This dish is inspired by a wonderful snack we prepare during our Neapolitan cooking class, the classic mozzarella in carrozza where two slices of stale bread envelope a slice of mozzarella, some anchovies and fresh herbs – basil or oregano – to be then breaded and deep fried. Here we made it with aubergines instead of bread and kind of…
🍊 I still had a few small blood oranges in my fridge – yay! I love them 🧡 – so I decided to make this quick lunch salad with one of my favourite ingredients of the moment, wild goose pastrami by wildvanwild.nl 🍋 It’s ready in 10 minutes and it’s filling and delicious. You can of course make a pescatarian…
It’s figs season and I’m loving it. Figs, cheese and carbs is a perfect combination, don’t you think? 🙂💚 Btw, why is there no emoji for fig??? Anyway. This time I wanted to test a gluten-free flour I had never tried before. Of course you can use plain flour, if you prefer. You can stick to the same quantities and…
Do you adore September too? It’s the sweetest month of the year: beautiful temperatures, a bit of rain and that nostalgic “I’ve left Summer behind” feeling. I love September, and that’s also because of FIGS! One of my favourite fruits, so tasty and rare because you can eat them only in season.That’s why I eat them as often as I…
HAPPY NEW YEAR! After the excesses of the festivities, I love to go back to the simple, nourishing meals that are my favourite since I was a child. Like pasta e fagioli, pasta with beans, something my grandma Isa from Veneto – where they call it pasta e fasoi – used to make. It’s a tasty and comforting soup-like dish…
These easy to make cups are a healthy treat when you feel like having something sweet without too much sugar. You can make them with white or dark chocolate like I did here, yet I totally advise the dark option since white chocolate is a lot sweeter and more difficult to spread. It doesn’t melt as beautifully as the other…
A quick salad for tomato lovers. No quantities, just use what you have. Made with fresh string beans, ripe tomatoes, the few small potatoes I harvested in my mini garden and fiery shallots marinated in lemon juice to remove a bit of their spiciness. The dressing is a mix of – lots of – parsley, some basil, garlic, lemon juice…
A Super Simple Squash Soup like this is going to be perfect for the cold Autumn and Winter days. It’s made with just four ingredients – onion, garlic, squash or pumpkin and potatoes – and a bit of seasoning. I then pureed it to obtain what we Italians call a vellutata (smooth and “velvety” soup). If you use fresh bay leaves…
This pie is incredibly easy to make and tastes great. The only work that needs to be done is slicing the squash and the potatoes and then assembling the slices in a nice shape, something which is very satisfying for the artistically inclined. 😉 I advise using a mandoline but if you don’t have it, make sure you cut…