Skip to content Skip to footer

19K
2K
319
3K
754

Follow me on

519

Menu
Menu

RECIPES

Ciambella of Imola recipe
Traditional ciambella of Imola recipe
This traditional ciambella of Imola is a recipe from San Domenico, a starred restaurant in the small Romagna town where I was born and raised. I could say it is a starred ciambella. A few years ago, I wrote a cookbook with a journalist friend. The book Presto ch'è pronto, written by a journalist friend and me…
9 July 2021
Piadina romagnola recipe (Italian flatbread)
Piadina romagnola (leavened type). Original recipe and history
When talking about piadina romagnola, we should use the plural. Exist the high and raised one, the large and thin (unleavened), and the sfogliata (puffed). Three different types belong to as many areas of Romagna. Piadina Romagnola: the varieties. Among  piadine , there is leavened piadina. And this kind of piadina is typical of the area between Ravenna…
1 July 2021
Risotto prosciutto e melone
Prosciutto and melon risotto recipe: summery and fragrant
It isn't a rice salad but a risotto. Summery. A risotto with prosciutto crudo (ham) and melon. A countryside lunch. I don't remember where the inspiration for the recipe came from, but it has been part of my summer repertoire for about twenty years, and I can't forget the first time I cooked this risotto. It was summer,…
26 June 2021
Pomodori gratinati
Tomato gratin: recipe of Romagna
Tomato gratin. The taste of my summers and a typical side dish of Romagna cuisine. Summer colors Summer is made up of many colors but, perhaps, among many, and although tempted by the golden color of wheat fields and the crystal blue of some summer skies, I choose red. Poppy red. Cherry red. Watermelon red. Sunset red. And then there are them.…
21 June 2021
Nocino (walnut liqueur)
How to make Italian Nocino, liquor recipe from Emilia-Romagna
The nocino is an ancient liquor recipe traditionally made in June between the Summer solstice and San Giovanni celebrations. Although the solstice usually falls on the 21st, the longest day of the year, rituals celebrated in the countryside have always given great importance to the 24th, St. John's Day, believing that the night between the 23rd…
13 June 2021
Spring stew recipe
Spring stew. When the season calls for quick recipes
Stew is a dish that evokes the cold season and the tomato sauce that envelops the meat as it slowly cooks. And here I am, ready to turn your certainties upside down with a recipe for stew without tomatoes and cooked quickly; more adapted to the spring and summer season. Do you know the tricks to keep…
28 May 2021
Chickpea farinata: a traditional Italian peasant recipe
Chickpea farinata: a traditional Italian peasant recipe
Chickpea farinata is a type of thin, unleavened bread. I love everything about this vegetarian and gluten-free recipe: the simplicity of preparation, the smell, the taste. Chickpea Farinata. This is a traditional peasant recipe, based on water and flour, and typical of areas where chickpeas are grown. Chickpeas are used to make yellow flour with a…
25 May 2021
Passatelli ricetta
Passatelli in broth. Home recipe
Passatelli is a traditional recipe of Romagna that, like me, has been adopted by Bologna. Although passatelli are very popular in Bologna, they originate in Romagna. Even at my home, albeit on the border between Emilia and Romagna,  tortellini,  not cappelletti, was the dish of Christmas lunch, and passatelli was the dish of Sundays and other…
14 May 2021
Chicken In A Pot
Chicken In A Pot And Sunday Lunch In Season
Chicken in a pot, with or without peppers, was the substitute for roast chicken when the weather got too hot to light the oven. Its flavor and texture recalls roast chicken, which is just as juicy and tender. Sunday lunch. Much more than we do today, some foods were once reserved for the festive table. So Sunday…
30 April 2021

© 2025 Tortellini&Co. All Rights Reserved.