Recetas tradicionales italianas
Authentic homemade Italian recipes, easy and full of flavor. Enjoy traditional and affordable dishes, perfect for any occasion.
One of the simplest, fastest, and most satisfying ways to make a guest feel Italian is to sit them down in front of a good plate of spaghetti alla puttanesca. I have had non-Italians try this and other pasta dishes, and with puttanesca, there is always some comment related to what I have just assured you. I suppose it comes…
I am very proud of this Swiss roll, because it perfectly reflects the state I was in the day before yesterday, when it occurred to me to prepare it. I was having one of those days where I really missed my country and wanted a dessert that would remind me of it, without forgetting that I am in Italy, and…
We finally have delicious strawberries at a good price. This year I felt like eating the first ones with something slightly more elaborate than a spoonful of cream. So I decided to make these crostatine, adding, more or less subtly, some ingredients that pair perfectly with them. As you might remember, I already told you where crostate come from, with…
Today I didn’t feel like making dinner, which usually means that, more than hunger, I don’t feel like fighting against my lilliputian kitchen. Do you know what the dimensions are of the surface where I chop vegetables, roll out dough, etc., etc., and etc.? 60 x 32 cm. I’ll add the fact that I don’t have a dishwasher and that,…
Torte sbriciolate are first cousins of Sbrisolona, originating from Mantua, which, unlike the one I am presenting here, is made with half corn flour, contains almonds, and is not filled. Sbriciolata and sbrisolona refer to the texture of the dough, which we could translate as “crumbly.” These types of cakes, very similar to English crumble pies, just like crostate, can…
Ciambelloni have a dough similar to pound cake, but they are wheel-shaped. There are many variations, but perhaps the most common is the bicolor one, which you can find in many bars around here, where you can order a slice to go with your tea or coffee (paying for it, of course). They are objectively good, but just as it…
