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Quiche Frascataine
Warning … caveat Emptor … this is a rather long post … if it’s the recipe you are after, and to be honest it would be worth your while taking a look at it, just scoll down until you come … Continue reading
Posted in italian home food, Recipes from outside Italy, Travel and Tales
Tagged Alexander Dumas, artichokes, Café de Frascati Paris, De Sanctis Abelos wine, Edith Wharton, eggs, Emanuela Bruni, English mustard powder, Escher, evoo, flour, Frascati, Frascati DOC, Frascati wines, Frascati's at 32 Oxford Street in London, Gateau Frascati, Georges Sand, Goethe, https://fynesharteharrington.wordpress.com/tag/frascatis-restaurant/, John Singer Sargent, leek, Michelle Smith, milk, Quattrociocchi Olive Oil, salt, sea salt, Turner, www.easyfrascati.com
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Artichokes and Pecorino Cheese
Artichokes can be enjoyed in Rome practically all year round these days … because when they aren’t available locally, many restaurants will import them from Brittany in France. I, being a little conservative on matters of seasonality, prefer to wait … Continue reading
Posted in Artichokes - Carciofi, italian home food, Loving the Leftovers
Tagged artichokes, evoo, Italian -style breadcrumbs, lemon, pecorino romano, salt
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Spelt and Orange Salad – Farro con Arance
Whenever the word ‘salad’ gets drawn into conversation, I immediately think of lettuce, rocket/arugula and green, leafy ‘things’ and associate it with Summer – because that’s when salad used to get eaten, i.e. only during the Summer months when the … Continue reading
Posted in Contorni and/or side dishes, Herbs and plants, italian home food, salad
Tagged evoo, Giardini di Sole, lemon juice, oranges, Quattrociocchi, salt, spelt
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Sweet and Sour Squash for Sunday’s Roast …
It’s that time of year … pumpkins and squash and Thanksgiving if you live in the USA … and orange being such a gastronomically beautiful colour ! Not to mention the fact that orange is supposed to be THE colour … Continue reading
Polenta Wafers – Inspired by Salvatore Tassa and his “Colline Ciociare” Restaurant
And now … for something completely different! As the Monty Python used to say. And by ‘different’, I mean something a trifle unnecessary but oh-so-delightful in the kitchen department. Goodness knows, anyone who has cause to read my blog on … 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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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
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