No Waste in Quarantine Top Level

As some of you, I have bought too many things in my those quarantine shoppings because it’s so weird to go to supermarket nowadays. As you’ll find out in a moment, I finished what I had in my fridge so this afternoon I went out.

Preparation steps: do a detailed list (“you can’t lost time wandering the shop” loudspeakers say in loop in shops), brush your hair (when you stay at home for so long Mafalda’s style becomes your style!), put on the mask, set the glasses and figure out how not to let them steam up, put on gloves. Ok you are ready!

Today it was a very sunny and warm day in Torino. I thought I would have appreciated a little walk to supermarket breathing fresh air and smelling first spring fragrance. Instead … I was so stressed that I ran as if somebody was following me! I did shopping as a Ferrari pit stop in formula one! OMG!

Of course, I bought all was in my list, but in my rush and panic I bought any other things that would be classified in category “Non si sa mai”/”You never know, you may need it”.

When I came back home I relaxed and had dinner with last veggies in the fridge: nothing must be wasted. And I though of our blog.

What was left?

- some radicchio

- ricotta

- a quarter of onion

- a couple of potatoes

- some broccoli

- some homemade bread.

So: polpette al radicchio e ricotta and potatoes and broccoli salad.

The salad is simple: potatoes and broccoli are cooked on steam and dressed with olive oil, salt and black pepper.

The polpette are easy too. Chop onion and radicchio; brown the onion, add radicchio and simmer for 15/20 minutes, then let them cool down. Meanwhile reduce bread in crumbs. Blend together: onion, radicchio, ricotta and breadcrumbs (I added some raisins to sweet the bitterness of radicchio). Coat polpette in breadcrumbs and put them in fridge for one hour. 

Polpette ingredients

Polpette ready to put in oven

I cooked in oven at 180°C/350°F for 20 minutes (but if you prefer, you can fry them).

Maybe colours of photos are not so great but taste was good.