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Eggless potato gnocchi with clams
Eggless potato gnocchi with clams. Cucina povera of Romagna
Online, you can find dozens of recipes for potato gnocchi with clams posted by as many Italian food bloggers. In this way, the recipe is everyone's and no one's. Yet, like so many other dishes, this one has its own history that no one remembers or that some people spread with mistakes attached, like the ones…
14 January 2025
Green cappelletti
Green cappelletti of Grandma Sara
That is a home recipe. And I mean I have never had it anywhere else. And the reason I titled the post-Green Cappelletti of Grandma Sara. After so many recipes from the Via Emilia, I am happy to return with a familiar dish that has accompanied my life since I was a little girl. I particularly love…
29 November 2024
Macaroni pie of Ferrara
Macaroni pie of Ferrara (pasticcio di maccheroni)
The macaroni pie, known as pasticcio di maccheroni alla ferrarese, is a traditional dish with very ancient origins. Because of this, it has undergone many modifications over the centuries. The current version combines medieval features with modern reinterpretations. The external shell is a sweet, shortcrust pastry; the filling is made with macaroni seasoned with a white…
21 November 2024
Homemade purple potato gnocchi
Homemade purple potato gnocchi (eggless)
The intense chirping of cicadas underscores the heat. How long has it been since the last recipe I shared on the blog? It's been a few months. As I knead the purple potato gnocchi dough, I can't help but think how quickly these intense past few months have passed. Now I will tell you the reason for this long…
27 July 2024
Ricotta tortelloni of Bologna recipe
Parsley and ricotta tortelloni. Recipe of Bologna
This is the recipe for ricotta tortelloni, a dish deeply rooted in the culinary tradition of Bologna and the surrounding area.  While tortellini is the holiday dish, ricotta tortelloni, like cappelletti romagnoli with cheese, respected the Catholic Church's precepts of a meatless menu on the days of Eve and Lent. The recipe has been registered…
20 May 2024
Rice bomb (bomba di riso), recipe from Emilia-Romagna
Rice bomb (bomba di riso), recipe from Emilia-Romagna
The rice bomb is a flan. And flan, in Italian sformato, is the name we used to call it at home. It must be said, however, that it is an Emilian rather than a Romagna dish. In fact, each Emilian province has its own version of the recipe. You can find the bomb bolognese, the one from…
28 March 2024
Artichoke lasagne
Artichoke lasagne. And time to cook
Artichoke lasagne belongs to the long list of dishes that have graced my family's Sunday lunch and a variety of other occasions such as, for example, Easter lunch or Easter Monday, above all, if it fell early, that is, in March, like this year. Grandma used to execute the recipe in her own way, cooking the…
21 March 2024
Homemade dried porcini mushrooms pasta dough
Homemade dried porcini mushrooms pasta dough
I associate the memory of the first taste of some foods among the keenest gastronomic moments of my life. For example, with oysters, it was a disaster. They were exceptionally high in quality and fresh, but my palate and stomach expressed a different opinion. The experience with porcini mushrooms was of the opposite sign. I was with…
6 November 2023
Pumpkin cappellacci from Ferrara
From Ferrara. Pumpkin cappellacci pasta
I often tell you stories and tastes of the Via Emilia, the road of Roman origin that runs through Emilia-Romagna from Piacenza to Rimini. Anyway you should know that my region also has another main highway, less busy and quieter but just as significant, the Po River.   Significant Italian gastronomes and writers have written about the…
26 October 2023
Ingannapreti con salsa affumicata al pomodoro e mascarpone
Sorpresine with smoky tomato and mascarpone sauce
Sorpresine (little surprises), bugie (lies), or inganna-preti (deceive-the-priests) are some names to indicate the same kind of pasta shape that looks like it should be a filled pasta, but forget the filling because it is without the filling. In fact, sorpresine are little squares of pasta dough folded twice to resemble tortellini or cappelletti without the…
11 October 2023

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