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Tomato Passata sauce, part 1

Tomato Passata sauce, part 2

You are WELCOME in our home.

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After months of silence on my blog , here I am back and positive as always.
It’s been a difficult winter for us , as few of my readers know, but finally a BEAUTIFUL LIGHT has appeared at the end of the tunnel. We are back home in our farmhouse in Umbria and I feel [...]

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On Reflection...

Pork Tenderloin rapped in pancetta and a mushroom paste

Pork Tenderloin rapped in pancetta and a mushroom paste

 
“YOU AND ME,  ME AND YOU
LOTS AND LOTS OF THINGS TO SEE
LOTS AND LOTS OF THINGS TO  DO
YOU AND ME,  ME AND YOU “

 More than 18 years ago Nick and I married in a tiny Chapel just outside Rome. As some of you may [...]

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Fame at last !

Pine nuts and Gorzonzola cheese Zucchini pa

Pine nuts and Gorzonzola cheese Zucchini parcel

 

Yet another month has passed and even though we live in the middle of nowhere, it  is unbelievable  the number of people who have passed thro my kitchen in the last few months. They all came to share the same passion for Italian food. Absolutely fantastic!
I  have met many [...]

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“They came , they saw , but they very nearly didn’t conquer”

"Squashing down the grapes to make more room"

"Squashing down the grapes to make more room"

“They came , they saw , but they very nearly didn’t conquer”.”Never in a field of grapes have so many been picked by so few”.
Is it just me or do these comments , continuaslly made by Nick over the last few days sound familiar. In any [...]

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A bit more grown up!

Lemoncello Pannacotta served with a lemon Sorbet top ,crunchy pistachio and white chocolate .

Lemoncello Pannacotta served with a lemon Sorbet top ,crunchy pistachio and white chocolate .

 

Already we`re coming to the end of May and even though Nick and I live in the quiet peaceful rolling hills situated in a corner of Umbria near Orvieto we have had a hectic time this month both work wise [...]

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A new and solid friendship

Pigeon figs and pancetta served it with fondue potato and sweet and sour shallots

Pigeon breast,figs and pancetta served it with fondue potato and sweet and sour shallots

 

 

After exactly 13 years of living in this beautiful corner of Umbria near Orvieto, I decided the time had come for me to master the cooking and eating of a local favourite, pigeon!
You must understand that for me ,originally  a [...]

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Complete brainstorm !!

Baccalà fillet gently cooked in a spicy sausage crust  served with crispy artichoke

Baccalà fillet gently cooked in a spicy sausage crust served with crispy artichoke

 

 

Before anything else Nick and I would just like to say we hope you had a very merry Christmas and wish you all a happy and healthy New Year.

On the subject of being healthy, on the first Monday of 2014 after [...]

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The weather you would like

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Olive picking with Sagraincasa

 

Olives , bloody olives ,you never know when is the right time to pick them!
Anyway it is with great pleasure and relief I can now say, it`s done , completed, over,  IT’S FINISHED .

But let  me  start at the beginning which was over a week ago when we planned the [...]

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Work in progress !

Freshly picked mushrooms

Freshly picked mushrooms

 

 

With winter closing in and the days getting much shorter , i feel i must get a move on and finish all the jobs  we had planned for this year . Windows still to be varnished, chimneys  to be cleaned and now a new wood burning heater to be fitted . [...]

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The story came home to roost !

Pumking cheese cake

Pumking cheese cake

 

Some of you may remember a story we put on our blog a couple of years ago about Nick’s mum Jackie knitting vests for rescued battery chickens who had pulled their feathers out through stress and  boredom.

Well the story has come home to roost !

 

Umbrian autumn views

 

As you know we [...]

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It’s just NOT normal!

Scrambled eggs with Parmesan cheese

 

 

 

For the life of me I`m really pushed at the moment to understand why people say:“go and live in the countryside and live and enjoy a really peaceful, calm lifestyle”
What Crap!
For example lets start with last Thursday, while enjoying a quiet afternoon in Orvieto where I had an appointment, I suddenly [...]

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Another local TREASURE

Handmade sausage, served on a white bean truffle puree and Porcini mushrooms

Handmade sausage, served on a white bean truffle puree and Porcini mushrooms

 

 

“Ciao Simona,”said my friend Eva “ unfortunately today we have to slaughter one of our pigs, and I`m just calling to ask if you would like to come over on Sunday afternoon  to help us make some sausages?”…………………..
Well that`s how it all [...]

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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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Bella Umbria

Fettucie di Garofalo cooked with a Asti Spumante and saffron sauce, goat cheese and white pepper.

Fettucie di Garofalo cooked with a Asti Spumante, saffron, goat cheese and white pepper.

 

It was 1960 when the local river last overflowed here in Orvieto, 52 years later the Paglia has burst its banks again and caused terrible damage , but just as then, people have proved to be courageous, united and ready to help each other. The people [...]

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Let the PARTY begin.

Homemade olive ascolane

Homemade olive ascolane

 

 

For the farmers around Orvieto , the situation is serious this year. To start with although the vines produced excellent grapes that were full of sugar, unfortunately there was far less of them and the overall harvest in the area was reduced by almost 40%. Now, we are coming up to [...]

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