Traditional Recipe: Pesto Alla Genovese
Pesto is a well known basil sauce originating in Genoa. This delicious sauce is traditionally served with various kinds of pasta such as trofie, lasagne and gnocchi or used to enrich dishes like...
View ArticleFocaccia Rustica Alle Cipolle (Rustic Onion Focaccia)
This is another popular version of the Focaccia Alla Genovese. This onion focaccia comes from a traditional recipe, but here I am making my own adaptation, using different flours and not just plain...
View ArticleTraditional Recipe: Sicilian Almond Biscuits With Candied Cherries...
These Sicilian biscuits (or small pastries) are gluten-free, dairy-free, delicious and very easy to prepare! It is better to use a piping bag to shape the biscuits, but if you don’t have one, you can...
View ArticleTraditional Recipe: La Farinata Genovese (Genoese Socca)
Basically made from 3 ingredients (chickpea flour, olive oil and water), la farinata, or socca (as it is called in Nice), is a kind of chickpea focaccia, which doesn’t contain gluten and is dairy free....
View ArticleHow To Make (Almost) Perfect Meringues
The basics. A meringue is basically made with two ingredients: sugar and egg whites. In Italian cuisine we often use three types of meringue: the classic, the French or Italian meringue. While the...
View ArticleCranberry And White Chocolate Pandolce
Pandolce is a wonderful Genoese Christmas cake, traditionally made with raisins, candied fruits and pine nuts; so simple but rich in flavours, because we use only the best quality ingredients. For this...
View ArticlePear And Gorgonzola Risotto (no oil, no butter)
This pear and gorgonzola risotto is definitely another highly addictive dish!….One of those dishes that you just can’t stop eating, even when you have picked up the last grain of rice and swept up the...
View ArticleTraditional Recipe: Easy Spinach Flan
This week we are going to prepare a light spinach flan, made with lots of spinach, fresh ricotta, eggs and parmesan cheese. It is an incredibly easy dish to make and so tasty, it can be served as a...
View ArticleWhole Spelt Piadina (Italian flatbread)
The Piadina Romagnola is a flatbread traditionally made in Emilia-Romagna, an Italian region well known for its delicious food and wonderful recipes. Usually, this bread is made with simple ingredients...
View ArticleTraditional Recipe : Vegetarian Bolognese Sauce (Sugo Finto)
I have to admit that since I stopped eating meat there are some traditional dishes that I really miss…Bolognese sauce is one of them! There is a very tasty vegetarian alternative though, which is as...
View ArticlePasta With Easy Fresh Tomato Sauce
Pasta al pomodoro is cheap, easy to make and absolutely delicious! There are several variations of this dish, made using different ingredients to personalise and flavour the sauce, but I personally...
View ArticleSpaghetti With Raw Tomato ‘Sauce’ (Vegan/Dairy-free)
This wonderful ‘sauce’ is so easy to make, can be prepared in advance and is a delicious refreshing summer recipe! My mum makes this sauce using a smaller quantity of tomatoes (without draining the...
View ArticleGenoese Sage Focaccia! (more a tutorial than a recipe)
This focaccia alla salvia, a typical Genoese focaccia, is very aromatic, wonderful served with cheese, soups and cold cuts. To make this focaccia you follow the focaccia recipe method and then you add...
View ArticleHow To Make Gnocchi (The Easy Way)
In this recipe it’s really really important to use the right kind of potatoes…The best potatoes to use are old floury potatoes, as they contain less water compared to new potatoes and therefore mix...
View ArticleHow To Poach An Egg
Poached eggs are truly a special dish with their lovely creamy texture and wonderful delicate flavour. The low-fat cooking method used to prepare these eggs can be a little difficult to get right at...
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