Category Archives: Winter
cappelletti pasta with kamut
I have been keeping this post for one of those rare days when I have enough time in my hands. I wanted quiet and concentration to explain everything in sufficient detail. To tell you that cappelletti, the Umbrian diminuitive version … Continue reading
Filed under Fall, Fresh Pasta, Recipes, Winter
baked cardoons
PARMIGIANA DI CARDI. This is a recipe which smells intensely of Christmas to me. It reminds me of my mum, perennially standing in her tiny kitchen, creating complicated wonders. Oddly, she hardly made a sound while cooking for a large … Continue reading
Filed under Appetizers, Recipes, Vegetables, Winter
chestnut and mascarpone cream
October is an incredibly generous month in Umbria. The weather is still mellow and sunny, the winds have cleared up the sky to porcelain blue, we’re counting the days to olive harvest. This will be the first year we’ll have … Continue reading
my Umbrian crostata on “The American in Italia” magazine
I have developed this recipe for my first article on “The American in Italia” online magazine. It’s a lovely rustic crostata made with farro flour and unrefined brown sugar. For more crostata recipes please check my previous posts here and … Continue reading
Filed under Desserts, Fall, Life in Umbria, Recipes, Winter
duck breast in a rosemary, balsamic and citrus-marinade
I have to admit I am not a bird (eating) person. Not that I don’t like fowl, but I find the conditions of intensive chicken farming appalling, health threatening and generally sad (for more enlightenment check also here). We only … Continue reading
Filed under Fall, Meat Dishes, Recipes, Winter
