Look at this recipe for crepes stuffed with burrata and Iberian ham that I’ve pulled out of my sleeve! A few days ago, I felt like experimenting with burrata. For those who don’t know, burrata is a cheese typical of Puglia, a pouch of mozzarella filled with cream and stracciatella (not the ice cream! Stracciatella is also the name for…
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Recipe for beans with tomato and sage (fagioli all’uccelletto)
Fagioli all’uccelletto, a typical Tuscan recipe, super easy and based on beans, tomato, sage, and little else, which works as a first course or side dish, and is prepared in a jiffy. I think it’s perfect that legumes are good for your health. First, because I love them and, second, because they don’t cost much money. The only problem they…
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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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Roman-style stewed salt cod (cod with tomato, raisins, and pine nuts)
Today it’s time for “baccalà in umido alla romana”, also known as “in” or “al” guazzetto (the little sauce) cod; with a tomato, raisin, and pine nut sofrito. This is a recipe originating from Judeo-Roman cuisine, but over time, it became the official dish for Christmas Eve for many years. Nowadays, however, this tradition has been somewhat lost and it…
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Baci di dama with almonds and white chocolate
Baci di dama are typical cookies from Piedmont that are named as such because, with a greater or lesser effort of imagination, the two cookies joined by chocolate should resemble the lips of two people kissing. They can be made with almonds or hazelnuts and are usually joined with gianduja chocolate (milk chocolate and hazelnuts), but I wanted to try…
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Coconut, white chocolate, and raspberry tiramisu
I wanted to make tiramisu, but when I had already prepared the cream, I realized I had run out of coffee. So I borrowed the white chocolate and raspberries I had for making muffins from myself and started inventing things. Since we are almost at Easter, I decorated one of the bowls with a little bunny. I thought that if…
