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 Posted By: lucasantoro 
Dec 17  # 6 of 20
thanks, my daughter turned 4 so she didn't care too much but the cake :)
i can tell you that the parents of her friends, in other word my friends :) liked it a lot

satisfying first Cathy request here is the beans recipe

this recipe is a way i prepare beans and serve them as side dish, it has the same creamy aspect of the beans that as kid i saw spaghetti western cowboys eat with a big chunk of bread as spoon :-)


Ingredients:
1kg boiled white beans you can use a can of white beans, possibly one which has nothing more than water, salt and obiously beans)
150g bacon
100g tomato (fresh or peeled)
1 piece of celery
1 garlic clove
1 chili pepper
extra vergin olive oil


Chop the bacon in small cubes, smash the garlic clove with the aid of a kitchen knife blade.
Put in a pan the a splash of olive oil, bacon, garlic, celery and chili pepper. When the garlic will start getting brown, add beans and tomato, mix them, then add a glass of hot water, cover the pot, and let it cook. We want to reach a point in which the sauce becomes creamy.
When you are happy of the result it's tiiiiime to eat!

Buon Appetito!
Pasta e Sfizi
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 Posted By: lucasantoro 
Dec 17  # 7 of 20
Cathy,

you can find as well the bucatini with cime di rapa recipes on my blog, (Bucatini or Spaghetti with Cime di rapa « Blog) the method to prepare the cime di rapa is the same if you eat it with or without pasta. Actually often instead of pasta we put sausages in it, the outcome taste is great!
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 Posted By: chubbyalaskagriz 
Dec 17  # 8 of 20
Nice menu, Luca! What an event! VERY nice...
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 Posted By: Dixie Girl 
Dec 17  # 9 of 20
Luca
Hello. The bean recipe sounds delicious. I've been trying so many new recipes this week, my son asked me if I'd joined a new cooking class:p Told him no, I just found some new friends with great recipes:)
Julie
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 Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy 
Dec 17  # 10 of 20
Thank you so much Luca!!! I will visit your site to get the other recipe!

Julie, my fiance' says the best thing I ever did was join SP and he says this after eating another satisfying meal and licking his lips:D

P.S. Luca I went to your site I saw there another excellent sounding recipe called Asparagus Au Gratin, Wow does that sound yummy!!!