Dishes easy to make. Most of them made in 2pots.
Chestnut Pasta from Scratch is Italian homemade pasta with wheat flour and chestnut flour. Hearty, nutty, enriched with bitter cocoa powder, it makes an excellent pasta dough for savoury and sweet dishes. My dear grandmother had a golden rule for pasta making: 13 tablespoons of wheat flour +… Read more »
Chestnut and Pancetta Focaccia is beautiful late summer meal made with chestnut flour and boiled chestnuts. On the top, there is a layer of pancetta stessa ( flat pancetta ) to add smoky flavours to chestnut batter. What is focaccia ? The name focaccia derives from the Roman “panis… Read more »
Chestnut Truffles is gluten free dessert; delicious and simple, with chocolate, dark rum and chestnut, no bake easy homemade truffle recipe. To finish this year’s Chestnut Trilogy, here we have Chestnut Truffles, no bake delicacy, made in 20 minutes. If you have seen my previous posts on chestnuts (… Read more »
Vegan Chestnut Soup: Boiled chestnuts delicacy, vegan version, made with vegetables, sugar free chestnut paste, wine and whipping cream is ready to be your fall favourite. Comforting, smoky and nutty cream soup. So tasty ! The key ingredient for this beautiful creamy Vegan Chestnut Soup is boiled chestnuts paste,… Read more »
Chestnut Flour Cookies : The timing is perfect to make a batch of these Chestnut Flour Cookies. Reason to this is simple and easy recipe; nutty and woody flavor will make you fall in love with them and add to your „cookies to bake“ list for the upcoming holidays. This… Read more »
Castagnaccio is chestnut flour, rosemary, pine nuts, dried fruit, dense, rustic Italian cake. Autumnal Italian classic! If you prefer experiencing different tastes and flavours, especially desserts with low sugar, this Castagnaccio recipe is the one you are looking for. Tuscans don’t use a lot of sugar to make… Read more »
Roast Chestnut Pizza with Pine Nuts is the best pizza twist! Roast chestnuts, pine nuts, mozzarella and pesto are the best ode to autumn flavours! Shopping at street market every Saturday is something I seriously need to reconsider. The reason to this is my lack of control: as… Read more »