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: January 2013
Seafood Cous Cous
Surprisingly, a lot of people I know, including members of my immediate family, do not like cous cous. It doesn’t bear thinking about, does it, I love it! And so I came up with this version, a cous cous bearing … Continue reading
Posted in Antipasti, Basic Techniques, Fish and seafood, Herbs and plants, italian home food, Uncategorized
Tagged basil, fish stock, MUSSELS, prawns, red capsicum, Seafood cous cous, squid
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Broccoli fritters – frittelle di broccolo
Another one from me, the FFF (fried food fanatic). Here are some pretty broccolo romano florets, all washed and ready to go. Put plenty of salt into plenty of boiling water and plop the florets in for a few minutes … Continue reading
Posted in Antipasti, italian home food, Uncategorized
Tagged broccoli fritters, eggs, flour, groundnut oil, spring onion
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Orange-Scented Hummus
I read about Smitten Kitchen’s technique for making the fluffiest of hummuses a few weeks ago (http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2013/01/ethereally-smooth-hummus) and although I have no reason to doubt the culinary sagacity of its author (on the contrary I am a great admirer), I … Continue reading
Posted in Antipasti, Basic Techniques, Pressure Cooker, Recipes from outside Italy, Uncategorized
Tagged hummus, Il Cefalicchio (Canosa, oranges, Puglia), Smitten Kitchen, tahini, zest
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Spaghetti with Mini Lobster Sauce – Spaghetti all’Astice
I tried looking it up in the dictionary but there doesn’t seem to be an English equivalent for the Italian lobster known as ‘astice’. An astice is most definitely a lobster but it is very very small compared with any … Continue reading
Lentil Soup – Passata di Lenticchie
In the Bible, Esau sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a bowl of lentil stew. I am not claiming that the lentil soup I am writing about is worth a birthright (!) but it is jolly good, especially … Continue reading
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“Best before”, Expiry dates and Creativity – Artichoke and Seafood Pasta
The word ‘creative’ is bandied about quite a lot in food and culinary speak, isn’t it. And creativity is indeed the spice of life — literally! When sperm and cell get together, that’s what they do, they ‘create’ life! When … Continue reading
Artichokes and the Pressure Cooker
This is a very ‘technical’, ‘dry’ sort of post I suppose … but one that might prove very useful for anyone wanting to cut a few corners when cooking artichokes: i.e. the benefit of a pressure cooker. Artichokes take a … Continue reading
On a Silver Plate – Cream, Cognac and Posh Polpette
The thing with meatballs is that you either love them or sneer away from them if you’re not Italian. I’ve yet to met an Italian who doesn’t like his or her ‘polpette’ (‘little pulps’ is the literal translation of meatballs … Continue reading
Thank You to Fellow (Food) Bloggers
Dear Fellow Food Bloggers who have nominated me for an award, I would like to thank you very much for nominating me/my blog, a gesture that I have appreciated a great deal, and want to offer my deeply felt apologies … Continue reading
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