Buon giorno!!! Oggi vi presento un piatto a cui sono molto legato e che mi porta indietro nel tempo. Quando ero ancora un ragazzo, mamma mia quanti anni......, avevo la mia compagnia in Val d'Aveto al confine tra la Liguria e la Provincia di Piacenza. Proprio da lì veniva un nostro amico ed in un memorabile weekend da lui, sua zia Gina, una memorabile cuoca di altri tempi, ci ha fatto assaggiare questo piatto semplice ma divino. Rifarlo mi ha riportato con i suoi profumi ed i suoi sapori ai miei 18 anni, quando i problemi più grossi erano cosa fare il sabato con la splendida compagnia di amici. Non avrei potuto fare questo piatto senza l'aiuto di una piacentina DOC, Daniela del blog Mani in Pasta quanto Basta, che mi ha dato la sua ricetta di famiglia!!!! Andatela a trovare sul suo sito, è bravissima!!!!!!!!
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Ingredienti (x4):
per i pisarei
- 100 gr. pangrattato
- 250 gr. farina
- 200 ml. acqua calda
- 500 gr. fagioli borlotti
- 400 gr. pomodori pelati
- mazzetto aromatico (salvia, rosmarino, alloro)
- 1 cipolla
- 70 gr. lardo
- olio evo
- burro
- sale e pepe qb
for pisarei
100 gr. bread crumbs
250 gr. flour
200 ml hot water
for the sauce
500 gr. borlotti beans
400 gr. peeled tomatoes
bouquet garni (sage, rosemary, bay leaves)
1 onion
70 gr. lard
extra virgin olive oil
butter
salt and pepper to tasteThe first thing we need to do is "burn" the breadcrumbs with the hot water Then start adding the flour until you have a smooth, compact but workable dough. Let rest covered with a cloth for an hour.
We derive thin strips of dough and cut them into pieces of about one cm Using your thumb, not your index, like I did, press and drag the dumplings on a work surface giving the classic clamshell form Here is the measure that should have pisarei, that of a borlotti bean Tradition says that, more the woman made them smaller and better was her dowry. Maybe I would be able to marry me even at the time .........
Put Pisarei on a clean cloth to dry. It 's the time of the sauce, heat it in a crock a knob of butter, olive oil and a pinch of salt. We combine the garlic and finely chopped onion and when browned add the chopped lard Drain the beans (I keep a little of the cooking water) and add them to the mixture, also put the bouquet garni, and let flavor Blend the tomatoes and let's add that to the sauce, bring to a boil and lower our flame Let the sauce simmer at least an hour lengthening of the beans with water, if it should shrink too much I recommend it, the sauce should be fairly liquid because pisarei will "drown" in it.We cook pisarei in salted water, once cooked, season them with the sauce, which should be abundant, and tradition says that the right balance is a pisareo and 7 beans!
Garnish with a bit of olive oil, grated cheese and a sprig of rosemary.