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Tomato cake recipe
A savory tomato cake recipe to greet the summer
I stir the cream of tomato cake while humming summer is ending, an old Italian song from the 1980s. I'm in my kitchen overlooking the red rooftops of Bologna, the windows wide open, while I'm preparing a tasty and easy-to-make pie. The redskin tomatoes I'm using will give it a fullness of flavor that I already…
9 September 2022
Chickpea farinata: a traditional Italian peasant recipe
Chickpea farinata: a traditional Italian peasant recipe
Chickpea farinata is a type of thin, unleavened bread. I love everything about this vegetarian and gluten-free recipe: the simplicity of preparation, the smell, the taste. Chickpea Farinata. This is a traditional peasant recipe, based on water and flour, and typical of areas where chickpeas are grown. Chickpeas are used to make yellow flour with a…
25 May 2021
Walnut and carrot pie recipe
Walnut and carrot pie and the Flavour Thesaurus
This walnuts and carrot pie tastes of wood. The cookbooks I love the most are the ones that make me think and want to cook. In this post, in addition to the savory pie recipe, you'll find four books that are important to me and that I always keep on hand. The Flavour Thesaurus Imagine a wheel divided…
23 October 2020
Whole Wheat Savory Mushrooms Tart Recipe
Whole Wheat Savory Ricotta Mushrooms Tart Recipe
I mix thoughts with colors and tastes. I could be anywhere. I don't know if cooking has the same effect on you? I'm a simple person who appreciates the happiness that comes from small things. In my kitchen, with a bowl and a spoon. I prepare the ingredients, and I love to touch them with my hands before starting…
28 November 2019
Oregano and tomato quiche recipe
Oregano and Ciliegini Tomato Quiche. Summer on the table
This ciliegini tomato quiche is made with some of my favorite flavors from the summer garden. Sun-ripened cherry tomatoes and the flavor of oregano. A marriage full of love. Tomato quiche. Grate and add organic lemon peel and freshly chopped basil to the filling, and you'll see what an explosion of flavor it is. If you eat it…
1 July 2019
Artichokes and mascarpone savory tart
Do you have a favorite season of the year? I don't know about you, but I'm pretty excited that artichokes are back in season. In late February, I'm so happy when I start to find the carciofo romanesco into the farmer's markets. The typical Roman artichoke called mammola or mamma (mama) also, enters right now its pick season. You…
8 May 2019
Savory Potato and Salami Pie, Gluten-Free Recipe
In Italy, Easter holiday usually arrive on warm, sunny days and picnics. During that time of the year, savory pies are a common dish, especially served or filled with hardboiled eggs.   Potato pie: what you're looking for your Easter menu To change this savory pie in a perfect Italian Easter Pie recipe, garnish with boiled eggs cut…
19 April 2019
Quiche di parmigiano reggiano con zucchine e origano
Zucchini and Oregano Quiche
Who knows the difference between Quiche and Torta salata? In the Italian cuisine we love and cook both quite often. If the first recipe comes from the French cuisine, the second one is Italian. Both have the same origin: indeed they born in the cuisine of reuse and are perfect to make something delicious with leftovers. The…
31 March 2019
Savory pea pie
Savory pea pie. Spring recipe
The calendar lists March as one of the winter months, but in Italy, there is a saying that it is crazy. Sometimes it shows up with a trousseau of rain and umbrellas. Frequently, it restores winter's rigor in the blink of an eye. But it also happens to show up disguised as spring. These days of mild…
5 March 2019

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