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[ID: A plate of large, very full ravioli sprinkled with fresh herbs. A close-up on one of the ravioli cut open to reveal and herb and cheese filling. End ID]

Pansooti (Ligurian stuffed pasta with wild greens)

This is a recipe for a cheese-and-herb stuffed pasta called "pansooti" in Ligurian, or "pansotti" in Italian. The name is derived from the Italian "panciuti" (singular: "panciuto"), meaning "pot-bellied"; and, as the name implies, they are meant to be stuffed until they are distinctly round on one side. In Genoan parlance, pansooti are sometimes called "ge in preixun" ("chard in prison").

Pansooti's origins can perhaps be found in Sant’Apollinare, where they were typically made for the feast of Saint Joseph on March 19. Because they are ravioli di magro ("lean ravioli")—that is, meatless pasta—they're perfect for a festival that always falls during Lent.

Pansooti's filling is cheesy and earthy, with bitter greens, nutmeg, majoram, and a light, tangy local cheese called prescinsêua (also known as quagliata, or cagliata). Traditionally, a mix of locally foraged wild herbs known as preboggión, including borage, aster, dandelion, and sow thistle, is used; and in spring, pre-mixed bundles of these pot herbs can be purchased in the markets in Genoa. In seasons when these greens are not available, Swiss chard may be used.

Pansooti is frequently served with a creamy salsa di noci (walnut sauce), which combines the sweet earthiness of walnuts, the zestiness of raw garlic, and the floral and fruity notes of good olive oil to form a perfect complement to the herb filling.

Recipe under the cut!

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Ingredients:

For the pasta:

250g 00 semolina flour (semola di grano duro rimacinata)

Pinch of table salt

Splash of white wine (optional)

About 155g water

Ligurian pasta is typically made without eggs. The adoption of eggs in pasta-making occurred in some regions of Italy over the course of the 20th century. I have seen someone go so far as to say that no true Italian adds eggs to pasta. Nor does any true Scotsman add sugar to his porridge.

For the filling:

1 compacted cup (180g) prepared preboggión; or Swiss chard

1 cup (175g) vegan ricotta; or vegan labna

2 sprigs marjoram

Freshly grated nutmeg, to taste

For the sauce:

Half a tea glass (1/3 cup) good olive oil

200g shelled walnuts

A clove of garlic

50g non-dairy parmesan cheese (optional)

200g soy or oat milk

A sprig of marjoram

50g stale bread, or breadcrumbs

Salt, to taste

Instructions:

For the pasta:

Mix flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and add water and wine, if using. Knead by hand for 10 minutes, or in a stand mixer on medium-low for 6 minutes. The dough should be soft and slightly sticky.

Cover and let rest for 30 minutes to an hour while you prepare the filling and sauce.

For the filling:

Mince greens, or use a food processor. Mix all filling ingredients. Taste and adjust salt and nutmeg.

For the sauce:

Cut the stale bread in into cubes. Combine with milk in a small bowl, and work with your hands until the bread is fully hydrated and you have a grainy mixture.

Pulverise garlic in a mortar and pestle. Add walnuts and crush to desired texture.

Combine the olive oil, breadcrumb mixture, walnuts, marjoram, cheese, and salt and mix.

If you don't have a mortar and pestle, grate the garlic and finely chop the walnuts.

To assemble:

1. Divide dough into four pieces, leaving the ones you're not working with covered. Roll the first piece of dough out into a rectangle about 1/8" (3mm) thick.

2. Cut dough into 3" (7.5cm) squares and place a heaping teaspoon of filling atop each one. Fold each square diagonally into a triangle; then, take the two furthest points of the triangle and bring them together, pressing to seal. Take any extra dough that's crossed over and fold it around the point you just made, pressing again.

To cook:

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Carefully add pansooti and cook 3-5 minutes, until pasta is cooked through. Remove with a slotted spoon.

Top with walnut sauce and fresh marjoram and serve hot.

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[venustapolis]

Labna, Yucatán, Mexico (Hubert Sattler, 1866)

[impishglee]

funny fusion cuisine lunch i just made and consumed that was sooo tasty: toast with labna, fried eggs and topped with chili crisp. decadence!

[helpinghandsrpc]

Gaza Funds - A small list

UPDATED 10/21/24

Hello followers, I hope you will read and share this post where you can - I have received numerous messages from those within and organizing for individuals from Gaza, and have decided to list them here with a brief summary of each's specific goals (outside of surviving and active genocide) and what monetary amount they have gathered thus far of their goal. Even if you cannot donate, I urge you to read their stories, bring traffic to their pages, and remember that these are individual human beings who deserve respect, decency, and safety.

Donate generously if you are able!

