Eat a tipical typical Apulian dish!

You don't know what you are missing if you haven't never ever eaten an Apulian dish...I tell you: "What a pity!". Anyway I will try to let you taste a tipical typical Apulian dish, that is "Le orecchiette con le cime di rapa" (the translation could be "Little ears with the turnips"). Do you remember that I told you that in Puglia smells and colours are mixed together? Well, also in our dishes colours, smells and tastes are mixed together.
Let's start from with the orecchiette. They are a tipical typical Apulian pasta, that looks like little derby hats and usually they are made by hands using the thumb to give the tipical typical shape, but it's possible to buy them in the market.
The turnips are first cleaned, then you have to boil them and in the same water you have to cook the orecchiette then you have to drain them together. While the orecchiette and turnips cook, you have to let a piece of garlic fry and a bit of hot pepper (forse è meglio dire "you fry a piece of garlic and hot pepper". Non ha bisogna di usare 'dovere' La cucina è un piacere!) and, if you want, add some anchovies and add all together. In the end you have to also add also some pieces of little smell (cosa sono??) tomatoes. This dish is very patriotic because the colors are white, red and green like my flag and I dedicate it to today that is April 25th (The freedom day).
A presto, Rita :)

Molto bene! Ho una fame che mi mangerei un bue