Dishes easy to make. Most of them made in 2pots.
Ricotta Castagnole, delicious Italian Carnival sweet dough balls. If you look through ingredients for Ricotta Castagnole, you may notice there is no sugar. It’s because these fritters are dusted with as much as you prefer. Tagged as dessert, they may be served for breakfast as well since they… Read more »
Ricotta Rosemary Cake with Mascarpone Icing; great reminder of snowy landscape, served on a plate : light, moist, tasty and fragrant dessert with lemons and fresh rosemary. This Ricotta Rosemary Cake with Mascarpone Icing reminds us how lovely it is to spend holidays somewhere in the mountains. Having fun at… Read more »
Boozy Chocolate Cake Bread is vintage homemade, flour free, dark rum, chocolate loaf cake. This is one of my grandmothers’ top recipes indeed! While she was in her young age, I am sure she has never heard of Bourbon or Baileys. Dark rum was, besides, grappa, the… Read more »
Beef Bouillon Soup from Scratch : you put beef, vegetables and water together, let it cook for a while and there you have homemade beef bouillon soup to serve or add more taste to your favourite dishes. Beef Bouillon Soup from Scratch has always been one of the staples… Read more »
Panettone from Scratch, Italian Christmas delicacy, featuring my grandmother’s story of how it all started … There are several legends about history of Panettone. They include noble Italian families since sugar, wheat flour and eggs were luxuries in 15th century. Rye and spelt were the most common, cheaper grains to… 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 »
Fruit Loops Squares are colorful, kid friendly no bake sweets with white chocolate and marshmallows. Simple and quick to make! Gone in same manner: quick and easy! 😊 There is something strange happening when children reach second decade. All you have taught them to be healthy, good, and… Read more »
Passion Fruit Preserves is made of three ingredients only ( passion fruit pulp, pectin and sugar ). It makes perfect tropical flavours to spread over your favourite dessert, porridge, waffles, toast or ice cream. After two weeks quarantine, I finally went out to do some real shopping at the… Read more »
Overnight Artisan Bread is homemade best overnight artisan bread, perfect for cast iron casserole dish baking, easy to make, soft inside and soooo golden and crunchy outside! This artisan bread recipe is great one to start with if you are not skilled in bread making / baking but… Read more »
Italian simple vintage twist cookies. Lard makes them flaky, crunchy, and they are just sweet enough! Irresistible! Italian vintage cookies, these Lard Torcetti are perfect for any occasion; weekday snack, Sunday afternoon coffee, holidays, gift …. Just name it. They are not of fancy kind. Not at all.… Read more »