Today I’m writing a post about a famous recipe of the French cuisine, which I also really like 🙂 The Quiche Lorraine is probably the most famous of this kind of French salty cakes/tarts, or at least one of the most famous. I had the chance to eat it in France and also here in…
Tag: eggs
“Bertagnì” – Dried and Salted Cod, Fried
This is a typical street food that you can still find mostly at the weekly markets in the villages/towns between the provinces of Bergamo and Brescia. Basically it’s not much different than the fish in many others “fish & chips” but since it’s typical of my area of origin I would like to show it, and…
Casatiello / Tortano – Traditional Easter Bread
Easter has gone also this year, and as always I spent a lot of time in the kitchen 🙂 A tasty lamb for Sunday (as usual), and for the Easter Monday this year I decided to make for the first time this very famous recipe of the Neapolitan tradition. Casatiello and Tortano are very similar:…
Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise is one of the most famous sauces in the world I guess 🙂 and I also have my favorite version, although I rarely do it. The mayonnaise is one of the base sauces of the classic French cuisine, it has a long history but its origin it’s not certain: someone say the origin of…
Wild Garlic Fresh Pasta, with Parma Ham and Parmigiano Reggiano – Pasta all’Aglio Orsino
This is the season of the wild garlic (known also as ramsons or bear’s garlic), do you know it? Personally I knew it, I heard about it, but until I was living in Italy I never used it and only here in Hungary (where is called “medvehagyma”) I started to use it and I really like…
Pancakes
More precisely American/Canadian pancakes, because everywhere in the world there are various types of pancakes 🙂 These are the ones which are often prepared in USA or Canada for breakfast, where they are usually topped with maple syrup (better if the natural real maple syrup than the artificial ones), honey or chocolate and served with fruit,…
Ravioli con Ricotta e Spinaci – Pasta Filled with Ricotta and Spinach
This is one of the most popular fillings for ravioli in Italy. It’s a very simple filling, quite delicate, but every time it reveals to be perfect as it is in all its simplicity. I went to the vegetable store and when I saw the fresh spinach I thought immediately to this recipe 🙂 Since…
Torta di Mele – Apple Cake
I think almost everyone have an apple cake recipe, and if they are made with good quality ingredients they are all good 🙂 the apple cakes are those cakes that make us think to the “grandmother cakes”, they are probably the more “homey” of the cakes and they are usually quite easy to make. And…
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina – Sorrento Style Gnocchi
Have you ever tried this traditional recipe from Sorrento (and extended to the Naples area)? If the answer is no, then you definitely should 🙂 I prepared them together with my wife, it might sound a bit long to prepare, but it’s not too complicated and what’s more important it’s very very good 🙂 The…
Chiacchiere – Italian Carnival Sweet (Angel Wings)
I was never very passionate about Carnival masks, I don’t know why, but I was definitely about Carnival sweets 😀 and in Italy there are tens and tens of Carnival sweets 🙂 In the various regions of Italy (but also in other countries) you can find this sweet under several different names: chiacchiere (literally “chit-chat”),…
Sbrisolona Cake
The Sbrisolona is a cake typical of Mantua area, it’s hard, friable and rich (of calories 😀 ), it’s a rustic recipe with a poor origin (from the old peasant culture, as often) and with a history that dates back several centuries (it seems the first recipes are from the XVI/XVII century), and some sources…
Kaiserschmarrn (Traditional Austrian Dessert)
Kaiserschmarrn is a quite simple dessert, that kind of dessert that makes you comfortable and that gives you a “home atmosphere”, especially if you serve it in the old way inside an iron pan, as they often do in Austria or Bavaria 🙂 Kaiserschmarrn is a sort of pancake which is then broken into smaller…
Polenta & Baccalá 