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The passage provides recipes for cannelloni, cuttlefish in black cappuccino, chopped beef on bark, and white risotto with Haitian coffee powder and Pantelleria capers.

The steps are to whip the egg whites and lard, roll filo pastry around molds, bake in the oven at 120C then 170C, stuff with ricotta cream, mozzarella, basil pesto and tomato comfit, and bake again.

The ingredients used are cuttlefish, vegetable gelatin broth, white wine, onion, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, bay leaf, salt, and cuttlefish ink.

Alajmo's

Recipe

Crispy ricotta and buffalo


mozzarella cannelloni
with tomato sauce

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Serves 4
Cannelloni
12 sheets filo pastry 7 x 25 cm each
20 g egg whites
10 g lard, melted
0.5 g salt melted butter to grease molds

Ricotta cream
300 g buffalo ricotta
60 g grated Parmigiano
10 g extra virgin olive oil
5 drops soy sauce
Pinch of salt
Hint of castor sugar

immersion mixer for 30 seconds. Roll


14 the length of the filo dough sheet
around a buttered cannoli mold. Brush
the remaining 34 of the dough with egg
white and lard mixture and finish rolling
the dough around mold. Bake cannoli in
120C ventilated dry oven for 7 minutes;
remove cannoli from molds while still hot,
place on a baking sheet and bake again
at 170C dry oven without ventilation for
9 minutes.

Ricotta cream
Squeeze any liquid from ricotta and puree
with remaining ingredients for one minute.
Transfer mixture to a pastry bag.

Tomato sauce
350 g pureed canned tomatoes
25 g extra virgin olive oil
3 g garlic
2 g salt
1.5 g of castor sugar
2 basil leaves

Tomato sauce
Saut garlic in extra virgin oil over low
heat, add basil, then add tomatoes, salt
and sugar. Simmer for 3-4 minutes, then
eliminate basil and garlic.

Buffalo mozzarella cubes


Buffalo mozzarella cubes
8 buffalo mozzarella 1 cm cubes
15 g grated Parmigianino

Dry mozzarella cubes with absorbent


paper, and mix with Parmigianino and
refrigerate.

Tomato comfit

Tomato comfit

150 g. tomato comfit

Chop the tomato comfit and transfer to


pastry bag.

Preparation
Fresh basil leaves
Extra virgin olive oil
Basil pesto

method
Cannelloni
Whip egg whites, lard and salt with

Preparation
Stuff filo pastry cannelloni, alternating
ricotta cream, a cube of mozzarella,
a little basil pesto, tomato comfit and
another mozzarella cube. Seal each end
with ricotta cream. Bake at 170C. for 5
minutes. Serve with tomato sauce, extra
virgin, and fresh basil.

Alajmo's
Recipe

Cuttlefish in the
black cappuccino

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Serves 4

Method

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish

300 g cleaned cuttlefish, cut into


small cubes
150 g vegetable gelatin broth
30 g white wine
20 g white onion, minced
20 g extra virgin olive oil
14 garlic clove
12 bay leaf
Pinch of salt
Cuttlefish ink (removed from sack while
cleaning cuttlefish)

Sweat onion and garlic in extra virgin oil,


add cuttlefish, brown slightly and add
white wine a little at a time. Evaporate
liquid, then add cuttlefish ink and
the vegetable gelatin broth gradually.
Cover and cook slowly until cuttlefish
is tender.

Potato cream
450 g white potato, peeled and cut into
2 cm cubes
100 g fresh heavy cream
95 g whole milk
60 g boiling vegetable gelatin broth
20 g extra virgin olive oil
6 g salt
3 g castor sugar
3 g chives, minced
1.5 g soy sauce

Preparation
1 tsp. chives, minced
A few drops of extra virgin olive oil

Potato cream
Boil potatoes in a large pot of unsalted
water. Blend in Thermomix at 60C
adding milk, heavy cream, soy sauce,
sugar and salt. Drizzle in extra virgin
and emulsify with boiling broth. Pour
cream in a hot terrine, add chives and
mix delicately.

Preparation
Place a tablespoon of cuttlefish in a
transparent glass and cover with potato
cream. Garnish with a few drops of
cooking juice and extra virgin; sprinkle
with a pinch of chive.

Alajmo's
Recipe

Hand-chopped
beef on bark

(To eat with ones fingers, dedicated to the


Brotherhood of the Knights of Le Calandre)

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Serves 4

Method

Chopped beef

Chopped beef

300 g trimmed fasone, a tender,


flavourful shoulder cut
40 g sparkling mineral water, chilled
12 g extra virgin olive oil
6 g natural white truffle paste
4 g salt
1 g castor sugar
1 chive, minced
1 drop garlic oil
A peppermill twist of black pepper

Remove the nerve structure of the meat,


chop with a knife and, in a bowl, dress
with oils, truffle paste, salt, pepper and
chive. Mix well, and add cold water.
Remove meat from bowl and refrigerate
for 10 minutes but dont wash the bowl.

Whole wheat bread pieces


2 slices hot whole wheat bread
Pinch of unwashed coarse sea salt
Drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
1 chive, chopped

Truffle egg sauce


200 g basic mayonnaise
20 g cold water
6 g natural white truffle paste
1 g salt
1 drop garlic oil

Aromatic water for


hand towels
1 lt of water
4 drops rose essence
2 cloves
1 star anise clove
1 cinnamon stick
Rind of 2 oranges
Rind of 1 lemon

Preparation
12 slices fresh seasonal truffles
4 pieces of star anise

Whole wheat bread pieces


Break the bread into bite-sized pieces,
place in the bowl that the meat was
dressed in, and combine with salt, extra
virgin and chives.

Truffle egg sauce


Mix mayonnaise with all ingredients to
make a fluid sauce.

Aromatic water for hand


towels
Pour water into a small bowl, add spices,
citrus rinds and heat in the microwave on
medium power. Add rose essence, dip
hand towels in mixture, roll them up, and
keep warm.

Preparation
Spoon a strip of truffle egg sauce on a
bark serving dish or cutting board, top
with 3 bite-sized portions of chopped
beef, and slice fresh truffles over the beef.
Place a piece of dressed whole wheat
bread next to beef. Place hot towel on a
plate and top with a star anise clove. This
dish, served with the warm bread, should
be eaten with ones hands, dipping the
meat in the sauce. Conclude by wiping
hands with the aromatic hand towels.

Alajmo's
Recipe

White risotto with Haitian


coffee powder and
Pantelleria capers
Serves 4

Method

1.2 lt hot hen broth


320 g Vialone Nano rice
100 g grated Parmigiano
60 g butter
50 g Pantelleria capers, soaked, drained
and chopped
50 g dry white wine
12 g extra virgin olive oil
10 g white onion, minced
4 gx ground espresso coffee
8 espresso beans
Pinch of salt
Hint of castor sugar
1 ristretto cup of espresso coffee,
reduced by half

Preparation
Sweat onion in extra virgin, toast rice with
onion, add wine and evaporate. Add salt
and coffee beans and proceed to add
simmering hen broth, a ladleful at
a time. When rice is cooked, adjust salt,
eliminate coffee beans and energetically
stir in butter and Parmigiano, then
emulsify with a little broth. Sprinkle a
flat plate with ground espresso, ladle
risotto onto the plate, spread it, then
sprinkle with chopped capers. Draw a
line of reduced espresso on the edge of
the plate.

all dishes photographed by Wowe

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