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 2014
Cabbage and Rice and all Things Nice – All in one with the Cornish Game Hen
The idea was to introduce more cabbage into our family’s regular eating habits. Nobody in my immediate family jumps up and down for joy at the thought of eating cabbage and so I was looking for a cunning plan, see? … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Techniques, Recipes from outside Italy, Uncategorized
Tagged cabbage, carrot, celery, olive oil, onion, rice, sausage, Stuffed Cornish Game Hens, white wine
13 Comments
Head Nodding, Sighing and Enjoying Roman-style Oxtail Stew – Coda di bue alla vaccinara
This is a fourth post that I am writing on His Excellency The Oxtail Stew (coda di bue alla vaccinara) … which tells me two things. One … that I like it and two, that I like to play around … Continue reading
The Grand-Duchess of Frascati – The Delight of Shopping at Ceralli’s
I do love to sleep in on a Sunday morning — or rather, that’s what I tell myself. The truth is probably more like … I would so love to possess the right amount of self discipline to wake up … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Ceralli, coppiette di cavallo (horse jerky), frappe, Frascati, fresh bread, pizza, Sunday shopping
22 Comments
Soup – Combining the Smoothness of Chickpeas with the Highlights of Seafood: Passata di Ceci con Scampetti di Manfredonia e Cannolicchi
Chickpeas are loved the world over and I for one am enamoured of their little round shape … but … if you think about it, a lot of recipes seem to require the smashing up of cooked chickpeas. Think hummus … Continue reading
Kale Soup and the Sausage
I dedicate this post to Johnny Hepburn of ” feedthepiglet.wordpress.com ” whose take on soup never fails to amaze me as I look on and imagine the layers of taste constituted by him therein. He is a superb soup maker. First, … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and plants, italian home food, Soups, Uncategorized
Tagged kale, lamon beans, pecorino cheese, salt, sausage, soup, toasted bread, www.cantforget.it
8 Comments
Amatriciana and/or Matriciana Definitive Approach
This is the fifth time I write about this dish … and I am pretty much convinced (never say never, I know!) that it is going to be the definitive approach for me. I have been making it this … Continue reading
Lamon bean and pork rind stew – Fagioli con le Cotiche
Beans are good for the heart, and a bean is a bean is a bean, isn’t that so? The Lamon beans were a first for me and when the grocer recommended them as being special, I was drawn to nodding … Continue reading
Posted in Contorni and/or side dishes, Uncategorized
Tagged carrot, celery, evoo, fagioli con le cotiche, guanciale, lamon beans, onion, peppercorns. pork jowl, soffritto, tomato paste
5 Comments
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