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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
Crescente, The Typical Focaccia Of Bologna
The crescente, a typical focaccia from Bologna
Have you ever visited Bologna? Do you know or have you ever tasted the local focaccia called crescente?   From Pellegrino Artusi (Recipe No. 194) to the Simili sisters, legendary Bolognese cooking teachers, no cookbook does not mention this focaccia. I leave it to the Italian gastronome to introduce it in his own words: When I first heard…
4 March 2021
Club Sandwich recipe and history
Club Sandwich: history and recipe
I love making sandwiches where good bread and excellent ingredients create something unique. Although, you know, not all the sandwiches have a story like the Club Sandwich. Club Sandwich recipe. The original recipe calls for: toast, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, and chicken or turkey. Some people add crispy bacon and other sauces. For this sandwich, you can use leftover…
7 November 2020
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
Fried Mortadella and Cheese Bolognese Sticks
Fried cheese and mortadella on a stick (Stecchi Petroniani)
Bologna's culinary tradition, a treasure of opulent dishes, is a feast for the senses. Pellegrino Artusi, an Italian culinary gastronome, has already celebrated this heritage. The typical ingredients of the territory have been masterfully used to create incredible recipes like these fried cheese and mortadella on a stick (Stecchi Petroniani), a true delight for food enthusiasts. In Bologna,…
9 October 2020
Polpette di melanzana
Eggplant Balls Recipe. For Hunger And For Love.
Especially during the summer I love cooking vegetarian meatballs with the products that the garden offers. Like these of eggplant. But before the recipe I would like to tell you a story about an eggplant and me. And about the day I realized how much the kitchen was an important part of me. Eggplant, summer flavor and Parmigiana.…
1 July 2020
Savoury Pumpkin Fritters
Savoury Pumpkin Fritters, Before The Season Ends
New post from the pantry. And savoury pumpkin fritters recipe. Pumpkin is one of my fav among vegetables and April calls for the latest recipes that can be made with it that, in Italy, we find on the market stalls for a very long period from late August to April.   The pumpkin is one of the iconic vegetables…
6 April 2020
Traditional Mortadella Mousse Recipe
Traditional Mortadella Mousse Recipe
Like many other recipes from the old Bolognese school, the Mortadella mousse was lost for a while. Perhaps for this reason, when it came back a few years ago, many thought that the mousse was a magic sprouted from the cylinder of the wizards of street food, born already spread on crusty bread. Tortellini…
27 December 2019
Russian Salad: An Italian Timeless Classic Side Recipe
Russian Salad: An Italian Timeless Classic Side Recipe
It's a sumptuous side dish. Maybe for that reason many people believe that Russian salad, the Italian version of a great European recipe, is a difficult dish to make. What do you think about reading method before discarding the idea? Sides. In cooking, the word side usually means a dish of vegetables or legumes that accompany the main…
23 December 2019

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