Turkey breast in a simple but great way

turkey breast and roasted potatoes

Buona sera a tutti! Tonight I re-discovered a very fine meat which sometimes ignored in Hungary (as I noticed) however the taste is fantastic and really healthy.
What I refer to is turkey - particularly tonight I chose a piece of turkey breast and prepared it in a simple, Italian way - roasted in the oven in the beautiful yellow company of potatoes.

As for spices, the less the better theory always brings great result - I only used olive oil, a little garlic and rosemary - e basta (ENG:that's all). Using less spice can be a good benefit for your health and also, believe me, for the taste it is perfect because in this way you can feel the REAL taste of everything as nature created them.

Turkey in general requires a bit more time to cook well - so it is a bit late dinner tonight but I am sure you will excuse me if you try this meat to melt in your mouth!

Ciao a tutti & buon appetito!
Marco

Classical Italian appetizers



classico aperitivo italiano



Tonight I share with you the secret to start a dinner in a proper, lets say, Italian way. This is the so-called "aperitivo" (=appetizers) which category contains various of small plates.

Usually we have this before dinner (as before lunch it would be too much and anyway you do not have so much time during the day, but the dinner is the time and place for socializing, meeting friends in a nearby bar where you enjoy together the aperitivo).



oven potatoes (aperitivo)



Some of my Hungarian friends told me that this habit may be the secret of keeping the "bella figura" as we do not wait until we are dying from hunger, but instead we take a little bit of this and a little bit of that, so we avoid fulfilling our stomach completely with dinner - well, you need to try it yourself to give the exact answer whether this way of eating contributes to a bella figura - and if you tried, let me know :)

So tonight I prepared a very typical and classical selection of appetizers (of which some elements I found at Vásárcsarnok market, really great place!) which contains cheese, olive filled with spices, baby onions, cucumber, mortadella, pizza pieces, peanuts, chips and seperately I made some potatoes in the oven with garlic, peperoncini and rosmarino. Not to forget the thirstiness, Campari is a must-have element of this meal, together with some white wine.
For Italians, aperitivo is something you can not miss, you can meet old and new friends in your favourite bar - or invite friends and enjoy spending time together, a real happy hour!

Hope you enjoy - tonight these tastes really brought me back the sweet memories of aperitivo I spent with my friends in Italy.

Ciao a tutti & buon aperitivo!

Marco