Tomato Passata sauce, part 1
Tomato Passata sauce, part 2
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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