Tomato Passata sauce, part 1
Tomato Passata sauce, part 2
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finger food with tuna
Here is my apotheosis for the most delicious finger food . There are three reasons that make this dish wonderful. First of all the fact that it’s a finger food , in my opinion, gives it top marks. Secondly, it’s made with fresh tuna (which here costs normally 27 euros [...]
ravioli filled with ricotta and asparagus
One of the beautiful things about living in the country is that we have many people who come to visit us . Friends and family directly from England or here in Italy. As I’ve said before here in the green hills of Umbria there is always work to be [...]
capunata
Scusate, I apologize . When I started this blog, I thought to share the joys of living in the country with you, but unfortunately there is another side to the coin … .. the ingredients in the kitchen are almost always decided by what’s in season. So ladies and gentleman, today for your [...]
fry fish balls
There is no limit to Polpette! I am absolutely convinced of this. But let’s start from the beginning. At the moment my potted herbs are very lush, even though it’s been a very hard year for them. In fact during the spring my herbs fought off a fierce attack by garden [...]
cheese cake
During the years 1996/19997 I had the pleasure of living a year and a half in London. At this time I flew up and down to Italy to support my exams at the University of Rome . During this time, I did the most bizarre jobs in London , including waitressing in [...]
stuffed calamaro
I had never seen a squid so big!! 600 grams in weight. I imagine that the fisherman who has caught it must have been an enormous man. I remember when I was little, my parents, for years ,toke me and my brothers on holiday in Sardinia. We did free camping (in those [...]
bbq lamb
The assessment we made was this: considering the quantity of vegetables we produce every summer from the vegetable garden , the 20 kg of beef we buy fresh from a local producer, plus the meat my father buys from Abruzzo … … …. we need a bigger freezer! So there it is, [...]
lumachelle
No, not the savory croissants, again! This was the comment by Nick! But let’s start from the beginning. As I wrote in my blog a long time ago, the savory croissants are a classic at my house, they are something fast to make so I do them often …. in Nick’s view, too [...]
stuffed zucchini
Zucchini, eggplant and stuffed tomatoes are dishes that are used often in Mediterranean cooking. I had the pleasure of eating zucchini and stuffed tomatoes in Greece and I must say that they were very good . Now this is a recipe that, like many others in my blog came to me, passed [...]
spinach and smoked tuna terrine
It ‘s spinach time! The spinach harvest in my garden was excellent. Although I had the same problem I have with the salad … .. they’re all ready at the same time! But this is not a big problem, because the beauty of spinach is that you can also [...]
bruschetta with tomatoes
Bruschetta with tomatoes is certainly one of those dishess that, I believe , represents Italy. Bruschetta seems like a simple thing to do, and in reality it is, but you must be extremely careful with a few things. 1: The bread must be Casareccio bread, baked in a wood oven, [...]
carciofi alla romana
Fourth row of the vineyard, another 3 artichokes ready to be picked! So to continue on the theme of missing Rome, I thought to do even the artichokes in the Roman way, Carciofi alla romana. In this way, even if spread out over several days, I had a full Roman meal. Stuffed Zucchini flowers [...]
zucchini flowers
This dish I could not live without . I have spoken to you before about these delicious zucchini flowers cook in the Roman way. Now that my vegetable garden is filled with zucchini , I think it’s the right time to do it. Each region has it’s own way to cook [...]
carbonara
There are days that I really miss Rome , I miss the coffee in Sant ‘Eustachio square , the flower market in Campo Dei Fiori and walks through the alleys in the heart of Rome. Among other things, I miss the aperitivo in Piazza della Tartaruga (although I recently discovered that the area [...]
involtini
I wonder why I have not thought about this recipe before . I could say that Involtini di carne al sugo , rolled beef in tomatoes sauce, is a dish that I grew up with. Infact , this was one of those dishes that my mother made very often. With this recipe she [...]
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