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Tomato Passata sauce, part 1

Tomato Passata sauce, part 2

THINKING POSITIVE .

It’s been four months since I posted my last story. I apologize, but during this long summer many things have happened.

It all started with Nick, my husband, making a rare visit to our local doctor  to have a blood test. Unfortunately the result of this a few hours later had the doctor banging on [...]

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Come and pick just pick !

Spaghetti cooked in tomato water with shrimp and parsley sauce. Picture by Nick Cornish

Spaghetti cooked in tomato water with shrimp and parsley sauce

 

Yet another month has gone by since my last update on my online diary .
To maintain a technological life, isn’t always easy!  Yes, to link onto the social networks, download my instanphotos and add a few words about my dishes, that is the easy [...]

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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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The country King and I

Crispy potato threads, lamb and fresh spinach

 

 

Hello to you all

I know it’s been a long time, so after weeks of not only doing lots of  cooking but also working really hard in the garden, I thought it was about time I brought you up to date with what`s been happening in our very [...]

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What a disaster.

Paccheri with Amatriciana fish

Paccheri with Amatriciana fish

 

 

Once upon a time in the hills of Umbria there was  a “young” lady called Simona who every springtime worked very hard on her land preparing it for her  vegetable plants .This year she planted many things including: 6 cucumbers plants, 10 zucchini 9 eggplants and 80 tomato plants. She [...]

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Una bella SAGRA

Spaghetti from Gragnano cooked in Amalfi’s lemon zest, fresh squid and Bottarga

Spaghetti from Gragnano cooked in Amalfi’s lemon zest, fresh squid and Bottarga

 

 

It’s official, the summer is over  I’m not saying this because the constant forty degrees temperature has finally dropped here in Umbria, nor do I say this because there is ONE cloud in the sky, but because Ladies and Gentlemen, the swimming pool in Allerona [...]

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What a survivor!

Crispy fillet of bass cooked with almonds and crunchy walnuts , black olives and raisins. Served with escarole

Crispy fillet of bass cooked with almonds and crunchy walnuts , black olives and raisins. Served with escarole

 

 

Imagine my surprise when yesterday, strolling in my vegetable garden I found a couple of vegetables that had survived all the winter snow and frost that we had had less then a month ago, roman cauliflowers a [...]

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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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Happy birthday Jackie !

Jackie's pumpking soap

Jackie's pumpking soup

 

This week has  been once  again  full of activate . First off, we had the olives to pick . Two days of intensive  labor . Thanks to our friends and family we managed to pick a bumper crop ( 450 kg ), which we hope when crushed will give us about [...]

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This house is not a hotel!!

Red chilies from my vegetable garden

Red chilies from my vegetable garden

 Ciao everyone, no I haven`t won the lottery and escaped to exotic horizons (I wish ) or been the typical Italian and when August came  closed everything down to go on vacation for a month !!!!! Yes, yes if only…..although  the second option is closer to reality….. I [...]

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Quality Time

Pancetta parcels with aspargus and goat cheese

Pancetta parcels with aspargus and goat cheese

 

This morning I woke up feeling full of energy and thought today I must  spend some “quality time” in my beloved vegetable garden! The tomato and cucumber plants have grown so much they need to be staked for support. Clearly, the soil needed be dug to [...]

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Good things come in small packages

Pasta alla norma

Pasta alla norma

 

Today I think I made the last harvest of tomatoes for this season. I’m speaking of tomatoes good for making sauce. For the rest , in the vegetable garden I still have : cherry tomatoes,  tomatoes  good for salad, aubergines and  peppers. Some courgette flowers have appeared , but whether they [...]

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Passing time with passata

CIAO , I’m back.

Did you miss me? I hope so….anyway , after a month of a relatively relaxing  holiday, here I am again.                                                  August has been very productive. My vegetable garden has been generous this summer and demanded quite a lot of work…… MAMMA MIA. So let’s start: with [...]

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Ciao ciao for now!

farfalle pasta with prawns and zucchini

farfalle pasta with prawns and zucchini

Ladies and gentlemen, today is my last recipe for the summer! I feel that for me it is time to take a break, recharge my  batteries, to be ready by early September with many new recipes. In the middle time you can check  the Sagraincasa archive [...]

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Saved by the bell !

beef fillet to up with green beans and pistachios pesto

beef fillet to up with green beans and pistachios pesto

 

Do you remember my famous freezer? It’s the big investment we made during the spring and  it’s also the reason why this summer, my mission will not be to go on holiday , but to fill it up  with all the wonderful  vegetables [...]

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