{"id":10001365,"date":"2015-01-01T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/?p=10001365"},"modified":"2018-03-23T09:16:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T08:16:04","slug":"coffee-and-surroundings-xii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/coffee-and-surroundings-xii\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee and surroundings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Banning meat and fish from the table. That\u2019s the philosophy of vegetarian diet, which excludes the use of animal products. Considered a niche phenomenon until recently, today more and more people, mainly women aged between 25 and 34, \u201cconverted\u201d to this diet, making a choice that is not only bound to health, but also to ethics. In the \u201ccoffee and surroundings\u201d section, Chef Carmelo Chiaramonte continues accompanying us in his trips and makes us find out how vegetarian cuisine can be pleasantly delicious, easy to prepare and within everyone\u2019s means.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Winter exoticisms of the high hills<\/h3>\n

Winter plays with our mind, which is often puckered by cold and dreams about the summer and its warm shininess. The cure to take care of such subtle melancholy is to seek refuge in the hilly Mediterranean tastes: holm oak and oak woods, rare and resin-scented herbs and strolls to be released from the numbness of the heating system. The dream that heats up a gourmet soul comes from pistachio ice cream, light and in line with the rules imposed by Pythagoras regarding vegetarianism.<\/p>\n

Three rare and totally Sicilian herbs in this dessert: helichrysum recalling the scent of curry, arquebuse rich in yellow daisy notes, and Artemisia, full of resin and fresh incense smell. A cold and unforgettable portion, where the taste of raw mushroom opens a window to the imagination of deep wood scent. Among the spoons sinking into the dish, the porcini mushroom is accompanied by the tastes of its botanic\u00a0neighbourhood<\/span>, olive oil, the black Sicilian bee nectar and the green candour of a Sicilian pistachio grove. Pairing a wine is not necessary, but if you want, here\u2019s a glass of dry and deep Marsala.<\/p>\n

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How to prepare it<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Mix all ingredients to prepare the ice cream and pour into the ice-cream freezer. Cook with oil until creamy. Burn charcoal, put into a smoker, place the porcini mushrooms onto a high grill, smoke with helichrysum flowers. Repeat the same procedure twice. Put an ice cream scoop and a slice of porcino mushroom onto a cold plate (0\u00b0) and decorate with oil, salt, flowers, herbs and honey.<\/p>\n

For pistachio ice cream<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

20 cc milk, 10 cc fresh cream, 3 gr dry porcini mushroom powder, 60 gr thyme honey, 45 gr powdered shelled pistachios, 5 cc Nocellara Etnea extra virgin oil<\/p>\n

To smoke the mushrooms<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

300 gr charcoal, 4 fresh helichrysum tops, 4 intact porcini mushroom caps<\/p>\n

To complete the dish<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Some artemisia tops, 4 arquebuse flowers, Chestnut honey, Nocellara Etnea extra virgin olive oil, Whole salt<\/p>\n

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Recommended song for the reading of the present article<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>Georges Blues – The Pistachios<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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