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ROMA - L'Unione europea mette a rischio spaghetti e bruschetta con le telline, simboli più golosi della tradizione ittica del made in Italy. Una delle norme contenute nel Regolamento comunitario del Mediterraneo nel settore della pesca che entrerà in vigore il primo giugno, infatti, vieta la pesca con le draghe fino a 0,3 miglia dalle coste. E le telline, appunto, vengono catturate con questo attrezzo sotto costa ad appena 20 metri dal litorale, una distanza molto inferiore a quella che sarà consentita a fine maggio. A rischio scomparsa dalle tavole ci sono anche il cannolicchio pescato a circa 100 metri dalla costa e la vongola, quella non allevata, pescata a pochi metri più a largo. Una grave rinuncia per i buongustai, ma soprattutto un danno economico per i pescatori di molte Regioni, in particolare per il Lazio che detiene la leadership per la produzione delle telline, seguito a distanza da Puglia e Campania.

Basti pensare che il 10% della flotta laziale è attiva nella molluschicoltura con draghe e rastrelli, per un totale di 70 piccole imbarcazioni che catturano in media ogni giorno circa 40-50 chili per 11 mesi l'anno, escluso aprile. "Siamo in attesa di una deroga promessa proprio per il settore dei molluschi", afferma all'Ansa il presidente di Federcoopesca-Confcooperative Lazio, Claudio Brinati ancora speranzoso che l'Ue possa ripensarci. "Altrimenti - aggiunge - sarebbe il colpo di grazia per un settore che vive già una forte crisi".

Il settore delle telline ogni anno, solo nel Lazio, muove un business alla produzione di circa 7-800mila euro, per una quantità di circa 80 tonnellate l'anno. Ed è proprio la tellina del litorale romano ad essee diventata il primo presidio ittico di Slow Food nel Lazio, riconoscimento che nasce per sostenere piccole produzioni di eccellenza che rischiano di scomparire, valorizzando il territorio e recuperando mestieri di lavorazione tradizionali. Rinomata fin dai tempi romani, grazie alla qualità e alla finezza della sabbia, la tellina della zona che va da Passoscuro a Capo d'Anzio, è molto ricercata, essendo un bivalve più delicato di altri molluschi, dal gusto inconfondibile tanto che va condita poco per rispettarne le qualità organolettiche.

Fonte Ansa.it

Published in News Press
Friday, 05 March 2010 15:13

Tomato bruschetta

 MAKE 4 SERVINGS

About 20 cherry tomatoes, or 2 large tomatoes

About 16 fresh basil leaves, torn into small pieces

Sea salt

8 slices coarse country bread, about 1/2 inch (12 mm) thick

2 cloves garlic, peeled and Ieft whole

1/4 cup (2 fI oz/60 ml) extravirgin olive oil

 Bruschetta, at its simplest, is grilled bread rubbed with garlic and drizzled with olive oil, but it can also be prepared with a variety of toppings. This ciassic version, popular in both Umbria and Tuscany, demands the best-quality ingredients. Use a crusty country-style bread; ripe, red tomatoes harvested at the height of the season; freshly picked basii; and the best extra-virgin olive oil your budget will allow.

Prepare a charcoal or gas grill for direct grilling over medium-high heat, or preheat a broiler.
If using cherry tomatoes, stem them and cut them in half. If using large tomatoes, core and seed them and cut into 1/2-inch (12-mm) dice. In a bowl, combine the tomatoes, the basil, and a pinch of salt.
BY GRILL: Using tongs, piace the bread slices over the hottest part of the fire or directly over the heat elements and grill, turning once, until crisp and golden on both sides, about 3 minutes total.
BY BROI LER: Place the bread slices on a broiler pan and slip it in the broiler about 4 inches (10 cm) from the heat source. Broil (gru!), turning once, until crisp and golden on both sides, about 3 minutes total.
Remove from the heat and immediately rub one side of each slice vigorously with a garlic dove, using 1 dove for 4 slices.
Arrange the bread slices, garlic side up, on a serving platter or divide among individuai plates. Spoon the tomato mixture on the bread, dividing it evenly. Drizzle with the olive oil. Serve at once.

Buon appetito!

 

 

Published in Starters
Thursday, 04 March 2010 10:58

The Umbria Region - Capital: Perugia

 

umbria region in italy

Cooking from the Hearth

Landlocked Umbria lies at the center of Italy, with Tuscany to the west, the Marches to the east, and Lazio to the south. Often called the green heart of Italy and home to many of the country's most famous hill towns, Umbria is a rolling patchwork of olive groves, vineyards, fields, and forests. Food here is hearty and direct, and meat reigns supreme, especially pork and game, such as boar and hare. The pork butchers of Norcia are so famous for their sausages and salumi that norcineria is the name used for similar butcher shops in much of Italy. Umbrian food is a cuisine of the hearth, with meats and sausage slowly roasted or grilled over wood embers. Black truffles appear in autumn, contributing flavor to pastas and other dishes. Like Tuscans,Umbrians like their bread sciapo, or "unsalted" a fitting counterpoint to the often highly salted food of the region. Notable Umbrian wines include Orvieto Classico, a renowned white, and Sagrantino di Montefalco, a lush, full-bodied red.

Culinary Signature: Porchetta

Pork and wood-fire roasting, two hallmarks of Umbrian cooking, achieve their highest expression in porchetta, a regional specialty that is now found throughout centrai Italy. To make it, a whole pig is boned, stuffed with garlic and herbs—usually fennel and rosemary—salted liberally, and slowly roasted until the skin is golden and crisp and the meat tender and succulent. Because home ovens are not large enough to hold a whole pig, the job is left to professionals, who sell porchetta by the slice and in freshly made sandwiches at local markets and along roadsides.

Regional Specialties

BruschettaUmbricelli flour-and-water pasta hand rolled into individuai strands like thick spaghetti, often served with meat ragù or tornato sauce

Torta al testo flatbread cooked on rustic griddles, then split and stuffed with pork sausage, cooked greens, prosciutto, or other savory fillings

Bruschetta and crostini toasted bread topped with olive oil and garlic, tomatoes, or savory spreads, such as liver Ote, fava bean puree, or truffle paste

Porcini large wild mushrooms (also known outside Italy as cèpes) with a meaty consistency, often roasted or sauteéd and tossed with pasta.

Lentils Italy's most famous tiny legumes are grown in the high plains of Castelluccio

Chocolate the Perugina candy company takes its name from its hometown, Perugia, the region's capita)

Photo: Bruschetta can be made with all sorts of toppings, the simplest being a rub of garlic and a drizzle of extravirgin olive oil. Fresh summery tomatoes and basil are a classic topping for this iconic antipasto.

 

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