Appetizers, Bread, Pizza and Focaccia
- warm chickpea and rocket salad
- fried artichokes
- soft scrambled eggs with asparagus
- salt-boiled lemons and artichoke salad
- spring onion frittata
- home-made pizza
- slow dough focaccia
- fried Sicilian calzoni stuffed with curly endive
- torta al testo
- gluten free savory cauliflower crostata
Homemade Pasta
- how to make pasta dough: ingredients
- food processor pasta dough
- how to cook and sauce your pasta (video)
- no swimming
- ravioli with pears, pecorino and balsamic vinegar (or honey)
- stringozzi noodles
- lasagne
- maltagliati
- gluten free ravioli
- cannelloni
- “priest chokers” made with farro flour
- meat and spinach cannelloni
- potato gnocchi
- cappelletti made with kamut flour
- summer lasagna with zucchini
Sauces
- no sauce???
- basic tomato sauce
- fresh tomato sauce
- ragu’
- fettuccine in lemon sauce
- spaghetti with wild asparagus
- tagliolini with pesto and fava beans
- tortiglioni with puttanesca sauce
- anelletti pasta baked with eggplants
- no-cook pasta sauce with tuna and cherry tomatoes
- lumache pasta with porcini and peppers
- penne with broccolo romanesco
- norcina
- porcini mushrooms sauce with lots of red wine
- spaghetti with salmon and brandy
- quick bechamel sauce
Rice and grains
- red wine risotto
- risotto con asparagi e pancetta
- sartù alla napoletana
- summer farro salad
- farrotto (video)
Soups
- Italian noodle soup
- lentil and farro soup
- minestrone with black rice and farro
- pasta e fagioli for pasta lovers
- spinach and pasta soup
Meat dishes
- Sicilian rolls
- saltimbocca in Vinsanto demi-glaze
- beef straccetti with asparagus and spring onions
- pork cotolette
- duck breast in a rosemary, balsamic and citrus-marinade
- pork mini-meatballs
- Tuscan beef and black pepper stew
- quick terrine a l’Italienne
- “rested” thyme and garlic roast beef
- Umbrian style chicken alla cacciatora
- broccoli meatloaf
Vegetables and side dishes
- how to fry eggplants (video)
- artichoke sformato
- eggplant Parmesan
- roasted eggplant dip
- zucchini in carpaccio
- mushrooms trifolati
- balsamic peppers
- bandiera vegetable stir fry
- peas and ham
- cime di rapa
- potato gateau
- potatoes in a salt crust
- grilled lemon-and-garlic marinated eggplants
Desserts
- panna cotta
- classic tiramisu
- mixed berries tiramisu
- classic crostata jam tart
- chocolate and ricotta crostata with homemade candied orange
- farro crostata
- Italian style Chantilly cream
- ricotta mousse
- chestnut and mascarpone cream
- limoncello melon pannacotta
- orange scented custard with flambé berries
- salted almond praline gelato
- hazelnut biscotti
- baci di dama cookies
- home-made ladyfingers
- pears poached in Vin Santo
- ginger-apple gluten free cake
- fiance cake
- sour-cherry braided brioche
- lemon-butter pinwheel tart
- Easter Dove sweet bread
- Sicilian cassata
- the big kicks (video)
Preserves and Infusions
- spicy olive oil
- home-made vanilla extract
- pickled watermelon rind
- homemade limoncello
- naked lemon jam
- candied orange peel
- spiced persimmon and orange jam
- wild rose liquer
- Giulia’s elderflower jelly
- spiced grape jelly
- chunky Italian-style sweet orange marmalade
- elderberry jelly (video)
Cooking Tips and Ingredients
- how to make coffee in an Italian moka pot
- how to select a very good pasta
- Umami in the Italian cuisine
- balsamic vinegar of Modena
- how to make delicious breadcrumbs
- ministry of protection of mistreated foods
Umbrian Experiences
- if only she knew how difficult…
- it’s finally my turn: I own a castle and I will even have an office
- an enchanted house: Palazzo Bourbon di Sorbello in Perugia
- golden hands (Deruta’s ceramics)
- rainbow
- market treasures (video)
- good bye leaves
- Eurochocolate
- cooking on a sunny day
- women’s hands making magic
- summer
- calendimaggio
- I’am above the clouds
- carnevale!
- twenty four thousand sausages
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