Welcome to San Marino! To be honest, I'm a little behind on the blog...You may or may not see another post VERY soon! San Marino is a land-locked country, completely surrounded by Italy. The pictures look beautiful! Honestly, this looks like a bucket list country. It boasts to be the oldest republic in Europe, and has the oldest constitution still in effect anywhere in the world. It is a mountainous country, with a really cool castle on top of some rocks. According to Google, the population is 33,660 people, and the capital is San Marino (that makes it easy!). Their national dish is...
Torta Tre Monti!
It's actually a dessert! The dessert was named after the Three Towers of San Marino, and has five layers of wafer with a cream/hazelnut spread and then dipped in chocolate. Sounds great, right? To go with our Totra Tre Monti, we made Nidi di Rondine, or Swallows-Nest pasta. The original website where I got the recipe is no longer available, so I'm going to do my best to remember the recipe!
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Make the Béchamel sauce. Melt the butter in a medium pan and add the flour.
- Stir to mix well and brown just slightly.
- Slowly add the milk to the butter/flour mixture and whisk continuously so it doesn't clump.
- When it is thick, turn off the heat and add the garlic, nutmeg, and Parmesan cheese, and mix until the cheese is melted. Set aside.
- In an 8x8 pan, spread a thin layer of marinara sauce at the bottom of the pan.
- Cook the lasagna noodles in boiling water until al dente.
- Once the noodles are al dente, remove them from the water and place on a kitchen towel to get off excess water (careful - they are HOT!).
- Spread enough Béchamel sauce on the noodles to cover the whole noodle.
- Sprinkle Italian seasoning on the sauce, to taste.
- Add one slice of prosciutto to each of the noodles.
- Add spinach and basil leaves to each noodle, to taste.
- Put Mozzarella cheese on top of the noodles, to taste (I used shredded mozzarella, and it worked great).
- Now the fun part: roll each of the noodles into a short tube, trying to keep all the goodies inside the noodle, and place them, sticking up, into the 8x8 pan with sauce. Repeat with all the noodles.
- Spread leftover marinara sauce on top of the noodles.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, or until everything is cooked through, cheese is melted, and the tops are slightly crispy.
- Enjoy!
- Mix whipped cream until stiff peaks form.
- Pour Nutella into the cream, and mix until well combined.
- Spread enough of the cream mixture over the first wafer to cover and place the second wafer on top of the first one. Repeat four times, and leave the top one without the cream.
- Repeat with the other sandwiches. You should have 6 stacks total.
- In a small pot, combine the 16 tbsp heavy cream and chocolate. Stir and melt until smooth.
- Prepare a rack to place the cakes once rounded with chocolate.
- Take one small cake at a time and roll through ganache, covering the sides.
- Place every cake on the rack so any extra chocolate slides down before serving.
- Serve with ice cream or whipped cream and raspberries.
- Enjoy!
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