This is a recipe typical of Sicily, but similar recipes can be found also in other southern Italian regions. It’s a very simple recipe of the peasant tradition, so with ingredients that traditionally were considered poor, in particular the fava/broad beans. It’s a recipe that can be made either with fresh or dried fava beans,…
Category: Main Courses / Secondi piatti
Cacciucco alla Livornese – Livorno-Style Fish Stew
What I am going to show now it’s one of my favorite fish recipes, and it’s really a dish which is perfect for the feasts: the Cacciucco alla Livornese, the most typical dish of the Tuscan city of Livorno. It’s not properly a soup, because it is thicker and the liquids are being absorbed by…
Sarde a Beccafico – Palermitan Stuffed Sardines
First of all I want to specify that this is the recipe of Palermo, it’s important because the recipe of Catania is completely different. Very good too, but I will show it another time 🙂 This is a very simple recipe, but it requires some manual skills, and it’s absolutely important to have very fresh…
Venison Neck
I love game meat, especially in winter time I like to eat it, and I am really happy to find different ways to prepare it and to use all the cuts. This is not a difficult recipe at all, it just requires some time, but the result is really nice. Moreover, if you don’t hunt…
Chicken Cacciatore – Pollo alla Cacciatora
Here it is another recipe of the Italian tradition, a dish you can find probably through all the country with some variations, but the concept is the same. It’s very easy and it requires few ingredients typical of our cuisine, and important is to have a good chicken too 🙂 INGREDIENTS (2 people): 1 chicken,…
Mormore All’Acqua Pazza – Poached Sea Fish
Here it is another very simple and easy recipe, but that delivers always a great result 🙂 as always is important to choose a good fish and other ingredients, but it’s really simple to execute and I can tell you that you can really taste the sea! The name “acqua pazza” literally means “crazy water“,…
Octopus Ragu – Ragù di Polpo
Octopus again 🙂 I have already shared several recipes with it, as I already said it’s one of my favorite ingredients and I really love it in every way. This recipe it’s not difficult, it just requires some time and constant attention. And for me this is one of the very best pasta recipes I…
Risi e Bisi (with Goose Confit) – Risi e Bisi, con Oca in Onto
When it comes the season of fresh peas, one of the very first recipes that come to my mind is this traditional recipe of Veneto region 🙂 It might seem a risotto, but it’s not made with the usual process of the risotto. The rice is not usually first toasted, and all the soup is…
“Roastbeef Style” Fallow Deer
I am sure that many people heard about the classic English roast beef recipe, that nice piece of beef cooked medium or medium/rare, and then usually served cold and thin sliced. But I saw on some hunters groups that it was possible to do it also with game meat, so since I had at home…
Dödölle, with Spring Onions and Porcini
Here I am with a new post about Hungarian recipes. And it’s another one I really like it 🙂 Dödölle are, let’s say, kind of gnocchi, but they are then usually cooked in a pan with pork lard until they make a nice crust. Usually they are served as a main dish with a lot…
Saddle of Deer, Purple Sweet Potatoes Purée, Asparagus
Here it is another nice recipe with game meat to do on Sunday: as I said other times, I really love game meat, it is very tasty, lean, the animals for sure had a good life and nutrition, it is just one of the healthiest meats for sure. This time I wanted to play with…
Salty Cake with Ricotta and Asparagus
It’s asparagus season, and we don’t want to miss it, right? 🙂 I usually like to eat asparagus simply as a side dish, just boiled, or sautéed in a cast iron pan, or to prepare a very good Risotto with them. But if you have some time this is also a great way to enjoy…
Polenta & Baccalá 