This simple potato leeks soup is a really budget friendly recipe, that in its basic and traditional version is totally gluten free and vegetarian. Turn it vegan replacing the whipping cream with some extra vegetable stock or white wine.
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While trick or treaters will enjoy your carved pumping lanterns, throwing out halloween leftovers is a crime! Enrich your roasted seeds in many ways, simple adding your favorite spice before baking.
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This mozzarella gratin dish is perfect for summer days, like today. you can prepare it in advance, and grill just before lunch. Tomato, basil and melted mozzarella are the very essence of Mediterranenan summer flavors.
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Season the fillets lightly on both sides with salt and pepper and set in a plate. In a medium bowl, whisk together the extra virgin olive oil, the lemon juice, the white wine, the vinegar, a teaspoon of salt, the teaspoon of fennel seeds, the dill finely chopped and pink pepper grains to taste; the […]
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This tomato soup, typical from Tuscany is one of my favorite soups indeed. Here in Italy it’s a sort of institution: we have nursery rhymes about it, and a song that the last 10 generations know. It’s slightly acidic taste, due to tomatoes, is tempered by burrata cheese and basil.
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Cut the zucchini long width into quarters, and make small pieces 2 inches long. Fry the zucchini into hot extra virgin olive oil for 2-3 minutes, until gently golden, than drain in paper towels until you get rid of any excess of oil, transfer in an hermetic jar. In a large non stick sauce […]
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This tart is a perfect starter as well as a sophisticated appetizer, or an healty snack for the afternoon.
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Vicciola is a particular Piemontese cattle breed reared in hazelnuts. For those who had ever tasted it, its flesh delicacy and tenderness can be only compared the Japanese Kobe Beef.
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A fab find, which I did by chance, once I was looking for a simple and colored side dish to be associated with some recipes photographed for my site. It came out so good, as well as beautifully bright, that it has become a fixture of my kitchen.
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Like almost all of my recipes, this zucchini soup is simple and the result depends greatly on the quality and freshness of raw materials. if you can , use zucchini small , fresh and pungent , they will remain sweet and savory, and will give your soup a vivid green color.
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The King of Asparagus and I love so much this dish that any time we eat it we often think of what a life it would be without vitel tonneè. And we agree that if we had to choose only one food to eat for the rest of our life, we probably choose this one!
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Sometimes there’s nothing better than seafood pasta… in those cases seafood pasta doesn’t get much better than this. Try this asparagus and shrimps linguine recipe, enjoy a fresh glass of white wine… you’ll be happy, then.
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Raw veal tartare hand-knife-beaten is a typical dish from Piedmont, my birth Region. It is obtained by cutting the meat into very small pieces with a sharp knife, till it is practically minced. The result is very different from what you would get grinding the meat, because the texture of the meat is uneven, and its juices are not lost.
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A really easy to make vegan recipe, that needs a minimum cooking, and will fit the most demanding palates, including those who did not embrace the vegan choice. A plate rich in fiber and vegetable protein.
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Caponata is a typical Sicilian recipe with pleasant Mediterranean tastes: tomato, eggplants, basil, capers pine nuts and olives. It can be prepared in advance and stored for days in the refrigerator in an airtight container. It’s a fantastic appetizer or side dish, that you’ll love.
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The Tuscan cuisine and especially the Florentine cuisine is famous throughout the world. This is the third recipe I’m given out in a row that belongs to the same regional tradition… Despite of the fact that Tuscany is the region of tagliata, lampredotto, fiorentina stack, this recipe is totally vegan! And it’s delicious!
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The Lampredotto is a dish made from one of the four cattle stomachs, the abomasum. This refined recipe, revisiting of a simple dish of the traditional Tuscan cuisine, combines the rustic flavor of the lampredotto, with the delicacy of the Trapani salt flavored with lavender flowers and of a home made bread, kneaded with pumpkin flowers, turmeric and tarassacum honey.
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Braised onions are a typical side dish from Piemonte, that traditionally goes well together with roast beef and other stews. They are so easy to make that you can use a non stick pan or bake them in oven.
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This pumpkin soup will be a perfect comfort food to warm up you autumn dinners. It’s one of the less expensive and easiest recipes ever. Gluten free, can be turned to be a Vegan recipe if you omit the goat cheese. And moreover, it tastes like from a restaurant!
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Looking for finger food recipes? These eggplant rolls are are really easy to make and tasty: a simple, and unexpencive but stylish, party food.
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It will be hard to believe this creamy and tasty risotto is made from some basic and inexpensive ingredients.
My recipe requires of certain veggies, but you can vary with many others veggies, adding the ones you have on hand.
The quality of this typical Italian dish made with raw meat depends totally on the quality and freshness of your raw meat. So select the most tender, juicy and lean beef or veal sirloin you can find and mince it, with a meat mincer or cutting it in tiny pieces with a sharp knife.
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The success of this recipes depends totally on quality of the few ingredients required: fresh, juicy tomatoes and extra virgin olive oil are paramount! If you are bbq-ing a great idea is grilling the bread slices over the bbq. In some Italian families, bruschetta just isn’t right unless the bread has been grilled over the bbq.
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This traditional pasta recipe is totally vegan. It’s perfect for a dinner with friends, if among them there are vegetarians or vegans. You’ll be able to cook a unique sensational dish that will accomplish anyone’s need.
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Vegetables tart are very popular in Italy. This rustic and rich tart is a real deli. I first made it in winter, when a friend of us that cultivates broccoli raabs gave us a call to inform us that his field was full of unsold veggies to be harvested… My harvest bin was so full that I had to invent something to get the most out of it!
