Tomato Passata sauce, part 1
Tomato Passata sauce, part 2
|
Cannolo with Baccalà
Hi, sorry for the delay.
Firstly, for those who thought my absence was the dramatic consequence of my failing the exam ……… NNOOOOO don’t worry everything was fine. Done! and now I am ready to face the second level of the Sommelier course.
The truth is that I could not put [...]
Amberjack fillets in pistachios, sun-dried tomatoes and bread crumbs.
Here we are, this is one of the appetizers I’ll serve over Christmas . A nice and simple way to begin the celebrations . In Italy the night before Christmas is a very special time and traditionally we celebrated with fish .I chose an amberjack [...]
Scamorza,zucchini and ham parcel.
Only a week to go and all the magazines, food programs and blogs are full of Christmas recipes . The perfect appetizer, the perfect turkey, Christmas cake … …. what to say …. certainly there is no shortage of suggestions. Honestly me, I still haven’t got a clue what my [...]
Orecchiette and Minchiareddhi pasta with ricotta forte
Four years have passed since my good friend Cecilia decided to leave Rome and move to Salento in the region of Puglia. Geographically speaking the heel of Italy. A land I knew little about before . Puglia is known for its beautiful beaches, Baroque architecture , the [...]
Mantis Shrimp on chestnuts and Porcini cream
On Saturday afternoon Orvieto was celebrating SLOW WINE . A wonderful movement, which seeks to find wines that are not mass produced and that are healthier , tastier and better for the environment. The event hosted 40 different wineries from all over Umbria . With the prospect [...]
risotto black and white
Finally the weekend. Everything was planned. Cocktails in one of Romes more swanky bars, followed by a quick limousine ride to a waiting jet and dinner on the Almalfi coast …… O.k , back to reality!
After tasting three wines during the Sommelier course in Orvieto, I was at home [...]
savory biscuits with olives and cheese.
I like all types of biscuit: with nuts, with chocolate…but the idea of savory , I find much more fun to do. This is my third experiment with savory biscuits and I apologize in advance…because I really think there will be many others in the future.
Perhaps because they [...]
Porcini mushrooms fry.
We drove an eight hour round trip from Umbria to Abruzzo. The olive harvest was good, my parents produced 58 liters of EVO oil. MAMMA MIA with all this olive oil we could probably shower in it! Nick and I also received a wonderful gift … 2 young Ascolana Olive trees! [...]
octopus tentacle
Octopus tentacle. So maybe you’ll wonder . … what happened to the rest of the octopus, he ran away? No, the rest we had in a very tastey sugo (sauce). With the sun shinning and this antipasto on the table, the only thing missing was the sound of the waves to bring [...]
pecorino cheese in black sesame roll
This weekend I was a very good student!! But let start from the beginning. Do you remember that not long ago, I wrote about the course as a sommelier? OOhh..AAHH .. yes indeed, you’ll say … how is it going? So, I would say that I am [...]
Pancetta roll with goats cheese,walnuts and pear.
When we bought this farmhouse, there was a lot of work that needed doing before we could move in. The roof, the floors and all the windows were broken ,plus the bathroom did not exist. In the lower part of the house was a barn where the [...]
fish and caprino cheese pesto
I am very excited, this week I’ll start a course to become a Sommelier. The course will be in Orvieto. Physiology of the senses and sensory analysis, oenology and viticulture … … Wahoo! Well finally I’ll learn to distinguish the different flavors in a wine. Eventually, I will also [...]
finger food of Porcini mushrooms
Welcome to the country! On Sunday me and Nick went to the forest to look for mushrooms. The forests of Italy are slowly becoming repopulated with Bears ,Wolves and thousands of mushroom pickers . Every mushroom picker has his or her favorite secret location. The competition is fierce. The prize [...]
Marinade prawns
While the fresh prawns were marinating, I wrote a list of things to do:
1) The 8 tons of firewood for the winter are still there and not even one piece of wood has been moved.
2) Cut grass before it gets so high that instead of three days I’ll need 6 long days [...]
fish and apricot
During these month’s I’ve had the opportunity to enjoy eating 100% seasonally . In addition to using what my vegetable garden generously gave me, I also had the good fortune to have neighbors who were super happy to give me, fruits and vegetables from their gardens and trees. So, as in [...]
|
|
Recent comments