Andrea Camilleri (1925-2019) once again attracted attention with her new novel published in Spain three years after her death, with a turn as surprising as her detective novels. ‘Riccardino’ closes a 33-book epic in which he starred. charismatic Salvo Montalbano, An unorthodox detective and a lover of gastronomy as well as his hometown of Sicily.
Rafa Vega, owner of Madrid restaurant Award-winning Forneria Ballarò and an avid reader of his adventures, he has launched three thematic menus around this character’s universe in recent years. (‘To Montalbano and Tavola’). On the occasion of the publication of ‘Riccardino’ in Spain by the publisher Salamandra of the Penguin Books group, Vega retrieves seven of these dishes prepared in fiction by the commissioner’s cook, Adelina. this will be in your letter from October 15 to November 30.
So calle de Santa Engracia, 90 will appear in the menu of Premiata Forneria Ballarò. offers as delicious as arancini di ragù, Delicious rice croquettes stuffed with mozzarella fiordilatte and house bolognese with peas.
This Montalbano’s favorite dishes, Meanwhile.
Moreover caponata di melanzane, sweet and sour, made with Sicilian eggplants and fresh basil pesto. Fish lovers must try beccafico sardines, stuffed and served with Greek yogurt sauce and parsley sauce on pickled cucumbers.
They could not be missing in this letter with linguini alle vongole, scallops and salted mullet eggs. Nor pasta alla Norma with eggplant, homemade tomato sauce and Sicilian caciocavallo cheese. And of course, pasta ncasciata, a delicious rigatoni cake with beef stew, eggplant, peas, salami, egg and cheese. For dessert, of course, cannoli, Sicilian sweets are excellent.
A food documentary
Rafa Vega’s knowledge of novels and his role in these novels this cop plays gastronomy in all his books shine in documentary ‘The last case of Montalbano’, It was initiated by the Penguin Random House Editorial Group on the occasion of the book’s publication in Spain.
In this movie, which was released on October 10, Award-winning Forneria Ballaró – Despite its release on RTVE’s La 2 on October 6, different characters emerge from the cultural world who analyze the book’s impact as the culmination of a worldwide legendary epic: the protagonist is the most universal Italian literary character, It is second only to Pinocchio.
Vega, Camilleri’s ardent reader, talks about the success of the menus in the documentary ‘To Montelbano and Tavola’ Presented at Forneria between fall 2020 and spring 2021 with recipes inspired by the detective’s books.
The first edition is dedicated to Adelina. The hero’s house assistant and a great cook. Second, he offered a trip in the winter of the same year to Vigata, a seaside town in southern Sicily in the province of Montelusa, both fictional places where most of the novels take place. Third, ‘Livia and Salvo’ Released in February 2021, the film was a tribute to the long and complex relationship between curator Salvo Montalbano and his girlfriend Livia Burlando.
The film chronicles Camilleri’s creative process with this book, This puts an end to the ramblings of the most curious Sicilians. Camilleri, who was 80 years old in 2005, felt the need. leave connected and in full mental state, the fate of your beloved character.
So he wrote ‘Riccardino’, but kept it in a drawer and decided it should be published in Italy. one year after his death, It wouldn’t happen until July 2019. At the time, his intention was not to continue with the saga, but in reality he went on to publish many more titles. Spanish edition, more than three years after his death in Rome, eagerly awaited by the legion of followers, It is already present in Spain and in some recipes from Adelina.
Source: Informacion
