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Stuffed Artichokes

As promised, here I am again with the first recipe for Easter lubch. This is a typical recipe of Ligurian cuisine .It is amazingly simple to do and tasty. It is a vegetarian dish and could also be gluten free if you replace the common bread and breadcrumbs with gluten free bread. Instead of our common Pasqualina artichokes’ cake , this recipe can be served on Easter lunch to make everybody…

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Potato's and Borage's gnocchi

Potato’s and Borage’s gnocchi

It’s been quite long time since I posted last recipe. Here I am again! Today I propose a genuinely nice and tasty recipe with a special vegetable: Borage’s and potato’s gnocchi. Let’s start with the properties and benefits of borage: Still little known, borage boasts several properties and benefits: Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory, useful for combating diseases related to the inflammatory…

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PANETTONE with chocolate drops

PANETTONE with chocolate drops

It’s beginnig a lot to look like Christmas……. Panettone is one of the typical Italian Christmas sweets, but few know its true story. In reality, the origins of this delight are lost in time and the birth of panettone is linked to numerous legends. The most famous one tells that the panettone was born in the court of Ludovico il Moro, lord of Milan in the distant fifteenth century. It was…

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GATTAFIN (Vegetable fried ravioli)

GATTAFIN (Vegetable fried ravioli)

Yesterday I prepared Pansoti for my nephew’s graduation party and I had some chards left over. Therefore, I decided to cook this tasty receipt. It’s a typical dish of Levanto, a village on the Ligurian east coast. It a sort of vegetarian ravioli fried in the oil. It’s perfect to be served as aperitif or simply as an appetizer.

Let’s try and enjoy!

For the pastry:

250 g of flour type 0

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Eggplant and tunafish croquettes

Eggplant and tunafish croquettes

Longtime is gone since I last wrote a recipe……but now I’m back!

This recipe is a variation of the old one that my granny used to cook. The original one was just with tunafish and smashed potatoes.

As I really love eggplants I thought a good idea adding it to make it tastier and healthier and the result is marvelous.

Let’s have a try!

What you need

2 steamed potatoes

3 eggplants

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Whole-grain tagliatelle with pepper cream

Whole-grain tagliatelle with pepper cream

This week the greengrocer where I buy all the vegetables and the fruits had wonderful organic peppers. I love peppers. I mostly buy seasonal vegetables, the taste is wonderful and real. So, I decided to make this simply, quick and tasty sauce to eat with fantastic wholegrain tagliatelle. It was delicious, even my 5 years old daughter loved it.

It’s also a vegan recipe and if you are celiac you…

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STUFFED AUBERGINES

Finally, the summer season started and with it all the tasty vegetables. Today I decided to cook aubergine stuffed with minced meat, eggplant pulp, tomato sauce and so on. Believe me it is delicious, easy to do and it’ does not take too long. It also can be served as single dish, as there are all the nutrients we need in a meal.

Important : as we cannot eat anything with milk and its…

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Pearly Barley and Beans vegetable soup from Tuscany

Pearly Barley and Beans vegetable soup from Tuscany

This is a recipe from the Tuscan tradition, easy to make, which requires noble ingredients such as pearly barley or even spelt and beans. A healthy and hearty first course, perfect to be enjoyed both during cold days in winter, and lukewarm throughout the rest of the year. In addition, we use lots of healthy vegetable. Therefore, this is a perfect dish.

In case you suffer of celiac disease or…

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Vitello tonnato - Veal with a creamy tuna fish sauce

Vitello tonnato – Veal with a creamy tuna fish sauce

This recipe is typical of Piemonte region. My father’s homeland. It has always been my grandma masterpiece.

It is served as an appetizer, very tasty and simple to be done.

It is prepared at least a day or more in advance by braising or simmering a piece of veal from the back leg called Eye Round, which is then cut into thin.

It is recommended to use a specific cut of meat, which is…

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PANZANELLA (Tuscany Summer Salad)

The nice and warmer season started and yesterday for lunch I was wishing to eat something cool and light. Therefore, I made this recipe which, is one of my favourite one.

Panzanella is a Tuscany chopped salad of soaked stale bread, red onions, tomatoes and cucumbers, all seasoned with olive oil and vinegar.  It’s usually eaten in summer or when it starts the hot season, because this mix of…

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PINZA (Trieste Brioche-bread)

As Easter is approaching this morning, I decided to prepare the Pinza. When I was a child my mother used to prepare this sort of brioche-bread at Easter. I woke up and all around in the air there was this delicious smell of brioche,

This is a typical brioche of Friuli region, most known in Trieste city, where my mother is born.

Pinza bread is traditionally served during the Easter…

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TROFFIETTE DI RECCO

TROFFIETTE DI RECCO

Here we are again. With all this time to spend we can do lot of things. Today, together with my little girl we made Troffiette. It takes a bit of time at the beginning. Just because you have to get the correct hand movement to make this kind of pasta. Believe me, it can be very relaxing, a bit like therapeutic. Just watch the videos and try! The trofie di Recco are a typical…

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CANESTRELLI (flower biscuits)

Canestrelli is a must of Ligurian region. There are many recipes, from different villages in the surrounding area. The recipe I choose is from Torriglia. This biscuit has the shape of a flower and it’s covered with icing sugar, It’s very crumbly. We use to eat them at the end of a meal as dessert or for tea break or even for breakfast.Therefore, if you’d like to try, you should firstly look for…

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Mozzarella in Carrozza (fried mozzarella cheese sandwich)

Mozzarella in Carrozza (fried mozzarella cheese sandwich)

Mozzarella in carrozza is typical of Campania region, in the south of Italy, where you can find the best mozzarella!

Mozzarella in carrozza is a simple and tasty traditional Neapolitan dish that, thanks to the crunchy exterior and soft heart, conquers the first bite. Mozzarella in carrozza is a classic appetizer of Neapolitan cuisine. It was born as a recycled dish that originally included…

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Paradise Cake - Torta Paradiso

Paradise Cake – Torta Paradiso

This is a multitasking cake. It will work as a birthday cake for your kid’s party, plain or filled with a nice vanilla or lemon custard  or even, why not, with nutella. You can serve it for tea or for breakfast. It will always be a delicious cake. Also, it’s easy to make and you will not need any yeast.You just have to try.

Ingredients for 26cm baking pan:

300 g. butter 400 g. sugar (I use…

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Spinach roll

This recipe is very simple and tasty. It can be prepared in the morning to be cooked for dinner. This version is with pork meat inside, but if you are vegetarian or prefer a lighter version, you have just to remove the meat during the preparation. Instead of the tomato sauce you can butter the baking tray and add 40 g. butter over the rolls , adding the parmesan and make it au gratin.

Ingredie…

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