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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
Mortadella Bologna frittata
Mortadella Bologna frittata recipe
Close your eyes and go back in your memory to when you were a child. What was your snack (in Italian merenda)? I was a lucky child, and I hope you were too. Before packaged snacks, which I have to admit I ate in quantities, the snack was homemade. Bread, pizza, focaccia, stuffed sandwiches, and cakes did not come…
3 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
Savory Parmigiano Reggiano Cookies And Tastes of Emilia
Savory Parmigiano Reggiano Cookies And Tastes of Emilia
Parmigiano cookies. A recipe that has been part of my repertoire for many years. Ever since I moved to Bologna two decades and a handful of years ago and, as a Bolognese-Romagnola raised on piadina (a typical flatbread of Romagna) and tortellini (as I was born in Imola, where Emilia ends and Romagna begins and vice versa),…
12 April 2019
Sugo Via Emilia: Asparagi di Altedo e i sapori della mia terra
Via Emilia: a Sugo Recipe for Pasta and Crostini
Ragu, salsa and sugo. Three different words that in Italy sometimes are used interchangeably among them. The most of them go with pasta but they are made with different ingredients and they have different texture and cooking. RAGÙ The Italian expression ragù is derived from the French ragout. Italian ragù is a thick stew of meat, poultry,…
5 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
La mia ricetta per fare le pizzette da buffet
Pizzettas: a Classic Italian Recipe for Aperitivo
Do you make pizza at home? Her eyes in my eyes, she did the question. If you make pizza at home, probably each friend’s kid will consider you a super chef.   Pizza and pizzettas I cook different kind of pizzas. For example I make little pizzette for aperitivo (perfect also for party), pizzette al tegamino (pan-baked pizza), thin…
29 March 2019
Baked Vegetable Sausage Meatballs Recipe
Shortcut Baked Vegetable Sausage Meatballs In White
I grew up on bread and meatballs. Okay, not only. But meatballs are something I ate and eat often. I like them all: made with meat, rice, vegetable. Fried, cooked in the pan or in broth, baked. With or without tomato sauce. Sausage meatballs I am a serial meatball eater and maker. Unfortunately, there is no memory for meatball…
20 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
Roasted Carrot and Squacquerone of Romagna Savory Pie
Roasted Carrot and Squacquerone of Romagna Savory Pie
What kind of cooks are you? Do you observe a recipe, maybe one from your family cookbook, or the inspiration of the moment? Family recipes and recipe development. To me, they're two sides of the same coin. Did you have your own family cookbook? A notebook where, during the time, someone wrote grandma's apple pie recipe, mom's…
15 January 2019

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