Dishes easy to make. Most of them made in 2pots.
Traditional Venetian Carrot and Almond Cake is diary free irresistible holiday Venetian dessert. This Venetian Carrot cake recipe is an ancient one, really. I had to make it three times to adjust and replace ingredients. It’s just that the quality of ingredients has changed a lot in hundred… Read more »
Meringue Sandwich Cookies made with shortbread and glossy egg whites peaks are the best. Assembled with homemade apricot jam, they are perfect show stopper for your next holidays. This vintage sandwich cookies recipe is a tribute to my grandmother. She used to make a batch of them for… Read more »
Roasted Bone Marrow Recipe using beef bones makes the base for various tasty dishes. It can be served alone as delicate appetizer. All you need is salt, ground black pepper and fresh herbs to enjoy it on a slice of toasted bread ! And again, here we have… Read more »
Pandoro from Scratch is Italian Christmas golden cake, simple yet decadent, of mild flavor, soft, slightly scented with vanilla, so light and fluffy. Hello everybody ! It’s Christmas baking time again and here I share beautiful Pandoro from Scratch with you ! Let’s make it clear from the start… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Rustic Lard Bread : perfect recipe for Italian lard bread , made with water, dry yeast and lard instead of butter to get soft dough; baked in the oven for tasty and simple slices served with prosciutto ! Last year, I started to renew my family vintage recipes and found… 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 »