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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
Cheese anolini from the picturesque Val d'Arda (Piacenza)
Cheese anolini from the picturesque Val d’Arda (Piacenza)
The recipe for anolini belongs, albeit with differences in shape and filling, to the territories of Parma and Piacenza. This recipe for cheese anolini from Val d'Arda is a variation of the classic anolini recipe from Piacenza and Parma. The Val d'Arda is a picturesque valley in the Piacenza Apennines, crossed by the Arda stream,…
7 December 2025
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
Baked tagliatelle with prosciutto and mushrooms
Baked tagliatelle with ham and mushrooms is one of my favorite dishes. The recipe combines three elements that always whet my appetite: fresh pasta from the tagliatelle family, my favorite type of egg pasta; baked pasta, which I always love, whether it's fresh or dried, short or long; and, finally, béchamel sauce. I think I've…
18 November 2025
A chocolate and red wine cake
A chocolate and red wine cake. And the book that will be
Never underestimate the miraculous power of a chocolate and red wine cake. And never forget how important it is to create memories and preserve them. This reflection also gave rise to the idea for the book that will be . First, let me tell you about this recipe for chocolate and red wine cake.…
1 November 2025
Polifemi: triangoli ripieni di formaggi
Fresh pasta triangles called Polyphemus and a vegetarian sauce
At home, we used to call them Polyphemus. Basically, they were big triangles of fresh pasta stuffed with ricotta and grated Parmigiano, topped with a mushroom and pea sauce, then baked in the oven with a bit of béchamel until creamy. It was a classic Sunday lunch dish, usually made from fall through late spring. Once…
18 April 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
Eggless potato gnocchi with clams
Eggless potato gnocchi with clams. Cucina povera of Romagna
Online, you can find dozens of recipes for potato gnocchi with clams posted by as many Italian food bloggers. In this way, the recipe is everyone's and no one's. Yet, like so many other dishes, this one has its own history that no one remembers or that some people spread with mistakes attached, like the ones…
14 January 2025
Traditional spoja lorda in broth
Spoja lorda in broth (cheese stuffed pasta squares)
The cheese-filled squares of spoja lorda I put to dry on the pasta dryer look like puzzle pieces. In recent years, I have first scattered them on the table and then reassembled these pieces to create a new mosaic, more colorful and interesting, something in which I wanted to recognize myself again, feeling happy and proud…
4 January 2025

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