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Cabbage flan recipe with Italian cotechino
Cabbage flan with Italian cotechino
This cabbage flan is a dish of substance that does not lack elegance. Rustic but not overdone, it is the right pact to welcome winter. And you, are you more a flan or a soufflé person? Some differences Flan and sformato are the same thing. Flan is the French word used worldwide, while the second is the Italian…
28 December 2021
Portuguese milk pudding, a traditional Italian dessert
Portuguese milk pudding, a traditional Italian dessert
What is a tradition? A habit, a repeated behavior? Be careful not to confuse ritual and tradition. Tradition has to do with the transmission of memories, knowledges, and patterns of behavior from one generation to the next. The food, cooking it, serving it,  sharing  it is part of the tradition of family and social heritage that we pass…
19 December 2021
Wrapped cotechino sausage recipe
This roast has always been a favorite at my family's Sunday lunch. Cotechino is a typical pork sausage from Emilia. Wrapped Cotechino is a recipe that, over the years, I have served at lunches and dinners to make a good impression on my guests. A robust roast, of substance, perfect for the cold season. A sausage wrapped in a…
12 December 2021
Panone: the Christmas cake of Bologna
Panone cake: the Christmas recipe from cucina povera of Bologna
Panone cake and Certosino are the typically baked cakes of the Bologna Christmas tradition. Similar yet different. Both recipes belong to the typical Northern European tradition of Christmas cakes made with dried and candied fruit. Again, both have a rich and somewhat old-fashioned taste but, unlike what you might imagine, also a contemporary flavor. In these recipes,…
5 December 2021
Lentil burger recipe
Potato and lentil burger. Vegetarian recipe
Today the choice of burgers is wide enough to satisfy even the most demanding palates. You can opt for a simple, gourmet, or vegetarian burger. But before sharing the recipe for a potato and lentil burger, let me remind you when there was only Swiss steak in Italy.   Swiss and hamburger steaks I remember well the minced…
1 December 2021
Terrina di fagioli borlotti e saba di Romagna
Borlotti terrine flavored with Saba of Romagna
Say terrine, and you think about a rustic but elegant table, a timeless country house, and a crackling fireplace. But, you know, you don't necessarily need to live in the countryside. If you love good food, you will find new inspiration in this preparation. There was a time when I often made terrines. They were…
22 November 2021
St. Martin's cookies
Saint Martin’s cookies and the Cuckolds fair tradition
St. Martin is a saint that I have liked ever since I was a child. He only reminds me of good things like the warmth of summer in the middle of autumn, the smell of new wine, hot chestnuts, and St Martin's cookies. Saint Martin's summer The celebration of the saint is on 11 November. In Italy,…
11 November 2021
Homemade pickled vegetables
A family recipe. Homemade pickled vegetables (Giardiniera)
Pickled vegetables, in this case, sweet and sour, are called Giardiniera in Italian. A very poetic name since it evokes the word garden. Giardiniera brings to mind the colors of the dish and the vegetables from the garden. It is an ancient method of preserving vegetables in season and eating them the next. I still remember when, at…
9 November 2021
Sweet Mistocchine: a traditional Bolognese recipe
Sweet mistocchine: a traditional Bolognese recipe
It is an old peasant recipe and one of the first street foods in Bolognese gastronomic history. They look a bit like Tuscan necci. And on the other hand, the chestnut trees are widespread throughout the Tuscan-Emilian-Romagna Apennines. It has created similar eating habits between Bologna, the lower and Apennine regions of Romagna, and the Tuscan…
1 November 2021
Zuppa di carote allo zafferano
Saffron carrot soup. And the omnivore’s dilemma
I am not a human indifferent to ethical issues, and over the past year, I have been thinking about my relationship with food and eating meat. And while it may seem funny to serve this reflection thinking up with a steaming, vegetarian carrot soup, I'm going to tell you what I think. The omnivore's dilemma I was…
25 October 2021

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