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Tomato Passata sauce, part 1

Tomato Passata sauce, part 2

A fantastic time, so far ...

Picture by Nick Cornish

Back home in Umbria, having fun with Hilda the goat !

We arrived in New York a little tired, but very excited about exploring this incredible  city. Luckily,  we have some very dear friends living there , who dropped everything in order to show us the sites and take us to some great restaurants. [...]

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Hey presto , I had it !

Sea bass with curry,light pesto and fresh vegetables

Sea bass with curry,light pesto and fresh vegetables.Picture by Nick Cornish

 

Ok  , I wish I could claim to be the creator of theses amazingly beautiful  dishes you can see here , but unfortunately I am not . They are the work of head chef Antonio Strammiello from the Castello di Fighine restaurant in [...]

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A man’s game.

Chocolate tagliatelle served with a spicy wild board sauce

Chocolate tagliatelle pasta served with a spicy wild board sauce

After about three months the hunting season is now almost over and most of the Allerona’s hunters will  have their freezers full of wild boar meat and jugs of sauces to go with this meat have been prepared and are [...]

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Come rain or shine..

Homemade ravioli served with a chesnut cream, crispy pancetta cubes and fresh rosemary

Homemade ravioli served with a chesnut cream, crispy pancetta cubes and fresh rosemary

 

 

This morning, while taking what should have been be a brisk healthy walk , but was in fact  a slow leisurely stroll with our lazy dog Lui, I came across three of our elderly neighbors who were busy harvesting their olives. [...]

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The parties over!!

Black pasta made with coffee served with a walnut cream and a dash of Whisky

Black pasta made with coffee served with a walnut cream and a dash of Whisky

Yesterday, in Italy, the Christmas holidays were officially over. On January the 6, Epiphany day ,it is  tradition for a witch with cape and broom to bring lots of sweets to the children (if they were good during the [...]

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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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Not just another plate of Ravioli !!

Ravioli filled with artichokes, pancetta and Taleggio cheese.

Ravioli filled with artichokes, pancetta and Taleggio cheese.

 

Just to confirm the theory that the Italians love pasta …. here’s another plate of ravioli! Yes, because my dear friends, when I pull out the pasta machine and start working with the flour ….. no one can stop me, I produce and produce….. and then [...]

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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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