Here it is a new recipe with octopus after the previous ones I have already posted: Tiella di Gaeta, Polpo Ubriaco, Galician Style Octopus. This time is a recipe typical of the cuisine of Campania region, more precisely its name comes from the fishermen of the old Neapolitan sea hamlet called Santa Lucia (where there…
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Lamb Chops “a Scottadito”, with Tzatziki and Mint Sauce
I know that nowadays many people, meat eaters I mean, don’t like the idea to eat lamb, but even if I eat much less meat than the average, I’m not vegetarian/vegan so in Easter traditionally I also eat lamb. Actually in my family we use to eat the kid goat (always bought from a farmer,…
Pasta with Pilchards and Yellow Tomatoes – Spaghettoni con le Sarde e Pomodorini Gialli
I really love pilchards (Sarde in Italian), and every time I find them by my usual fishmonger I always buy them. Like all the fish of that kind (in Italy we call all these fish pesce azzurro), it is a very healthy fish, with high contents of Omega 3, which is good for the health…
How to Make the Perfect Hot Chocolate :)
Why to make a post about hot chocolate? Yes, it’s a good question, in effect it’s supposed to be a quite easy thing, but if I look around there are really few places making a real good hot chocolate (I repeat: hot chocolate, not simply milk with cocoa), too many places are making unpleasant “hot…
Dandelions Cake, with Potatoes and Provola Cheese – Tortino con Tarassaco, Patate e Provola
Today, since autumn is giving us still wonderful days, we decided to go for a trip between the fields in the countryside, looking for dandelions 🙂 At home my parents are often eating wild herbs, all year round, mostly from their field and surroundings. But here I never took the time to go looking for…
Polpo Ubriaco – Drunken Octopus
Today I made another recipe with one of my favorite ingredients, the octopus 🙂 It’s a typical recipe from Tuscany (polpo bria’o in the local dialect), but also from Sicily (purpu mpriacu in the local dialect), it’s very simple and you need very few ingredients. It is called ubriaco (drunken) simply because it is simmered…
Cavatelli e Cicerchie – Pasta and Grass Peas
Another very simple but tasty and healthy recipe with what is a simple and poor ingredient: the grass pea. I already wrote a couple of posts about it lately (HERE and HERE), this time is a recipe using a typical pasta type from southern Italy, more precisely from Molise region, but also Puglia and Basilicata:…
Zuppa di Cicerchie, Lenticchie e Grano Saraceno – Soup with Grass Peas, Lentils and Buckwheat
Here I am with another of my beloved legumes soups 🙂 As I said many times, I eat legumes regularly, and I like to have dinner with legumes soups. Even in summer, in that case I eat them just warm 🙂 You can mix them how you prefer (of course you have to take care…
Zuppa di Maltagliati, Calamari e Ceci Neri – Soup with Calamari (Squids), Black Chickpeas and “Maltagliati” Pasta
I’ll be short: I tried this recipe recently and I think it’s already between my favorites! I bought not long ago a package of black chickpeas, I new they were different than the regular ones but I wouldn’t expect such a different taste, and with calamari they fit really well. Black chickpeas? Yes, I know…
Fava Beans Soup, with Barley
Probably I already wrote it, but I love legumes and I love this kind of soups, especially for dinner 🙂 Fava beans are very particular, they are quite different than normal beans, and you can make great things with them. They are great fresh, but in this case I used dried fava beans. And I…
Spaghetti con le Vongole – Spaghetti with Clams
This is one of those traditional recipes that I love: so simple, few ingredients, so fast and so perfect 🙂 you cannot make it better with some modern fancy tricks, it’s already perfect as it is 🙂 Of course, there are details to take care to have the best result, as always 🙂 if you…
Rigatoni with Broccoli
Broccoli is another very good and healthy vegetable of this season which I really like to use. You can eat it as a side dish, usually boiled, but you can make also some very good pasta recipes, like this one 🙂 It’s very simple and you need few ingredients. Let’s see how to make it….
Polenta & Baccalá 