BREAD AT SPRING

Spring smell thanks to Il cucchiaino di Alice

Ingredients: manitoba flour 300 gr, kamut flour 150 gr, fresh brewer's yeast 12 gr, sugar 1 little spoon, salt, water 150-200 ml, parmigiano cheese 1 spoon, pecorino cheese 1 spoon, asparagus pointed, boiled honeycomb, oil.

Melt fresh brewer's yeast 7 gr with a little spoon of sugar in a cup of warm water, wait few minutes. Mix 100 gr of manitoba flour with two little spoos of warm water. Put the compound in a fresh place to leaven some hours (even the whole night). Take the risen ball, melt the remain brewer's yeast in warm water with a spoon of sugar, wait few minutes and add the flour. Add warm water (where you melt 1 little spoon of salt before) and parmigiano chesee, knead. Put the compound in a warm place to leaven(for example the oven 35 C°) for 2 hours.

Dust with flour the little pots, put the mixture there in small portions. Put the honeycombs on the top, in the middle an asparagus (put some alluminium sheet around them for the oven). Leave them in a warm place to leaven for 1 hour.

Finally put them in the oven 200 C° for 25'-30'

 

SOUP WITH THE TASTE OF SPRING AND LITTLE BIT OF WINTER TOO

by Il cucchiaino di Alice

Ingredients: leaves of chicory, half pear, 1 or 2 zucchini, extra virgin olive oil, 1 mozzarella, (salt, pepper for mum&dad), onion, parmigiano reggiano cheese

Stew onion with 2 little spoon of oil, add zucchini and pear, leaves of chicory. Cover with 1 and half litre of water. Cook for 20-25 '. Blend all with a little spoon of oil, parmigiano, for the baby add some pieces of  mozzarella and pearl millet.  For mum and dad add salt and pepper  and if you like some peel of ginger.

SWEET OATMEAL

by  lovables Ingredients 3 c quick cooking oatmeal, 1/2 c sugar, 1/2 c packed brown sugar, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 c milk, 1/2 c vegetable oil, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Topping Ideas: fruit~ strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, raisins, drizzled honey, chopped fresh mint (optional garnish), yogurt, maple syrup and raisins, warm milk with sliced banannas, whipped cream and chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Pour into a greased 9x9x2 baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350 C° for 30-40'.