My Home Food That’s Amore- Arrivederci – Continue to Read my recipes on My New Blog
- Frascati Mutton Stew – Spezzatino di Castrato e Piselli al Frascati DOCG
- Baked Cauliflower and Potato Patties
- Birthdays and The Little Things That Please Us
- Quiche Frascataine
- Risotto alla Carbonara
- A Garland of Potatoes and Vegetables and a Good Bit of Scraping
- A Craving for Sartù – Using Leftovers Backwards
- Meatballs with Peas – Polpette con Piselli
- Rice and Lentil Fritters – Loving the Leftovers
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Picchiapò – pronounced peek-ya-poh
Leftovers are sneered at by people who subscribe to reasons that are either piously self-complacent or scientifically hygienic. The first believe that there should never be a surfeit of food, that planning and good husbandry are the essence of a … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and plants, Secondi (main course
Tagged boiled meat, bollito, herbs, meat stock, picchiapò, tomatoes
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Fish cooked in crazy water – Pezzogna all’acqua pazza
“Pezzogna all’acqua pazza” I had to look up the name for this fish in English, and apparently it corresponds to ‘red sea bream’. It is also called ‘pagello’ or ‘occhialone’ in Italian but we who live in or around Rome, … Continue reading
Baker’s Brisket – Punta di Vitello alla Fornara
This recipe made me realise, and not for the first time, how lucky we are nowadays to enjoy the fruits of kitchen technology: running water out of a tap, a cooker, a fridge, electrical gadgets and, not to be undermined, … Continue reading
Adding Courgettes to Mussels – Impepata di Zucchine
I could have spelled that ‘muscles’ instead of ‘mussels’, considering how facetiously I wrote in a previous post about the lack lustre taste of courgettes (zucchini) but I think I have made the point now so … enough is enough. … Continue reading
Posted in Antipasti, Fish and seafood, italian home food
Tagged courgettes, garlic, MUSSELS, pepper, zucchini
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Sartor’s Arrosticini Messinesi with a Green Sauce
Daniele from the Sartor Butcher’s at the Testaccio market told me that he was inspired to make these skewers after watching some little old ladies sitting outside their house in Messina, crafting little ‘pouches’ of meat stuffed with cheese and … Continue reading
New Testaccio Market in Rome
I finally went to visit the new Testaccio Market built near the former abattoir that is now home to other sections of the MACRO museum and the Department of Architecture of Roma Tre University. It opened last July and had … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and plants, Places to eat, Uncategorized
Tagged arrosticini messinesi, farmer, Fresh vegetables, New Testaccio Market, Rome
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Preparing Courgette Blossoms, Stuffing them and Frying Them
I was so in love with the courgette blossoms I bought one day that I put them inside a vase for a bit. There is something so very jolly about them! Before being eaten, they need to be trimmed a … Continue reading
Posted in Antipasti, Herbs and plants, italian home food, Uncategorized
Tagged anchovy, basil, courgette blossoms, fiori di zucca, mozzarella, oil, zucchini flowers
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My favourite Batter for Courgette Blossoms
There are as many batters as you care to make. That became my conclusion a few years ago when I was experimenting with batters for courgette blossoms or fiori di zucca as they are called in Italian. Traditionally in Rome, … Continue reading
Stuffed courgettes – zucchine ripiene
Another way to render the courgette more appetising (see previous post on boring courgettes) is to stuff it, in other words, to use the courgette as a casement, as an ‘excuse’ to savour whatever else you are going to eat … Continue reading
What to do with boring courgettes: ‘boats’ with shrimps
Many friends and relations often comment that many of the vegetables taste so much nicer in Italy than back home, wherever ‘home’ might happen to be. That’s as may be except for one vegetable which I think is utterly ‘boring’ … Continue reading
Posted in Antipasti, italian home food, Uncategorized
Tagged capers, courgettes, home made mayonnaise, zucchine
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My Home Food That's Amore 