Ola Ferwana's family of 5, including herself and her three children, are in need of money to continue surviving these devastating circumstances - every Euro helps them obtain supplies and save up to escape through the Rafah crossing to reunite with their father in Egypt.

They have only raised 11,517 Euros of their goal, 35,000 Euros. https://gofund.me/4e896ac1

Osama Basil is a web developer whose office has been destroyed. Not only does he wish to rebuild, he also wants to continue his education, survive the genocide, and support his family.

He has only raised 3,816 Euros of the goal, 15,000 Euros. https://gofund.me/100da7db

Dina & Mohammed Abu Zour are the parents of three children, the eldest of whom, at 13 years old, suffers from extensive trauma after being detained by the military with his father for a month. Dina is also pregnant and suffering from preeclampsia, which requires medical care and a cesarian section. For these reasons, they seek to flee through the currently closed Rafah Crossing.

Thus far, they have only raised 2,200 euros of their goal, 30,000 euros. https://gofund.me/b06d2ec5

Ahmed Hassan Al-Sir and his wife, Labna, also have three children, and they currently live on the sidewalks in tents, having been displaced numerous times over the last 10 months. Even small moments of joy, such as their son finding his favorite toy, have been dimmed by the destruction.

Of their 50,000 Euro goal, only 9,739 Euros have been funded. https://gofund.me/aa7b3ff2

Abdallah Mousa is a 20 year old student of medicine living in Gaza when the active genocide began in October. His university has been destroyed, and he seeks to escape with his family through the Rafah Crossing. you can also follow him on Twitter or tumblr, at Abdallah_0117 or @abdallahblog0

He has only raised $2,416 USD of their $30,000 USD goal. https://gogetfunding.com/your-help-is-the-only-hope-to-save-abdallah-his-family-from-genocide/

Mohammad Salem Abu Swierh, his wife and his children seek $40,000 to escape Gaza and establish a new life elsewhere, away from the genocide. A neighboring house to their own was targeted and the resulting damage included much of their home. You can find Mohammad's posts here on tumblr @mohammed-swierh-2.

Their GoFundMe has reached $30,698 out of their $40,000 goal. https://gofund.me/1754b594

[sethshead]

I was intrigued when I learned that a proper šaltibarščiai uses kefir and not smetana, but I must admit there’s something weird to a svekol’nik made with labna.

[chadi-hajji]

‏ماذا تعرف عن السلطان الصومالي الذي حمى قبر الرسول من البرتغاليين ؟

السلطان أحمد بن إبراهيم الغازي، المعروف باسم أحمد غوري، كان واحدًا من أعظم السلاطين المسلمين. كانت له معارك خالدة، و كاد يفني الحبشة لولا تدخل البرتغاليين وأوروبا. استشهد في معركة ضد البرتغال والحبشة، بعد أن قتل قائد البرتغاليين كريستوفاو ابن فاسكو دا غاما والملك الحبشة لبنا دبنجل في معركة وفلة.

What do you know about the Somali Sultan who protected the Prophet’s grave from the Portuguese?

Sultan Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al Ghazi, known as Ahmed Ghori, was one of the greatest Muslim sultans. He had immortal battles, and he almost annihilated Abyssinia had it not been for the intervention of the Portuguese and Europe. He was martyred in a battle against Portugal and Abyssinia, after he killed the Portuguese commander Cristóvão, son of Vasco da Gama, and the Abyssinian king, Labna Dabungil, in the Battle of Wafalla.

[lamam91]

Home made bread and Labna , Plus olive oil from our farm! 🤤

[najia-cooks]

[ID: A piece of toast topped with pesto and chopped walnuts; a sprig of dead-nettle is placed to the side. End ID]

Dead-nettle pesto

Purple dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)—also known as red dead-nettle, or purple archangel—is a flowering plant in the mint family. It is unrelated to true stinging nettles: it earned its name because its leaves look a bit like those of a true nettle, but it doesn't sting (thus it is "dead").

Dead-nettles are some of the first wild edibles to appear in spring, and they are usually abundant. That makes them a great pick for pesto, saag, and other applications that require a large quantity of greens. Their mild flavor means that the flavor profile of the final dish can be taken in a lot of different directions.

A lot of pesto recipes use the same formula (pine nuts, parmesan, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice) regardless of what green they're using as the base, without considering what will best make that green shine. In my opinion, the sweet, zesty, peppery flavor of basil is better without most of these add-ins. But the herbaciousness—frankly, the grassiness—of dead-nettle is better when rounded off with the tanginess of a cultured vegan cheese, the slight bitterness of walnuts, and a little bit of sweetness from a good balsamic vinegar. This is a tasty, balanced pesto that can be eaten with bread, on pasta, in soups, and more!

