Pairing Lombardy Pastries and Desserts With Sweet Wine – I Love Italian Regional Cuisine

by Gregory Lightstone on October 2, 2009

Chinese Cooking Tips

Can you believe that an independent Sicily would rank seventh in the world for wine production? And Sicilians really love their desserts. The best-known Sicilian dessert wine is Marsala. This was once considered a great sweet wine and if you’re careful you may find a good one. Avoid Marsala cooking wines like the plague, even for cooking. Remember, in Sicily and elsewhere, most dessert wines are sold in half-liter bottles.

Cannoli con Ricotta (Ricotta-stuffed Rolls) are made from flour, cocoa, chocolate, white wine, candied fruit, ricotta cheese, and some other ingredients. They are not all that easy to make but this is one dessert that you can find at many Italian bakeries. Recommended wine pairings include Malvasia di Bosa DOC made in Sardinia and the Sicilian Moscato di Pantelleria DOC which when made from dried grapes is known as Moscato Passito di Pantelleria DOC. This wine is always sweet. You’ll probably have more luck finding the Moscato.

Alternatively you can rent, this is actually the option most people go for, because as great as pig roasters are for a BBQ, cooking one does involve a little more prep than for your standard BBQ, so most tend to use them only for particular occasions. If renting you can usually go for the pig roaster on its own, where you do all the work at home, or at a little more expense you can get someone to turn up at your house with the roaster, do all the cooking and carving and then take everything away again, it’s up to you and your budget.

Finally, the third option is to build your own oil drum pig roaster. For anyone with a few tools and a little space to work, this is a great option. You end up with a sturdy pig roaster for very little cost. So as the name suggests the oil drum pig roaster is indeed made from a standard oil drum. Any steel container will do, old gas cylinders and beer kegs can also be used, but by far the most popular is the standard 55 gallon oil drum.

Panzerotti ai due Formaggi (Cheese Panzerotti) are honey-coated pastry half moons whose secret is two special Italian cheeses, grated Pecorino Siciliano and a smaller amount of cubed Cacioavallo Silano. It also calls for flour, butter, orange and lemon rinds, and olive oil. Serve them hot with one of the above wines or a Sicilian Moscato di Noto DOC. You might look for the Planeta name on the label

Resource Author Francisco Rodriguez H.
Trabajar desde casa es fácil si sabes como
Todo sobre Juegos para gente que le gusta jugar
Encontrar un Trabajo – Empleo es fácil si sabe dónde buscar

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks

Comments on this entry are closed.