I have just started dabbling into regional Italian cuisine, trying to find ways to make it healthier and lighter, and already discovered plenty of delicious dishes I didn’t even heard about before. Shame on me. One example is this puree of fava beans (or broad beans), a typical dish from the Italian region Salento and Lucania, for …
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No, this is not a dessert. It’s a main, a proper risotto. A recipe mainly popular in north of Italy; born in the 70’s when the classic saffron risotto was already famous and appreciated everywhere. It’s not on my menu very often, not because the combination rice-strawberry sounds strange to me but mainly because I …
The tastiest Italian pizza comes from an exuberant city in southern Italy that surrounds a dormant volcano called Vesuvius. It’s Napoli, the city where I was born. There, Pizza is art and religion at the same time, a specialty always prepared to reach an inimitable texture and softness. Although only Neapolitan Pizzaioli (pizza makers) know the secret for the finest …
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Did you know that eating habits and carbon dioxide emissions are strictly related? The amount of CO2 produced in the transportation and processing of food depends on our diet: it ranges from 600 kg of CO2 in case of vegetarian diets to 3,000 kg of CO2 for diets based on red meat consumed on a daily basis. It …
Another italian classic: Tagliatelle ai Funghi. The autumN flavor of mushrooms meets the delicacy of a long, flat pasta. Definitely one of my favourite main, a dish that delivers a great taste whether the pasta is made with durum wheat semolina or eggs. Preparing a great mushroom sauce isn’t difficult at all, it’s all about …
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Back to the normal food! I could not stand the festive fatty meals anymore. It’s been a couple of days I’m avoiding sweets and choosing light meals. Today I wanted to enjoy the flavors of Italian cuisine to the fullest so I made these Spaghetti alla Puttanesca, a dish very popular in the region where …
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