Tomato Passata sauce, part 1
Tomato Passata sauce, part 2
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Apple millefoglie
There are days when around 5 p.m. I start to crave something sweet but not too sweet … ..do you understand the feeling? I’m not a great lover of chocolate, I’d rather have cookies or cakes with cream. However, when I have these days it’s extremely dangerous for me to enter into [...]
eggs florentine
Today ,my old Fiat Punto decided she didn’t want to go! Not too bad I thought but then I looked in the fridge and a serious panic came over me. Ok I need to make a small introduction: I live in the middle of the country, the nearest store is a drive [...]
parmigiana
My Neapolitan grandmother always told me that the origin of Parmigiana di melanzane (eggplant parmigiana) there was no doubt, came from Napoli. Yes, because with this recipe there is a real dispute between two regions Campania and Sicily. I’m biased because my grandmother from my mother’s side ,was from Naples , if you [...]
pasta shell
To paraphrase George Clooney, no finger food, no party ! In my opinion, parties should always start from 7.00 pm. Moreover, if the party exceeds the number of 8 people, I do not think the sitting dinner is the best thing, The reason is that people can barely communicate, and you [...]
spicy meat balls
In Umbria, today we had a beautiful sun, seemed like August. From the morning I started to hear the sound of chainsaws and strimmers in action, which suggests to me that soon will be our turn too to work in the garden. I believe that on average ,during the summer ,we [...]
Coregone
If you ever happen to be on holiday in Orvieto, remember to visit Bolsena Lake .I love this place it’s very clean and not built up. My favorite part is under Gradoli village ,there, unlike in many places in Italy, you can still find large areas where there are no ombrelloni and no [...]
Mariella , Carla and me
Although the weather was raining and quite chilly, my friends Carla and Mariella – two lovely ladies from the village – telephoned me to participate in a wonderful experience: collecting cicoria or wild chicory in the Umbrian hills. By another name they are called the leaves of wild dandelions. [...]
Panna cotta with fresh strawberries
The secret of the panna cotta is in the right consistency. I once made a panna cotta that was hard as a rock and I apologize again to Yoni and his family, who were witnesses to this big mistake. On the other hand, if it is too liquid it [...]
ravioli with baccalà and tomatos
Believe me I’m not obsessed with Baccalà , but going to the market in Orvieto, I saw the fish counter and I found the Baccalà already soaked. Really lucky. In that way I could use it without having to leave it in water for 12 hours .. not bad. At this [...]
filleet with nettles
Living in the country I discovered that the fields are full of edible wild greens which are also incredibly good . In this period we see many women in the fields gathering wild vegetables, so I also decided to organize myself with gloves, bag and scissors and do my own collection. [...]
lamb fry in read crumbs
my vegetable garden
This weekend we had a really fantastic one and a half days. Weather was wonderful and I began to plant the first things in the vegetable garden. The program was also to have a barbecue in the garden and cook the lamb that my mother had [...]
spoons of mortadella and pistachios
For this finger food I decided to literally follow the recipe from Viviana Lapertosa. This woman is a talented chef, from my point of view. When I read this recipe I was very curious and I decided to try it. Honestly once the pistachio and parmesan wafer is prepared [...]
samosa
At the back of the shelf in the refrigerator I found the filo pastry, honestly I can not remember when I bought it. The problem with filo pastry is that you can hardly use it all in one go, because the sheets are so many! I was very happy to find it and [...]
In the Italian tradition frittura is a delicacy that does not require expensive ingredients. We us vegetables such as cauliflower, zucchini, eggplants and many others . Then there is the fish, but only certain types , in parts of Italy they also fry just the batter, it’s called Clouds –Nuvole-, because in [...]
spinach and ricotta cheese
The Easter holiday is over and the common comment is MAMMA MIA I’m really full! I do not know the tradition in other countries, but here in Italy it starts from breakfast : different types of salami, salty cake with cheese, chocolate, boiled eggs and red wine of course. This [...]
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