{"id":3597,"date":"2011-12-21T04:18:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T11:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/?p=3597"},"modified":"2011-12-21T04:18:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T11:18:29","slug":"christmas-in-rome-a-christmas-pasta-with-lobster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2011\/12\/21\/christmas-in-rome-a-christmas-pasta-with-lobster\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasta Shells with Lobster and Spinach &#124; Christmas in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-prassede.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"santa prassede\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-prassede_thumb.jpg?resize=169%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"santa prassede\" width=\"169\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA perfect Christmas\u00a0 concert at Santa Prassede in the center of Rome, was an unexpected surprise as I arrived on Sunday. I have heard about this church before but it has always been closed..what a hidden gem.<br \/>\nOutside it is plain and doesn\u2019t beckon to come inside, but once inside you are splendidly surprised with so many frescoes and mosaic tiles and balconies in marble. Your mouth will drop in awe as your head spins around savoring every beautiful bit of color\u2026<br \/>\n<a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-prassede-rome-2-facade.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"santa prassede rome 2 facade\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-prassede-rome-2-facade_thumb.jpg?resize=244%2C164&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"santa prassede rome 2 facade\" width=\"244\" height=\"164\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Christmas concert just happened to be an extra something..with the International Choir of Rome and pieces from Mozart and Bach\u2026.<br \/>\nBut of course my favorite part was getting home to enjoy a pre \u2013Holiday dinner with friends and a dish of pasta with lobster, it has become a favorite for dinner and is excerpted here from my Award Winning book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/products-page\/categories\/the-basic-art-of-italian-cooking-holidays-special-occasions-second-edition\/\">The Basic Art of\u00a0 Italian Cooking: Holidays &amp; Special Occasions-2nd edition<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Pasta Shells with Lobster and Spinach<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_7im-d4xxkfE\/RvAzw8wjnGI\/AAAAAAAAANg\/zAUysZ46M98\/s400\/DSCN2268.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\nFirst Course<br \/>\n<strong>Serves 4. <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8 ounces cooked lobster meat<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>5 tablespoons olive oil<\/li>\n<li>8 ounces dried mushrooms<\/li>\n<li>1 finely chopped onion<\/li>\n<li>1 pound washed and chopped fresh spinach<\/li>\n<li>Pinch of salt and pepper<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc Cup cream<\/li>\n<li>1 pound pasta shells<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsleyCut lobster meat into small chunks. In a bowl, blend lemon juice with 4 tablespoons olive oil. Let stand for 15 minutes. Place dried mushrooms in 1 cup warm water and let sit for 15 minutes.<br \/>\nPlace 1 tablespoon olive oil in saut\u00e9 pan with chopped onion and spinach. Saut\u00e9 for 5 minutes. Add in mushrooms, lobster meat, pinch of salt and pepper, and cream. Bring to a boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.<br \/>\nCook pasta until al dente, then drain. Place pasta in sauce and toss.<br \/>\nServe on individual plates. Drizzle with olive oil\/lemon sauce and sprinkle fresh parsley on top. Serve with a dry white wine or even a sparklling Prosecco.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more recipes get your copy of the Gourmand World Award Winning Cookbook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/products-page\/categories\/the-basic-art-of-italian-cooking-holidays-special-occasions-second-edition\/\">The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays &amp; Special\u00a0 Occasions-2nd edition<\/a> you can still get a copy rushed for a Christmas gift or get a Kindle or ebook version<br \/>\n<a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/97819289111971.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"9781928911197\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/9781928911197_thumb1.jpg?resize=187%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"9781928911197\" width=\"187\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>May 2012<\/strong>-Join me in Italy for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/cooking-school-villa-in-italy\/\">luxury cruise<\/a> across Italy and parts of the Mediterranean. it is an all inclusive cruise\u2026 so even your flight and luxury suite, food ,tips, excursions are all included..makes a great Christmas gift also!<br \/>\n<strong>March 24-25, 2012<\/strong>&#8211; see you at Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia. The latest release The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: DaVinci Style was just selected to be part of this amazing festival celebrating the written word. If you are in or near Charlottesville, Virgina, stop by! For more info and\/or to be included as one of the sponsors of The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati tm email: <a href=\"mailto:events@marialiberati.com\">events@marialiberati.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A perfect Christmas\u00a0 concert at Santa Prassede in the center of Rome, was an unexpected surprise as I arrived on Sunday. I have heard about this church before but it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,878,947,28,45,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caro-diariodear-diary","category-christmas","category-country-house-living","category-holidays","category-pasta-recipes-2","category-recipes"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}