01 5 / 2012
Pappa al pomodoro (tomatoes and bread soup), traditional food from Tuscany.
25 10 / 2011
Pizza party!
1. Tomatoe sauce, buffalo mozzarella cheese, anchovies, oregano.
2. Porcini mushrooms and ricotta cheese
3. Gorgonzola cheese and figs
19 9 / 2011
Zuppa lombarda - Lombardy soup
Traditional tuscan soup with cannellini beans and tomatoes on garlic crunchy bread slices
02 8 / 2011
Panzanella. Tuscan bread, tomatoes and cucumbers salad.
So hot today, this is a very refershing salad, typical of cheap, country cooking.
Cut the bread into large chunks (traditionally made with dry white bread, 3-4 days old, but today I used friselle pugliesi). In a large bowl, whisk together some vinegar and some water and put the bread inside. Cut the tomatoes and the cucumbers and some fresh onion. Add the vegetables to the bread with some basil, extravirgin olive oli, and salt. Using a spoon, toss the contents of the bowl thoroughly for one minute. Let rest for 30 minutes in the fridge.
26 7 / 2011
Friselle pugliesi with tomatoes.
Friselle are ring-shaped rolls, typical from Puglia (southern Italy). They’re half baked, removed from the oven and divided into two halves, which are returned to the oven and allowed to bake until done, then dried completely. The result is a very crunchy bread.
Chop some tomatoes and dress them with salt, pepper, extravergin olive oil, hot pepper, freshly picked basil and oregano. Take a frisella and dip it in a bowl of water, holding it for a second or two before putting it on your plate and put on the tomatoes.
24 7 / 2011
(Almost-) autarkic pasta with the first tomatoes, basil and fresh onion from my vegetable garden. Sometimes, simplicity is the better way.
24 7 / 2011
Italy in a dish.
Tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, basil and pesto sauce. Delicious.
08 7 / 2011
Today pesto!
Basil, baby spinach, pine-nuts, garlic, extravergin olive oil and parmesan.
Made in the traditional marble mortar.
06 7 / 2011
Spaghetti “cu anciovi e ca’ muddica”.
Typical pasta from Sicily region (South Italy), with anchovies and breadcrumbs. Differently from the original recipe, I added also cherry tomatoes and parmesan.
24 6 / 2011
One of the most delicious thing you can eat in Italy: Tuscan ham and piadina (typical bread of Emilia Romagna).
