Easy Dessert Recipes You Can Make at Home

Submitted by: William Gabriel

Many think that in order for a dessert to be truly special, you need to spend hours slaving in the kitchen to make it. What they fail to realize is that you only need one thing to makeover any simple dessert into something extraordinary – whipped cream!

Here are some recipes with five ingredients (or less) that you can make at home.

Strawberry Shots

Ingredients:

500 grams strawberries (cut in halves)

350 grams sugar

240-ml. rum (optional)

400 grams heavy cream, whipped

Procedure:

In a blender, place half the strawberries along with 100 grams of sugar and process until you have a puree.

Use a whipped cream dispenser and place the whipped cream into a bowl. Gently fold in the strawberry puree and 100 grams of sugar until combined.

Steep the rest of the strawberries in rum with the remaining sugar.

Serve the dessert by placing the steeped berries at the bottom of shot glasses, then top each glass with the strawberry puree and whipped cream mixture.

Creamy Orange with Nuts

Ingredients:

240-ml. heavy cream

180-ml. orange juice (freshly squeezed)

4 tbsp pecans, walnuts, and pistachio (toasted and roughly chopped)

Procedure:

Mix the cream and the orange juice well before placing inside the cream dispenser. Put cream in individual serving dishes and sprinkle with the chopped nuts.

As an option, you may also serve this dessert with fresh oranges that are peeled and sectioned.

Creamy Maple Mousse

Ingredients:

2 medium eggs (separated)

100 grams sugar

120-ml. maple syrup

180-ml. heavy cream

Procedure:

In a bowl, combine the egg yolks, sugar and half of the maple syrup. Beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.

Heat what is left of the maple syrup in a microwave until it reaches it boiling point (approximately 45 seconds). Then, set it aside to cool until lukewarm.

Beat the egg whites until stiff while adding the maple syrup a little at a time. Make sure it is well incorporated.

With a cream dispenser, whip the heavy cream and place in a bowl. Fold in the egg yolk and egg white mixture and combine well.

Place in the freezer for a minimum of four hours before serving.

Creamed Rice with Fruits

Ingredients:

½ cup uncooked rice

½ tsp. salt

1 tsp. sugar

1-cup heavy cream

Any fruit in season

Procedure:

Cook the rice with the salt and sugar, stirring constantly. Set aside to cool.

Add a little sugar and vanilla to the cream and mix well. Place inside a cream dispenser

Stir the cream and fruit into the rice and refrigerate before serving.

Creamy Lemon Parfait

Ingredients:

425 grams of sweetened condensed milk

1/3 cup lemon juice

1 tbsp. lemon zest

2 cups sour cream

1 cup heavy cream

Procedure:

In a large bowl, combine condensed milk, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Gently fold in sour cream.

Spoon the mixture into individual serving dishes and place in the refrigerator for at least two hours.

Top with whipped cream using a whipped cream dispenser.

Now, you can truly enjoy great-tasting desserts with real and easy to prepare whipped cream.

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Surge in Restaurant Copycat Recipes

Submitted by: Gail Mercedes

More families are dining at home there is a surge in new cooks and experienced cooks seeking restaurant copycat recipes. Restaurant copycat recipes with the same distinct taste and flavors of there favorite restaurants. Cooks are discovering savory recipes, professional cooking tips and baking tips.

The economy has changed 5 years ago the average family would dining at their favorite restaurants approximately 2 to 3 times a week. In the last 3 year we have experienced a nationwide recession. Recession means belt tightening times. Families are dining out less and seeking famous restaurant copycat recipes to cook at home. Home cooks and chefs have spent decades recreating famous restaurant recipes. Restaurant copycat recipes with step-by-step instructions with the same distinct tastes and flavors of you favorite restaurants. Copycat recipes from: Applebee’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Olive Garden, Chili’s, Outback Steakhouse, P.F. Chang’s, Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, Red Lobster’s. Pizza Hut, Starbuck’s and many more. These restaurant copycat recipes can be prepared for a fraction of the cost compared to dining out. Not only is there a saving in home preparation but there is no driving dealing with traffic or waiting in restaurant lobbies.

