Cauliflowers, broccoli, Romanesco broccoli they are very good and healthy vegetables, so I like to use them 🙂 also because I like them 😀 Usually I simply steam/boil them and eat as a side dish, not long ago I made also a very good Quiche. But this time I want to show a very good…
Author: polentaebaccala
I'm Italian, together with my wife we are photographers, and as for many other Italians food is also a main passion :)
In my blog you will find what I usually eat, recipes of the italian tradition, but not only :)
“Casatella Terracinese” – Crostata with Ricotta, Coffee and Anise Liqueur
Ricotta is an ingredient that you can find in many cake recipes especially in central-southern Italy, and many traditional Easter cakes have it. The most famous of them is probably the Pastiera, typical of Naples. This cake is also an Easter cake, and it’s typical of the town of Terracina (from which it takes its name),…
Roasted Lamb, with Mustard and Herbs
Sunday was Easter, and as always I cooked lamb 🙂 (actually at my home in Italy in Easter I use to eat kid goat meat bought from some neighbors, usually, and I even prefer that but here in Hungary is hard to find). I had to understand also which are the local cuts, because they…
Spaghetti con le Vongole – Spaghetti with Clams
This is one of those traditional recipes that I love: so simple, few ingredients, so fast and so perfect 🙂 you cannot make it better with some modern fancy tricks, it’s already perfect as it is 🙂 Of course, there are details to take care to have the best result, as always 🙂 if you…
Polpo in Umido – Stewed Octopus
I know that for some people octopus it’s not very attractive, but it’s one of my favorite ingredients. I ate it in many ways, and I always liked them all. I could never be bored of it. I love it in salad with potatoes, grilled, in a carpaccio, the octopus “gallego”, “alla luciana”, etc. Now…
Agnolotti al Brasato – Pasta Filled with Braised Beef
Christmas arrived and like every year I love to prepare the traditional good recipes of this feast 🙂 since I’m Italian I do Italian recipes, usually the ones of my area of origin, but from north to south in Italy there are countless traditional recipes for Christmas so sometimes I like to pick also recipes…
Rigatoni with Broccoli
Broccoli is another very good and healthy vegetable of this season which I really like to use. You can eat it as a side dish, usually boiled, but you can make also some very good pasta recipes, like this one 🙂 It’s very simple and you need few ingredients. Let’s see how to make it….
Quiche with Romanesco Broccoli
Few days ago I went to my usual vegetable store and I was surprised to find a Romanesco broccoli also here 🙂 It’s a very beautiful vegetable, and it’s also healthy because is rich with antioxidants and C-vitamin. It’s part of the same family of the cauliflower, but it has a more delicate flavor. Usually…
Pappardelle al Sugo di Anatra Selvatica – Pasta with Wild Duck Sauce
Not long ago I managed to find wild ducks, and as soon as I saw it I immediately thought about making this very tasty recipe 🙂 There are various types of wild ducks, but almost all of them I think are fine to make this recipe: mallard, gadwall, Eurasian teal, Eurasian wigeon, northern pintail, garganey,…
Ribollita Toscana*
As I probably already said, I love to eat soups for dinner, and this is definitely great 🙂 it’s thicker than a normal minestrone (someone say that you should be able to eat it even in a flat dish), because of the bread and because of the beans purée, but it’s very tasty especially one…
Pissaladière
Today I’m going to write about a very good “kind of” French pizza, the Pissaladière 🙂 if you say pizza you usually don’t think to France, but they have this traditional recipe which is very interesting. More precisely is a traditional recipe of Nice area (so Southern France, bordering Italy), which indeed in the past…
Castagnaccio – Traditional Italian Chestnut Flour Cake
Autumn means chestnuts, and in Italy there is a very particular and interesting traditional cake made with chestnut flour: the Castagnaccio. More precisely is a cake typical of the regions Tuscany, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont and Lazio, but it’s also made on Corsica island. We call it cake but it’s not really matching the common idea…
Polenta & Baccalá 