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Sun dried Tomatoes

Tomato Passata sauce, part 1

Tomato Passata sauce, part 2

Spinaci time

spinach and smoked tuna terrine

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 [...]

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Mandolins and church bells

bruschetta with tomatoes

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, [...]

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A Roman feast!But no Coliseum.

carciofi alla romana

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 [...]

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Heaven on earth

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 [...]

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Dont forget to wipe your shoes

involtini

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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Honesty is the best policy

finger food of Cacio e Pepe

finger food of Cacio e Pepe

In Italy we say – NON TUTTE LE CIAMBELLE ESCONO CON L BUCO – which literally means – not all donuts come with a hole in the middle. The meaning is obviously, that things do not always come out as you wish. Do you have this saying, in [...]

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Relax

chickpeas ball

chickpeas ball

 

My mood has not changed, maybe it’s the sun, the heat and fatigue to working in the garden. But for today I thought to make a quick finger food that once prepared can go in the fridge. Ready for 7.00 p.m. when a glass of chilled white wine is waiting for me [...]

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Am I crackers!

lasagna express

lasagna express

This is one of those brilliant ideas that gave me so much satisfaction. In the afternoon I went to my local supermarket to buy something for dinner. I am sure that this happens to you too , there are evenings when you do not know what to eat, you do not want [...]

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As time goes by

cook grilled peppers

 

cook grilled peppers

I love peppers, but unfortunately over the years, I discovered that like raw garlic  ( served in the typical bruschetta, with olive oil and salt) I find them a bit ‘indigestible. Could it be an age thing? I don’t know, but considering that I like them so much, I found [...]

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Lasagna!

white lasagna

white lasagna

This weekend, we had friends staying with us, two Italians, 1 English and 1 Irish . They came for the aperitivo  and  we enjoyed the evening outside in the garden . Yes, because the sun has finally arrived, it’s hot! So thinking about this combination of guests I thought it could be [...]

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Prosciutto e melone

prosciutto e melone

prosciutto e melone

I am one of those people who eat the ham but leaves the melon. …  you’re probably thinking , what’s the point of putting it on the blog if I never eat it! So here it is, it’s the Antipasto that Italians go crazy for….! Prosciutto and melon is prepared in [...]

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Any last request?

roast chicken with herbs

roast chicken with herbs

 A couple of years ago, we had a few  chickens , they were in a large enclosure together with our two goats and happily made their free life. Growing up though, they started to fly so high they could jump the fence and come knocking at our door. They were [...]

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Viva la festa

Panzanella

me and my friends Rosanna, Umberto, Erminia and Silvana

Sunday evening I went home exhausted, but fell asleep smiling. 

 Let’s start from the beginning, as I had already mentioned in Saturday’s blog, this weekend my adopted village of Allerona was celebrating S.Isidoro the patron saint of farmers. This year for the first time I had [...]

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Great excitement

sausage on creamed saffron risotto

sausage on creamed saffron risotto

 

The whole village is excited, everyone has a task. There are those who prepare the games, who organize the list of the ladies who are going to make the cakes, those who buy the ingredients for the “farmers “menu and those who buy gallons of wine. I was assigned [...]

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A good sense of humus helps!

humus

humus

 

Eventually I decided to cut the grass, so I donned my very fashionable work clothes and armed with the strimmer  started to cut … …., and here we are.. the wires in the strimmer sent a small stone with  great speed  against the glass of my car and BBHHOOMMM.  Believe me I was [...]

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