This is one of the most popular fillings for ravioli in Italy. It’s a very simple filling, quite delicate, but every time it reveals to be perfect as it is in all its simplicity. I went to the vegetable store and when I saw the fresh spinach I thought immediately to this recipe 🙂 Since…
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 :)
Tonno e Piselli – Tuna and Peas
Today I’m showing a very easy and simple recipe, but which is very good 🙂 It’s not something you are going to find in restaurants, it’s just an easy food to prepare during a week day. My mom used to prepare this dish to me quite often for lunch when I came back from school…
Pizzoccheri – Traditional Italian Buckwheat Pasta
Have you ever tried this buckwheat pasta? It’s very particular with a very unique taste, color and texture, and this traditional recipe maybe it’s “not the most beautiful to see” but it’s veeery tasty…really, and very “cheesy” 🙂 you’ll feel like in a mountain trip with those typical flavors! 🙂 This is another recipe that…
Torta di Mele – Apple Cake
I think almost everyone have an apple cake recipe, and if they are made with good quality ingredients they are all good 🙂 the apple cakes are those cakes that make us think to the “grandmother cakes”, they are probably the more “homey” of the cakes and they are usually quite easy to make. And…
Ököruszály leves – Hungarian Ox Tail Soup
This is my second post about traditional Hungarian recipes, following the previous Harcsapaprikás 🙂 This time it’s about a soup, the ox tail soup (Ököruszály leves in Hungarian). Well, that’s what was usually used in the past, when oxen were used as working animals and there were more of them, nowadays they are less and…
Pasta e Ceci – Pasta and Chickpeas, Neapolitan Style
This recipe it’s very similar to the recipe I showed in the post “Pasta e Fasule“, just this time we use chickpeas and not beans 🙂 Like that recipe, also this one is traditional of Naples area. It’s a creamy pasta, quite thick, but of course everyone can choose to have it more or less…
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina – Sorrento Style Gnocchi
Have you ever tried this traditional recipe from Sorrento (and extended to the Naples area)? If the answer is no, then you definitely should 🙂 I prepared them together with my wife, it might sound a bit long to prepare, but it’s not too complicated and what’s more important it’s very very good 🙂 The…
Manzo all’Olio – Beef in Extra Virgin Olive Oil
The “Manzo all’olio” is a very special recipe, one of those recipes that will make your Sunday lunch absolutely special. It’s a very old and famous traditional recipe typical of my origin area in Italy, more precisely from the town of Rovato, in the Franciacorta wine region, near to lake Iseo, but you can find…
Chiacchiere – Italian Carnival Sweet (Angel Wings)
I was never very passionate about Carnival masks, I don’t know why, but I was definitely about Carnival sweets 😀 and in Italy there are tens and tens of Carnival sweets 🙂 In the various regions of Italy (but also in other countries) you can find this sweet under several different names: chiacchiere (literally “chit-chat”),…
Ragù alla Bolognese / Bolognese Sauce, Italian Recipe
And also the day for the post on the “Bolognese Sauce” finally arrived 😀 What to write about this iconic and one of the most famous Italian recipes in the world? Thousands of posts have been written on the web, many of those not really respectful of the origins and the tradition of this amazing…
Sbrisolona Cake
The Sbrisolona is a cake typical of Mantua area, it’s hard, friable and rich (of calories 😀 ), it’s a rustic recipe with a poor origin (from the old peasant culture, as often) and with a history that dates back several centuries (it seems the first recipes are from the XVI/XVII century), and some sources…
Blogger Recognition Award
With my big surprise, deliciouslynell has nominated me for a “Blogger Recognition Award” 🙂 Thank you Nell! Keep up the good work you are doing 🙂 It’s not an Oscar 😀 but being nominated by someone else it’s always a honor and it means that your works/thoughts/posts are being appreciated by someone else out there…
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