{"id":3684,"date":"2011-12-30T08:42:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T15:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/?p=3684"},"modified":"2011-12-30T08:42:10","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T15:42:10","slug":"tombola-at-the-post-office-hot-soup-torta-paradiso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2011\/12\/30\/tombola-at-the-post-office-hot-soup-torta-paradiso\/","title":{"rendered":"An Italian Afternoon | Tombola at the Post Office, Hot Borlotti Bean Soup, and Torta Paradiso"},"content":{"rendered":"

copyright 2011 Art of Living, PrimaMedia,Inc
\n\"tombola<\/a>
\n(photo credit : www.olomedeia.it<\/a>)
\nPost offices are becoming unbearable here,,today there were 100 people ahead of me in line at , my only salvation was that( since it is the Holiday season and everyone plays Tombola or bingo at get togethers) I could imagine myself playing the game as the\u00a0 numbers appeared on a big screen in the\u00a0 middle of\u00a0 the post office..so my half day wait became a game of Tombola..I was number 262 and they were only up to 120\u2026.when we finally got to 257 I could yell out \u201ccinquina\u201d only 5 left to go\u2026..and then finally 262,\u201dTombola\u201d I yelled out ( to myself only)\u2026
\nFinally out of the post office and it was 12:45..only 15 minutes\u00a0 (stores close at 1 PM) to get to the fresh pasta store in town\u2026not enough time to make the\u00a0 fresh pasta..but their fresh pasta is the next best thing to home made..( it is called La Fraiola)\u2026 for a bean soup I planned for pranzo (lunch)..a\u00a0 bean soup with freshly made egg noodles..couldn\u2019t help but but have a hankering for soup since the temps are in the low 30\u2019s and we are surrounded by snow capped mountains.. Here is today\u2019s lunch..
\nPasta e Fagioli Borlotti (Borlotti Bean Soup)<\/strong>
\n\"pasta-e-fagioli<\/a>
\nexcerpted from The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: DaVinci Style<\/em> available in print here<\/a> or in digital version exclusively on Kindle<\/strong>
\n8 ozs. freshly made egg noodles
\n1 cup borlotti beans (dry and soaked overnight, cooked in water for 1hr)
\n2 carrots
\n2 tomatoes
\n1 leek
\n1 stalk celery chopped
\n2 whole cloves garlic
\n3 tblsps extra virgin olive oil
\nPlace oil in a large pot and place in garlic and chopped leeks Then saute for 3 minutes.
\nPlace in 5 cups (2 \u00bd liters) hot vegetable broth, carrots, tomatoes, bring to a boil and\u00a0 simmer place in beans, cook till tender, at least 20 minutes. Boil again and then place in fresh pasta and cook for 5-8 minutes ,and cook for 20 more minutes. Add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Serve and top with a drizzle of olive oil. and freshly grated parmigiano reggiano cheese
\nTorta Paradiso (Heavenly Cake)<\/strong>
\n\"torta<\/a>
\n1 cup (200 gr) butter
\n\u00be cup (120 gr)confectioner’s sugar
\n\u00bc cup(60 gr) flour
\n1\/3 cup (70 gr) potato starch
\n1 egg + 1 egg yolk
\ngrated zest of one lemon
\nextra confectioner’s sugar for topping
\nPlace softened butter in a bowl and whip till a creamy consistency, add in confectioner’s sugar a little at a time. Beat 1 egg + 1 yolk in another bowl till creamy. Add in butter mixture. When well blended add in grated lemon zest, then sift into mixture the flour and potato starch. Mix till well blended.
\nButter a 9\u201d cake pan.\u00a0 Pour in batter. Bake in oven preheated to 350 F (180C) for approx. 1 hour or until cake is firm in center. remove from oven, let cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
\n**Get more recipes from The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: DaVinci Style here<\/a> or available in digital form exclusively on Kindle
\n\"davinci<\/a>
\n**See you on March 24-25 in Charlottesville, Virginia at the Virginia Festival of the Book.\u00a0 The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: DaVinci Style<\/a> is one of the books selected to be featured in this year\u2019s festival
\n*May 3, 2012 join me on a luxury cruise<\/a> to Italy and the Mediterranean<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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