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Sun dried Tomatoes

Tomato Passata sauce, part 1

Tomato Passata sauce, part 2

New roommates...

Tortelloni filled with Buffalo mozzarella foam , served with Broccoli cream ,a dash of sun dried tomatoes and fresh anchovies paste .

Tortelloni filled with Buffalo mozzarella foam , served with Broccoli cream ,a dash of sun dried tomatoes and fresh anchovies paste .

 

I wish I could say that I made this Tortelloni dish using only the eggs laid by our new chickens! Unfortunately that`s not the case. But let’s start from the beginning.

As [...]

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Not for your average Wolf !!!

Small knots of green paste made with parsley, filled with chestnut and ricotta cheese and served with  Pioppini mushrooms .

Small knots of green paste made with parsley, filled with chestnut and ricotta cheese and served with Pioppini mushrooms .

A few  weeks  ago, on a beautiful  Autumn afternoon ,we went to meet our good friend Fumo .  He had kindly offered to introduce us to some other local people who kept goats. Our [...]

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Car trouble

Strozzapredi pasta with chestnuts cream and black truffle

Strozzapredi pasta with chestnut cream and black truffle

 

On Sunday morning it was my turn to open the barn door for Hilda and make coffee for us. The sky was a deep blue and the air fresh and clean. It seemed the beginning of a fantastic day. Then all of a sudden I realized [...]

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Back to school

Calamarata pasta with sundried tomatoes and burrata cheese

 

Calamarata pasta with sundried tomatoes and burrata cheese

 

I understand the English say “I`m in two minds ” this certainly applies to me because (1) I am really sad our wonderful summer is over, but (2) very excited and pleased autumn is here because a few weeks ago I started my third and final [...]

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Goat Lovers Blog!!

Ravioli stuffed with figs, pecorino cheese and chopped hazelnuts.

Ravioli stuffed with figs, pecorino cheese and chopped hazelnuts.

Before anything else, I have an important announcement to make .  Hilda our goat is back home after the terrible drama of last week .We had brought her to our garden eight years ago with the idea that she would solve the problem of keeping [...]

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Where there’s a will there’s a way.

Our house outside the village of Allerona

Our house outside the village of Allerona

 

Sunday morning the sky was blue with a couple of small white clouds floating by, it was a  beautiful sunny day, just perfect for a lunch under the porch. My day started early in the kitchen, I was very excited, a 6 course menu to prepare for [...]

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Wish I had a magic wand.

Linguine goats cheese ,spring onios and walnuts.

Linguine goats cheese ,spring onios and walnuts.

 

Hello, the week has only just began, and already I am looking forward to the weekend! But let me start from beginning. Once upon a time……. in 2001 Nick and I  bought this derelict house in the countryside The roof needed  to be replaced, the bathroom was [...]

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Lets get together !

Raviolo all'amatriciana

Raviolo all'amatriciana

 
Do you know what? Eventually it rained!

However, the first Sunday lunch of our Sagraincasa Supper Club went very well anyway . All ladies and all very nice. They were in Umbria for a hen party weekend . Lunch began with a nice cocktail under the porch in the garden, many small [...]

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The home coming ……

tonnarelli allo scoglio

tonnarelli allo scoglio

It has been almost two months since Nick has left for Libya. He is doing a great job and I’m very proud of him. But I hope this is going to be the last week, two months is a long time. On Sunday we managed to speak, but unfortunately with [...]

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A meal fit for a Premier !!

Spaghetti alla puttanesca

Spaghetti alla puttanesca

 

Why  haven’t i made this dish before? It ‘s a very popular type of pasta,  fast and easy to prepare plus it doesn’t  need any expensive ingredients. Welcome to  Spaghetti alla Puttanesca. Meaning : The Prostitutes spaghetti . As to the origin of the name , the main theory  takes us [...]

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A kind of blue.

Pasta with broccoli, spicy gorgonzola , walnuts and orange.

Pasta with broccoli, spicy gorgonzola , walnuts and orange.

 Earlier this week it seemed that spring had arrived early. Blue skies and wonderful hot sun. My hopes were up and I started to think of summer. But , then as fast as it came the warm weather disappeared behind grey clouds , drenching rain [...]

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A jolly big box of Radicchio.

Fusilli pasta , radicchio,walnuts and bufala mozzarella

Fusilli pasta , radicchio,walnuts and buffalo mozzarella

As I have already written a few months ago, this winter , for several reason, I didn’t do my vegetable garden. Not having prepared the ground in time, it would have been useless to plant winter vegetables. Unfortunately, we don’t have a green house so everything would [...]

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Pans, pots , pictures and stories.

Bucatini all'amatriciana

Bucatini all'amatriciana

Ciao, how are you? I hope you all had a good time during these holidays.

Me? I am good thanks and with great satisfaction I can also say , that TODAY begins the second year of the Sagra In Casa project.  One year spent between pans and pots, pictures and small stories [...]

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Gnocchi Thursday!

Chestnut gnocchi and Porcini mushrooms sauce

Chestnut gnocchi and Porcini mushrooms sauce

For generations in the old trattories of Rome, the Thursday menu is dedicated to Gnocchi pasta. I grew up with the saying:  gnocchi Thursday !

 So , after discovering that even here in Umbria , Thursday is the day for  Gnocchi , I thought it was necessary to understand [...]

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Green for hope !

spinach and ricotta cheese gnocchi

spinach and ricotta cheese gnocchi

While I was making these gnocchi, a big storm with wind and rain came crushing down outside my window. The fireplace was on, and although it was only early afternoon it seemed late at night. So in my kitchen the atmosphere was quite depressing . To make matters worse [...]

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