The Easter recipe is a savory pie made with very healthy ingredients: the torta pasqualina (Easter pie), filled with spinach, ricotta, and eggs. Although it is eaten all over Italy, any day of the year, it is a recipe originating from Liguria, and it was considered a must for Easter picnics, since it is just as good, if not better,…
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Broccoli, sausage, and ricotta fagottini (rolls)
Are you short on ideas for an appetizer? Well, here you have these fagottini (little bundles) of puff pastry filled with broccoli, sausage, and ricotta which, in fact, can also solve a main course in a jiffy. Fagottini are also a type of fresh stuffed pasta and, both one and the other can be filled with different ingredients and receive…
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Brown rice salad with ricotta
A couple of weeks ago I had a brief moment of excitement: I found salted, shelled sunflower seeds in a supermarket. You might say: So what? And I say that, just like white asparagus, pâtés, and a few other things I’m too embarrassed to admit I miss, they are products that are hard to find in Rome. When I go…
