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
Tag Archives: courgettes
Risotto alla Carbonara
We love our pasta in this family, we do. For a variety of reasons, one of which is that pasta lends itself to being concocted in the briefest of time frames and using whatever ingredients are there to be sourced, … Continue reading
Aesop, Morals, an Indian Summer and Frying Foods to the Sound of Cicadas
Did any of you study French at school? Did any of you study La Fontaine and his interpretations of Aesops’ fables? If so, you might empathise with my frame of mind … There are only a few hours before October … Continue reading
Ring of Emperor Rice, Courgettes and King Prawns
I wish there were a verb to define the act of cooking as an enjoyable and absorbing activity as opposed to one that is all about putting some food on the table in as little time as possible. The latter … Continue reading
Testaccio Market, Wrong Season, Wrong Reason, Right Recipe – Courgettes Sweet and Sour – Caponata di Zucchine
I had a somewhat bizarre experience at Rome’s Testaccio market once. The old Testaccio market, that is, the one that was razed to the ground a couple of years ago. An appointment had been made for me to meet a … Continue reading
Posted in Antipasti, Basic Techniques, Contorni and/or side dishes, Herbs and plants, Shops and Stores
Tagged Allan Bay, anchovy fillets, basil, Carmelo D'Agostino the Tomato Poet of Testaccio market, courgettes, garlic, maureen fant, mint, olive oil, pine kernels, raising, red wine vinegar, salt, sugar, Testaccio Market, www.insidersitaly.com
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Courgette and Prawn Pasta with Tomato Foxtrot Bisque
This is the sort of recipe that will appeal to people who do not mind dealing with details and a series of steps. It is not at all ‘difficult’ but it does require a little patience, and I don’t know … Continue reading
Pasta alla Nerano Attempt
I read about this recipe very recently on facebook … and now I can’t find my notes. I googled and only found the text written by Luciano Pignataro on his blog. Anyway – it sounded nice and very summery and … Continue reading
Of Popes and Soups – Minestra vegetale
There is no denying that Nimrod has a lot to answer for, oh yes, no question. If it hadn’t been for him, there would not have been that hubris-inspired Tower of Babel and God wouldn’t have been irritated by this … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Techniques, Herbs and plants, italian home food, Soups, Uncategorized
Tagged cabbage, courgettes, Italian proverbs, Nimrod, onion, pepper corns, Pope Benedict's Abdication, sprig of rosemary, spring onioni, tomatoes, turmeric, vegan friendly, Vegetable Soup. carrots, zucchini
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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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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
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