Living the Life in Sicily – Cooking with Loredana – Black Squid Linguine, Snow & Fire – Episode 12

Living the Life in Sicily – Cooking with Loredana – Black Squid Ink Linguine with Snow & Fire – Mount Etna – Episode 12.

This Sicilian dish comes from a consequential event, and the many eruptions of Mount Etna. The last major eruption happened in 1669, the largest on record. This is a powerful dish, symbolizing the tremendous power of Mount Etna. In Italian, it is called, Linguine con Nero di Sepio:
1) The Linguine with squid and black ink symbolizes the black lava rock on Mount Etna
2) The salty white grated ricotta cheese symbolizes the white snow on the peak of Mount Etna
3) The tiny hot red pepper on top of each dish symbolizes the eruption (red fire) of Mount Etna
Every recipe starts with a visit to Rosario and the fish market in Riposto!

RECIPE (4-6 servings):
Ingredients:
Olive Oil
Pinch of Sea Salt
Red Pepper flakes
2 medium squid with 2 sacks of black squid ink
1 Chopped medium sized red/purple onion
1 small bundle of chopped fresh parsley
1 bottle organic100% sweet tomato sauce from Sicily
Grated salted ricotta cheese
Small hot red Peppers (one for each plate)
1 bag of Linguine

Method:
1) Wash the squid and cut into small pieces with a scissor. It’s easier to eat in small bite size pieces
2) Pour a small amount of olive oil into a pan and heat slightly. Don’t overheat.
3) Add chopped medium purple onion and chopped parsley. Saute for 5 minutes. Don’t burn.
4) Add the squid pieces and saute for another 5 minutes.
5) Add the small bottle of sweet tomato sauce.
6) Add a pinch of salt and cover with the lid and saute 5 minutes.
7) Add the black ink (nero di sepio) and stir into the mixture.
7) In a separate large pot, boil water and add the bag of linguine and cook until al dente.
8) Once ready, add the linguine to the black ink squid mixture and stir until mixed. Never the reverse. Never add the sauce to the linguine.
9) Plate the linguine with sauce and top with grated salty ricotto, and a single whole hot red pepper, to look like the mountain with “snow and fire”!

