Today 5th of December I prepared one of the best “spaghettoni al pomodoro” I ever did…how is this possible, almost in winter? The answer is simple: with amazing products, like these “pomodorini del piennolo del Vesuvio” (or other similar great artisanal products), simply picked up when perfectly ripe, squeezed with hands and carefully put in…
Tag: vegetarian
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…
Scaccia Ragusana – Ragusa-Style Stuffed Flat Bread, Traditional Recipe
When you say “focacce”, Sicily is definitely one of the first regions that jump in my mind. They have a huge tradition about focacce, all amazingly good. Two years ago we have been in Ragusa and surroundings, a wonderful place, rich of history, Baroque buildings, landscapes and a mouthwatering gastronomy. And one of the most…
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…
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…
Focaccia Genovese
Have you ever been in Liguria region, for example in Cinque Terre, or in Genoa? And did you try that Focaccia (in the local dialect Fügassa) you can find everywhere there, that one with the holes”? 🙂 If you didn’t I’m very sorry 😀 but it’s really a great thing and you should try it….
Pasta e Cicerchie – Pasta and Grass Peas/Chickling Vetch
Today a recipe with one of the most unknown and not much used legumes: the grass pea, known also as chickling vetch and several other names (in Italian cicerchia) 🙂 It’s a good legume first of all, and as all the legumes I like it. In the past it was very common and it was an…
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…
Lasagne with Grilled Eggplants and Ricotta
Finally there are a lot of good eggplants now…I use to wait this season to prepare one of my favorite recipes: Parmigiana di melanzane 🙂 But I try to fry as less as possible, so I’m not doing it so often 🙂 This is a very good alternative, the grilled eggplants are lighter than the…
Cannelloni with Ricotta and Spinach
This is another very popular recipe in Italy 🙂 It takes a while to make it, but it’s quite simple and not difficult at all. Remember to buy enough spinach, because once you cook/boil them, very little remains 🙂 Once again, instead of ricotta I used an artisanal Orda, which is very similar and it’s…
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…
Polenta & Baccalá 