Seven Jars Yogurt Cake, an Italian classic

Memory of the 90's. In those years I was at University. In Bologna, I shared a flat with other students coming from all over Italy. I lived the life that each "fuorisede" (not born and raised in Bologna) students live, and I went to many Erasmus parties where I met people of all kinds and from all…

ByMonica8 May 20190Comments

Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES Gluten-free INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

Hazelnut and Polenta Cake, Gluten-Free Recipe

Hazelnut and polenta cake is a gluten free version of a basic Italian recipe. Usually made with traditional flour, few eggs, sugar, milk. Indeed this is the recipe for an easy and simple cake but gluten-free: perfect for breakfast or merenda, it is part of the wider family cake that Italians call ciambella. More or less it…

ByMonica11 April 20190Comments

Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES Fruits INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

Lemon Loaf Cake with Yogurt and Chia Seeds Recipe

Do you have a savory or sweet tooth? I admit I have a special love for all the breakfast cakes in general but this lemon loaf cake has a special taste: lemon. Lemon is one of my special ingredients. I think of it makes everything taste better. Loaf cake: what I love of this simple preparation Probably I love…

ByMonica10 April 20190Comments

Breakfast and Merenda Chocolate INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

My Homemade Olive Oil Granola Recipe

Granola, have you ever made it? With organic cereals flakes, to mix with the ingredients you love, you can make delicious granola: crunchy, sweet, and with olive oil. Homemade olive oil granola is perfect to start the day with something you made from scratch and know every ingredient and quantity. It is also a great snack and after-dinner…

ByMonica3 April 20190Comments

Aperitivo Appetizers Breads and Pizza COURSES OCCASIONS RECIPES

Pizzettas: a Classic Italian Recipe for Aperitivo

Do you make pizza at home? Her eyes in my eyes, she did the question. If you make pizza at home, probably each friend’s kid will consider you a super chef. Pizza and pizzettas I cook different kind of pizzas. For example I make little pizzette for aperitivo (perfect also for party), pizzette al tegamino (pan-baked pizza), thin…

ByMonica29 March 20190Comments

Bologna Food Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES OCCASIONS RECIPES

St. Joseph’s Raviole, The Cookies of Bologna

Welcome to Bologna. A city where the same name may indicate a fresh pasta or something sweet. So it happens that in Bologna there are sweet versions of tortellini, tagliatelle, tortelli and ravioli (but just ravioli become raviole, by taking the female name). For example, tortellini are little chocolates, tagliatelle and tortelli are also fried Carnival sweets.…

ByMonica19 March 20190Comments

Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES Fruits INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

No-Butter and Rustic Plum Cake (Italian ciambella)

It often is when we cannot do something that we remember how much we love doing it. How to make a ciambella using cunning plums that I put in a jar last year No-Butter and Rustic Plum Cake (Italian ciambella). Forced rest. My year has started with forced rest. I am recovering from surgery. I am confined between bed…

ByMonica25 January 20190Comments

Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES OCCASIONS RECIPES

Digestive Cookies Recipe: Good Like The Originals

Digestive Cookies have always been a favorite of mine. They're good company for afternoon tea or as a nibble after dinner. I always bought them, but I decided to try making them home one day. While watching Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives with Guy Fieri on the Food Network, I got the idea. Guy travels the United States…

ByMonica6 December 20180Comments

Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES OCCASIONS RECIPES

Walnut cookies and family traditions

Since I can remember, my family has been stocking up on walnuts. From that stock, my mum reserves a small amount for me. The first recipe I make with the new produce of walnuts is always this. Walnut biscuits. Simple, not too sweet and crunchy, just the way I like them. My Family tradition On time, as the…

ByMonica9 November 20180Comments

Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES Fruits INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES

A Buckwheat Apple Cake, Notebooks, Cooking and Thoughts

The first time I ate a slice of this buckwheat apple pie it surprised and delighted me. But probably all apple pies have this effect everywhere all around the world. And for this reason apples should become a UNESCO World Heritage. But I had forgotten this mountain recipe. Until the flying sheet where it was pinned suddenly…

ByMonica4 November 20180Comments