- 400 GRAM PASTA, home made or ready
made
- 300 GRAM CHICKEN BREAST, cubed
- 1 ONION, chopped
- 200 GRAM MUSHROOMS, sliced
- 1 CUP CREAM
- 1 CUP WHITE WINE
- 1/2 TSP CAYENNE PEPPER
- 2 CLOVES GARLIC, chopped
- 50 GRAM BREADCRUMBS
- 50 GRAM PARMESAN, grated
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- 500 GRAM BONELESS LAMB, cubed
- 3 TOMATOES, peeled and cut
- 1 ONION, chopped
- 250 GRAM OKRA, cleaned and sliced
- 250 GRAM ZUCCHINI, sliced
- 3 TBSP TOMATO PUREE
- 1/2 TSP CUMIN
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Stir fry the chicken
breast 15 minutes. Stir fry the onion in a separate pan for three minutes,
add the mushrooms and stir fry 3 minutes On high heat. Add the
cayenne pepper, cream, wine and pepper and salt to taste and simmer
for 10 minutes. Add the chicken to the sauce. In the meantime, cook
the pasta al dente. Mix the pasta with the sauce and put this in an
oven dish. Fry the garlic 3 minutes, add the breadcrumbs and cheese
and sprinkle this over the pasta. Bake half an hour at 180 degrees
Celsius.
Luisa Tetrazzini was born in 1871 in Florence and
the story goes, that she started singing at the age of three. Her career
started in Italy when she was 19 years old, but she performed all over
the world and one of her most renowned roles is Violetta in La Traviata.
She also performed in San Francisco, and a dish was invented in her
honor, which started of as "Chicken Tetrazzini", and later became a
pasta dish.
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Stir fry the lamb until
brown on all sides; add the onion and stir fry 3 minutes more. Add the
tomatoes, tomato puree, cumin, pepper and salt to taste and 2 cups of
water. Pour the mixture into an oven dish and bake one and a half hour
at 160 degrees Celsius. In the meantime,
stir fry the okra and zucchini 5 minutes. Add the vegetables to the
lamb and bake 40 minutes more. Serve with couscous
or rice.
In
Iraq, on the
14th of June, Women's Day is celebrated. Click on
Click on
culinary calendar for more links
between cooking and celebration.
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