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All Seasons · Desserts · Recipes

Grazia’s chantilly cream

January 20, 2012August 19, 2017 madonnadelpiatto9 Comments

I must be the only woman on the Western hemisphere who is not on a diet after the holidays. It can’t be healthy to be on a diet in the dead of the winter. Besides – with all my food intolerances – I live in such a modesty I can afford some culinary cuddling. Don’t… Continue reading Grazia’s chantilly cream

Desserts · Recipes

orange scented custard with flambé berries

March 3, 2011November 30, 2013 madonnadelpiatto14 Comments

There is always a point in the winter when I can’t eat one more apple. When I go to the market I longingly look at those petrified mangoes dreaming of their sexy flavor. Just for once, I tell them, could you please have some  flavor? I hopefully examine those half-white strawberries. No hope. I don’t… Continue reading orange scented custard with flambé berries

Recipes · Sauces

quick Béchamel sauce

March 31, 2009May 8, 2013 madonnadelpiatto7 Comments

According to food historians sauce was used in 200 A.D. by the Romans to disguise the taste of food and possibly to conceal lack of freshness. In contrast with what  has been done in the last couple of thousand years, modern Italian cuisine  makes scant use of sauces. A sauce is now intended as a… Continue reading quick Béchamel sauce

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