Category: bon appétit
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Fast dish: Spaghetti alla chitarra, tomato sauce and crisp breadcrumbs
A fabulous Sunday at the end of May to confirm the beginning of a new season, which is round the corner. Just back from the sea house, where I enjoyed little time this morning for planning some work and garden activities, here I am in the kitchen for cooking a fast dish that has the…
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Epiphany of childhood flavours at luchtime
I was a 8-year-old child when I visited Rome for the first time. One of the beautiful memories I took with me in the years of that trip with family is the inviting fragrance and taste of a good just baked pizza at lunchtime.
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A warm melting dark chocolate bliss
In the heart of the Winter season, on a January Saturday afternoon, we love to spoil and pamper ourselves and family by whisking very quick batter and eggs for baking small chocolate desserts. It takes less than 20 minutes for dipping a spoon in a warm melting dark chocolate bliss. What is more, it is…
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Home made potatoes gnocchi and crisp appetizers on the second of Advent
On the second Sunday of Advent, I enjoyed to make potatoes gnocchi at home, introducing some variations on traditional local recipes. In particular, to the basic mixture for gnocchi (made of excellent red potatoes coming from the mountains of Calabria, one egg and some semolina flour) I added chopped parsley and a generous handful of…
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Linguini pasta, meatballs and sweet peppers sauce
Linguini pasta, meatballs and home-made sweet peppers sauce. Would you call it “a comfort dish”? A drizzle of extravirgin olive oil in a hot pan on the cooker, finely chopped garlic, red onion and sweet “cornetto” peppers, small cubes of tomatoes (one or two tomatoes) and let’s start by sautéing the ingredients just mentioned above…
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Ripe pomegranates, a welcome gift in October
October just started and has already given us a wonderful basket of ripe, juicy pomegranates we enjoyed to pick fresh from the tree in our kitchen garden. Not only they are a magnificent precious gift for our own health and excellent delicacy for our palate, but also they will be a welcome, appreciated present for…
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Grilled crisp onion: one more delicacy for enjoying Summer and staying light
In the middle of Summer here we are and excellent vegetables, delicacies from local region, are at hand for making simple, fast, light recipes. It is the turn for the sweet red onion from Acquaviva delle Fonti, in the North of Apulia. I found them at the food market, just few steps away from home,…
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Chickpea flour tart at lunch time
It is almost time for lunch and here we just had out of oven an inviting tart prepared with chickpea flour. This is a light dish for those, who love chickpeas and want an easy recipe to make very quick. Ingredients you need: 150 g chickpeas flour, 450 g water, a sprinkle of sea salt,…
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Home made pasta and cauliflower: culinary delicacies for the Summer table.
Summer is the season for the open air living, but we can also apply this concept by stretching space right in the place where we live, enjoying gardening and our own growings, even in a small verandah, a green terrace or a balcony, throughout the year. So, the outdoor space, no more seen only as…
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On Sunday evening: Let’s have pizza for dinner
Time for a good home made just baked pizza. Al fresco dining. Add some fresh leaves of basil. No more, nor less. Perfect. Enjoy the evening, everybody 🙂
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