Club Sandwich: history and recipe

I love making sandwiches where good bread and excellent ingredients create something unique. Although, you know, not all the sandwiches have a story like the Club Sandwich. Club Sandwich recipe. The original recipe calls for: toast, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, and chicken or turkey. Some people add crispy bacon and other sauces. For this sandwich, you can use leftover…

ByMonica7 November 20200Comments

Bologna Food Christmas COURSES Desserts OCCASIONS RECIPES Sunday Lunch

Torta di Tagliatelle (Sweet Tagliatelle Cake Recipe)

In the famous book of the Italian gastronome, cook and writer Pellegrino Artusi, under the name of Torta Ricciolina or Torta di Tagliatelle, you'll find two recipes dedicated to this cake. Today there are some different versions of Torta Ricciolina but, after all, they are all connected. First of the recipe, I'd like to tell you…

ByMonica17 October 20200Comments

Aperitivo Cheese Christmas COURSES INGREDIENTS Legumes Meat OCCASIONS RECIPES Savoury Cakes

Savory Lentil Pie With Cooked Ham And Cheese

genius recipe for savory pie lovers!

ByMonica28 December 20190Comments

Aperitivo Appetizers Christmas COURSES Gluten-free INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES Salads and Sides Sunday Lunch

Russian Salad: An Italian Timeless Classic Side Recipe

It's a sumptuous side dish. Maybe for that reason many people believe that Russian salad, the Italian version of a great European recipe, is a difficult dish to make. What do you think about reading method before discarding the idea? Sides. In cooking, the word side usually means a dish of vegetables or legumes that accompany the main…

ByMonica23 December 20190Comments

Aperitivo Appetizers Cheese Christmas COURSES Eggs INGREDIENTS Meat OCCASIONS RECIPES

From The 1970s: Cheese and Salami Rolls With Boiled Eggs

This dish is cheap, quick and easy to make. And vintage. It comes straight from the 1970s. A few ingredients and an impeccable presentation. That's all you need for a dish that is the best of Italian cuisine. Do you know La Cucina Italiana? I am not referring to the heritage of recipes that have made Italian…

ByMonica19 December 20190Comments

Breakfast and Merenda Chocolate Drinks Gluten-free INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix (Gluten Free Recipe)

In season? Hot chocolate mix! Here's something that, in winter, can't miss in my kitchen pantry. The hot chocolate mix seems to be a family traditions. Among the pages of an old family cookbook, where my grandmother Sara used to write her recipes, I found her recipe for homemade hot chocolate mix. It isn't that. What…

ByMonica17 December 20190Comments

Bologna Food Cakes and Cookies Christmas COURSES OCCASIONS RECIPES

Certosino cake: the traditional Christmas sweet of Bologna

Certosino, or Spiced Bread (Pan Speziale), is a typical sweet of the Bolognese Christmas tradition The recipe, of medieval origin, was reworked by the Carthusian (Certosini) monks of Bologna, from whom the cake takes its name and has passed down to us. It is incredible that the recipe I am still cooking dates back to 1300.…

ByMonica14 December 20190Comments

Cakes and Cookies Christmas COURSES Eggs INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

Santa Lucia cookies with Ovis Mollis shortcrust pastry

Santa Lucia cookies are among my favorites. I call these biscuits "of Santa Lucia" because they are the ones we made at home to celebrate the feast. Sometimes the kind of biscuit was different. But the tradition of Santa Lucia biscuits, where I was born and raised, calls for shortcrust pastry. The tradition of Saint Lucia. The celebration of…

ByMonica12 December 20190Comments

Christmas COURSES First Course INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES Rice and Grains Sunday Lunch

Risotto with Goji Berry, Taleggio, Candied Orange Zest

Over the weekend I organized a dinner to taste this new and easy risotto recipe I developed for Riserva San Massimo farm. Conversing with friends about food and its connection, I argued that the tale of tales tells about food. What do you think? The beauty of the world, man’s labour, nature’s gifts and its inspirations. The seasons…

ByMonica11 December 20190Comments

Christmas COURSES Desserts Gluten-free INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

Sweet potato Montblanc dessert

The original version of Montblanc, meaning White Mountain , has two main ingredients: chestnut puree and whipped cream. It is sugary, delicious, and easy to make. This spoon dessert is typical of northern Italy and probably of French origin. At home, it was a dessert reserved for special occasions such as Christmas lunch.…

ByMonica5 December 20190Comments