Recipe under the cut.

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Ingredients:

80g dead nettle leaves and slender stems

1 clove garlic

2 Tbsp 18-year balsamic vinegar (or balsamic vinegar of moderna + a little date syrup)

1 Tbsp good olive oil

2 Tbsp vegan labna or ricotta (optional)

1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Salt, to taste

Black pepper, to taste

Instructions:

1. Crush all ingredients in a food processor or blender, or with a mortar and pestle. Taste and adjust seasoning.

Identifying dead-nettle

Dead-nettle, like all plants in the mint family, has square stems. The leaves are cordate (heart-shaped), petiolate (connected to the stem by a stalk), covered in fine hairs, and deeply veined, with wavy to serrated margins (edges).

The leaves are opposite (they form in pairs on either side of the stem) and decussate (each leaf pair is rotated 90 degrees from the last). Looking from the top, you'll see four leaves in columns down the plant. The leaves start out green: as the plant matures and flowers, the leaves at the top take on a purplish hue.

Leaves from above

Top of flowering plant seen from above

Small flowers grow towards the top of the plant. They are pink to purple and zygomorphic (symmetrical along a vertical axis), with two lower lobes, a larger hood on top, and two smaller 'spiked' petals on each side. Flowers have darker spots or streaks.

Close-up of flower

Look-alikes

Red dead-nettle has no real look-alikes, to my mind. Some guides cite henbit as a potential look-alike: but henbit's leaves grow in a collar-like formation around the stem. Either way, henbit is also edible.

Red dead-nettle (left); henbit (right)

[max1461]

seekna, strivena, strugna, ainna (< aim), spirena ~ sparna, labna (< labor), tenna (< intend), venna < (venture)

A second round of reductions could presumably get you seenna, strina, strunna, lanna, denna, tenna (< tenna, tempna)

Tense/modal auxiliary on the model of gonna < going to, trynna < trying to, finna < fixing to: tempna < attempting to

[chicosanchez]

Una de mis fotografías de un templo en la ciudad maya de Labná en la Ruta Puuc, Yucatán, México . En mi libro Un viaje maravilloso comparto mis experiencias tras casi trece años de viajes por México siguiendo las huellas de personajes históricos como Hernán Cortés o Moctezuma visitando una parte importante de los sitios arqueológicos y museos de México, Belice y Guatemala. Consigue este libro en estos enlaces: PDF: https://chicosanchez.com/tienda/ols/products/viaje-maravilloso-libro-chico-sanchez-version-digital-pdf Papel y pasta blanda: https://www.amazon.es/viaje-maravilloso-Chico-S%C3%A1nchez/dp/B08KSL2NNW #libros #librosrecomendados #LibrosEnEspañol #chicosanchez #historia #arqueología #antropología #mayas #mexico #antropología #yucatan #labna #viajes (en Uxmal y la Ruta Puuc) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMvt4XCp_Ex/?igshid=1g3v2hjmrxd9q

[mabelegox]

Impresionante, hermoso y magistral así es Labná #labna #mexico #photography #travelphotography #Mayas #viajaresvivir #explorer #adventure #wanderlust #ruinas #ruinasmayas (en Labna Archaeological Zone) https://www.instagram.com/p/B52_FBQJl4X/?igshid=122jlu1ti536g

[gameboymania]

[gidmeksika]

#gidmeksika #labna #gidcancun #cancun #mexico #chichenitza #xcaret #xcaretmexico #exploer #xelha #tulum #coba #akumal #crococunparque #parquecrococun #selestun #yucatan #uxmal #museochocolate #yaxcopoil #ekbalam #riolagartos #valladolid +529982028300 (at Labna, Yucatan, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClCUK9bPbqJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[karoundairies]

And that’s how you do mornings! 😍🤗�� Posted @withregram • @grandmas_thirsty Sichuan peppercorn + fennel seed cured salmon, labne, pickled onions, capers, dill on buttered + toasted salty sour pickled rye from @carissasthebakery . . . . #curedsalmon #gravlax #labneh #rye #toast #pickled #capers #dill #labna #labne #mornings (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZe4puUpw0I/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tenthmusefoods]

Before & After 😋. Making labna is super easy and the results are worth the time. Simply stir a little salt into full fat yoghurt (cow or goat works best), tie up into muslin cloth and then hang from the faucet for about 24 hours. Swipe to check out the transformation 🤗🧀🍞 #tmfood #labna #homecooking #cheese #Sydney #Stanmore #innerwest #food #fromscratch #beforeandafter (at Sydney, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG56EyiDGyl/?igshid=fvyr62wazo1b