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