More Easy Personal Chef Italian Recipe Selections by Ruth Paget
In Giada’s Italy: My Recipes for La Dolce Vita by Giada de Laurentis (available on Amazon Kindle), de Laurentis lightens up Italian classics for a Californian touch and provides many recipes that personal chefs can use reflecting her experience as a personal chef.
Some of the dishes in her book that new personal chefs might want to consider making include:
*avocado and white bean dip – de Laurentis makes this dip by creaming together canned white cannellini beans, avocadoes, salt, lemon juice, and basil
*spicy Calabrian shrimp – the shrimp in this dish are baked on a sheetpan tray and are perfect as toothpick hors d’oeuvres.
The sauce the shrimp are baked in includes Parmesan cheese, olive oil, spicy Calabrian chili paste, lemon zest, and oregano. Lemon juice is squeezed on the shrimp before serving.
*pane pomodoro – in this recipe, grilled toast that has been brushed with olive oil is then rubbed with tomato halves. The toasts are sprinkled with salt and stacked. Extra olive oil is served on the side for drizzling.
*cacio e pepe with pancetta and arugula – very good cheese and black pepper pasta in this recipe is dressed up with pancetta and 3 cups of sautéed, peppery arugula lettuce
*pan-seared bronzino fish fillets – this recipe works for many kinds of fish and is made with tomatoes, capers, Niçoise olives, dry white wine, butter, and parsley
For your own family cooking or dishes that you could make as a personal chef, Giada’s Italy: My Recipes for La Dolce Vita by Giada de Laurentis has many appealing recipes that are relatively easy to make and call for ingredients that have become easily obtainable in all areas thanks to online ordering and delivery.
By Ruth Paget
-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books
-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games
-developer of food and beverage knowledge games
-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center
-creator of French travel and culture games
-writer of 1800+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs
-family genealogist
-developer of 9 music theory games
