This is a very simple recipe that can be perfect for a simple dinner, but also served as an appetizer. But I also like to use it in a sandwich made with a good bread and adding also some cured ham slices for example 🙂 It’s a very old Tuscan recipe, it dates back several…
Category: Vegan/Vegetarian
Homemade Tomato Sauce – Passata di Pomodoro
The end of August/beginning-mid September is the typical moment of the year when tomato sauce is made 🙂 It’s the best way to be able to make great pasta recipes also during the winter 🙂 and it’s a looong work! Count to use a whole day for that, in my case we did it this…
Risotto with Dried Porcini Mushrooms
I love porcini mushrooms, just the smell it’s so inviting and the taste is simply amazing, it’s like having the forest in your dish 🙂 Obviously the best is when you can have fresh porcini, but dried porcini are a very good way to preserve them and to have them all year long. And they…
Salmorejo Cordobés
The tomatoes in our garden keep growing, so I need to find recipes to use all these tomatoes 🙂 not a problem, let’s be clear 😀 usually I’m doing a good sauce for the pasta, or for example the Gazpacho. But I wanted something else and I remembered of another Spanish recipe that I saw…
Pasta al Pomodoro Estiva – Pasta with Tomatoes, Hot Days Edition :)
Recipe is a big word here: it’s simply just pasta with a cold tomato sauce 🙂 but this doesn’t mean it’s not a great dish, not at all, it’s a great dish for those days when it’s very hot, imagine over 30 or 35 °C, when there is no air, when usually you don’t feel…
Salvia Fritta – Fried Sage Leaves
This is one of the most lovely snacks you can make to have something to munch on a good beer 🙂 moreover sage is probably my favorite herb, I really use it a lot during the whole year, either with meat or with fish, and almost always with potatoes too. It’s a very simple recipe,…
Spaghetti alla Nerano – Spaghetti with Zucchini in the Style of Nerano
What I’m going to show today is one of the most iconic recipes of Sorrento Coast/Capri island. If I say “pasta with zucchini” it might sound easy and simple (and for sure there are older “recipes” than this one, considering the simplicity of the ingredients), but in this case it’s not really like that 🙂…
Insalata di Limoni – Lemon Salad
Here it is another amazing recipe that shows how great is a simple but fresh food. In this case a southern Italian lemon, beautiful, extremely perfumed, tasty, and not sour or bitter at all (and rich of vitamins)! Plus a good extra virgin olive oil, a good chili and a good fresh mint from the…
Spaghetti in Acqua di Limone – Spaghetti in Lemon Water
This is a lovely recipe perfect for these hot days 🙂 the beautiful lemon note and the mint add a wonderful freshness to the dish! And a great perfume 🙂 I came back right now after some weeks in Italy, and as always I brought back with me a lot of good food 🙂 between…
Parmigiana di Melanzane (Eggplant Parmigiana)
Here it is another wonderful summer recipe from southern Italy, especially from Campania and Sicily regions (they both claim the authenticity of the recipe, of course 😀 and also the city of Parma has some claims, but it’s not 100% clear the exact origin). Definitely one of the best recipes representing the summer and the good…
Zuppa di Ceci – Chickpeas Soup
Here it is another very good and healthy legume soup: I love legumes 🙂 You can find many recipes about chickpeas soups (for example in Tuscany there is a similar recipe but they add fresh tagliolini pasta too), but I really like this one, with the extra flavor given by the rosemary which fits very…
Pasta e Lenticchie – Pasta and Lentils, Neapolitan Style
Here it is another very good traditional pasta recipe coming from the area of Naples, following the similar previous ones made with beans, with chickpeas and with potatoes 🙂 Lentils are a very good and healthy legume, rich in proteins and in iron. There are various types of lentils, with different colors, shapes, size. And…
Polenta & Baccalá 