This is one of the most iconic recipes of the French cuisine, not only because the “coq” is their national symbol, but because this recipe is really a masterpiece if properly executed. It’s an old recipe with a long history and tradition, that dates back when it was common to have roosters at home, or…
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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…
Appenzeller Chäshörnli
This is one of those “very winter” recipes 🙂 I managed to accidentally find here the Appenzeller cheese (a cheese with a 700 years history), which is a very good mountain cheese from Switzerland, more precisely of the Appenzell canton, so I thought that this recipe would be perfect. There are 3 types of this…
Kakaòs Csiga – Hungarian Rolled Pastry, with Cocoa
If you have been in Hungary for sure you have seen this very good sweet 🙂 It’s everywhere, it’s definitely one of the most common pastries here, and if it’s well done it’s really good, and it has nothing to envy to a croissant 🙂 actually there are 2 types of csiga: the one with…
Crostata con Ricotta di Bufala e Cioccolato – Crostata with Buffalo Ricotta and Chocolate
This is one of the best crostata I ever made 🙂 you will be surprised of the flavors and the intensity of the aromas. I have recently discovered that here in Hungary there is a farm run by Italians that produces very good buffalo mozzarella and also fresh buffalo ricotta, so when I found their…
Casunziei Ampezzani – Traditional Filled Pasta, with Beetroot
Here it is a very interesting traditional recipe, typical of the mountain area of Veneto and Trentino Alto Adige regions (more specifically the so called Ladinia), more in particular this is the most common version in the Valle d’Ampezzo area. Because like all the traditional recipes, there are variants (in this case also completely different) changing from…
Crostino Toscano – Chicken Liver Pâté, Tuscan Recipe
If you have been in Tuscany I’m sure you know this wonderful recipe. I used to go in holiday in Tuscany every summer with my parents, probably about 10 years long, and every year I used to eat this 🙂 so if I’m thinking to Tuscany, this is one of the main dishes jumping in…
Schwarzplententorte – Buckwheat Cake with Jam
This is a traditional “mountain cake” recipe typical of Südtirol, the northern area of Trentino Alto Adige region, in Italy. “Schwarzplententorte” is the name used in the German speaking villages (schwarzplentenmehl means buckwheat in the local German dialects, other German names for this flour are buchweizenmehl or hadnmehl), but in the villages where people speak…
Oxtail with Dark Beer Sauce
Here I am with a new recipe of a cut I really like: the beef tail 🙂 Yes, I use to like what maybe most of people don’t buy 😀 but this cut is really great, and it has such a great and intense flavor that few other cuts of the animal can match with…
Pheasant Soup, with Ravioli filled with its Meat and Porcini Mushrooms / Brodo di Fagiano con Ravioli
I think all of you know what is a pheasant, but maybe not everyone know that you can make a very good and delicate broth with it 🙂 and with a beautiful golden color. It’s more a “cold weather” recipe maybe, but since I realized that I still had a pheasant in the freezer and…
Crostata di Ricotta e Visciole – Crostata With Ricotta and Morello/Sour Cherries
I think I already said that Crostata is probably my favorite cake, and this is a crostata with a plus 🙂 It’s a recipe typical of the city of Rome, and more precisely of the Jewish ghetto, and even more precisely it seems (it is said) it has been first created by the very old…
Risotto With Chanterelles and Asiago DOP Cheese
The chanterelles season is back, finally 🙂 I love them, and I love to cook them very simply, indeed my favorite recipe is with pasta (click HERE to say the previous recipe) and almost nothing else added. But also in the risotto they are great, and in this case I decided to add also a…
Polenta & Baccalá 