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: February 2013
The Comfort of a Spud – Il Puré di Patate, Mashed Potatoes Italian Style
You either love potatoes or you don’t, you either adore mashed potoatoes or recoil in horror at their flowing mushiness. I happen to think mashed potatoes are a good reason to be alive. Even vegans can enjoy an ersatz version … Continue reading
The Perfumed Rice of Persia and a ‘Bits and Pieces’ Dinner
Maybe it’s just me and the reading material that I come across as I frolic and gambol through the world of food and cooking, but there seems to be quite a spate of all-things-Persian looping around in the blogosphere at … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Techniques, Contorni and/or side dishes, Recipes from outside Italy, Uncategorized
Tagged Anissa Helou, baba ganouj, carrots, chicken with hazelnuts, cous cous, dinners and buget, Fae's Twist and Tango, honey, how to cater for many people, hummus, Middle East cuisine, My Custard Pie, orange blossom water, organic oranges, Persian Rice, rose water, saffron filaments, ztaziki
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The Sardinian Seafood Salad – Astice alla Catalana
I really do not know enough about how lobsters are graded world-wide but I can safely vouch for those found in the waters of Sardinia (especially in the Gulf of Asinara between Stintino and Santa Teresa di Gallura, and also … Continue reading
Fancy Schmancy Seafood Pasta – Amatriciana di Mare
This pasta dish is a close interpretation of the “Amatriciana di Mare” recipe of chef Dino de Bellis (currently working at Rome’s Salotto Culinario restaurant). I think his title is a misnomer because ‘amatriciana’ and/or ‘matriciana’ is all about pancetta … Continue reading
You say ‘potato’, I say ‘patata’ – Tortino di Patate, Prosciutto e Mozzarella
Go on, if you have a moment, click on the link below, featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Astaire singing a famous Gershwin song — but let’s not do as its title suggests … which is : Let’s call it off. … Continue reading
Insalata Russa: The Salad with a Mysterious Pedigree
I almost got a headache reading around the origins for a mixture of veggies and mayonnaise that in Italy is known as “Insalata Russa” (i.e. Russian salad) and in Russia as “Salade Olivier”. By all means, if you have time … Continue reading
Posted in Antipasti, Fish and seafood, italian home food, Uncategorized
Tagged apple, beetroot, carrots, crayfish, festive food, home made mayonnaise, insalata russa, lemon, olive oil, onion, peas, potatoes, salade olivier, tuna, wine vinegar
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