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Sausage and Artichoke Sauce

4/23/2019

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Tomatoes are not necessary for pasta sauces. We love pasta with vegetables and meat and there are many kinds. 
When artichokes are in season we have pasta sauces and  lasagna with them.
For this sauce: just put extra virgin olive oil, garlic and sausage in the pan.
Cook and  add a little or white wine ( if you have it, it can be done without too).
Add the artichokes cut into strips. Cook for 10 minutes, if it dries too much you can add a little of water.
When the pasta is ready, before draining, keep a cup of the boling water.
Add the pasta in the sauce and cook for 2 minutes, if it is too dry add a bit of the hot cooking water, and parmigiano cheese.
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Soffritto with Onion

4/19/2019

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I cut the onion finely. It has to cook properly, I like when it melts, without  burned pieces of onion in  the sauce.
I use a simple secret that save some fat from your sauce too: fry in the frying pan the onion, a bit of extra virgin olive oil and a  little of water.

When it dries, you add a more water- a couple of spoons. In this way the onion did not burn but instead cook completely and become very soft.
When it is ready, you add the other ingredients. It’s a matter of just 5 preliminary minutes for a very good sauce.

Onion soffritto is required for the pasta sauces with:

Tomato

Zucchini

Pancetta-bacon
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Daisies and Coliseum

4/15/2019

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Nature and history...
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Juda's Tree

4/12/2019

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The blossom of Juda's tree is magnificient. it is all over the city.
The blossom lasts about two weeks. Afterward,  with the leaves on, it becomes an ordinary tree.
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Wisteria in the Roman Forum

4/10/2019

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At the end of March the archeological area is in blossom. It's a pleasure for the eyes and wondeful for picture taking. The wisteria is spectacular...I wait the entire year for the blossom and it lasts about 10 days of pure beauty.
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Roman Parrots

4/7/2019

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We have thousands of green parrots in town. They are all over...in the trees in front of my home, in the ruins of ancient Rome and a huge colony is in ancient ostia excavations.

They are not native of Italy; I imagine that green parrots owner tired of taking care of pets released them and they found my city very comfortable.

​They have considerably grown in number in the past few years.
I have never seen a green parrot when I was a child and now I wonder if they are replacing some other species.
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Pigeons in Rome

4/4/2019

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We fortunately don’t have too many pigeons in Rome.

I have nothing against them, nevertheless these birds are dangerous for art works, and therefore a limited presence is optimal in the eternal city. 
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Rome Seagulls

4/2/2019

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Rome is near the seaside and crossed by the Tiber River therefore our dominant bird is the seagull.

Seagull are all over the places and are really big, like chickens.
It is quite strange because the seagull by the seaside are normal while the ones who are in Rome are really big.
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They are an attraction and wonderful to add in our pictures... 
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