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Pizza con Prosciutto e Fichi

Pizza with ham and figs

Ingredients

  • 500 grams of pizza dough
  • 250 grams ham often cut into strips
  • 250 grams fresh mozzarella cheese
  • 2 tablespoons fennel seeds
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 14 fresh figs
  • salt and fresh black pepper.

Instructions

  1. Roll out the dough into a thin sheet with a rolling pin or your hands.
  2. Put the dough in an oiled baking sheet, brush with oil also the
    surface of the dough, sprinkle with the fennel seeds.
  3. Peel and cut the figs, place them over the pizza dough.
  4. Place cutted mozarella cheese on top.
  5. Season with olive oil, fresh black pepper and salt.
  6. Cook in oven at 250C degrees for about 20 minutes.
  7. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with ham.

Quick Notes

Serve with rose wine.

Cooking time (duration): 40

Number of servings (yield): 4

Meal type: lunch

Culinary tradition: Italian

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

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Posted: January 29th, 2010
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Riz B Halib (Lebanese Rice pudding)

Ingredients

  • 1.5 liter milk

  • 1 cup round rice
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons orange bloom water (or rosewater)

Instructions

  1. Cook the rice in boiling water until the water is completely absorbed.

  2. Boil the milk and add the orange bloom water, the sugar and cooked rice.
  3. Stir until boiling point then allow to cook on low heat for about 30 min.
  4. Serve cold with a hint of cinnamon on top.

Quick Notes

garnish with rose petal jam, some sliced almonds.

Variations

replace rose petal jam with honey

Cooking time (duration): 50

Number of servings (yield): 4

Meal type: snack

Culinary tradition: Middle Eastern(Lebanese)

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

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Posted: December 4th, 2009
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