Care for a steak Diane?

Steak Diane

Steak Diane is a made with beef tenderloin which they call Filet Mignon.

Steak Diane is made by seasoning with garlic and black pepper and frying quickly on butter.
The decoration of Steak Diane is made from the juices that are left on the pan after frying the beef, you could add some more butter and beef stock and sauteing some broccoli and mushrooms.
Pour the sauce over Steak Diane to achieve its best look and garnish with chopped parsley.

Simple Easy Italian Brijole aka Braciola recipe

Italian way of making Brijole recipe

Braciola aka Brijole (plural braciole) is the name of an Italian dish. Brijole are simple thin slices of beef pan fried in their juice, or in a light amount of olive oil. Brijole, probably, one of the simplest dishes in Italian cooking; served with a green salad or boiled potatoes.

Braciola/Brijole easy recipe

Pork Brijole/chicken brijole or Beef Brijole

Ingredients

Pork Brijole(Braciola),garlic, sage, rosemary, flour, olive oil, salt and pepper
Crush the garlic with rosemary and sage. Put oil in your non stick pan or grill and leave this mix to cook for a minute. In the meantime rub the Brijole with the flour and add to the cooking mix, add salt and pepper and cook.
(you could add tomato if you like)



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Simple Easy Italian Brijole/Braciola recipe

Brijole step by step recipe



Brijole step by step recipe



The Perfect Italian Brijole/Braciole recipe from the way my mother in laws does it. Easy simple brijole recipe of a lifetime

Some call it brajole others braciole recipe and in America brijole, but definitely all is the same.Simple Easy Italian Brijole to cook in this blog.

Italians food can be simple and easy to prepare anywhere. You do not have to go to an italian restaurant or Italy to eat like Italians. You can learn the basics of Italian cookingg right here in this blog and create an Italian corner in your Kitchen wherever you are. Look all the food presented in this blog I make it and most of the time I'm not in Italy. Follow my ideas and see what local products you can use.

I always enjoy summer when there is more of grilled meat. If you happen to go to Kenya for a holiday or a safari Brijole or grilled style meat will be called "Nyama Choma".

Italians also enjoy grilled meat as I mentioned mostly during summer outdoors. Let me take you through a simple way of preparing your meat like my Mother in Law does.

There is not much to be done for her marinated brijole she marinate the meat in rosemary, salt and sage.

(lets look at another step by step brijole recipe in the next post)
Then after some minutes it's on the grill. She will mostly serve with Piadina I have a recipe in the beginning of the blog but you can short-cut from Italian bread

I hope you are here looking for brijole recipe you already have a non stick pan

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If you are doing your grilling in the oven in your house which I also do sometime then there are some resources for you on meat quality and safety here read this

I found the following article very important as it is related to grilled meat. Better know what you are eating and what can be side effects.
Reduce Your Cancer Risk From Grilled Meat

Research suggests that grilled meat may increase the risk of certain types of cancer. Red meats, poultry and fish produce compounds called heterocyclic amines (known carcinogens) when cooked at high temperatures. Another type of carcinogen called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are formed when animal fat drips onto hot coals which then flame up and deposit the carcinogens on the meat. You can reduce your exposure to these carcinogens by following the following grilling tips:

Choose lean cuts of meat to grill, instead of high-fat varieties such as ribs or sausages.
Trim fats from meats when possible and remove skin from poultry.
Use tongs or a spatula to turn foods instead of a fork. Piercing meat with a fork allows fats and juices to drip down onto the hot coals which causes flame-ups.
Removed charred areas from meat before eating.
Marinate meats in marinade that contains anti-oxidants (vinegar, citrus juice, herbs, spices and olive oil) as research suggests that this may help inhibit the formation of carcinogens on grilled meat.
Read on here

Simple easy meat balls recipe

This is easy and simple way of grilling meat balls is from my sister in - law.
But, depending on where you are you can adapt it to the ingredients that you have.
Minced meat, parsley, pepper, salt, flour, bread crumbs and olive oil. Mix together in a bowl make the meatballs instead of deep frying them try grilling them in the oven.

Roasted Beef: Roasted beef to party

Roasted Beef

1 whole beef tenderloin and clean it

What you need to do is season olive oil, pesto, Worcestershire sauce,steak seasoning add some rosemary.

Process
Make sure you coat the meat well with seasoning. Keep in the refrigerator all night.

Ready to cook?

Heat the oven and cook the beef for 30 minutes.

Serve with baked potatoes etc

Simple Italian food dishes: Braciole summer Barbeque

When Im in Italy I love it in summer. My husbands family have a holiday home in the mountains and when summer finally comes we are all happy to go up there.
First it starts with clearing the garden and taking care of the flowers. After winter snow you can imagine the compound is really in need of help.

What I like about summer is the grilling we do: My mother inlaw loves braciole and grilled tomatoes we also together with the braciole grill some mushrooms.

I'm giving you here a quick brajole- braciole recipe

Pork Braciole: Braciole recipes easy simple for you and family

Ingredients:
1 braciola of pork
4 sage leaves
2 cloves garlic
10 g butter
1 spoon white wine
2-3 spoons of tomato
salt and pepper

Steps
Fry the Braciola on the pan with the butter together with sage and garlic, add the wine and let it evaporate then after which you add the tomato, salt and pepper. Cover and cook for 15-20 minutes.
Enjoy your Braciola!

When you feel like doing easy Italian dishes-italian food dishes you know you can always stop here and grab a recipe.

Oven Potatoes this time with Italian sausage not chicken

Dear Readers,

For the next 2 weeks I will be travelling in Italy let us catch up with more cooking when Im back.

Grilled Chicken: Turkey?

My oven grilled chicken

I have been grilling chicken pieces with potatoes in the oven for some years now, since I picked my Italian cooking skills. Now I decided to give the whole chicken a trial.

My grilled chicken in the oven.

Shopping: Buy lemons,sage, rosemary, garlic and whole chicken.

I stuffed the inside of the chicken with rosemary, garlic, sage and 1 lemon cut into wedges. Then I oiled the oven heavy dish and put the chicken.

I grilled it for a whole hour and this is the results.

If you are grilling turkey or chicken you might want to try with these herbs you will love the smell.
Grilled chicken grilled oven for every Sunday lunch.

Grilling Causes Cancer?

An article from the daily green website

Really? Grilling Causes Cancer?

Ever since 2005, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released its 11th Report on Carcinogens, there has been a simmering concern among summer-fun loving grilling enthusiasts: Does grilling meat cause cancer?

That’s because a byproduct of the searing heat, called heterocyclic amines, may increase the risk of developing some cancers. That browned appearance on meat, fish and poultry is the culprit and the same concerns apply to fried foods and any other cooking method that applies the heat directly, rather than via a liquid stew or steamy air.

And cooking anything releases smoke, laced with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are ubiquitous in urban environments anyway, but which also can end up in minute quantities in grilled foods. Those, too, are linked to cancer.

What’s a grill lover to do? Restraint and moderation are probably the best antidote to the worry.