Aug

13

Cassata alla Siciliana to go

August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Last night I had friends over for dinner and I prepared a typical meal from Calabria, the region where I often go on vacation. The menu was as follows: fried eggplants balls, pasta with ‘nduja, Pecorino cheese and onion marmalade, but up until the last minute I didn’t know what to prepare for dessert. I [...]

Aug

6

Eggless Ricotta and Zucchini Cake

August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In these days I’m in a ricotta kind of mood, so today I prepared this savory cake for dinner. I used sheep milk ricotta, which I prefer to the cow milk ricotta, and fresh zucchini just picked from the garden. A little gift from our neighbor. I tried to make it without eggs and it [...]

Jul

29

Kamut Salad with Vegetables

July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

In the last few days I thought summer was going to end sooner but finally it warmed up again so instead of thinking about polenta and spezzatino I chose to prepare this tasty summer salad with vegetables and kamut berries. I’ve been eating Kamut products for quite a while now but it was only this [...]

Jul

20

Frigittelli: fried sweet green peppers

July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Friggitelli or friarelli (friarelli is a word also used for cime di rapa) are small sweet light green Italian peppers.  They have an irregular shape not to be confused with conical shape peppers and they are not hybrids either.  They are a very common variety originally from Campania. The name derives from the verb [...]

Jun

2

Quick Summer Meals, Italian style

June 2, 2008 | 2 Comments

Summer season is getting closer, actually it’s already here in Italy and cooking becomes more difficult with warm weather. I’m always searching for quick and refreshing meals to prepare so thought I’d collect some traditional Italian dishes that we all eat in Italy during summer season for you as well as some [...]

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