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Italian recipes: Bucatini pasta with squid

19 April, 2020
If you should go to the fish market and come across a fresh squid, this bucatini recipe could make a superb summer meal!Ingredients: 400 g bucatini pasta; 500 g squid; 300 tomatoes; 100 g onions; extra virgin oil; 1 garlic…

Italian recipes: Parmesan cheese mousse

19 April, 2020
I’m crazy about cheese. I’m always hunting for news recipes and love to experiment with new flavours, throwing in ingredients that somehow catch my fancy; now a spoon of honey, now an exotic condiment! So if you, like me, love…

Italian recipes: cotechino pie

19 April, 2020
The Christmas festivities are over but this Italian recipe for cotechino pie is a classic and absolutely perfect for your winter meals when temperatures are low and you need to be kept warmed. Here are the ingredients: 1 cotechino (…

Italian recipe from Genoa: artichoke quiche

19 April, 2020
We have often looked at recipes from Italy from Genoa, and with Liguria’s rich culinary tradition it’s easy to see why. Here is a recipe for a savoury cake, or quiche, made with chard, or artichoke.Ingredients: 1 kg of chard,…

Italian gourmet recipes: pot roasted eel with laurel and polenta

18 April, 2020
For anyone who thought Italian cuisine was about pasta and pizza, think again. At the latest “Mille Bollicine per un Vespaiolo” competition (a competition about sparkling wine and food matching), the best recipe with Vespaiolo extra dry was pot roasted…

Italian recipes: rigatoni pasta with artichoke and sausage

18 April, 2020
This Italian recipe for rigatoni pasta with sausage and artichokes is delicious and easy to prepare. Here’s what you need:350 g rigatoni; 120 g ricotta; ½ cup milk; 200 g artichokes; 2 sausages; 1 glass of white wine; 1 garlic…

Italian hot chocolate: homemade recipe

17 April, 2020
Here’s a recipe for homemade Italian hot chocolate, so you can enjoy traditional Italian-style “cioccolata” at home. Contrary to Neenah’s comment on our first post about Italian hot chocolate, one made at a bar is always made with milk and…

Italian recipes: pasta with porcini and zucchini

17 April, 2020
Fed up with complicated recipes which never work out the way one wanted? If so try this quick and easy Italian recipe for pasta with porcini and zucchini; it won’t have you slaving in the kitchen for hours!Ingredients: 350 g…

Italian Christmas recipes : lemon cake

15 April, 2020
With the Christmas season just around the corner, this Italian recipe for lemon cake will add a nice touch to your dinner party dessert menu. Here are the ingredients:Plain flour; 2 eggs; 100 g sugar; 50 g butter; 3 tablespoons…

Homemade pasta: recipe from Umbria, Italy

15 April, 2020
Believe me, homemade pasta is worth every effort, and you should always seek out the ‘house’ pasta in restaurants where you know they make it themselves, because there’s nothing more disappointing than paying money in a restaurant to eat Barilla.…

Italian recipes: scamorza cheese in carrozza with zucchini

15 April, 2020
The famous mozzarella in carrozza is a classic dish from the city of Naples. Today we’ll have a variation on the theme and add a new and delicious ingredients: zucchini!Ingredients: 160 g scamorza; 1 zucchini; 1 egg; breadcrumb; oil; salt.Method.…

Italian recipes: bucatini primavera dish

15 April, 2020
This rather simple, light bucatini pasta dish could be perfect for your summer meals. This variety of pasta is usually used to make the famous amatriciana, but this time I want to prepare something different; light but really tasty!Ingredients bucatini…

Italian recipes: stuffed onions from Genoa

14 April, 2020
Stuffed onion recipe from Genoa: delicious and easy to prepare.Ingredients: 6 large onions; 1 veal steak; 3 eggs; 50 g Parmesan cheese; 1 clove garlic; breadcrumbs; 50 g Parma Ham; extra virgin oil; butter; marjoram; a pinch of saltMethod: 1.…

Italian bread recipes: focaccia or the Piadina Romagnola

13 April, 2020
Italian bread, the piada, is a kind of flat, unleavened bread, often used in antipasto dishes and sometimes even served with soup. The ‘piadina’ is one of my favourite Italian snacks which is basically a prosciutto crudo and mozzarella wrap.The…

Italian pasta recipes: gnocchi with prawns and asparagus

13 April, 2020
This is a mouth watering summer recipe that I will definitely try this season: gnocchetti with prawns and asparagus tips.Ingredients are asparagus, prawns, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, onion, pine nuts, white wine and potato gnocchi which is best if…

Recipes from southern Italy: "sanguinaccio" pie

13 April, 2020
This regional Italian dish comes from the south of Italy and is particularly famous in Campania. I was very tempted to write “bloody” cake in the title but thought better of it. In any case, the name “torta di sanguinaccio”…

Italian recipes: rocket-pesto sauce

13 April, 2020
Inspired by the traditional pesto recipe from Genoa, this spread made with rocket is a delicious soft paste that can be spread on bread or used as a sauce for pasta dishes!Here are the ingredients: 100 g rocket leaves; ½…

Italian summer recipes: cold pasta with tuna fish

12 April, 2020
With temperatures going up and heat waves on the way a quick and easy recipe for pasta fredda or cold pasta is what we need!Ingredients: 180 g spaghetti; canned tuna, lemon juice; chopped parsley; extra virgin olive oil; salt and…

Italian appetizer recipes: rosemary pancake

12 April, 2020
This delicious rosemary pancake recipe is from Lazio, a region in Central Italy. In the old days these frittelle or pancakes were prepared by peasants without using scales, so this time there’s no need to worry about measuring out the…

Mediterranean dishes: stuffed aubergine recipe

12 April, 2020
This great Italian vegetable dish uses one of the staple ingredients from the mediterranean: aubergines. This recipe can be used for a family meal or as snack food at parties, to complement other dishes.Ingredients: small, round eggplants, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella,…

Easy Italian recipes: Tomatoes and mozzarella au gratin

12 April, 2020
Today we have a tasty recipe easy and quick to prepare: tomatoes and mozzarella au gratin.Ingredients: 300 g tomatoes; 300 g mozzarella; 300 g brown bread; basil; 2 garlic cloves; butter; oil and pepper.Preparation: Preheat the oven to 180° c.…

Italian recipes: panissa from Genoa

12 April, 2020
Today we want to share with you the recipe of one of the most typical Genoese dishes: the famous panissa. It looks and tastes like polenta and can be seasoned with onions, oil, salt and pepper.Ingredients: 300 g chickpea flour,…