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…
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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…
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…
Gateau di Zucca, Patate, Porcini e Provola – Pumpkin and Potato Cake, with Porcini and Provola
This recipe it’s like having the autumn in your dish, you can really taste the season 🙂 It’s simply a wonderful recipe, originally in the Neapolitan cuisine it is made just with potatoes (Gattò di patate) and filled with ham or salami, and cheese obviously, but it’s a recipe that can be modified in some…
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…
Sole à la Meunière – Sogliola alla Mugnaia
This is a classic and simple recipe of the French cuisine, but it is very popular also in Italy, and it’s really a good recipe. The butter fits very well with the sole (which is definitely a delicious fish, with a nice compact and firm flesh), and the lemon adds a perfect touch of freshness,…
Risotto with Tub Gurnard – Risotto alla Gallinella
Do you know the tub gurnard? In Italian we call it gallinella, and traditionally it’s one of those fish used to make many delicious fish soups, but its fillet it’s also very good and it can be used in many ways. In the past, like all the fish “for soups”, it was quite a poor…
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…
Risotto with Bergamot and Perch
I’m sure many of you have already drunk the Earl Grey tea with bergamot flavor, and if you like that then probably you will love also this recipe 🙂 Bergamot is a very unique and very fragrant fruit of the citrus family, it is mostly used for its essential oil for flavoring, but also for…
Beetroot Risotto – Risotto alla Barbabietola
This is not only a good recipe, but also beautiful 🙂 let’s tell the truth, its color is amazing and it can always surprise positively your guests 🙂 It’s a simple recipe (if you are already used to make risotto), with simple ingredients, and if you like this particular winter vegetable for sure you are…
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…
Polenta & Baccalá 