Spring is Green: Telli's "Risotto all'Ortica"

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Hey all! Spring is back, as the swallows birds are showing up again. I want to wish Happy Spring to all of you with this recipe I go crazy for.

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Ingredients:

400gr. white rice (if possible "Vialone Nano" kind),

3 handful of fresh buds(leaves) of stinging nettle (Urtica Dioica L.),

1 onion,

chicken broth q.s.,

a spoon of extra vergin olive oil,

salt,

a knob of butter,

1/2 glass of white wine

grated Parmigiano-Reggiano

Anna's Ciambella [brah-tzah-deh-lah]

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Ingredients:

3 eggs

300g white flour

300g sugar

200g milk

1cup seed oil

15-18g baking powder (dose 500g flour)

a pinch of salt
grated lemon peel

(chocolate powder optional)

The Kitchen Trail - Pumpkin Tortelli (Reload)

Even if in Bologna we do not have this kind of filled pasta as a tradition, somehow I changed trail...As the first 4-eggs Sfoglia (the Dough) did not come out very well...that's why "Tagliatelle" are up there. I will try to get the recipe, but you woun't need just the homemade pasta, but the filling and the sauce. And those are kind of a secret in every family. What I can tell is that you need to choose the right "Mantua" pumpkin. Many Thanks for the big round one I got last month at the Agriturismo "L'Albero del Latte", Bagnolo San Vito(MN) - (Great Food!)