When i was in Spain, i used to eat tapas every day. Tapas are many different type of fingerfood you may find in each Spanish pub.South Italy was dominated by Spain for long Years. The Pepper you can see is called friggitelli, and it’s origin is the same of the famous pimiento pepper. It is [...]
As many Italians I have a taste for pasta and other grain flour derivated. Some years ago i went into a local market where i discovered the spelt. I aked to seller how to cook it, and he gave me instruction. From that day, I often use spelt for my recipes. The following recipe is [...]
I don’t like too much fish fillets, but sometimes it is necessary to insert fish my diet.because of it, i was looking for a recipe wich could give me the pleasure of eating fish fillets. Finally i’ve decided fried fillet to be my recipe!Childrens love this, and i think the most adults too. Served with [...]
I got an insane passion for superhot chili. Some month ago i tasted the bhut jolokia chili. It is maybe one of the hottest pepper in the world. I find it fabulous, but i have to advice you.. is not for all. If you didn’t get used to superhot chili, let it be. Instead if you [...]
Do you like Salmon? If yes, take the following recipe into consideration. It is not difficult to be prepared and is perfect as main dish if you are following a low carb diet (as dukan or atkinsons diet). Print Baked Salmon and Vegetables Rating: 51 Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 40 minutesTotal Time: 50 minutes [...]
Many friends from outside Italy asked me the basic tomatoes sauce recipe. I have to say you it doesn’t exist. I mean there are many way to prepare a basic sauce, so i simply decided to post here my basic one.It contains very few ingredient, so it could be made even when you [...]
I don’t like too much zucchini, I find they are flavourless. When i eat zucchini I always have to invent a combination with something more palatable. That recipe is good for who dislike vegetables, as for example… children! Prepare it one time for them. and the will always ask you that! Let’s see how [...]
I can’t resist the smell of baked bread. I think few people can. When you have some guest, while you’re cooking the main, you may give them that delicious appetizer. Print Classic Crostini Rating: 51 Prep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 10 minutesTotal Time: 15 minutes IngredientsSliced bread Tomatoes cube Garlic Extravirgin olive oil Mozzarella or [...]
Today i decided to make some sport. Nice idea, but temperature outside home was 38 degrees. When i went back home I thought I had to prepare a kind of dinner, but my whole body said me: ” Please, not a hot dish”. So here an easy recipe. The tomato salad is perfect when you [...]
Hot and sweet recipe from south Italy, You have absolutely to taste it. Print Rigatoni Pasta with Calamari and Green Peas Prep Time: 20 minutesCook Time: 60 minutesTotal Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes Ingredients3 or 4 Calamari or squid A clove of garlic 250 gr of fresh or deep frozen peas. 500 gr of tomato [...]
It is called Marmorkuchen because of it’s colour which is similar to marble. It is a tipical german cake, very tastefully and easy to prepare. Print Marmorkuchen Cake Ingredients 250 gr Butter: 250 gr Sugar: 1 sachet Vanilla sugar 350 gr Flour 1 sachet Baking powder 4 Eggs 1 spoon Rum 250 ml Milk: 3 spoons [...]
Also known as garbanzo, it is a mediterranean and asian areas plant. The plant grows 15- 55 cm and doesn’t need too much water. Infact, it’s root may grow until 2 meter long and find humidity deeply in the ground. As well as most legumes, chickpeas can be dried. In that way chickpeas can be [...]
Print Endive and Chicory with Chickpeas Rating: 51 Prep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 10 minutesTotal Time: 15 minutes Ingredients Chickpeas Endive Chicory Garlic Salt Jalapeno or scotch bonnet chili pepper (you can use other kind of chili or nothing if you don’t like hot taste)InstructionsCut andivia and chicory into small pieces than boil them [...]
Sea food and courgette for an intense dish. If you want to surprise your guest, that’s the right way Print Pasta with Prawn, Courgettes and Dulse Seaweed IngredientsPasta “farfalle” or the pasta you prefer Prawn or shrimps Double cream Courgettes Dulse seaweed Madras curry Paprika powder Tomato paste or fresh tomatoes cubeInstructionsFill a large [...]
It’s native environment is North Atlantic sea. As well as japanese seaweed it could be used row or cooked with vegetables soup, sea soup or all other dish your fantasy can create. It’s taste is a little bit pungent, but very palatable. It seems dulse to be part of the umami’s savory aliment group. Breast milk contains [...]
Italian risotto requires a special cooking. Maybe you have to spend a little bit of time to cook well the rice, but i can assure you is well spent time. All ingredient will release their flavour to the rice wich will become soft and tastefully. If you want to taste that delicious risotto follow the [...]
It happens you have few idea about how to cook meat. If so, read here and taste this meal. It is an amazing hug of flavours. Print Pork Chop with Apple and Savoy Cabbage Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 20 minutesTotal Time: 30 minutes IngredientsPork chop. Savoy cabbage. Apple. Oil. Hot chili. Onion.InstructionsPeel the [...]
