Autumn, between the other things, is definitely the season of the chestnuts, and here it is a recipe of Fulvio Marino which is absolutely giving the right value to this fruit that has been very important in the past for many peasant communities. Indeed I am going to use chestnut flour, boiled chestnuts and chestnut…
Category: Desserts/Sweets
Amalfi Lemon Cake – Torta di Limoni Amalfitana
I ordered several kg of wonderful lemons from Amalfi coast, so I had to find out what to do (I’m joking, it’s not a problem 😀 ), and between the many good things to do there was this simple but amazing cake, so perfumed, perfectly moist and it will keep its characteristics for days, almost…
Crostata/Tart with Frangipane and Bitter Orange Marmalade
Crostata is definitely the type of cake I do the most, and my favorite for breakfast usually, and what I show you now it’s really an amazing version of it 🙂 I wanted to do a recipe that could fit with the bitter orange marmalade we prepared this winter, and I think this cake is…
Kouign Amann
If you love butter, this is THE recipe for you 😀 This amazing recipe is typical of Brittany, and more precisely from the town of Douarnenez but it’s famous through all the country. Its name is in Breton language, and it simply means “cake of butter”, simple and clear 🙂 I have been reading and…
Ricciarelli di Siena – Tuscan Almond Cookies
I am not sure, but probably in Italy the Sicilian “pasta di mandorle” are the most famous biscuits of this kind, but the Ricciarelli of Siena have nothing to envy to them 🙂 they are some of the most flavorful and perfumed biscuits I ever tried, and I really love them (the Sicilian too obviously!)….
Crostata di Lamponi (e Crema Pasticcera alla Menta) – Raspberry Cake
I have already wrote about the basic recipe of the crostata, which is definitely my favorite breakfast cake. But this one is a very special one 🙂 moreover the raspberries and the mint are from our garden, so it was just a perfect idea 🙂 The pastry is the same I use to make, but…
Torta di Pane – Stale Bread Cake
I love bread, good bread I mean, but not always I can eat it all 🙂 not a problem, we always do breadcrumbs that we always need in the kitchen, but this is another good way to use old stale bread 🙂 actually it’s not a recipe, it’s one of those things that people in…
Százrétű Kalács (a Type of Hungarian Layer Cake)
This is a Hungarian recipe that I was thinking to try since a while, and finally today I decided to do it. It’s a recipe I discovered on a Hungarian cookbook and on Youtube, made by one of the most famous food writers/TV conductors in Hungary (Borbás Marcsi), and probably my favorite because she is…
Torta di Nocciole delle Langhe – Hazelnut Cake from Piedmont
I have collected quite a good number of hazelnuts in the garden, and it was quite a long job to break them 🙂 so I thought that after all that job it was a good idea to prepare a very good cake 🙂 It’s a very simple cake, but with such a great ingredient you…
Kringel
This is a very good cake typical of the Scandinavian area, but also Estonia and also some other countries. From all the recipes I saw, this seems to be more the Estonian version. But there are various versions, also with dried fruits or raisins for example. It has a very old origin, dating back centuries…
Dresdner Christstollen
Christmas season was coming again, and this year I decided to prepare a Stollen, the typical German sweet for these feasts 🙂 It is a fruit bread that originated in Dresden, and it has a long history, and like most of the recipes with long history it has changed during the years. At the beginning…
Cake with Ricotta and Lemon
This is a cake that is very easy to make, very fast, but it has an amazing flavor, and a very nice freshness given by the lemon. It’s not the usual soft spongy cake, but it’s more compact and wet. You can choose the ricotta you prefer (cow, sheep or buffalo), what’s important is to…
Polenta & Baccalá 