Category: delicacies
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Cocoa, pears and ricotta cheese cake
All around the table for enjoying a piece of cake prepared with ricotta cheese, pears, cocoa and in good company of a warm cup of coffee or tea. It tastes like a warm hug made of dark chocolate, deliciously paired with the freshness of pears and the creamy consistency of the ricotta cheese. It is…
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Celebrating Lucia, the bearer of light in the darkness of Winter
In the darkness of the early hours in the new day, just before the dawn announcement, Lucia advances with silent steps followed by mellow choruses, in a procession of candles, which lights the cold Winter sky with swaying vivid flames. Lucia brings light and hope to humanity.
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Pink bonbons à la gelée for the last October weekend
The day started with a smooth pink toned jelly in mind. Pure pomegranate juice to become pink bonbons à la gelée to satisfy the palate of children and older children. They will love it, I thought. Soon, the pink jelly was almost done in a sauce pan. After I allowed the pink jelly to cool…
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In the season of pomegranates
It all started last Spring, when I saw those beautiful gem flowers delicately flourishing up on our tree in the garden. Day by day, they silently were quite well along branches and among shining, small, green leaves. Then, I wondered if it was going to be a good season for the pomegranate fruits. Even though…
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In progress
When you wake up in the morning and you know there is something… in progress. Wishing a good day to everybody 🙂
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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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Quiche with leek and local fresh cheese
While Autumn season is to approach, we still enjoy to serve our meals outdoor, in our green terrace, surrounded by flowers, new plants and small bushes. At lunch time, we prepared an inviting quiche with rings of leek and fresh local cheese and a light salad made of curls of carrots, slices of tomatoes and…
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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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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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