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Chestnut Truffles

  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 »

Chestnut Flour Cookies

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 »

Arancello from Scratch

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 »

Pesto Pancetta Rolls

Pesto Pancetta Rolls : Super easy to make with your favourite pesto, store bought or homemade. Pancetta gives the very special smoky flavour ! To get eight rolls of Pesto Pancetta Rolls, you need 2 cups of Manitoba flour : It is named after Canadian province since it originates from… Read more »

Pangoccioli from Scratch

  Pangoccioli from Scratch are Italian version of hot cross chocolate chip sweet buns, homemade. Perfect to serve for Easter brunch! Pangoccioli from Scratch recipe shows how easy it is to make these tasty, sweet buns at home. They are so much more inviting than those packed in plastic bags,… Read more »

Ricotta Castagnole

  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

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 »

Panettone from Scratch

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

  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 »