The dish I am presenting that enhances this pasta is a sauce made with those Mediterranean ingredients kissed by the Sicilian Aeolian sun, namely olives, capers, tomatoes, and chili peppers for a food that is simple and rustic but explosive in goodness and character. SERVINGS:4 INGREDIENTS: 11.5 oz […]
Fig and almond cookies are delicious shortbread cookies filled with a soft filling. They are quick and easy, perfect for breakfast or a snack, kids will love them. Once cooled the cookies are drizzled with a lemon glaze and traditional holiday nonpareils (sprinkles.) INGREDIENTS: 2 large eggs 1 […]
Delicious loaves fresh from the Emilian tradition, ideal for a day of celebration or as an unusual snack. INGREDIENTS: 2 lb (1 kg) pumpkin , cooked 1 cup (200 grams) of sugar ¼ cup butter (100 grams) , at room temperature 1 pinch salt ¾ oz (20 grams) […]
Ricotta and spinach tortelli are prepared a little bit all over Italy, from the north to the south with small differences: you add or remove filling ingredients and change the shape of the casing but the result does not change, we are always going to get an exceptional stuffed pasta! […]
The Sicilian cannolo is certainly one of the best-known, best-loved and, above all, most widely exported sweets in the world. A symbol of the island’s confectionery art, it is one of the most popular Italian pastry specialties from one end of the Peninsula to the other and abroad. […]
Besciamella (Bechamel ) is a basic savory sauce of French origin, prepared with butter, flour and milk: white, creamy, enveloping, with a neutral and delicate taste; it has become part of the Italian culinary tradition for a very long time now; where it is also called mother sauce, precisely because […]
The yeast-free sponge cake is very soft and grows naturally in baking due to the eggs being beaten very well and very long. Also, to have a good rise, the eggs must be at room temperature. To have a high and fluffy sponge cake without yeast, the rule I have […]
In this special first course, the spicy flavor of sun-dried tomatoes is met with the saltiness of anchovies and the crunchiness of bread crumbs. SERVINGS:4 11 oz of spaghetti or bucatini pasta 1 cup of sun-dried tomatoes 1 can (2 oz) of anchovies in oil 1 fresh […]
A must in Italian cuisine. Today I explain how to prepare my grandmother’s version, with meatballs. SERVINGS:4 INGREDIENTS: 5 cups (500 grams) of lasagna pasta 3 cups of minced meat (veal and pork it’s ok) 4 cups of tomato sauce 2 cups of béchamel sauce […]
Salmon and asparagus pasta is a first course of land and sea enriched by the delicate flavor of fresh asparagus. SERVINGS:4 INGREDIENTS: 4 cups of pasta (penne it’s good) 4 cups of asparagus 10 oz of smoked salmon 2 shallots extra virgin olive oil to taste salt to […]
