Bologna bean soup with fresh pasta

When temperature goes down, it's pot and soup time. Today I'm waiting for you with a hot, comforting bowl of beans soup. This is one regional version of the most popular Pasta and Fagioli. From north to south, Italy has a rich tradition of soups, all of which are good and worth trying. In Romagna, as in Bologna,…

ByMonica5 November 20190Comments

Cakes and Cookies COURSES Gluten-free INGREDIENTS RECIPES

Castagnaccio Cake, a Typical Autumn Recipe

When air becomes cold, leaves leave the branches to dress the naked ground and chestnut burrs change their colors from green to orange, I know is arrived the season of the new chestnut flour (and also to make castagnaccio cake). Do you like chestnut flour? It is a naturally sweet and gluten-free flour, perfect for many sweet…

ByMonica2 November 20190Comments

Buckwheat pumpkin cake with almonds. A simple pantry cake

Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies Chocolate COURSES Gluten-free INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

Buckwheat pumpkin cake with almonds. An Italian simple pantry cake

How do you like your cakes? The answer also depends on the occasion but, usually, absurdly sumptuous cakes for parties or simple cakes. I prefer simple cakes with a short list of ingredients and recipes I can make using a couple of bowls and essential kitchen tools. In other words, my favorite cakes are those, in Italy,…

ByMonica19 October 20190Comments

COURSES Gluten-free INGREDIENTS RECIPES Soups

Creamy Pumpkin Soup with Gorgonzola Cheese Heart

Creamy pumpkin soup with just a gorgonzola cheese heart is an easy-to-make recipe from my comfort food cookbook. Here find how a classic simple dish turns really amazing adding only a bit of Italian cheese. And you can choose between sweet or spicy gorgonzoia cheese as you prefer. Autumn season calls for comforting and warming soup. I love…

ByMonica11 October 20190Comments

Aperitivo Appetizers Bologna Food Christmas COURSES INGREDIENTS Meat OCCASIONS RECIPES Sunday Lunch

Traditional Bolognese Recipe: Tortellini Fritti (Fried Tortellini)

Who's ever heard of fried tortellini? Tortellini fritti (fried) are one of my fav "ricetta della tradizione" and it's also a super traditional Bolognese recipe, sometimes forgotten from Bolognese people too. Yes because you can eat tortellini not only in broth or with a delicious cream of parmigiano reggiano, but also fried. Easy to make and really…

ByMonica26 September 20190Comments

COURSES Gluten-free INGREDIENTS Main Course RECIPES Sauces and Pâté

Pan-Roasted Corn with Buttery Fresh Tomato Sauce

Corn on the cob or sweetcorn? In Italy we are more used to consume sweetcorn. I started cooking corn on the cob just one time I was adult. How to Cook and Serve Corn on the Cob. The best ever corn is prepped and ready to go in the dish in just 30 minutes. This recipe…

ByMonica23 September 20190Comments

Aperitivo Breads and Pizza Breakfast and Merenda Fruits INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

Grape focaccia from Romagna recipe

When the black grapes are ripe, it is time for grape cake, a rustic, savory, and fall preparation. Among the sweets-not-sweets typical of this period in Romagna is the black grape cake, almost a focaccia. It is an end-of-meal dessert that you can use to accompany also a Bolognese cutting board at aperitif time. Italian recipes Many traditional Italian…

ByMonica3 September 20190Comments

Bologna Food COURSES Gluten-free INGREDIENTS Main Course Meat OCCASIONS RECIPES Sunday Lunch

Bolognese stuffed zucchini, a traditional recipe

This recipe for Bolognese stuffed zucchini has the flavor of family dishes. In the first twenty years of my life, I ate them so often that, perhaps for a reason of cosmic balance, I cooked this dish on very few occasions in the two following decades. Then I made peace with the absences and…

ByMonica21 July 20190Comments

COURSES Fruits INGREDIENTS Preserves RECIPES

Preserve The Season: Homemade Apple Strudel Jam

My first recipe of 2019 is very simple. It's an in season homemade jam made with crunchy and scented apples where I added the flavor of the strudel cake. Who knows Apple Strudel? It has its roots in the 17th century and today is one national dishes of Austria. Very common in all Tyrol, you can find it…

ByMonica10 January 20194Comments

COURSES Gluten-free INGREDIENTS RECIPES Soups

Red cabbage cream and carrot chips. Witch commands color

Red cabbage cream and ultra violet pantone. I learned Ultra Violet communicates originality, ingenuity, and visionary thinking that points us toward the future. Witch commands color. Do you like this color? Do you recognize yourself in the characteristics of the color ultra violet? It seems that the term Pantone refers to a color and to a lifestyle. When…

ByMonica29 November 20180Comments