Some classics of the gastronomy are doomed to remain in the cooking history, leaving an indelible mark. They may certainly be reinterpreted, or presented in different versions, but the real secret are the tastes they’re made up of. We can insert in this field the risotto alla milanese with ossobuco, a recipe symbol of the Lombardy region capital whose flavors are shaped in a perfect harmony of which we’re giving you our version: starting from a goof meat broth that exalts the delicacy of Acquerello - Carnaroli Rice and saffron (Saffron pistils Principato di Lucedio), the full and enveloping taste of the ossobuco and the marrow, cooked with some thinly chopped anchovy fillets that add sapidity, contrasted by the Sicilian lemons from Ribera zest (true secret touch of this recipe, for our palate). Finally creamed with some icy Butter - Beppino Occelli and Parmigiano Reggiano Vacche Rosse (milk from the red cow) 30 months.

Anchovies are one of the favourite allies by the chefs, and non professional cooks too, in their creations. Their versatility, sapidity and strong flavour add every recipe a strictly personal touch so difficult to find in other ingredients, and, if they’re high quality ones, if you taste them purely as an appetizers they sound like a true call from the sea. Extra anchovy fillets in oil Extra virgin olive oil - Mare Puro come directly from the Sicilian Mediterranean Sea, they’re fished and then processed within 24-48 hours after the fishing, in order to preserve both their taste and organoleptic properties at their best. The preservation of the Mediterranean Sea anchovies in high quality extra virgin olive oil is fundamental element to obtain a final product which is an intense explosion of sea flavors.

When you don’t live near the sea, it’s not always easy to find the products reminding its original aromas and flavors. Mare Puro (La Bottarga di Tonno Group) is placed in Custonaci, on the western side of Sicily, a stone’s throw away from the Mount Cofano marine reserve and the Bonagia tonnara, realities far away from the industrial fishing that influenced the company in turn. The products are obtained working the fresh fish, just fished following sustainable criteria in the Sicilian open sea (and in the case of the red tuna following the acquisition of official quotations), through craft techniques and the use of high quality ingredients, ad the Trapani sea salt, local excellence that contributes to elevate the quality of the fish which is great itself. Tuna bottarga, anchovy fillets, Bluefin tuna belly fillets - Ventresca di Tonno Rosso - Mare Puro are only some of the products to try, able to reproduce the sea authenticity .

When we're talking about traditional Apulian pasta, Dibenedetto company is a guarantee of quality. The headquarters are set in the famous village of Altamura, in the province of Bari, a locality that is besides the seat of the"Wheat Exchange", a source raw material and knowledges Didenedetto is constantly in touch with in order to offer the best possible product. The pasta is made up of selected local durum wheats, followed by artisanal processings (dough, filling and drying) slow and low aggressive at environment temperatures, in order to preserve the nutritional and taste qualities. Recipe: Orecchiette with turnip tops Ingredients (for 4 people) 2 kg of Cime di Rapa Pugliesi, 400g Orecchiette di Bari Dibenedetto, Pachino Cherry Tomatoes, Extra anchovy fillets in oil Extra virgin olive oil - Mare Puro, salt, extra virgin olive oil, garlic and chili. Preparation Cook the turnips for a few minutes in boiling salted water and add the orecchiette to complete the cooking. In a saute pan with oil, garlic, anchovies, tomatoes and chili. Pour the pasta Dibenedetto with turnips, blow up and serve.

Italy has so many various and different typical specialties that some of may be unknown by most of people. Today we're giving you an ancient recipe from the city of Brescia (Northern Central Italy): The "Manzo all'olio di Rovato". Ingredients: Cappello del prete (shoulder) from Fassona beef from Piedmont - Macelleria Mastra Alebardi, Extra Virgin Olive Oil Garda Bresciano PDO Organic - Podere dei Folli, white wine, Extra anchovy fillets in oil Extra virgin olive oil - Mare Puro, Red garlic from Nubia, Grana Padano DOP, grated bread, parsley. First of all make some holes in the meat putting in them some anchovies and some garlic. Then put the meat in an high and strict pan, pour half white wine and half evo oil until it is almost all covered, so make it cook for 3 hours at very low flame putting the lid on. When it will be ready cut it into slices, take the excess oil and wine out of the pan, add grated grana padano, grated cheese and parsley to make a siding sauce to serve with the meat. Finally put some meat slices on a dish with the sauce on the top of them.

One of the principles of our company philosophy is always use what nature gives you without forcing it, because eating and cooking seasonal vegetables is fundamental in order to have the healthiest and best tasty diet as possible. So we're giving you a recipe whose protagonist a typical Italian summer vegetable: the courgette flower. Courgette flowers have been cooking as a summer delicacies for centuries, mostly in the central-southern regions of Italy. They are considered one of the first street food of the history, they're cooked in different ways from region to region but all of them were fried. Today we're giving you our recipe for delicious stuffed courgette flowers fried in batter. Ingredients: courgette flowers; 110 g of Organic flour soft wheat type 0; 100 ml of ice-cold Blonde Beer Ale Tavolara - CONTE DE QUIRRA or Sparkling water and a pinch of yeast, 100g of Ricotta di Bufala (Buffalo Ricotta) - Caseificio Artigianale Esposito, some Extra anchovy fillets in oil Extra virgin olive oil - Mare Puro, Organic extra virgin olive oil - Adamo, black pepper, Raw Sea Salt Picked by Shoulder - Cuordisale - Salinagrande First let's make the batter: amalgamates in a bowl the flour and the beer\water and yeast using a whisk. For the stuffing cut the anchovy fillets in rough and not too small pieces and mix them with the buffalo ricotta and season with some black pepper and e little EVO oil. Then stuff the courgette flowers, immerge them in the batter, deep fry them in frying oil, when they will be ready dry them and season with some sea salt.