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Fig Jam Italian Pie

  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

  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 »

Italian Seven Layer Dip

  Italian Seven Layer Dip is traditional no bake appetizer bursting with fresh ingredients, tuna and nuts. Ricotta and mozzarella make it complete. Crostini or grissini can be served instead of potato chips!   Do you still cherish tradition of going to street market on Saturday morning? For us, there… Read more »

Blood Orange (Arancia Rossa) Brownies

  Blood Orange (Arancia Rossa) Brownies are best homemade brownie recipe with blood oranges and no brownie mix. Made from scratch, these are simple orange brownies without cocoa powder.   The question of the day is: how to make Blood Orange (Arancia Rossa) Brownies without unsweetened cocoa powder? Just replace… Read more »

Italian Lemon Ricotta Cake

  Italian Lemon Ricotta Cake is traditional Italian lemon zest cake often served at Carnival and Easter. So full of flavours, made from scratch and so irresistible !   Carneval represents the joy of successful banishing the winter and evil spirits and to welcome new sunny season hoping to be… Read more »

Pine Nut Cookies

  Pine Nut Cookies are low sugar, almond paste, pine nuts cookies. Italian recipe aka Biscotti ai Pignolli.   The most exiting time of the year, at least for children, is getting closer. It is not only the presents and cookies; it is the snow, too. Since the winter scene… Read more »