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Breakfast and Merenda

Torta Paradiso, la ricetta della tradizione
Torta Paradiso (Italian Paradise Cake)
Coffee vs. cappuccino: which do you prefer? Coffee for me. Every day should start with a smile, a hot cup of coffee and a slice of Paradise Cake. A preparation that sounds like a promise starting from its name. How my days start My days always start with the scent of the aroma of coffee…
23 May 2019
Seven Jars Yogurt Cake, an Italian classic
Memory of the 90's. In those years I was at University. In Bologna, I shared a flat with other students coming from all over Italy. I lived the life that each "fuorisede" (not born and raised in Bologna) students live, and I went to many Erasmus parties where I met people of all kinds and from all…
8 May 2019
Torta di grano saraceno
Buckwheat cake, a typical Italian Alps recipe
Why include this cake on an Emilia-Romagna food blog? Simple. Though its roots are in South Tyrol, recipes like buckwheat cake reveal how culinary traditions travel and become part of personal histories, even outside their region of origin. Over time, my recipe collection has become a map of experiences, tracing both my life and the region,…
28 April 2019
Hazelnut and Polenta Cake, Gluten-Free Recipe
Hazelnut and polenta cake is a gluten free version of a basic Italian recipe. Usually made with traditional flour, few eggs, sugar, milk. Indeed this is the recipe for an easy and simple cake but gluten-free: perfect for breakfast or merenda, it is part of the wider family cake that Italians call ciambella. More or less it…
11 April 2019
Lemon Loaf Cake with Yogurt and Chia Seeds
Lemon Loaf Cake with Yogurt and Chia Seeds Recipe
Do you have a savory or sweet tooth? I admit I have a special love for all the breakfast cakes in general but this lemon loaf cake has a special taste: lemon. Lemon is one of my special ingredients. I think of it makes everything taste better. Loaf cake: what I love of this simple preparation Probably I love…
10 April 2019
Olive oil granola recipe
My Homemade Olive Oil Granola Recipe
Granola, have you ever made it? With organic cereals flakes, to mix with the ingredients you love, you can make delicious granola: crunchy, sweet, and with olive oil. Homemade olive oil granola is perfect to start the day with something you made from scratch and know every ingredient and quantity. It is also a great snack and after-dinner…
3 April 2019
Raviole cookies of Bologna
Raviole cookies of Bologna, a traditional treat
Raviole cookies are traditional from Bologna. In a city where fresh pasta is the queen of the table, raviole cookies are, in the feminine form, the sweet version of ravioli. These are filled cookies that belong to the peasant cuisine. Although they are now enjoyed year-round, traditionally, they are the typical cookies for the feast of…
19 March 2019
No-Butter and Rustic Plum Cake
No-Butter and Rustic Plum Cake (Italian ciambella)
It often is when we cannot do something that we remember how much we love doing it. How to make a ciambella using cunning plums that I put in a jar last year No-Butter and Rustic Plum Cake (Italian ciambella). Forced rest. My year has started with forced rest. I am recovering from surgery. I am confined between bed…
25 January 2019
Clementine cake recipe
Clementine cake. Recipe without butter, milk and eggs
Who loves the aroma of clementine? Oranges and clementines are delicious fruits of Winter. When I start to find them at the market, I'm remanded that winter is behind the corner. I love to drink fresh squeezed citrus juice but not this time. Here I used clementines juice for a clementine cake. Clementine cake. I needed a breakfast cake,…
12 January 2019

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