Spaghetti alla Siracusana Recipe

I haven't been blogging for over half a year now. Not because I'm not cooking anymore - I still am several times a week - but because posting recipes is kinda hard work. The bigger was my surprise, when I saw, that this blog is still visited by people, looking for recipes.  I would have never expected it. I hope, I can blog recipes more often from now on. Maybe every friday... I'll try my best.

Spaghetti alla Siracusana for 4 (610kcal / serving):

400g spaghetti (or other noodles if you like)
100g egg plant
1 red bell pepper
1 yellow bell pepper
160g zucchini
700g tomatoes
black olives (I think that 10 are okay, but if you like them, you can add more and if you don't like them, you just leave them)
fresh basil leaves (ca. 8)
2 garlic gloves
3 filets of anchovies (Don't worry, it won't taste like fish in the end. But be careful, just take the ones in oil, not the salty ones.)
olive oil
salt and pepper to your taste
parmesan

1. Wash the zucchini and eggplant and cut them in 1 cm cubes. Sprinkle with a bit salt and let stand for ca. 20 minutes. It'll increase the aroma.
2. Meanwhile, remove the stem of the bell peppers. Wash and cut into 1 cm cubes.
3. In a pot, big enough to hold the tomatoes, bring enough water to boil. Scratch a cross in the bottom of each tomatoe, that'll help the peeling later. Now blanch the tomatoes in the boiling water.
4. When the skin starts bursting, get the tomatoes out, chill under cold water and then peel the skin.
5. Cut the tomatoes into 1cm cubes.
6. Cut the olives into half.
7. Peel the garlic and crush it with a wooden spoon.
8. Now you need a pan. Add like 4tbsp of olive oil into the pan and bring to medium heat. Add the garlic and let brown. Then take out.

9. Put zucchini and eggplant in the same pan. Fry until they're getting slightly brown.

10. Add the anchovy and while frying, squash them with a spoon.
11. Add tomatoes and bell pepper. Mix well an keep frying.

12. When everything's covered with oil, reduce to low heat and let simmer for 10 minutes.
13. In the meantime, cook the spaghetti.
14. When the time has passed, add basil leaves and olives to the sauce and bring to medium heat again.

15. Add the cooked spaghetti to the sauce and stir everything. Add salt and pepper to your taste.
16. Finally arrange the spaghetti on a plate and sprinkle with parmesan and you're done!

Buon Appetito!

Tortillas with Huevos Rancheros Recipe [Tortillas mit Huevos Ranchos Rezept]

This one is actually very easy AND delicious. I guess, it's a good morning dish, too.

Tortillas with Huevos Rancheros for 4(530kcal / serving):

4 tortillas
8 eggs (you can also take one per serving)
400 tomatoes
1/2 onion
chilisauce
4tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper to your taste
you need a food processor ... if you don't have one, take processed tomatoes out of a can

1. Peel the onion and chop. Wash the tomatoes. Remove stem, cut in pieces and then purée in the food processor.
2. In a pan, bring olive oil to medium heat. Add onions and fry until lucent. Add the tomatoes.
3. Close the pan with a lit and let simmer over low heat for ca. 10 minutes.
4. Add chili sauce, salt and pepper to your taste, then take off the cooker.
5. Now you need another pan with lit, big enough to fit one tortilla. Place a tortilla in the pan over medium heat. Spread a bit of salsa ranchera on it and crack to eggs over it. Add a little salt and pepper, then close the lit and let cook until the eggs are done to your taste.
6. Arrange on a plate and done!

¡buen provecho!