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Delizie dal Marocco

07.04.2010

Domenica abbiamo preparato 2 specialità marocchine che a noi piacciono molto (poi io sto sempre male perchè cumino e peperoni verdi mi uccidono, ma questa è un’altra storia…).
Sunday we prepared 2 Moroccan specialties that we like very much (too bad I always end up feeling sick, cause cumin and green peppers kill me, but that’s another story…)

Tajine di pollo e limone/Chicken and lemons Tajine
1 coscia di pollo a testa, 2 se si è molto affamati/1 chicken leg each, 2 if you are really hungry
cumino, zenzero, paprika dolce, curcuma, 1-2 cucchiaini per spezia a seconda dei gusti/cumin, ginger, sweet paprika, curcum, 1-2 teaspoon depending on your taste
pepe bianco, pochino/white pepper, only a little bit
sale/salt
1/2 limone sotto sale a testa/half a salted lemon each
1 cipolla rossa a testa/1 red onion each
olio d’oliva/olive oil
1 spicchio d’aglio a testa, tagliato fine/1 garlic clove each, finely chopped
succo di un limone/lemon juice

Mettere tutte le spezie in una ciotola.
Put all the spices together into a bowl.
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Mescolare con l’olio, l’aglio e il succo di limone.
Mix them with oil, garlic and lemon juice.
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Sì, così…
Yep, like that…
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Mettere nella ciotola il pollo, le cipolle e i limoni tagliati a spicchi e mescolare bene in modo che il pollo assorba bene la marinata.
Add the chicken, the onions and the lemons slices into the bowl and mix it so that the chicken can absorb the marinade.

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Mescolare molto bene…
Mix very well…
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Normalmente il piatto si cuoce nella tajine, ma non avevo voglia di portarla dal Marocco e qui in Italia costano parecchio, quindi noi mettiamo in forno a 190° per un’oretta circa coperto e poi un’altra mezzoretta scoperto.
Usually you have to cook this dish in the tajine, but since I didn’t want to bring one from Morocco and here in Italy they are very expensive, we put everyting in the oven at 190°C, one hour covered with aluminion foil and half an hour approximately without the foil to roast it.
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Voilà!
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Insalata di peperoni verdi, Mechouia/Green Peppers Sald, Mechouia
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Cumino, zenzero/Cumin, ginger
Pepe bianco/White pepper
Sale/Salt
Olio extra vergine di oliva o olio d’argan/Extra-vergin olive oil or argan oil
Succo di limone/Lemon Juice
Peperoni verdi grigliati/Grilled Green Peppers
Pomodori/Tomatoes
Aglio/Garlic

Pelare i pomodori, togliere i semi e tagliarli a cubetti.
Peel the tomatoes, seed them and dice them.
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Nel frattempo grigliare i peperoni sul fornello di casa.
Meanwhile grill the peppers on you stove.
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Pelare i peperoni e togliere i semi.
Peel them and seed them.
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Tagliarli a cubetti.
Dice them.
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Mescolare le verdure e il condimento in una bella ciotola marocchina per aggiungere un tocco esotico 🙂
Mix the vegetables with the seasoning in a beautiful Moroccan bowl to add an exotic touch .-)
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Gustare con amici.
Enjoy with friends.
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L'importanza degli hobby

17.03.2010

The importance of hobbies

Da un paio di anni mi diletto di maglia.
A parte poter sfoggiare delle cosine niete male fatte da me medesima, ho trovato delle amiche simpatiche….
I started knitting a couple of years ago.
Aside from haveing nice little things to show off handmade by myself, I found some nice friends ….

Amiche

E pure una sorella gemella…
Even a twin sister…
Sorelle

Di faccia e di balenghitudine…
In physical appearence and in silliness…
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Al di là quest foto è una signora che va presa sul serio perchè è il presidente e non ha neppure gli escort.
Beyond this picture this lady should be taken seriously because she is the president and she doesn’t even have the escorts.

11/100

12.03.2010

11/100

I am taking a photography course once a week here in Torino. The lessons are quite interesting but unfortunately most of them have us sitting in a classroom, listening to our teacher and taking notes.
Not yesterday… yesterday we hit the studio for a lighting workshop. We had so much fun!!! We took turns behind and in front of the camera (… wait till you see the pictures my classmates took of me…).

We tried 2 different light-sets, one with 2 fluorescents light and one with a flash and a bank (I am not sure these are the names in English) and it was really really interesting. I think I will take a couple of extra hours in the studio to experiment more.

I love this picture: I love that Roberto is taking very seriously the mesuring but is also amused and happy of hiding the the holy grail aka the light-meter, I love that there is light-meter involved, such a professional tool (not mine, of course…), I love that I am taking the class to begin with and finally I love this challange cause I feel that I am really stepping-up with my photographies.