We are back with Barilla US Chef Assistant Yury Krasilovsky for another exclusive cooking demo for our Italian Food Lovers blog!

Chef Krasilovsky today will prepare another recipe sent by Giada De Laurentiis, who is staring experimenting new recipes using her new Italian gourmet food product line, Giada De Laurentiis Selected by Academia Barilla.

Giada last week proposed an interesting dish, Giada’s Balsamic Chicken Drumettes, where she used her new Giada’s Balsamic Vinegar, while this week Giada sent us a new recipe where she uses her new Giada’s Tuscan herb Mix, alongside Academia Barilla’s Parmigiano Reggiano: Giada’s Parmesan Popovers.

Are you ready? Let’s go to the kitchen with Chef Iuri Krasilovski.

GIADA’S PARMESAN POPOVERS
A recipe by Giada De Laurentiis
(makes 6-8 servings)

INGREDIENTS

- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Giada’s Tuscan Herb Mix
- 4 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3/4 cup grated Academia Barilla Parmesan (about 5 ounces)

PREPARATION 

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. In a blender, combine eggs, flour, salt, pepper, Giada’s Tuscan Herb Mix, milk, and cheese.  Blend on medium speed.  

Spray a mini-muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.  Pour the batter into the muffin cups, filling each cup 3/4 full.  Bake until puffed and golden brown, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove popovers from muffin tin and cool on a wire rack.

Thank you Giada for this interesting recipe, and again thank you also to Chef Yury Krasilovsky for his step-by-step guidance in showing us how to prepare the dish.

As we announced earlier, Italian Chef and TV celebrity Giada De Laurentiis sent us a couple of recipes made using ingredients from her new Giada De Laurentiis Selected by Academia Barilla gourmet product line.

We remind you that the products from the Giada De Laurentiis Selected by Academia Barilla food line are now available nationwide in the United States at gourmet and specialty food stores as well as at some of the biggest food market chains - and of course at the Academia Barilla online store.

Here we go with the first one of Giada’s recipes: Giada’s Balsamic Chicken Drumettes. The recipe has been performed by Barilla USA Chef Assistant Yury Krasilovsky, which we thank also for sending us pictures of the preparation step!

GIADA’S BALSAMIC CHICKEN DRUMETTES
A recipe by Giada De Laurentiis
(makes 4 to 6 servings)

INGREDIENTS 

- 1/2 cup Giada’s Balsamic Vinegar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 5 sprigs of rosemary
- 5 cloves garlic, halved
- 10 to 12 chicken drumsticks
- 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

PREPARATION

Combine the balsamic vinegar, honey, brown sugar, soy sauce, rosemary sprigs, and garlic cloves in a large, re-sealable plastic bag.  Shake and squeeze the contents of the bag to dissolve the honey and the brown sugar.  Add the chicken drumsticks to the bag and seal with as little air as possible in the bag.  Place in the refrigerator and marinate for 2 hours.

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Place the chicken drumsticks on a foil-lined baking sheet.  Bake until the skin is caramelized and very dark in spots, about 30 to 35 minutes.

Meanwhile, place the marinade in a small saucepan.  Bring the marinade to a boil (in order to kill bacteria).  Reduce the heat to simmer and cook over low heat until thick, about 15 minutes; reserve.  

Brush some of the cooked marinade on the cooked chicken.  Place the chicken on a serving platter.  Sprinkle with the sesame seeds and the chopped parsley.

NOTES AND CHEF TIPS FROM GIADA

I like the subtle rosemary and garlic flavors.  Brushing the cooked drumettes with the reduced marinade helps the flavors along.  Also, re-moistening helps the parsley and the seeds to adhere.

Thank you very much Giada for sharing with us this great recipe and your final Chef tips, and thanks also to Barilla US Chef Assistant Yury Krasilovsky for the exclusive cooking demo for our Italian Food Lovers blog!

We will meet again Chef Krasilovsky next week with another step-by-step preparation of another recipe from Giada De Laurentiis: Giada’s Parmesan Popovers.

Stay tuned!