THE HOUSE OF PAIRINGS | recipe of Davide Di Corato

Lightness in the palate and lightness in the wine, this proposed pairing for our triple “minsterone”, or vegetable soup,. How one could not think of Il Frappato, born from raspberries, blackberries, and violets, from spices such as sage on the palate.  ….complex aromas and a velvety but fragrant  palate, a Sicily which is brilliant in its freshness. A true wine with a smile …. drinking it, a happy face  can always  be seen.

Ingredients for 4 persons
4 mantis shrimps
1 basil branch
1 branch of celery
2 fennels
extra-virgin olive oil
4 potatoes
2 squash
2 carrots
1 onion
salt and pepper

Clean the mantis shrimp and set them aside. Pell the potatoes and cut them into slices, then simmer them in a bit of water until they are soft. If necessary, add more water. Salt them and then reduce them to a purée in a blender, then put them aside and keep them warm. Prepare a pesto sauce with a bit of extra-virgin olive oil and set it aside. Prepare a classic rich soup with the other vegetables. , sat it and then reduce it to a cream, not excessively dense, in a blended. Prepare the dish in this way: put a tablespoon of pesto into a soup tureen. Cover it delicately with the cream of potatoes, being careful to not allow the pesto to float on top. Then pour the soup into the tureen. Decorate with the raw mantis shrimp, olive oil, and pepper. Serve quite warm.