Each restaurant has signature recipes. Applebee’s signature recipes are riblets. Kentucky Fried Chicken has its’ 11 Secret Herbs and Spices. The most guarded restaurant signature recipes are desserts. No matter what type of a restaurant you go to, there is going to be a dessert menu. You are going to find a variety of different desserts to choose from. Whether it is an Italian restaurant, Mexican restaurant, steak restaurant or seafood restaurant there will be dessert menus. Famous restaurants do everything they can to create signature desserts to offer guests. Restaurants distinguish their dessert recipes from their competition. It can be difficult recreating a fudge brownie or apple pie slice in order to distinguish it from the rest of the competition. But that is exactly what the top restaurants do; spend time and money creating the perfect restaurant dessert recipes.

Enjoy this legendary restaurant copycat dessert recipe.

Legendary Morton's Hot Chocolate Cake Copycat Recipe

Restaurant Copycat Recipe

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the

Soufflé cups

Granulated sugar

12 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

8 large egg yolks, plus 7 large eggs

1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

18 fresh raspberries

6 scoops vanilla ice cream

Cooking Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Generously butter six 6-ounce soufflé cups and sprinkle each with granulated sugar. Tap out the excess sugar.

2. In the top of a double boiler set over barely simmering water, melt the butter and chocolate together. Remove the top of the double boiler pan from the heat.

3. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and set on low speed, beat the egg yolks and eggs for about 2 minutes, or until light and smooth. With the mixer running, pour the melted chocolate into the bowl and mix for about 2 minutes longer.

4. Put the confectioners' sugar and flour in a fine-mesh sieve and sprinkle into the chocolate mixture. With the mixer on medium speed, beat for 30 seconds, or until well mixed.

5. Pour the batter into the prepared soufflé cups, leaving about ¼ inches of space below the rim. Set the soufflé cups on a baking sheet and bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until puffed and about 1 inch higher than the rim. The centers will be soft but not sticky.

6. Remove the cakes from the oven and immediately invert each onto a serving plate. Remove the cup, and garnish each plate with three raspberries and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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Restaurant Ice Cream Copycat Recipes

Submitted by: Gail Cole

Ice Cream is always a special family treat. Now you can prepare famous restaurant copycat ice cream recipes at home. Homemade ice cream for the whole family for summer or all year around.

Ice cream can be traced back to the Early Roman Empire. Nero (A.D. 37-68) ordered ice cream topped with fresh fruits. Concoctions of ices, sherbets and milk were served in Italian and French royal courts. Ice Cream was brought from Europe to the America’s. In 1776 the first American ice cream parlor opened in New York City. The term “ice cream” was introduced by American colonists. Ice cream was served to White House guests by President George Washington and President Thomas Jefferson.

In 1832 Augustus Jackson created recipes for making ice cream. In 1846 created and patented a hand-cranked freezer. This hand cranked freezer established ice cream methods used today.

Free Restaurant Copycat Ice Cream Recipes from two of famous American Restaurants.

Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream and Dairy Queen Ice Cream

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield founded Ben and Jerry’s Homemade Inc.. The first store opened in 1978. The company manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet. Ben and Jerry’s is know for its unique creative ice cream flavor combinations. An Old Tradition, each year on the company’s anniversary free cone one scoop are served. One of their best selling flavors is Cherry Garcia Ice Cream.

Ben and Jerry’s Copycat Cherry Garcia Ice Cream

Ingredients

-¼ cup shaved semisweet chocolate bars

-¼ cup fresh Bing cherries, halved and pitted (you may use canned cherries, but be sure to drain the syrup)

-2 large eggs

-¾ cup granulated sugar

-2 cups heavy or whipping cream

-1 cup milk

-Place the shaved chocolate flakes and the cherries in separate bowls. Cover and refrigerate.

-Whisk the eggs in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes.

-Whisk in the sugar, a little at a time, then continue whisking until completely blended, about 1 minute more. --Pour in the cream and milk and whisk to blend.

-Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze following the manufacturer's instructions.

After the ice cream stiffens (about 2 minutes before it is done), add the chocolate and the cherries, then continue freezing until the ice cream is ready.

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Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Ice Cream Recipe

Copycat Recipes

Ingredients

-4 oz unsweetened chocolate

-1 cup milk

-2 large eggs

-1 cup sugar

-1 cup heavy or whipping cream

-1 tspn vanilla

-1 pinch salt

-Gradually whisk in the milk and heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.

-Remove from the heat and let cool.

-Whisk the eggs in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes.

-Whisk in the sugar, a little at a time, then continue whisking until completely blended, about 1 minute more.

-Add the cream, vanilla and salt and whisk to blend.

-Pour the chocolate mixture into the cream mixture and blend. Cover and refrigerate until cold, about 1-3 hours, depending on your refrigerator.

Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze following the manufacturer's instructions.

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Dairy Queen Copycat Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

Ingredients

- 2 envelopes knox gelatin

- 1/2 cup cold water

- 4 cups whole milk

- 2 cups sugar

- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

- 1/2 teaspoon salt

3 cups cream

Directions:

1. Soak Knox gelatine in cold water.

2. Heat milk, but do not boil.

3. Remove from heat, and add gelatine, sugar, vanilla extract and salt.

4. Cool and add cream.

5. Chill 5 to 6 hours.

6. Pour into a 4 to 6-quart ice cream freezer can.

7. Process as per manufacturer's instructions

Makes: 16 servings

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Paleo Breakfast Nutritious Recipes

Submitted by: Gail Cole

Paleo Breakfast recipes not longer boring and limiting to the same foods every morning. Foods allowed in Paleo diet give you limitless options for a delicious varied diet.

Paleo dieter’s maybe bored with the traditional Paleo diet of eggs and bacon not realizing the wide variety of Paleo breakfast choices available. Paleo Diet allows lean red meat, poultry, fish, fresh fruits and fresh vegetables, nuts, seeds and natural spices. Excluded from the diet are: dairy, potatoes, legumes (peanuts excluded not a nut but legume), soy, rice and preservatives

Paleo Cow’s Milk Alternatives:

Almond Milk – Taken from the almond nuts. Used in baking, desserts and cereals

Hazelnut Milk – Taken from the hazelnut. Used in baking, desserts and cereals.

Coconut Milk – Plant based milk taken from the coconut plant. Excellent source as milk, cream and butter. Used in baking, desserts, shakes and cereals.

Cow’s milk is a good source of calcium but not allowed in Paleo Diet. Paleo Diet’s Sources of Calcium.

Green Vegetables – Broccoli, spinach, artichokes, Chinese greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, collard greens and kale.

Fruits – Oranges, apricots, dried prunes, dried raisins, dates and figs.

Nuts – Almonds (includes almond milk and almond butter, hazelnuts (includes hazelnut milk), pine nuts, pecans, walnuts.

Seeds – Sesame seeds

Fish – Canned sardines and canned salmon.

Sweetener not allow in orthodox Paleo diet are processed sugar and honey. Figs are allowed in Paleo diet as a sweetener. I personally do not care for figs and cheat just a little and will use a small amount of honey in some recipes.

With the wide variety of foods allowed in Paleo diet Breakfast Recipes do not have to be boring and limited.

FREE Paleo Breakfast Recipes

Grilled Garlic Mushrooms, Tomatoes with Bacon

Delicious Paleo Breakfast Recipe no eggs included and bacon can be substituted with turkey or beef. For a side dish have a fresh fruit salad and your favorite juice.

Ingredients

- 2cups sliced mushrooms

- 1cup diced tomatoes

- 3 rashes bacon, chopped

- 3tbs parsley, finely chopped

- 3tbs olive oil

- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped

-Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

- Pre-heat grill on medium-high heat.

- Place all ingredients in a bowl and combine well.

