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beef straccetti with asparagus and spring onions
STRACCETTI DI MANZO CON ASPARAGI. Spring, spring, spring! Quick, quick, quick! Who wants to be inside with this beautiful weather? Who wants a complicated dinner when there’s lavender to prune, petunias to plant, dry leaves to sweep and finally forget? … Continue reading
Filed under Meat Dishes, Recipes, Spring, Vegetables
baci di dama cookies
Baci di dama, lady’s kisses. Heavenly lips with a chocolate smile. These are classic Italian cookies from Piemonte, one of the gastronomic meccas of Italy. The region is rich in all sorts of delicacies such as hazelnuts, chocolate, truffles and … Continue reading
Filed under All Seasons, Desserts, Recipes
pasta alla puttanesca
PUTTANESCA aka THE WHORE’S SAUCE. With a name like this you can only expect something spectacular. There are several metropolitan legends that try to explain the peculiar name. The one that makes more sense to me refers to prostitutes not … Continue reading
spaghetti con asparagi
SPAGHETTI WITH (WILD) ASPARAGUS Foraging is all the rage nowadays, but Italians have never stopped these sort of primitive habits. My father has never made a walk for the sake of it in his entire life. He actually drives to … Continue reading
Filed under Dried Pasta, Life in Umbria, Pasta, Recipes, Sauces, Spring
saltimbocca di maiale al Vinsanto
PORK SALTIMBOCCA WITH VINSANTO. The Italian word saltimbocca means “to jump in the mouth”. This is because the meat is cooked so quickly that it will be on your plate after only a couple of pirouettes in the pan. To … Continue reading
Filed under All Seasons, Meat Dishes, Recipes
