Blushing Italian Recipes

Steps:

• In a large skillet, warm the olive oil and garlic over medium heat. Add a pinch of salt and 2 tablespoons water. Simmer until the water cooks out and the garlic becomes tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste with 2 more tablespoons water and cook to "fry" the paste for a minute in the oil, stirring. Add the cherry tomatoes and cook over medium heat until they soften, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the cream. Season with salt to taste. Keep warm.
• In a large pot, bring 4 quarts water to a rolling boil. Add a generous handful of salt. Bring the water back up to a boil. Add the pasta and cook, stirring with a slotted spoon to make sure it does not clump or stick to the bottom, until al dente, 3 to 4 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquid and drain the pasta in a large colander.
• Add the hot pasta right from the colander to the skillet and toss to coat with the cream. Shut the heat off and allow the pasta to rest for 2 minutes. If too thin, gently warm and reduce over low heat for 1 to 2 additional minutes. If it becomes too thick, simply thin it out with some of the reserved pasta cooking liquid. Serve topped with the cheese.

Steps:

• In a small pot add the Tomato Soup.
• Making sure to reserve about 1/4 cup of the tomato soup in a small bowl.
• With the pot on the stove, turn the heat to low-medium.
• With the 1/4 cup of Tomato Soup in the bowl add the egg and whisk until both are mixed.
• Then add that mixture to the pot, make sure the soup isn't boiling.
• Turn up the heat.
• Slowly add the Cheese making sure to stir it all in until melted.
• Once everything is melted.
• Serve in small bowls with Crackers.

Steps:

• Thaw the raspberries a little (they should not become too soft!).
• Process the pumpernickel or bread to coarse crumbs, mix with chopped chocolate and put into glass bowl and soak with schnaps or juice.
• Whip cream until stiff.
• Cream yoghurt with the sugar and vanilla (or vanilla sugar).
• Fold in whipped cream.
• Pour yoghurt cream over soaked bread crumbs.
• Top with raspberries and refrigerate for one hour or so (it tastes better if it's a bit soaked through).

Steps:

• Pour in campari, gin and grapefruit juice into a highball glass filled with ice cubes. Garnish with a grapefruit slice.