Italian lessons: lemon kit + recipe lemon cupcake Bashny.Net

Sunny and fragrant, fresh and thirst quenching, lovely lemon — a true symbol of the Mediterranean coast, the sea of blue cliffs, lazily hiding in the bottomless blue, framed by pine trees or bougainvillea, sandy beaches.

Giving coolness, astringent and a tonic, an antidote, and even frightening off the demons from the house of the amulet is all lemon!

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Useful properties of this Sunny citrus known to man since ancient times.

In Ancient Egypt the lemons used for embalming mummies, and often put it in the tomb with figs.

The ancient Greeks adorned the house of ripe fragrant fruit, kept linen along with rinds of this fruit and planted lemon trees, near olive groves, to protect the latter from parasites. And, identifying a lemon with fertility, widely used this kind of citrus in wedding ceremonies.

And in medical treatises of the Hindus, lemon was known as the "purifier of the breath."

Emperor Nero was a great lover of lemons — so he was afraid that he was poisoned and believed in the miraculous ability of lemon to counter the poison!

In Italy lemons brought Arab invaders to the conquest of Sicily in 1000 years: by the way, until now this island is famous for its wonderful citrus fruits to the entire country. Italy, incidentally, is the main world exporter of lemons. But first in Europe, the lemons used only as a medicine: as an antipyretic, a remedy for nausea, a cure for the plague and scurvy prevalent among sailors during long voyages.

In modern Italy the lemon is widely used in households and in the kitchen and even for medical purposes, following the old advice to Italian matrons. Here are just a few of them and decide which one to trust and which to leave as recipes from the realm of folklore!

For beauty:As a toner for oily skin: clean the face twice a day soaked in fresh lemon juice with a cotton pad and then rinse with cold water. Lemon whitens skin, tightens pores and refreshes the complexion. As a mask for oily skin: beat one egg yolk with two spoons of liquid honey, add two tablespoons olive oil and 2-3 tablespoons of lemon juice. Apply to face and allow to dry, then rinse with warm water. Teeth whitening: every day during the week to clean the teeth large a slice of lemon with peel. To strengthen brittle nails: every evening for the night, apply on your nails a mixture of juice of 2-3 lemons and 50 ml of avocado oil, then wear cotton gloves and go to sleep. On health benefits:To relieve fatigue: add the juice of half a lemon into the pot with meat and broth to drink. As a means of hiccups in babies: give the baby a few drops of lemon juice. To strengthen the gums: massaging them thoroughly washed lemon peel. To soothe the irritation in the eyes from chlorinated water in the pool (conjunctivitis, allergies to flowering) to wash the eyes with boiled water and diluted it with lemon juice (8 drops per 50 ml of water). To relieve itching caused by insect bites: RUB the wound with lemon slice. On the farm:Lemon has the property to absorb odors: lemon peel can be stored in the refrigerator, wardrobes and linen cupboard. In addition, the lemon peel is a great natural remedy against moths. As a sanitizer if no soap or antiseptic: just carefully wipe the hands with lemon juice or a lemon cut in half. It is in a kitchen.:Lemon peel (only the yellow part) adds a pleasant flavor baked goods, ice cream and sauces. Moreover, the lemon juice "soften" the meat — it is no coincidence that Italy, for example, seasoned veal carpaccio. A piece of peel in the coffee promotes digestion. A half of a lemon in the saucepan where you boiled the cauliflower, will not spread through the apartment the unpleasant smell. Lemon juice, added in fruit during cooking, the jam will not allow the jam to sour. Just in Italian cuisine lemon found wide application, here it is used in cooking meat and fish and in baking. Here, for example, recipe of lemon cupcake, classic Italian homemade dessert from my dear mother-in-law.

Ingredients

300 g flour

150 g butter

Juice and grated zest of one lemon

3 eggs

150 g sugar

1 sachet of baking powder

Powdered sugar for decoration

RecipeBeat with a mixer in a bowl the egg yolks and sugar until white elastic foam. Then add the lemon juice and the grated zest and stir. Melt the butter in a water bath (or microwave) and add to the bowl with the beaten egg yolks, still stirring gently. Then pour the sachet of baking powder, sifted through a sieve flour. In another bowl, beat egg whites with a pinch of salt and add to batter, stirring gently from the bottom up. Grease with butter a baking pan, lightly sprinkle with flour and pour into it the dough. Bake in preheated to 180 degrees oven for 30-40 minutes. The finished cake leave to cool in the oven without taking it — otherwise it will fall off. When the cake has cooled, sprinkle with icing sugar and serve with vanilla ice cream.

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

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