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Italian Zuppa Inglese cake recipe
Zuppa Inglese cake, memories and nonna’s recipe
Zuppa Inglese cake (English Soup) was one of the spoon desserts that nonna made most often. It was one of the Sunday lunch desserts. It was such a simple recipe for her that never, not once, did she make it for Easter or Christmas. Good thing, since I wouldn't say I liked it. Besides the Vera Torta…
27 October 2022
Italian pumpkin pie recipe
Pumpkin pie recipe (from scratch): All Saints or Halloween?
For the first time, I made an American pumpkin pie to celebrate Halloween and All Saints' Day. In Italy, although Halloween related festivities are increasingly celebrated, the real holidays are All Saints Day (Festa di Ognissanti) on November 1 and All Souls Day (Giorno dei Morti) on November 2. Not an Italian pie but the American pumpkin…
17 October 2022
Torta gelato ricetta
Gelato cake (without ice cream maker)
Some dishes make you travel into the past, bringing back memories forgotten at the bottom of some memory drawer. Ice cream cake is a classic example of a nostalgic trip. If you read the post, you will understand why. When I thought of sharing the recipe for this simple homemade dessert that Grandma, especially in the…
5 July 2022
Torta di robiola
Robiola cake and the notebook with the black cover
Most of my grandma's recipes, like this robiola cake, live in our memory. Sometimes, I feel sorry thinking about the ones we lost. But, more often, I am happy for those we have recovered, patiently cooking until we have reconstructed the flavors we remembered. Nonna collected recipes as others do stamps. Her repertoire ranged from…
31 May 2022
Nougat semifreddo with chocolate drops
Nougat semifreddo with chocolate drops
With nougat semifreddo, there is an almost familial connection. Semifreddo and, in general, spoon desserts make me think of the lunches that never finished when the adults stayed at the table for hours. And if the occasion was official, even we children had to remain seated until we were expressly authorized to leave the table. Those were other…
4 April 2022
Pere cotte all'alchermes
Alchermes poached pears filled with mascarpone cream
Poached pears in alchermes, and cooked fruit in general, recall me the old-fashioned cuisine. When fruit, stored in boxes for the winter, was always present on the table. Fresh and in season, or cooked. Today, I eat less fruit than I used to and, consequently, buy less. And to think that until a few decades ago, when I…
10 February 2022
Portuguese milk pudding, a traditional Italian dessert
Portuguese milk pudding, a traditional Italian dessert
What is a tradition? A habit, a repeated behavior? Be careful not to confuse ritual and tradition. Tradition has to do with the transmission of memories, knowledges, and patterns of behavior from one generation to the next. The food, cooking it, serving it,  sharing  it is part of the tradition of family and social heritage that we pass…
19 December 2021
Rice Cake of Bologna
Traditional Rice Cake (Torta di Riso) of Bologna
Rice cake (Torta di riso) is typical of Bologna. Once, it was called  Torta degli Addobbi  (Cake of the Decorations). Its name comes from the religious Feast of Decorations. On that occasion, people traditionally made and served it. Feast of Decorations During the late and early medieval period, heretical theories flourished that questioned the role…
21 March 2021
No-Bake Pear And Chocolate Cake With Pear Gelée
No-Bake Pear And Chocolate Cake With Pear Gelée
How do you develop an original recipe? This is the question I often hear. And I would like to answer it today telling you how the pear cake was created. The creative process never follows a single direction. Sometimes inspiration comes from an ingredient, sometimes from a flavour. It happens that I visualize the project of a new…
31 December 2020
Torta di Tagliatelle (Sweet Tagliatelle Cake Recipe)
Torta di Tagliatelle (Sweet Tagliatelle Cake Recipe)
In the famous book of the Italian gastronome, cook and writer Pellegrino Artusi, under the name of Torta Ricciolina or Torta di Tagliatelle, you'll find two recipes dedicated to this cake. Today there are some different versions of Torta Ricciolina but, after all, they are all connected. First of the recipe, I'd like to tell you…
17 October 2020

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