tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26094612.post-7244845615280982362008-04-09T21:04:00.023+02:002008-04-11T14:24:39.429+02:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1C0-1Wm1PG4/R_0TYD0VOSI/AAAAAAAAA9c/95lWfBpWuMU/s1600-h/SpaghettiVongole2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187323649863268642" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1C0-1Wm1PG4/R_0TYD0VOSI/AAAAAAAAA9c/95lWfBpWuMU/s400/SpaghettiVongole2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">This afternoon I received an sms from a friend, it was saying: "They are selling vongole at the supermarket down at the central station". Very seldom you can find vongole in Stockholm so I asked: "Are they fresh vongole?", I immediately knew what I was going to make for dinner... my favorite pasta dish... spaghetti with vongole in white version.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">There are 3 different types of vongole: vongole veraci, vongole comuni and breeding of vongole (these come from outside Italy). The best ones are the vongole veraci, they are more tasty.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">The vongole I bought where coming directly from Italy and they were vongole veraci.</span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187323890381437234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1C0-1Wm1PG4/R_0TmD0VOTI/AAAAAAAAA9k/tp7P32saE1I/s400/VongoleFresche1.jpg" border="0" /> <div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Spaghetti with vongole (more known in Naples as vermicelli with vongole) are one of the delights of the Gulf of Naples cuisine. You definitely have to try this dish when you are Naples, even better if tasted at the seaside and accompanied by one of optimal white wines from that region.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ffffff;">.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">In Naples there are two ways of cooking spaghetti with vongole (actually three ways), there are very strong supporters of one version or the other. Cause of the dispute is the tomato, does it go into this dish or not? Some prefer <span style="color:#333333;"><strong>spaghetti con le vongole in bianco (white version)</strong>,</span> others <span style="color:#333333;"><strong>spaghetti con le vongole al pomodoro (red version with tomato sauce)</strong>.</span> There are also other supporters that just like <span style="color:#333333;"><strong>spaghetti with vongole and cherry tomatoes</strong></span>.<br /></span><br /></div><p></p><p align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187324495971826002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1C0-1Wm1PG4/R_0UJT0VOVI/AAAAAAAAA90/XXsXuOD8QEk/s400/SpaghettiVongole1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#990000;"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187345494066936178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1C0-1Wm1PG4/R_0nPj0VOXI/AAAAAAAAA-E/Yka0A_-vvvM/s400/SpaghettiVongole-ricetta.jpg" border="0" /></strong></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>P.S.</strong> It is snowing a lot outside... just when nobody was expecting it after no snow during the whole winter. I like snow!!!<br /></span></span></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187324062180129090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1C0-1Wm1PG4/R_0TwD0VOUI/AAAAAAAAA9s/D6a_Pu0CAps/s400/VongoleFinite.jpg" border="0" /></p>Orchideahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11867211233464805994noreply@blogger.com