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Plum Ketchup
Homemade plum ketchup
This plum ketchup is lightly spiced and sweet and sour. It is a versatile sauce that works well with roasts, cheeses, salads, burgers, and chips. Transforming and preserving is something I enjoy. I guess it is the little girl who grew up in a home with a peasant grandmother skilled in making sweet and savory preserves who…
31 October 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
Marsala and semolina tart with pine nuts recipe
Marsala and semolina tart with pine nuts recipe
Semolina and Marsala tart is a recipe that tastes of family, memories, and pine forest. As a child, I spent all my summers at the seaside. The destination was always the Riviera Romagnola. What changed over the years were the villages where we rented a house for the season. And although I am fond of all the…
22 September 2023
Stuffed lettuce rolls
Stuffed lettuce rolls, Romagna peasant recipe
I am in Puster Valley, where, even in the middle of August, the mountains provide sun-kissed summer days and more than acceptable temperatures. As I am every Friday, I am at the farmers' market in Bruneck (in that Instagram post, I talked about my protracted stay in a village in the Italian Alps).   At the farmer's market…
5 September 2023
Tortelli di tonno
Potato and tuna tortelli seasoned with black olive sauce
Before introducing you to the potato and tuna tortelli recipe, I would like to share with you some food memories. I kept a memory related to food for almost every vacation I took. In some cases, it was related to the purchase, in others to the preparation, or, finally, to the tasting. Recently, I asked my husband…
3 August 2023
Peach leaf liqueur
Peach leaf liqueur recipe. An old fashioned aromatic wine
Over the centuries, men and women who have chosen to live in monasteries have created a cuisine that reflects the simplicity and composure of their lives. The recipes from the monastic tradition celebrate much of what we have lost these days as the seasonality of produce and natural processes. The cuisine of the convents Monks and nuns…
4 July 2023
Creamy zucchini and basil lasagna
Creamy zucchini and basil lasagna
I remember the taste of that creamy zucchini and basil lasagna from when I was a child. Grandma created this dish from just a few eggs of pasta dough and zucchini from the garden, which she cooked slowly with lots of basil until they were almost mushy. It is a summer and vegetarian version of lasagna.…
28 June 2023
Tortelli di erbetta
Tortelli di erbetta recipe from Parma to celebrate St. John
This is a traditional recipe from the city of Parma and the small towns surrounding it. Tortelli di erbetta features delicate fresh pasta rectangles filled with ricotta and sweet chard. On the evening of June 23, the eve of the feast of St. John the Baptist in Italy, people in and around Parma celebrate by dining…
23 June 2023
Fricandò recipe, a fresh vegetables stew
Fricandò: the vegetable stew recipe from Romagna
The Fricandò recipe is a kind of rustic ratatouille and a typical recipe from the peasant tradition of Romagna. The Italian dictionary reports that the term is an Italian graphic and phonetic adaptation of the French fricandeau. This dish's ingredients are cooked in the same pan as a stew. The name, however, also has a…
17 June 2023

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