Guests are about to arrive and you still haven’t prepared anything for the appetizer. In those moments, it’s best to have an easy, seasonal recipe on hand that always works. In the middle of January, with artichokes at their best, this artichoke, ham, and ricotta savory tart is a quick, tasty, and hassle-free solution. Watch the video with all the…
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Pasta with mushrooms and ham: easy, creamy recipe without cream
If you have ever come home with no desire to complicate things in the kitchen but dreaming of a comforting dish, this recipe is for you. This pasta with mushrooms and ham is just for those moments: few ingredients, all from the supermarket, a couple of well-thought-out tricks, and a creamy result without the need to add cream. Forget about…
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Summer antipasto: Figs with ham
Delicious! Figs with ham! Simple, but attractive, due to the combination of sweet and salty. What a discovery! I had never eaten them together before. Besides, it must be said, figs have something aesthetic, decadently complicated, yet elegant, that with just a little bit of arranging, it looks like you have a Baroque still life on the table. It serves…
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Sweet potato and almond gnocchi with ham and sage
Today, sweet potato and almond gnocchi with ham and sage. An invention I came up with, which can serve you well for celebrating the Castañada, Halloween, or simply to brighten up an autumn meal. Gnocchi can be made with many ingredients, although, as you surely already know, the most popular ones are potato. For the first gnocchi recipe on the…
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Hunter-style chicken
I love this version of hunter-style chicken (pollo alla cacciatora in Italian). I say version, because there are quite a few different ways to prepare this recipe, and it is not known if it is typical of Tuscany or Umbria. Some people start the base with onion, celery, and carrot, others add red wine instead of white, some add olives,…
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Tagliatelle with heavy cream, ham, and peas
Yesterday these tagliatelle with heavy cream, ham, and peas were my salvation. I had just arrived home wanting to do nothing but sleep, but it had been too many days since I posted a recipe, my body was craving pasta, and I had just invited my little sister over for dinner because she had to stop by the house to…