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First of all wash and clean the cherry peppers. Trim the stem from each pepper with a small, sharp knife. Remove the stem, the top of the peppers and all the seeds carefully: please, don’t forget to use gloves when handling hot cherry peppers! Combine tuna, capers and the anchovies in a medium mixing bowl. Put […]
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I truly love this recipe! I use the pressure cooker to reduce cooking time, and to cook onions in the best way, in order to make them more digestible. It’s a good idea to serve this soup in single serving pots or bowls… I bought these orange cocottes made of stoneware that maintain even temperatures and prevent scorching… and besides they look great!
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Grated hard boiled eggs with asparagus are called “asparagus mimosa”, as chopped eggs resemble the mimosa flowers. This is a really basic and tasty recipe that requires few minutes and no cooking skills but can be plated in many different ways for a dramatic effect.
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Eggplants Parmigiana is a classic Sicilian casserole, that will satisfy even the most picky eaters. The funny think is that it can be considered a vegetarian dish… but is can satiate a tiger…
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A simple, but charming way to cook meat… All kids love beef rolls, also with peas!
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There’s nothing better for dinner than a heart-warming comfort food, prepared in a simple way and reminds me of home, family, and spring. And, of course, yep, again using the might prince of spring, the green asparagus.
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This recipe is very simple, even if you are not an experienced cook, as it does not need any particular skills. In and it’s perfect to be sided by any kind of vegetables, mashed potatoes or a slice of polenta.
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This traditional recipe from my region, it’s terrific. Tasty, easy to make it can be prepared in advance. It’s versatile as a starter or as a side plate, can also be served in bitesize as a brilliant appetizer.
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This budget friendly fall recipe is ridiculously easy and quick. Besides that, it’s warmness and brightness really shows off. It’s a fantastic side plate for any day or for many occasion, that will take really no effort.
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Polpettone it’s a simple and rustic recipe, possible of many variations: do not forget that originally it was a cheap meal, with poor meat on the outside stuffed with any kind of leftovers on the inside.
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This is my fav version of braciole without tomato sauce: the classic “red” version reminds me of the epic Sunday lunches at my grand-grandparents’ house, that inevitably became four-hour meals, during which my caretaking grand-grandmother used to stuff me until food came out of my ears, as she was convinced I was too skinny…
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This summer recipe has wonderful flavor and is really simple to make. Moreover, the genius of straccetti is that you can prepare this dish one or two days in advance: just keep the zucchini and the beef stripes in the refrigerator, into separate jars and compose the plate some minutes before serving.
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If the classic bolognese recipe is too time spending or stodgy for you, try this creative and quick way to prepare lasagna in a blast!
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This classic and easy lasagna recipe is the most popular in Italy. Despite the international lasagna recipes, popular in the USA and all around the world, it has a simple grocery’s list and no ricotta cheese inside. In my opinion, this recipe does not turn your lasagna into a heavy stodgy meal, causing you the trouble that you’ll be hungry again only five or six days later !
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Did I mentioned that today for lunch we have asparagus again? Thanks to The King, for lunch we have another asparagus dish. Don’t miss out another easy to follow and tasty way to cook asparagus. Directly from the field to my table!
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This inexpencive and colorful Italian recipe for a perfect pumpkin risotto will make a great standby entertaining recipe for when friends drop by.
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Clean and cut the mushrooms into small slices and sauté for 2-3 minutes over medium heat in a large, heavy saucepan with extra virgin olive oil, garlic and salt. Add the rice and sauté until each grain is translucent. Start adding the vegetable stock little by little, stirring constantly. As soon as the rice […]
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Probably the dish I make most often for dinner is risotto: that’s basically why there are many risotto recipe in this site. Moreover, when you learn how to do it, you’ll never get bored. So, if you think you are suffering for a lack of risotto, or if you want to taste something different, try this all thumbs up sausage risotto recipe. You will not be disappointed!
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A quick recipe for baked potatoes that will take only 35 minute to be ready! Filled with creamy gorgonzola: the Italian blue cheese that will make your potatoes incredibly yummy.
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Chickpea tarts are very common in Italy. In many regions we have different chickpea tarts called in many different ways: Farinata, Panissa, Panelle etc… It is a very ancient food, that is still very popular as a street food or a smart appetizer.
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Celeriac is the celery root: the oddiest and huglies vegetable I know. Its knobbly shape and its rough skin reminds me a Rhyno. Jet it’s celery-like taste is more nutty and delicate.
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Creamy and fresh mint and peas soup with crispy breadcrumbs. An easy, quick and basic recipe that will bring spring flavour to you table. Enjoy!
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This grilled zucchini recipe it’s the simplicity in itself… and you can prepare it in advance keep them for 3-4 days in the refrigerator. Slice the zucchini longways and grill them for 2-3 minutes each side.
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Preheat oven at 200°C/ 400F/ Gas 6 Cut tomato in halves, long width, and scoop out the seed and the pulp, that you’ll keep apart. Put basil leaves, Parmesan cheese, pine nuts, garlic, half of the tomato pulp and 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in a food processor and blend roughly. Add […]
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Recipe and tips for a perfect artichoke risotto. An easy to follow recipe to prepare a low fat, creamy and mouthful Italian classic.
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Industrial ready-made pesto is just not the same. Preparing fresh pesto is easy and quick… and when I say quick and easy I really mean it! So, start blending basil, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, pine nuts. Just at the end add the Parmesan and Pecorino cheese and stir strongly.
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