- Place on grill and cook, stirring occasionally for 5-8min, or until bacon has become slightly crispy and tomatoes and mushrooms have slightly shriveled. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Serve

Provide: Paleo Breakfast

This fruit salad combines chopped peaches, strawberries, bananas, blueberries or blackberries and red and green grapes, dressed with a simple fresh lime and pineapple juice dressing. Fruits are seasonal in winter months may substitute peaches and strawberries with grapefruits, cantaloupe, kiwi or oranges. Substitute to taste.

Fresh Fruit Salad – Paleo Breakfast Recipes

Fruit salad combines peaches, strawberries, grapes, bananas, blackberries and blueberries. Dress with lime or pineapple dressing. Substitute to taste cut oranges, grapefruit, kiwi, watermelon, cantaloupe or mango. There are limitless choices with a Paleo Fruit Salad.

Ingredients:

-6 peaches, peeled, pitted and chopped

-1 pound strawberries, rinsed, hulled and sliced

-1/2 pound seedless green grapes

-1/2 pound seedless red grapes

-3 bananas, peeled and sliced

-1/2 pound blackberries or blueberries (to taste)

-small amount of honey (topping to taste)

- Nuts of choice (optional)

Dressing:

•juice of one lime

•1/2 cup pineapple juice

•1 teaspoon ground ginger

Paleo Antioxidant Veggie Shake

Paleo Breakfast - Paleo Lunch - Paleo Snack Recipes Antioxidant Vegetable Shake recipe. Nutritious vitamin backed shake recipes top with your favorite nuts or seeds.

This Vegetable Antioxidant Shake should not be limited just for a delicious Paleo Breakfast. Ideal for Paleo Breakfast, Paleo Lunch or Paleo Dinner. Anti-oxidants protect the body against harmful oxidants.

Ingredients

-2 cups fresh spinach

-4 stalks fresh kale

-1/2 cup fresh blueberries or blackberries

-1 tangerine or 1/2 large orange

-1/2 cup coconut milk or orange juice

-2 peeled bananas

- 2 tablespoon ground flax seed

Directions:

-Rinse all fruits and vegetables. Add kale, spinach and coconut milk/juice to blender, blend thoroughly.

-Add remaining ingredients, blend.

May want to experiment with your favorite fruit and or add a little honey.

Serves 3

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Healthy Vegetarian Recipes!

Submitted by: NARESH DOGRA

There is no truth to the rumor that vegetarians have difficult recipes to follow and that not following complicated recipes will result in bland food. The truth is that there are so many options for easy healthy vegetarian recipes. The wealth of choices actually makes vegetarianism an exciting journey into healthy food. Here are some things you need to remember when preparing easy healthy vegetarian recipes.

Check the Label

The most convenient way to create healthy recipes is to stock ahead on sauces and ingredients. This way you just have to open packs and cans when you need to whip up something fast. This is generally a good idea especially if you're thinking of canned beans, salsa sauce, dried peas, canned mushrooms and tomato sauce.

Remember to inspect and read labels on packages before buying and stocking up. Some products may seem vegetarian but may contain animal based ingredients like gelatin and animal oil. Pure vegans might also want to find out if instant foods contain cheese, milk and other dairy products.

Cook the Same Way

Vegetarian and regular recipes are similar. The only thing lacking is meat. This means that you just have to cook like you always do. Just have a little knowledge to supplement your nutrients and a little creativity to make easy healthy vegetarian recipes as tasty as meat dishes.

Protein substitute are found in beans, nuts and legumes. Calcium can be obtained from milk and green leafy vegetables. To make your easy healthy vegetarian recipes especially tasty you can experiment with herbs and spices like chilies, oregano, thyme, rosemary and basil.

Don't Overdo Plain Dishes

There is absolutely nothing wrong with serving steamed vegetables, corn and peas. They are also obviously easy healthy vegetarian recipes. Sometimes though, you might want to cut back on these basic dishes so that your family doesn't get too bored with the same taste. Serve the same dishes but maybe you can sauté these food items first with some tasty onions, garlic and some pepper.

Serve Healthy Snacks

In some cases, all it takes to prepare and serve better recipes is a little more time. To make sure that your family members don't come home hungry and ready for a big meal at six, serve them healthy snacks to delay their craving for dinner. Pack some nuts, dried fruits, fruit mixes, crackers and cheese for them to take to school or work.