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Joy where are we we’re at the bottom of
a volcano that has fire in it all the
time it’s been here for several thousand
years and it’s got snow on top and it’s
got fire going it’s just amazing we live
at the base how far to the top where
fire is Jing we’re 12 km from the top of
the of the volcano Mount Etna and 7 km
down to the Sea yes that’s where we have
to go if it starts to blow right yep run
down the mountain yeah exactly here we
go har uh we live here on Mount atna and
we started a little Vineyard which is
number five number four is the new house
that they’re building number three is
where lurana and aritzia live and number
two is poopi where we usually stay but
now we’re staying where we’re staying at
at number one which is uh batula just
above the pool with a beautiful view of
the ionian sea and uh it’s just gorgeous
here look at the Sunrise every every
morning and what do we do we have coffee
yes we have coffee watching the sunrise
in the morning at Pula it’s perfect
right on the top of the top of the farm
yeah cooking with
lurana my friend from Sicily per
wonderful chef and today we’re making uh
yeah today we’re making the
symbola The Volcano The Never Ending
volcano so we got black
squid on pasta and on top what do we put
on top of the the pasta It’s like a
salty cheese grated on top and that
represents the snow the symbolism of the
mountain SN yes and then and then on top
we have a red pepper and that is that
represents the fire the blowing of the
mountain wind absolutely
fire we have to look like
this this is Lana my favorite Chef
cooking chef friend in Sicily on Mount
she’s the queen of
M today look at this we’re going to make
squid and black black sauce this is the
black sauce from the uh from the
squid I am Laura’s uh sidekick I have to
do all the cleaning around
here so Laur I just put inside in here
now to wash all of it so we have to
clean I I am
Don’s fish cleaning man yes I don’t
like wash she doesn’t like to touch the
fish I don’t like she likes to eat the
fish but she doesn’t like to touch so
I’m the crazy Canadian she hires to do
this and when she doesn’t like to touch
the lamb either so I did no problem but
today oh it’s going to be
Perfecto okay okay next step while I’m
washing I give to
yes she
cuts yeah you want to have small pieces
not big ones in this in this recipe
right L smart
perfect cow so from Rosario this is when
we went there yesterday you say it in
the car but the rest we came and uh it
was 35 year and he always gives me
discount he but he only charged me 30
old things so it’s good good price
look at this isn’t that nice wow
look oh now we do the uh oh you got is
this olive oil olive oil olive oil first
in the pan and now you’re doing the um
onion right mhm what do how do you say
it again in Italian the onion Chipola
Chipola and this is uh parsley but later
do it going in now Prolo preto does it
go in now as well
okay do I cut all the onions or no onion
yes
okay you want a potato or small or big
or does it matter
small
oh what’s this oh that’s the reder red
pepper red pepper R red pepper
in the oil yes into the into the olive
oil not too hot oh you got it on already
Yes okay yes I have these ah yes
perfect now this is a
knife
smaller more or
good oh okay in the
oil and go Z onions
M do you want this now
too small
small parsley
small
perf
now no no lot of I’m just a side
kick okay
perf and then do we put the uh squid in
right away then yes and a top of the
squid tomato tomato little tomato and uh
finish the black the black ink the squid
ink right yes okay the
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perfumer it is just mindboggling
oh look at that
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okay yeah the the the Squid goes in yes
see
see okay oh look at
that let’s squid this in
wow oh fresh squid yesterday
perfect mixing mixing mixing baby how
long do we do this though for
the the pepper the pepper do we do we
put uh do we put lid on or just like
this no lid just like this leave now
perfect yes this stays like this for but
I know tomato sauce Dao this tomato
sauce tomato
saino Victoria it’s her favorite in a
Sicily this is this is Sicily’s favorite
and Lana makes by very sweet very sweet
very sweet tomato sauce tomato sauce
perfect this is
unbelievable this is why we come to sicy
all the time and and you just stir this
in and it’s just getting even it’s just
starting to get even a little bit Brown
look at that oh
baby L it’s time mhm for the uh tomato
juice tomato sauce tomato
sauce VOR and it’s 100% pomodora
pomodora pomodora of course is uh tomato
and
pomodora is Italiano pom a tomato a
canadiano and that is and siis yes okay
and that is a ah look at that oh see the
tomato sauce went in oh Baby that look
even looks
fantastic
then and a little bit of
salt and and not a lot of salt just a
pinch of salt so now now we keep
stirring yes
yes I like I like that flavor of the the
Tomato sace
oh so one when your mother did your
mother make this yes did she cut small
pieces too yes and then for because it
has more uh flavor and you don’t want to
have big pieces in your uh in your so in
the plate no yes yeah and uh the the
sauce did your mother make her own sauce
or sauce sauce she she made her own
sauce yeah you and you’re
you’re not not C
only so this is
quicker yeah look now on goes the lid
how how how long are we going to 5
minutes 5
minutes oh and then oh then we clean
this this is black black black egg this
comes right out of these squids oh and
it’s you don’t want to put too much
right just Poco right see see and uh
because it’s so it’s so strong then uh 5
minutes and then we oh we got to make oh
later on we make the uh pasta
for yes it’s the bigger one yes
not spaghetti new L lingu yeah
Perfecto this is always the great chef
face my friend Lana she teaches me
everything now look this is the this is
the great part the chef
tasting
good not Lana’s best no it’s it’s superb
funtic
youo perfect yeah no you don’t need more
salt nothing it’s just perfect Perfecto
yes it’s
Perfecto oh they team Harry
and team from Sicily
yes I they’re they’re trying to make me
a Sicilian cilian yes I’m I’m almost
there one at a time oh just oh the whole
oh just one
okay oh you put the oh look how black
and N it’s called n n black black
black and it is so this black ink makes
everything so amazingly tasty no let’s
100%
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right now how long maybe 5 minutes 5
minutes about 5 minut everything in
Sicily is about 5
minutes you got to see this up close
look at oh
baby and the pasta goes into linguini
pasta though Linguini is pasta no yes
yeah but it’s linguini pasta yeah you’re
right and and S you have to be careful
what you say because everything has a
certain meaning to
it on goes the water yes for the uh lini
yes yes do when do you want to turn it
on when do you you later we going to eat
later no what time you want to do eat
now or no no no 12:30
yes yeah but wait
okay so we wait till what time is it
now 10:30
10:30 come come
uh but see I need your face in there wow
oratio ah you isn’t that great wow it’s
great awesome awesome awesome awesome
awesome so we’re just prepping
everything and
then and then we’re going to eat at
12:30 good is that better than good El
you better than best better than best
perfect the
shafari oh yes perfect from Sicily not
Canada from Sicily yes from
SI up on Mount Etna I maybe I forgot to
introduce you uh to the king of Mount
ethna which is here she my friend right
here come bend down a little bit for the
camera oh yes we’re doing the uh rotta
ricotta cheese this is not the sof this
is sort of the white rot
salad Sal no salted salt no salad and
this salted salted this of course goes
on top this is going to go on top of the
uh this is the
snow okay on top of the squid so on top
of the squid and on top of that a little
uh red pepper fire yes of course all
very
symbolic don’t we’ve already made this
here right got black not boiling like
all get up ah the full
oh
okay good Perfecto Perfecto yes exactly
and then we’re going to put now this is
warming up we did this earlier this
morning correct and uh then
we’ll maybe 15 minutes already white
wine yes see
Belgium beer dark beautiful beautiful
Belgium beer and
uh you’re going to have some belg beer r
or what I will taste some
sure good amazing
mm I’m have some of that white wine yes
oh afford your beer oh no no thanks okay
I’ll have be I’ll have
it two be where’s that white where is
the white I have I have in the middle of
the
night black as night black as night
she’s wearing that’s La is night that’s
a good
idea yeah does that look any good a joh
that looks so
good very very good oh very very
nice very
very do the
dance it’s very it’s this is a diet food
no yes yeah good diet food good good
good very good diet very good m
the snow on the mountain yes and the
fire on the tip
yes the snow on the mountain and and a
red pepper for
fire allio just for you