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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In a bowl full of cold water, soften the gelatin sheets for 15 minutes. Gather in a large saucepan the double cream unwipped, the vanilla bean, cut longwise, milk and the confectioner’s sugar. Heat but avoid boiling. Squeeze the gelatin sheets and add to the warm cream. Stir well, until it melts completely. Pour the […]
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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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We have some redberry plants on our garden, and it comes that they mature all together, so I tried this some years ago and now we are a bit raspberry-souffle-haolic at home. This recipe makes me prepare another bite of heaven in less the 25 minutes.
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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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You can use this flavored salt of any dish: just spread over meat, fish, vegetables, baked potatoes or french fries and, if you live in Transylvania, you can also use it to ward off vampires: it just depends on your needs!
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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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