Serve Raw and Simple

Raw vegetarianism is another way of maximizing the greatest source of healthy nutrients from your recipe. You might want to try one night in seven as a raw night. Raw foods are considered healthy because they lose none of their nutrients through heat in the cooking process. More rigid raw eaters simply blend fruits and vegetables. You may however just want to settle for simple salads with delicious dips and sauces.

There is no truth to the rumor that vegetarians have difficult recipes to follow and that not following complicated recipes will result in bland food.

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Filipino Pasta Recipes

Submitted by: Carlo Villamayor

Pop into any party and chances are there’s a large helping of pasta on everyone’s plate. Next to rice and pancit, pasta is no doubt one of the most popular party foods in the Philippines. That’s why you’ll find it in most Filipino food chains, although it’s not considered fast food anywhere else in the world. Yes, it’s not exactly part of Filipino cuisine, but we’ve found ways to make it fit in with our tastes.

But if you’ve been to enough parties, you’ll notice there’s hardly any variety in Filipino pastas. There seems to be a standard: the sauce has to be bright red, there’s got to be hot dogs in, and you have to be generous with the cheese. But nothing’s keeping you from breaking the rules. If you want to surprise your guests at your next party, try one of these pasta Filipino recipes.

Chicken Lasagna

This is a rich pasta dish perfect for those really special occasions. You can serve it with garlic bread like other pasta recipes, or serve with a light potato salad on the side.

Ingredients

8-10 lasagna sheets, cooked

2 cups chicken meat, cooked and diced

1 cup button mushrooms, sliced

2 cups canned tomatoes

1 onion, chopped

½ tsp oregano

½ tsp basil

½ cup half and half

1 ¼ cups chicken broth

1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

½ cup ricotta cheese, shredded

2 tbsp butter

3 tbsp flour

parmesan cheese to taste

salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

Saute onions in butter until transparent. Mix in the basil, oregano, mushrooms, salt and pepper. Run the tomatoes through a food processor or blender, then add to the vegetables. Add the chicken and let it cook on low heat. In another saucepan, melt the butter and add the flour, stirring until smooth. Pour in the broth and stir continuously until thick. Switch to low heat and add the half and half. In a greased baking pan, spread some of the cream sauce on the base and cover with a layer of lasagna. Layer with the meat sauce, cream sauce, and risotto and mozzarella cheeses. Keep adding layers until you’re out of sauce. Top with parmesan and bake for about25 minutes at 350oF.

Polka Dot Mac and Cheese

Kids will love this colorful dish at birthday parties. it takes less than 30 minutes to prepare, so you’ll have time to make other Filipino food recipes.

Ingredients:

1 cup elbow macaroni, cooked

2 hot dogs

½ cup milk

1 cup cheddar cheese soup

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Procedure: Preheat your oven to 375oF. Put the macaroni in a large baking dish. Stir in the cheese sauce, worcestershire and milk, making sure all the noodles are evenly coated. Chop the hot dogs into thin slices, then arrange on top of the pasta. Bake for 25 minutes or until hot dogs are done.

Penne with Tomato Cream Sauce

Some people like traditional red sauce; others like it white and creamy. This recipe strikes the perfect balance between the two. This works great with Filipino desserts recipes such as leche flan and halo-halo.

Ingredients:

1 cup penne pasta, cooked

½ cup bacon, chopped

¼ cup onion, chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

¾ cup bell pepper, chopped

2 cups canned whole peeled tomatoes, unsalted

½ tsp dried basil

¼ cup evaporated milk

1 tsp sugar

2 tsp flour

salt and pepper to taste

Procedure: cook the bacon, onion, and garlic on medium heat until tender. Add the tomato, sugar, basil, salt and pepper. Stir well and bring to a boil, then switch to low heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the penne and cook another 2-3 minutes.

Eggplant lasagna

This one is perfect for vegetarians or health-conscious eaters. The eggplant provides the fullness of meat, making it much like traditional Filipino cooking recipes.

