Mediterranean Savor: Warm fusilli salad

◼  In a saucepan bring the water to a boil with a dash of salt and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. When it comes to a boil, add the pasta and also the peas (frozen). The cooking time is short, between 7 and 9 minutes. Drain the hot water with the help of a colander, rinse the pasta and peas with cold water.

◼  In a large skillet, sauté in a little olive oil one Hokkaido squash (of sweet- flavor and easy to chop), cut into small dices. When tender, add the pasta and the peas so that everything can warm up. 

                   

Mediterranean Savor: Spaghetti

◼  The pasta of durum wheat semolina is cooked in a few minutes from the moment the water begins to boil, between 7 and 9 minutes. Once cooked the pasta, pour it into a colander to drain and rinse it with cold water.

◼  In a large skillet, cover the bottom with a little extra virgin olive oil to sauté one Hokkaido squash (of sweet-flavor and easy to chop), cut into small dices; when they are tender, add the spaghetti to heat.

◼ We serve and can add some pomegranate seeds (fruit that appears in markets when autumn begins)

◼  The combinations are always to taste of the one who prepares the recipe. What I suggest are ideas.

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Family recipe, pumpkin cream soup.

My mother was telling me stories about the family when she said:          

-“You knew, in the past cream soups were made for supper”                               

-“And how?” I replied to her, since before there were no electric mixers.

She laughed and went on speaking:            

-“While we lay the table and continue talking, we are going to prepare a cream soup, which was very typical at my parents´ house; besides, it is very easy to prepare and only consists of two ingredients,  pumpkin and potatoes, which are cut into small dices”                      

– “To know the measure, it is very easy, half of one and half of another. We put them in the saucepan and fill with water, when it boils we add a pinch of sea salt and reduce heat. From time to time, we have to stir so that the ingredients go undoing”

- “You will see how a cream soup of more intense color is forming than when it is used an electric mixer. When it is ready, we prepare a stir-fried with sliced garlic and sweet  paprika , which is something very typical of Castilian cuisine; then, we pour it into the saucepan, stir and ready”. 

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