RG Mania Bartending Blog

RG Mania Bartending Blog
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

How to make Corzetti

Today here I give you something different: not a cocktail recipe or a new bartending gadget, but a traditional Italian recipe: Corzetti.

Ingredients for the Corzetti recipe:

  • 500 g - 1 lb flour
  • 3 egg yolks
  • salt
  • butter
  • water

How to make Corzetti:

in order to make Corzetti you have to prepare the same thin fresh pasta you make for lasagne, thickness 0.1 in. Roll out the fresh pasta, then use a Corzetti stamp to cut the fresh pasta sheet in many round pieces: the Corzetti stamp will leave an embossed decoration on them.

Cook the Corzetti into salted boiling water for 20 minutes, then strain, put on a plate, add pesto (or tomato sauce, or gravy, if you like), and serve.

Corzetti, or sometimes “pressed” or “stamped” corzetti, are typically dressed with a veal and Parmigiano cheese (Parmesan) sauce.

You can re-use the fresh pasta leftovers in many ways: try cooking them into a stock. You can also knead them into a new dough by adding a little warm water and then make another fresh pasta sheet to prepare more Corzetti.

Pine nut sauce

The pine nut sauce, besides being an Italian specialty, is also delicious with Corzetti.

Ingredients:

  • 100 g - 0.2 lbs pine nuts
  • a little marjoram
  • half clove of garlic
  • soft part of dried brea
  • milk
  • Parmigiano cheese (Parmesan)
  • oil
  • nutmeg
  • salt
  • pepper

How to make the pine nut sauce:

imbue the soft part of the bread with milk; put it and all the other ingredients into a mortar and crush them using a pestle till a homogeneous sauce is obtained.

If the sauce is too dense add some milk or oil.

Friday, April 2, 2010

All-In Drawer Tray: a new way of carrying bottles

How many times, in your bartending and barback experience, you had to carry tons of bottles and glasses from and to the warehouse using your bare hands, serving trays, or a simple case? Well, be honest, everytime.

Until now.

Cos the All-in drawer tray is the new compartment tray for carrying bottles, glasses, cans. The All-In drawer tray is ideal for bars, clubs, pubs, buffets.

All-In is a brand new drawer tray featuring a sliding bottom that makes it easier to set and carry bottles, glasses, and cans. Even if sliding, the bottom is very firm and strong. Thanks to its partition wall, this drawer tray keeps evertyng in order. The All-in drawer tray is a compartmented container, rectangular in shape; it's closed on three sides, and partially open on the front side where the bottom is free to slide when needed.

All-In drawer tray advantages:

  • it's easier and faster to carry and store glasses, bottles, and cans on counters, bars, or work surfaces;
  • everything is tidy and in order, and your customers will appreciate it;
  • it's more hygienic, since your bartender do not have to touch every single item to move it.
The All-In drawer tray is made of phenolic plywood, a material treated with a s apecial glue. Widely used in constructions and in making pleasure crafts, this phenolic plywood is rain and wind-resistant, perfect for duties requiring to be shockproof and damp-resistant.

The All-In drawer tray is the perfect tool for barmen and bartenders who have to deal with large amount of bottles, glasses, and cans.