This year I haven't managed to skip all the Christmas Parties I was invited to. The original plan was to provide the same old excuse to decline the invites but eventually - might be because I don't know how long I'm going to be in London and that made me more conscious about the time …
Easy Chestnut Flour Biscotti Recipe
Christmas time is coming - as every year - with an intense gift trafficking and an amount of food that would be just enough to feed a football team for a year or so. I will be spending the festivities in Naples, mostly cherishing my idleness and dealing with arguing sisters (they argue at every …
Pea and Pumpkin Penne
A creamy pumpkin sauce without cream and butter. Just the way I like my "tomato-less pasta sauce" to be. Cream is sickly heavy and cheese is overused. Any solution? Mine is a sauce whose creaminess comes from pureed pumpkin and egg yolks. A sprinkle of Parmesan. A sprinkle or two: I swear, it's enough. I …
Gluten-Free Tuscan Chestnut Crepes Filled with Sweet Ricotta
Autumn brings lots of chestnuts to Tuscany and Tuscany brings Necci to us. Necci, chestnut crepes stuffed with soft cheese, are one of the most popular traditional Tuscan sweets. Pancakes, to be precise, made from chestnut flour and water mixed to get a smooth batter, slightly thicker than a normal crepe. Then Necci or "Nicci", meaning …
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Tuscan Pici with Stracchino and Zucchini
Ok, let's start from the title. I reckon many of you might not know what Pici is. And stracchino? I agree, a name too odd to be associated to something edible. Pici, Wikipedia says, is a thick, hand-rolled pasta, like a fat spaghetti, that originates in the province of Siena in Tuscany. Stracchino is a type of …
Yaourtíni: Greek Yogurt and Lemon Cake
I may start a new routine in my life: baking on Sunday. I came to conclusion that Sunday is the right day to fill the house with sweet aromas. Not Saturday, when I'm too lazy to deal with the most impertinent ingredient I know (flour, always going everywhere) and least of all a week day …