Monthly Archives January 2019

What is more welcoming in winter than a good, hot and healthy soup.It’s also possible using our ‘brocciu’ and in less than fifteen minutes !Here we go then, with a recipe for ‘Minestra di Brocciu’. 
Bon appetitu* 

Ingredients:

– 125g Brocciu-1 garlic clove- 1 oignon – 2 soupspoons oil – 125g vermicelli and/or dried breadsalt + pepper 

Method:

First of all you must add time to remove the salt from the brocciu, an hour beforehand by letting it steep in 1L of water, then cut into small pieces. Prepare the onion by cutting it finely. Brown in some olive oil, preferably in a large saucepan, adding 1L of water and salt and pepper. Bring the preparation to the boil, and add the garlic, vermicelli, bread and allow to cook on a low heat...

My first impulse would be to state that it’s an impressive and vast world, that of Robert Colonna d’Istria – whose career has led him through many choices of fields of work. Author, journalist, lecturer, inspector of historical monuments, collaborator of various newspapers and magazines – to name but a few.

A question struck me concerning his most recent publication: Une Famille Corse, 1200 Ans De Solitude (A Corsican Family, 1200 years of Solitude). Was this a decisive choice for an accomplished career ?
Not really, no. More so a reflection on the island, the Corsicans themselves and how they differ from elsewhere; a type of examination would be a more appropriate way of defining this proposal – however, not only – it is also an interrogation on his own family and his very own story...