Posts under ‘Italian’

For this summer our first choice was China, but something came up, so we had to decide for something nearer, fresher and more simple to travel to. We decided for Scotland, a place where we both wanted to go, as we already travelled all around England and Wales, but never set a foot in the [...]

Lately I’m experimenting a lot with sourdough and I have to say, besides the obvious improvement with bread, it is with pizza and focaccia that a piece of sourdough do its best!
For the focaccia
200 g of sourdough
300 g of flour
200 g of durm wheat flour
250 ml of water

Salt
Knead all the ingredients until you have a [...]

Provolone is a smelly, tasty Italian cheese that can go from mild to very strong. You’ll need the strong, even smellier and tastier type. It’ will give to this pasta a different hint. The leeks, on the other hand, will sweeten and mild out everything.
And it’s a quite simple and quick pasta.
You can do everything [...]

Well, a fricassea, oh my, what the hell it is? Actually it’s something very simple and very traditional in the Mediterranean cuisine: you can find in Italy, Greece and even France.
8 artichokes
Juice 1 lemon
700 g lamb leg, cut in chunks
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 onion
1 tablespoon flour
Freshly ground pepper
Chopped fresh parsley
Chopped fresh dill
2 eggs
Clean [...]

A few months ago I opened another food blog, in Italian, and I published the recipe that it’s at the base of this pasta. While I was cooking it I though it could have done a perfect side dish, *and* a perfect pasta dish
For 2 people
200 g high quality pasta, short kind
200g diced [...]

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Les Pays Basque
France is a big country, filled with wonders at any corners. My advice to everyone who wants to travel around France is to go off the beaten track and search for the real French experience.
What’s the Real French Experience?
It’s a life changing experience, full of wine, incredible food and fantastic people. Because French, [...]

Lo so, questa estate sono stata in Sicilia, mica in Sardegna! Però avevo questa fregola (o fregula che dir si voglia) che stazionava in dispensa da un bel po’, e così l’ho usata. Fregolotto perchè è della fregola cotta a mo’ di risotto, aka, fregolotto!!!
200 g di fregola1 cipolla piccola2 cucchiai di olio2 zucchineQualche seme [...]

Sempre per finire i savoiardi che stazionano in dispensa e stanno per scadere, ho rivisitato la Charlotte aux fraises di Florence Edelmann e l’ho fatta alle pesche, non ho fatto la pasta biscuit (ho usato i savoiardi, appunto) e invece del formaggio ci ho messo lo yogurt greco, anche quello prossimo alla sua fine…
Savoiardi1 pesca [...]

Questa mattina mi sono svegliata con questa frase che mi martellava il cervello (che avrò sognato???) e così ho dato ascolto al mantra che mi veniva imposto da una cena (forse) un po’ pesante all’indiano. Che si riferisse al blog? Alla mia vita? Al lavoro?Io inizio dal blog, poi vediamo che ne consegue…Niente lista degli [...]