGIA BENE!


SINATRA
CLEMENZA
AL PACINO
MEATBALLS
SUNDAY SAUCE
aka GRAVY
SAUSAGES
ESPRESSO
VINO
AMORE

Monday, July 14, 2014

La TAVOLA Hits BEST SELLER LIST



Daniel Bellino-Zwicke's La TAVOLA and SUNDAY SAUCE in AMAZON BEST SLLER LIST TOP 100 Italian Cookbooks ... SUNDAY SAUCE # 1 BEST SELLER and La TAVOLA # 56




La TAVOLA

Read About Italian-American New York in Daniel Bellino-Zwicke 's
La TAVOLA -  ITALIAN-AMERICAN NEW YORKERS ADVENTURES
of The TABLE  "La TAVOLA"


Ever Dream of taking a Wonderful Journey? A Journey through Italian-American New York and Italian America., complete with pots of Sunday Sauce, Ethereal Bolognese Sauce, Platters of Antipasto, Perfect Espresso, with trays of Cannoli and Sfogiatelle. Do you Dream of one day Eating the famed Christmas Eve, "Feast of the 7 Fish" or crave a perfect plate of Spaghetti Carbonara? Do you have visions of the Amalfi Coast of Lemoncello, Fiano, and a flawless Plate of Linguine al Vongole. Would you like to know how to throw the perfect Italian Dinner Party, complete with Antipasti, Pasta, Chianti, and Dolce, while the sounds of Frank (Sinatra) and Dino play along? Do you want to know which are the best; Italian Restaurants, Caffes, Pastry Shops, and Pork Stores. Would you like to know how to make the Perfect "Negroni" or pick out the perfect Italian Wine and how to make a textbook Bolognese? Where to go in Italy and what to see? If you'd like to live these things, or just read about them vicariously, then take the journey, the Beautifully Wondrous Journey of La Tavola. Eat as Al Pacino, Jake LaMotta, Sinatra, and Dino had eaten over the years. La Tavola is part Cookbook, Guide-Book. Some have said it's like a Italian-American New York version of a YEAR in PROVENCE, but with Italian Food in New York, and with Italian-Americans instead of French Food, people, and places? LA TAVOLA entertains and Inspires with stories, antidotes, and recipes of Sunday Sauce (Gravy), Sausage & Peppers, Meatball Parms, and the "FEAST of The 7 FISH" Then MANGIA BENE! Italian-American New Yorker's Adventures of the Table. With 30 Wonderful Bellino Family Recipes.



                       

                                                   SUNDAY SAUCE

                                   WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK

                                            by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke








THE FEAST of THE 7 FISH

ITALIAN CHRISTMAS





Saturday, July 12, 2014

Clemenza Makes Sophia Loren Spaghetti


Clemenza (Richard Castellano) Teaches Michael (Al Pacino)
How To Make SAUCE (GRAVY)
For 20 GUYS (Mobsters)



INGREDIENTS
For CLEMENZA MOB WAR SUNDAY SAUCE GRAVY



da MEATBALLS


SAUCE

"GRAVY"










LEARN How to MAKE
SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA

Recipe in SUNDAY SAUCE
by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

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