Ingredients:

2 cups spaghetti sauce

½ kg eggplant, thinly sliced

1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

1 ½ cups ricotta cheese, shredded

1 ½ cups pitted olives

3 garlic cloves, minced

1 tsp oregano

1 tsp dried basil

2 tsp fennel seeds

1/3 cup olive oil

Procedure: Preheat your oven to 425oF. Stir the basil and oregano into the olive oil, then brush onto the eggplant strips. Brown both sides of the eggplant until tender. Layer the eggplant, mozzarella and ricotta, sauce, fennel seeds, and olives in a casserole dish; repeat as necessary. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top and cover. Bake for about 25 minutes or until the cheese gets bubbly. Let it cool for about 15 minutes.

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Three Easy Pasta Recipes

By Ana Maria Da Costa Vasconcellos 

When I get home and have short time to prepare lunch, the quickest dish is always pasta. You can easily have a complete meal in 10 minutes (plus the time to boil the water).

Pasta is a genuine food, that mostly of the times contain only water and wheat flour, being safe for people of all ages. The difference is how we dress it. But following the rules of Mediterranean Diet, that combines vegetables with carbohydrates, if the right quantity of fat (good fat) is used, it can really be considered a high quality meal for all ages.

The number of calories of a pasta dish (not considering the dressing) is around 300 kcal. Plus the dressing it makes a complete meal for about 600kcal, that matches perfectly with a balanced and healthy diet.

There are many industrialized dressings that may contain chemicals, but as seen along the following recipes, it is really easy and simple to cook a good and genuine meal with easy-to-find fresh ingredients.

Tasty Pasta with Tuna

This recipe is one of the favorite ones for my children. It's a complete meal as you have pasta (carbohydtares), extra virgin olive oil (good unsatured fat), grated parmesan and tuna (proteins).

You'll need for 4 people:

400gr of pasta (500gr if you want a unique and complete dish)

3 cans of tuna with olive oil (I use the 160gr each cans)

5 anchovies fillets

4 pieces of garlic (chopped)

3 spoons of extra virgin olive oil

4 or 5 spoons of grated parmesan

1 lemon juice

How to do it:

Put the pasta into the salted boiling water and set your timer for the cooking time (part of the goodness of a pasta dish is its correct cook - a too much cooked pasta loses taste).

Then put the extra virgin olive oil inside a frying pan and add the chopped garlic, the minced anchovies fillets and soon after the tuna. Mix it all, add a small piece of <i>peperoncino</i> (optional) and right before turning the gas off, add the lemon juice.

When the pasta is done, drain it with a colander and put it back inside the pan. Add the tuna mix and the grated parmesan. Mix it all well and...it's ready.

Tagliatelle Alfredo

I got this recipe from a waiter of Alfredo's restaurant at Epcot Center, many years ago.

You'll need (for 4 people):

400gr of tagliatelle (fresh fettuccine would be great)

250gr cream

120gr of a good quality grated parmesan

1 spoon of butter

How to do it:

After putting the pasta inside the boiling salted water (tip: add a thread of oil to the water. It avoids fresh pasta to attach one with another), take a pan and put the butter, the cream and the grated parmesan together. Take it to low gas and mix it until it gets hot, but not boiling. When the pasta is done, drain it with a colander and add the warm cream and mix it all. It's done.

Pasta with bottarga and cherry tomatoes

Here you need to have grated bottarga, but it worths the expense.

You'll need (for 4 people):

400 gr of spaghetti

4 spoons of extra virgin olive oil

4 or 5 pieces of garlic, chopped

Minced parsley

500gr of cherry tomatoes

Grated bottarga

How to do it:

After putting the spaghetti into the boiling salted water, put the extra virgin olive oil inside a pan, add the chopped garlic and parsley and let it color a little. Then add the cherry tomatoes cut in halfs, mix it with the rest for a while and then turn off the gas. When the pasta is done, add this mix adding the grated bottarga. Perfect with a glass of good white wine. Enjoy!

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