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Stufato di salsiccia e fagioli
Sausage and bean stew. Home cooking and January’s recipes
I started the year cooking hearty dishes, perfect for the season. Like sausage and bean stew with Grandma Sara's special touch: a few pieces of fresh pork belly, which makes the sausage sweeter during cooking and adds great flavor to the sauce. Home cooking and casalinghitudine I was in first grade when, at the end of…
20 January 2026
Baked sweet potato gratin with béchamel and Parmesan
Baked sweet potato gratin with béchamel and Parmesan
For some years now, orange potatoes have been easy to find in Italian kitchens, and often my Instagram followers ask me for a recipe that makes the most of this slightly sweet tuber in a savory dish. I usually slice these potatoes thinly and bake them in the oven, sprinkled with plenty of Parmesan cheese.…
3 December 2025
Tortelli alla lastra. Traditional stuffed pie from Romagna
Tortelli alla lastra. Traditional stuffed pie from Romagna
Tortelli alla lastra and bartolacci are the same thing. The term bartolaccio refers to tortelli alla lastra from the village of Tredozio, a town in the Romagna Apennines, part of the area known as Romagna-Toscana. Every year, this town holds a festival dedicated to bartolaccio. Compared to the tortelli alla lastra, common in Romagna and Tuscany,…
27 November 2025
Stuffed meatloaf
Stuffed meatloaf recipe. And the wisdom of the home kitchen
The world is a tough place, and life is too short to waste time on pre-ready packaged meals. For these reasons, I try to turn something as simple as Monday's lunch or Wednesday's dinner into an event or to make every day special, even those that start with waking up at dawn. I counteract daily fatigue with…
7 April 2025
Veal stew with potatoes
Veal stew with potatoes. Home cooking and family lexicon
Stew is a classic recipe from home cooking and Italian tradition. This dish belongs to the family of braised meat. Usually, for that kind of stew, you can choose a less expensive cut of beef, or lamb, cut into bite-sized pieces, browned in a pot with oil and butter, and then simmered over low heat with…
3 February 2025
Stuffed capon of Bologna
Stuffed capon from Bologna, a home recipe for special events
The Christmas menu was a puzzle that, year after year, took shape and changed. Some dishes were untouchable dishes and others went in and out of the composition each time. Stuffed capon, in our house, also called galantina, was a Christmas dish of the second group. And if it did not take its place on the Christmas lunch…
12 December 2024
eggplant cutlets
Bolognese eggplant cutlets (baked or fried)
I think I have already written this, but I want to reiterate: I love the month of August and, above all, Bolognese eggplant cutlets even though, since it is a recipe from Italian peasant cuisine, I am sure that, with few or many variations, there are sister recipes in many regions. I was before plunging into…
6 August 2024
Erbazzone Reggiano (swiss chard pie). A treasure recipe from Emilia
Erbazzone pie (swiss chard pie). A treasure recipe from Emilia
There is a land with indefinite borders, which is the South of the North and the North of the South: someone calls it Emilia (E. Berselli, Italian writer born and raised in Emilia) The city of Reggio Emilia is the birthplace of one of the most satisfying Italian snacks: erbazzone or scarpazzone , a hearty, savory…
2 May 2024

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