Dishes easy to make. Most of them made in 2pots.
Arancello from Scratch : Orange Liqueur, homemade. Arancello fatto in casa, ricetta della nona. Four ingredients only to have the best arancello made completely from scratch ! The best time to make Arancello from Scratch recipe is the one when you can get fresh, no chemically treated oranges. It is… Read more »
Grandmother’s Jam Filled Lard Cookies are low sugar perfect vintage afternoon snack our grandmother used to make. You may fill them with any of your favourite jam! To continue with ancient foods and ingredients, here you can read about my childhood cookies. Lard is in the dough to… Read more »
6-inch Italian Easter Ricotta Pie is old Italian ricotta pie. Brave ones add lemon zest, cinnamon, and orange zest into filling. Once you make it, you’ll understand why! 😊 This 6-inch Italian Easter Ricotta Pie is smaller version of what we usually make for Easter. Just like this… Read more »
Grandmother’s Pine Nut Pie : Torta della Nonna con Pignoli recipe. Hello everybody ! We had my birthday party last week end and I decided to bake and publish one of two best desserts I grew up with: Grandmother’s Pine Nut Pie. There is something very special about… Read more »
Vintage Blueberry Coffee Cake: more than hundred years old, this recipe survived thanks to its simplicity and amazing flavours ! Vintage Blueberry Coffee Cake is one of the evergreens baked quite often, combined with seasonal berries. A handful of any berries added to this perfect batter makes it so comforting… Read more »
Apple and Cinnamon Tater Tots from Scratch : “apple gnocchi” would ring the bell to my grandmother. There are some childhood pictures imprinted in my mind, still so vivid like they happened only several weeks ago. One of them are wooden vegetable boxes full of apples that were stored in… Read more »
Fig Jam Italian Pie : Crostata di Marmelatta di Fico is homemade pie dough dessert. Filling is fig jam, also homemade with lattice pattern on the top. Italian at its best! This crostata recipe is my grandmother’s. If you have good, hundreds or thousands of time tested from… Read more »
Limoncello From Scratch : Italian freezer drink. Best Limoncello from Scratch recipe ! Limoncello from Scratch requires several phases to make but it is worth of every second ! If you cannot get Sorrento lemons ( Limone di Sorrento ), Eureka Lemons are excellent as well. But if you… Read more »
Sour Cherry and Black Pepper Cobbler: wartime recipe with an outlandish twist. My grandmother was a master of survival. During the Second World War she sewed clothes for her children using material cut from parachutes. My mother was one of those children, that is how I know the story. Being… Read more »
Napoleons with Italian Pastry Cream: Thin layers of puff pastry filled with smooth, silky and gentle Italian Pastry Cream, easily done. Spring brings nice, fresh colours and a change in the types of food we prepare. I started looking for something different in an old recipe book, and found… Read more »