The word means “reboiled,” indicating a leftover soup thickened with day-old bread. This kind of dish is typical to la cucina povera, a traditional style of Italian cuisine that literally translates to “poor cooking.” Cucina povera was developed by frugal Italian cooks who made the most…
Italian Soups
A heart-warming soup, with autumnal flavors, genuine ingredients and country taste. Today I want to suggest you a recipe for your dinner: lentils and sausage soup! SERVINGS:4 INGREDIENTS: 350 grams of lentils (1 ¾ cups) 200 grams…
Chicken broth is a basic preparation of Italian cooking, with which can be prepared many classic recipes. It can be used to make risottos, to season roasts, to prepare excellent barley soups, vegetable soups or with short pasta. Moreover,…
This dish takes us back in time. My mother often prepared it during the fall or winter when it was cold. The preparation is really immediate and requires very few ingredients, let’s discover them together! SERVINGS:4 INGREDIENTS:…
Great Cabbage Soup for a cold day. This easy to make soup is filling and inviting and will definitely be a hit among family and friends. Make this soup early in the morning to give all the flavors a chance to…
This onion soup is a light, tasty and aromatic first course! It’s a real treat to warm up the evenings of the cold season with some fresh melted pecorino cheese and a spicy touch. SERVINGS:4 INGREDIENTS:…
Great Cabbage Soup for a cold day. This easy to make soup is filling and inviting and will definitely be a hit among family and friends. Make this soup early in the morning to give all the flavors a chance to…
NONNA’S ITALIAN PASTA & BEANS (PASTA FAZOOL): A CLASSIC ITALIAN WINTER COMFORT FOOD
Pasta and beans is the classic winter comfort food perfect for warming up during the cold autumn-winter days, it seems to be of Tuscan origin but the paternity of this dish is also disputed by Veneto. Pasta and beans…
Today I show you how to prepare pasta with cheese for children. Who among you as a child has not tried pasta with cheese? Many of us still today would gladly taste a few spoonfuls; with my advice, this…
Stracciatella alla romana is a tasty and hearty soup, a simple and poor dish that is still prepared in the houses of grandmothers and aunts, even in Umbria and Marche, with small variations from region to region. Today we…