Basilischi style organic ribeye

The curious rib recipe

The organic ribeye proposal was created to enhance the Limousine breed cattle which find ample space in the culinary panorama of central Italy. Although the breed comes from other areas of the world, the Bel Paese manages to personalize an excellent product making it sublime. After all, the art of Italian cuisine lies - also - in the ability to combine particular ingredients and transform them into traditional dishes.

With the Limousine breed we chose to take a step further and start breeding them here too, so as to obtain a productive response directly related to our lands, traditional breeding methods and offer them to the public through - and not only - the online butcher shop. Buying meat online is becoming, especially in this particular historical period, a reason for great pride and responsibility, as it allows you to bring particular cuts closer to local customs.

Ingredients for Basilischi-style organic ribeye

Simple and organic ingredients, this is the starting point of a recipe with a sublime and authentic flavour.

• 900 g of organic beef rib-eye on the bone
• 300 g of red tomatoes
• 200g of red and yellow peppers
• 1 lemon
• 1 glass of white wine
• a bunch of aromatic herbs: sage, rosemary, thyme, basil
• EVO oil to taste
• fine salt to taste

Basilischi-style organic ribeye method

To make the recipe you need a few steps to follow carefully. Grease the sides of the rib with very little oil and cook in a pan over high heat for about 10 minutes.

Lower the heat and add the white wine and lemon juice. Add a little sage and rosemary and leave to cook for another 2 minutes. Once finished, remove from the heat and leave to rest, wrapping the meat in aluminum foil.

Chop thyme and basil, cut the peppers into strips and the tomatoes into chunks. Sauté the vegetables in a pan for 3 minutes with a drizzle of oil and a pinch of salt, add the spices.

Put the meat back on the heat in the same pan as the vegetables and complete cooking. Serve and enjoy immediately!

Curiosities about the basilisk rib recipe

Basilisks are the inhabitants of Basilicata and mythological creatures. It's difficult to choose which category inspired the inventor of the recipe who chose to pay homage to her first film directed by a director with a simple and phenomenal recipe at the same time. This is Lina Wertmuller who, if the name means little to you, you need to take action. A woman from times gone by, modern with her shiny bob, protagonist with her gaze surrounded by important glasses, sunny thanks to a contagious smile.

First an actress and then a director, Lina leaves a significant mark on the Italian cinema scene. His first film behind the camera is entitled The Basilisks, winner of an award in the Lucanian film festival, it seems that the recipe was born on the road, during filming, when the passion for cooking increases and ignites the imagination.

Flesh limousine, as valuable as the car

Carne online Genuina chooses to combine the passion for simple and traditional recipes with first choice and quality meat. The cuts of Italian beef differ in different breeds which choose to accentuate different qualities. The organic rib-eye steak has the particularity of coming from a farm that chooses a short supply chain and the maintenance of the animal's well-being.

The story is equally curious and in addition to the refined flavor of the cut, even the combination with such a simple recipe turns into a real added value. In full compliance with the less is more philosophy, Carne Genuina collects ideas and ideas that range between tradition and innovation, placing the concept of balance as a cornerstone. After all, imagination roams free and meets the desire to make a dish sublime and unique, attention and dedication are needed, which is why the Bergamo online butcher shop becomes a perfect starting point!