Italian Gourmet Traveller, living in Dubai.
This delicious spinach pesto is a very easy and quick recipe! You will love it ;) Ingredients for 2 people – 160g whole-grain pasta – 200g of fresh baby spinach – 40g of grated Parmesan cheese – a large spoonful of grated pecorino romano – 80g Feta cheese – black pepper Olive oil and coarse…
This is a delicious creamy soup with a sweet and delicate flavor. It is perfect if you want a good, quick and healthy meal! :) Ingredients – 400g yellow pumpkin – 1 small white Cauliflower – 3 large carrots – 3 large potatoes – half a red onion – parsley – a sprinkling of black pepper…
With Ragu alla Bolognese, with porcini mushrooms or with prawns and courgettes – whatever its sauce, Tagliatelle is always very good. – Sometimes, I like to eat it just with olive oil, black pepper and lots of parmesan. And if they are handmade, they are even better! There are very few ingredients needed to make…
The Frittata is Italy’s version of the Spanish ‘tortilla.’ It’s cheap, quick-cooking, and it can be filled more or less with all vegetables you like, usually it’s made with: Asparagus, Potatoes, Broccoli or Artichokes. Here is the recipe for the potato frittata but if you prefer to make it with another filling, just replace potatoes with the…
I learned to make handmade tortellini thanks to the grandmother of a friend of mine. The funny thing is that I met her in Dubai! She came from Bologna – the motherland of tortellini, ragù, and many other typical Italian recipes – with a rolling pin in her suitcase. This was her first flight ever! When…
Crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. La torta della nonna (the Grandma’s Pie) is one of the most popular recipe of my sister. Often I ask her to make this dessert for our sunday lunches and… not a crumb remains! Ingredients for the pastry – 300g sifted flour 00 – 150g of sugar –…
Gnocchi (dumplings) are a typical Italian dish that usually is prepared for the Sunday lunch even if in Rome it’s traditional to eat potato Gnocchi on Thursday! You can eat Gnocchi with many different sauces but the ‘Ragù alla Bolognese’ is always one of my favorite. Making potato gnocchi is easier than you think! In…
Where I come from, south of Italy, September and October are the best months to collect mushrooms and snails! Both are a dish that we can’t wait to eat after the summer :) Have you ever eat snails? If you are travelling in Italy in autumn and if you want to pick snails up from the…
The Tiramisu is one of my favorite Italian desserts! Although it is a very easy recipe, it is important to take care to some details when you are preparing it. There are as many different Tiramisu recipes as there are Italian families, each with their own little secret. Here I share with you the secrets…
These potato fritters have a soft heart and a crispy crust and are also good cold! My mother often prepare these fritters during the summer, before going to the beach. They are the perfect accompaniment for aperitif or side dish to a larger meal. Ingredients for 2 people – 5 medium potatoes – 1 egg – 50g fresh cheese…
Parmigiana is a typical summer dish from Southern of Italy. The classic Parmigiana is baked in oven and in some recipes it contains even more ingredients, such as boiled eggs and ham. Personally, I prefer this version because it is “lighter”. My mother taught me to make the cold Parmigiana and I find it delicious. Ingredients for…
The original italian recipe for these meatballs (or Polpette, as we call them in Italy) use coarse minced pork meat but in this case I used normal ground beef. This version is perfect for who has no time to goes at the butcher to buy coarse mince or for who doesn’t eat pork meat. Both are…
Why eat a simple salad when you can have a special one? Often, when I want to impress my guests but I do not have much time to cook, I prepare this Unusual Salad. It is easy, healthy and how we say in Italy “da leccarsi i baffi” (it means ‘to lick your mustaches’). You can eat…
This recipe is actually very quick and simple but, at the same time, it is very yummy. It is perfect if you want eat something crunchy and, in addition, it is a clever way to get the kids to eat vegetables. When my mom cooks Frittelle, or ‘Fritters’, for us it is always a party! You can eat…