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: November 2012
Seafood Paella
Like so many women who decide to go forth and multiply, there came a point in the life of my friend Nieves Alberruche when she became known, or ‘identifiable’, as the mother of her boys F. and R. at the … Continue reading
Posted in Fish and seafood, Recipes from outside Italy, Uncategorized
Tagged olive oil, prawn stock, prawns, saffron, seafood paella, venus clams
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Pasta and Broccoli Soup
This is a traditional soup which may not be very exciting but that’s all right I suppose, because soup isn’t supposed to be ‘exciting’ now, is it? Nourishing, warming, soothing, comforting, healing, filling, satisfying … these are all adjectives that … Continue reading
Posted in italian home food, Primi (first courses - usually a pasta or risotto), Uncategorized
Tagged blanching, broccoli, pasta, pecorino, soup
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Humble ingredient, special technique – Pasta with Button Mushrooms
Gone are the days when cooking pasta was as normal as tying one’s shoelaces. I sometimes feel that the obsession with cooking and food which we have all been privy to during the last ten years or so is just … Continue reading
Green Technique and Sicilian Broccoli Pasta – Pasta e Broccoli con acciughe
Just for the record, I was not good at physics and chemistry at school and gave them up as subjects as soon as I could. What a pity. If had seen the video I am putting up at the end … Continue reading
Squash and Grapes for an Autumnal Risotto
I do love the colours of Autumn when the leaves on the trees blaze crazily on the road to hibernation (or whatever trees do when the weather is cold and the days short). It is my considered opinion that this … Continue reading
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