Food Friday - Cannelloni

Cannelloni con Ricota e Spinati

Cannelloni (Italian, meaning large reeds) are rectangular pasta sheets that are rolled with a filling. It resembles a crepe, generally 8-10 cm (3-4 inches) in length and once rolled, 2 cm (1 inch) in diameter.

The filling could be varied. Still in Venice then, I had a dish filled with ricotta cheese and spinach covered with bechamel sauce.

Happy eating and happy weekend!

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Lasang Pinoy Sundays - Crunchy

Crunchy Food, something crackling when bitten or has noise when chewed ...hmmm- there are lots I'm thinking of but I think the best would be this:

Crunchy Diavolo Pizza

Hubby ordered this pizza when we dined for lunch at a restaurant just by the grand canal in Venice. Among pizzas, I love Greenwich's crust best, and this one that hubby had, had that same crunch only with better spices and certain toast because it was cooked via traditional oven.

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Back home few days ago, we had mango alongside fried milkfish which I both love and yes, they too are crunchy!

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Pasta from where IT originally is

We arrived at around 2pm somewhere in Lignano, Italy on Saturday...the trip was almost 8 hours coming from Vienna. But thanks to the bus driver, he took us directly to the villa where we are staying instead of the agency where we need to get the keys first.

Tired from travelling, we sought the nearest restaurant open at that time...since it was siesta hour most of them were closed.

Il Dollaro was the nearest one we saw and was I glad too that it was as the food tastes good, the ambiance friendly, and the staff were eloquent both in German and English, they were a big help too...(in helping us find our supposed destination).

We took turns giving our orders, the kids chose pizza while all 5 adults (mil, bil and his wife, hubby and I) went for pasta.
While waiting for our orders I took the opp for photoshooting hehe. (Also smelling the aroma of olive oil and all those good stuff! lol)


We sat at the veranda and the breeze added comfort to the smell of good cooking...

Then came food, served in hefty portions...My little boy was running around and I had to follow him so I didnt have much time to really choose what to eat, but when I saw this particular dish I know I would love it!

Tagliatelle e Salmone

Of course, bits of salmon - fresh from italian waters served with white sauce over tagliatelle. They serve parmesan generously so I had my pasta sprinkled with lots of it! (Little boy liked it well too!)

Spaghetti Pomodoro


MiL had a simple dish and she simply said "hmmmm...good" which I do not take much as an A-rating considering her very good cooking skills...the parmesan was actually given to her ;-) and she also had lots of it over her tomato sauced spaghetti.

Carbonara

Hubby, my helpful but could be critical food critic chose Carbonara, at first bite he said "Tikman mo, masarap!" I did and I knew what he meant, the taste of authentic carbonara from butter, egg yolks and pork fat and no cream!

Pizza Prosciutto

Prosciutto (ham) is one of the kids' favorite pizza topping, so my two bigger kids shared a whole (it was also a big serving). Still, they weren't able to finish it that hubby and I had a little slice too...and yum, one bite and I can tell the crust is really something! I could eat it even without the toppings! lol. No wonder he had such a big smile after eating!

So where to get the best pasta and pizza? Of course I'd suggest, where they originally are from, anywhere in Italy...

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Tuna and Crab Spiralen Pasta

Surimi; is a Japanese loan word referring to a food product intended to mimic a lobster, crab, and other shellfish meat. It is typically made from white-fleshed fish, (such as pollock or hake), that has been pulverized to a paste and attains a rubbery texture when cooked. The term is also commonly applied to food products made from lean meat in a similar process.

Surimi is a much-enjoyed food product in many Asian cultures and is available in many shapes, forms, and textures. The most common surimi product in the Western market is crab legs. Such a product is often sold as sea legs and krab in America, or seafood sticks, crab sticks and fish sticks in the UK, or seafood extender in Australia.

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Its given that I like (crab) surimi however they are served. The above photo's recipe was supposed to be tuna only but I can't help putting them on top since they are both flavors of the sea, I just thought maybe they might complement well, and was I glad they did. Although I imagined fresh tuna would have been better. =P

It was also a quick dish, good for kids who love to eat but do not have the patience to wait! lol.

Ingredients:

A can of prepared spaghetti sauce
A can of tuna
1 tsp olive oil
a clove of garlic, minced
medium onion, diced
a teaspoon of dried basil leaves
crabsticks

preferred pasta, cooked per package directions

1. Open tuna can and drain.

2. Heat olive oil in a small pan and add garlic and onion.

3. Throw in tuna and basil and combine well.

4. Pour spaghetti sauce and leave for a few minutes before turning off stove. Serve over pasta and top with crabsticks.

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