Apulian food forever! How to make Orecchiette

Orecchiette are one of the most typical pasta cut of Puglia. The shape is a round disc is slightly hollow in the middle. 

In Puglia, according to the homemade pasta tradition, the Orecchiette were made with flour, durum wheat semolina and water. The small pasta chunks were "dragged" with the point of the knife forming a sort of shell and then turned up side down with the thumb tip.

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Italian recipe: pasta crudaiola with cacio ricotta

One of the best summer recipe in Puglia is Orecchiette alla crudaiola. This pasta recipe epitomizes why Apulian cuisine is so great, as it simply uses fresh tomatoes, cacio ricotta cheese, extra virgin olive oil and basilico.

Pierluca Ardito, Executive Chef at Ristorante Nobis - Grand Hotel La Chiusa di Chietri, explains the preparation. 

"This dish could be prepared from top to finish easily in under 20 minutes. I find it best to cut the tomatoes and let them rest in the seasonigs at least 10 minutes before I put the pasta on to boil. I used orecchiette, but any short pasta such as penne or rigatoni would work fine. You do not have to peel the tomatoes, but just cut them into small pieces.

When the pasta is ready, you can put the tomatoes in a bowl with 3 or 4 leaves of fresh basilico and extra virgin olive oil. Then you have to mix and add grated cacio ricotta (or alternatively parmesan). And it's ready. Buon appetito!"

Le ricette del Ristorante Nobis: sgombro in escapece con caprese di bufalina e pomodoro candito

Lo Chef di Partita Andrea del Ristorante Nobis del Grand Hotel La Chiusa di Chietri, in questo video, prepara un secondo di pesce molto particolare e gustoso: uno sgombro in escapece con caprese di bufalina e pomodoro candito.

Una ricetta tipica della cucina mediterranea, rivisitata dal team del Ristorante Nobis in modo originale. Per un piatto davvero squisito, magari da preparare per una cena o un pranzo  che celebri un'occasione particolare. Buon appetito!

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