How to make the perfect soffritto, is one of the questions that all those who approach the stove for the first time ask themselves! Sautéing is a basic preparation for many dishes, especially sauces and risottos, based on meat…
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October 2021
Chiacchiere are a typical Carnival sweet and are spread all over Italy with different names, from frappe to crostoli, passing by bugie. They are fragrant pastries, usually served sprinkled with powdered sugar. In this version they are fried, according…
This typical Neapolitan soup, despite its name, has nothing to do with weddings and wedding banquets. The name Minestra Maritata, refers to the marriage between meat and vegetables present in the soup. There are several versions. This is my…
Italian Christmas Cookies & Recipes Italian Cookies Recipes Italian Easter Recipes
NONNA’S EASTER BOILED & SUGAR GLAZED TARALLI
The taralli are an Apulian excellence that all Italy envies us; there are different flavors especially of the salty variant: with pepper, fennel seeds, boiled, heated, etc. … but there is also the sweet variant, with wine or glazed…
A stuffed meatloaf always has an edge in terms of colors, flavors and textures. The basic preparation of the stuffed meatloaf recipe is always the same, but when meatloaf meets omelette. Yield: Serves 6 INGREDIENTS: 1 lb…
Italian Christmas Cookies & Recipes Italian Cookies Recipes
How to Make PASTE DI MANDORLE SICILIANE (SICILIAN ALMOND PASTRIES)
Sicilian almond pastries are delicious and inviting sweets, very easy to prepare and perfect to be tasted even in big occasions. They are small soft pastries, similar to macaroons but made with sweet almonds and garnished with candied cherries.…
Italian Meat & Fish Recipes
Trippa alla Romana (Roman Tripe): the symbolic Recipe of the Italian Capital.
As with any traditional dish, there are many different recipes for tripe, with regional influences. And, among the many regional variants, tripe alla romana can rightly be counted among the most full-bodied, fragrant and rich in flavor: in fact,…
Italian Cakes & Dessert Recipes Italian Christmas Cookies & Recipes
If you Like Cannoli, Try this RICOTTA CARTOCCI Recipe
Macallè or Cartocci, a are soft, fried brioche pastries. As much in demand as these other delicacies of Sicilian pastry, cartocci are also filled with ricotta cream enriched with chocolate drops. Sold by every bar, pastry shop and…
Today I will reveal the recipe of the real homemade Limoncello, the one that grandma has always prepared with her hands and that was delicious, fragrant and fresh, perfect as a digestive at the end of the meal, or…
Today I propose a dish that I am very fond of: meatballs with sauce. Sometimes it happens that certain scents and certain odors have almost a magical power, to bring us back in time. These meatballs are magic to…