Raviole of Bologna made with red wine shortcrust pastry

Words that make us feel good should be carried with us always. For instance, my friend Gilla claims that if I want to, I will have a great vegan chef. Thanks to her, I started using new ingredients like peanut butter for making the shortcrust pastry of these Raviole of Bologna. Gilla's words motivate me to step out…

ByMonica18 March 20230Comments

Bologna Food Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES OCCASIONS RECIPES

The King’s Biscuits, recipe and history of cantucci of Bologna

The King's Biscuits look like cantucci both in shape and double baking. And just like cantucci, you can serve them at the end of dinner with vin santo and a good story (theirs). The King's cookies are crumblier and softer to the bite than their Tuscan cousins. The dough preparation is straightforward. After combining all the ingredients by…

ByMonica10 November 20220Comments

Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES OCCASIONS RECIPES

Cocoa cookies. And the Italian ritual of the merenda

I'm thinking about the smell of the cocoa cookies I made yesterday as I sit on a bench in the gardens where I used to play as a child. It's a sunny morning in late April, the air is fresh but not cold, and I decide to wait here for the time to go to my…

ByMonica27 April 20220Comments

Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES Fruits INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

Lemon biscuits. A home cook and food writer

I am a home cook who writes about food. And as with this lemon cookies recipe, I share flavors that have the simplicity and richness of the best food I have ever tasted. The home food. Writing about food. What food? I have tasted the deliciously perfect food of some starred chefs and the satisfyingly ready-made food…

ByMonica6 October 20210Comments

Bologna Food Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES OCCASIONS RECIPES

St. Joseph’s Cookies With Vanilla Pastry Cream

Their half-moon shape reminds of fresh pasta ravioli, but raviole, at the female, are dry biscuits typical of Bologna. Today, instead of the traditional ones, filled with mostarda Bolognese, I preferred St. Joseph's cookies with pastry cream. St. Joseph’s cookies. On the blog, also find the more traditional recipe for raviole , the biscuits made on the…

ByMonica12 March 20210Comments

Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES OCCASIONS RECIPES

Salted Peanut and chocolate drop cookies. And Christmas rituals

Salted peanuts and chocolate chips cookies: a perfect combo for those who love the sweet and salty contrast. In general, I always add a pinch of salt to sweet recipes to enhance the flavors. I love cookie recipes where, unexpectedly and suddenly, a grain of salt explodes in your mouth, a bit like what happens…

ByMonica1 December 20200Comments

Bologna Food Cakes and Cookies COURSES Gluten-free INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

Fave dei Morti cookies for Halloween. Italian tradition

Fave dei Morti cookies are typical of All Saints' Day. And when I was little, I didn't like them. Cemeteries, family, and biscuits. What I did enjoy was the traditional cemetery tours and visits to relatives we never saw. The tradition of the annual visit to the loved ones’ graves is almost lost. When I was a child,…

ByMonica28 October 20200Comments

Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES OCCASIONS RECIPES

Italian Frollini Cookies And My Food Rituals

In your own cookbook can't miss a honest and rustic cookies recipe for breakfast. Frollini cookies are a classic among Italian sweet recipes for breakfast or merenda. So take pen and paper, write down the recipe and put it in your home cookbook. From today it will have a new page and flavor. The one for frollini…

ByMonica10 February 20200Comments

Aperitivo Appetizers Bologna Food Breads and Pizza Cheese INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

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),…

ByMonica12 April 20190Comments

Bologna Food Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES OCCASIONS RECIPES

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…

ByMonica19 March 20190Comments