Pasta alla carbonara is a traditional Italian recipe. Very easy to be prepared, it contains many calories. It is a tipical winter meal. Print Spaghetti Carbonara Rating: 51 Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 20 minutesTotal Time: 30 minutes Ingredients1 egg for each person + 1 egg at least (e.g. 2 person need 3 eggs, 3 [...]
A legend says it was the preferred recipe of a notorious bandit in south Italy during 1800.It is a perfect combination of acid, salted, sweet and spiced taste. Print Spiced Lamb with Apple Vinegar and Honey Rating: 51 Prep Time: 1 hourCook Time: 40 minutesTotal Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes IngredientsDeboned lamb chopped meat [...]
Onion is well-known for its healing properties since Egyptian Age. It contains anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds and seems to be really effective against hyperglycemia, Onion can be eaten raw or cooked. When cutted it release some chemical that make your eyes weep. To prevent that effect you just have to cut onions under running water. There are [...]
Also called African devil chile or birdseye. The fruit mesures between 1,5 and 3,5 cm. There are many different kinds of piripiri, so it’s pungency depend from many environmental and genomic situation. Generally it contains from 100.000 to 170.000 Shu. Taste is not so fruity like habanero, so it is perfect if you don’t want [...]
Tagliatelle paglia e fieno (straw and hay) are tipical Italian’s egg pasta. Part of that pasta is yellow as the straw, while another part is green like hay. It has been coloured with spinach broth.The following recipe is vegetarian. Print Tagliatelle with Artichokes and Mushrooms Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 20 minutesTotal Time: 30 [...]
Pasta should be used to prepare warm or cold meal. The following recipe is a pasta salad, very easy to be done. So delicious. Do you want to taste it? Print Pasta Salad with Grana, Dried Tomatoes and Rocket Prep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 15 minutesTotal Time: 20 minutes Ingredients 500 gr of [...]
Tipical recipe of south Italy, there are many variant. This time I made the basic recipe. It is simple and perfect when you are not very hungry or as dessert and side dish. Print Oranges and Olives Salad Prep Time: 10 minutesTotal Time: 10 minutes IngredientsNatural Oranges Baked or normal black olives Extravirgin Olive Oil [...]
“Pipe” is a tipical Italian pasta, very used with beans or other kind of legumes. I use this pasta often for its singularity. Infact,because of Its form It can retain a lot of sauce inside. Print Pasta Pipe With Sausage Sauce Prep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 50 minutesTotal Time: 55 minutes IngredientsPasta Pipe or [...]
Turkey hotpot is an easy recipe. If you bough the entire turkey breast, and you had sliced it enough, is time to chop the rest and taste this fantastic meal. Print Turkey Hotpot With Mushrooms Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 30 minutesTotal Time: 40 minutes Ingredients Turkey chopped breast Mushrooms Garlic Parsley InstructionsTake 2 pan. [...]
Here a simple recipe to prepare the pork chop in a delicious way. Print Pork Chop With Lemon Sauce Cook Time: 30 minutesTotal Time: 30 minutes Ingredients Pork chops Lemon Oil A teaspoon of flour InstructionsLet’s roast the pork chop into a pan with 2 spoon of oil. Now let’s take a lemon [...]
Greek feta is a fantastic cheese you can eat in many different way. The following recipe is simple and really good. Print Aromatic Feta cheese Prep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 20 minutesTotal Time: 25 minutes Ingredients Greek Feta cheese A small Tomato Leek Chopped pepper Oregano InstructionsPut the feta cheese on a piece of [...]
Are you looking for an easy, aromatic and healthy recipe? Here it is! In Calabria, a south Italy region, it is also know as ” pipi e patani” and is a traditional meal in the country. Print Roasted Peppers and Potatoes Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 35 minutesTotal Time: 45 minutes IngredientsPotatoes Peppers Garlic [...]
You probably know the red lettuce, because it is very used into sandwich and salad. This time we will use the red lettuce to prepare a tasty rice meal. Print Rice with Red Lettuce Rating: 51 Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 35 minutesTotal Time: 45 minutes IngredientsRice Red lattuce Bacon Onion Double Cream [...]
A classic recipe you can find in most restaurant. In that case instead of classic “spaghetti” or “linguine” pasta, i’ve used an uncommon type called “celentani”. If you prefer to use Spaghetti or linguine see the tutorial about how to cook pasta. Print Pasta “Celentani” with Clams Rating: 51 Prep Time: 15 minutesCook Time: [...]
This time I’ll talk to you about how to cook pasta. In Italy, and in some other Nation, we prefer the flour of durum wheat (semolina) for a better pasta quality. Somewhere else is often used soft wheat, but I advice you against using it. Semolina has better protein contents and If you cook it well [...]
We have a lot of kind of pasta in Italy. This time we’ll cook a pasta called “farfalle”. The translation is butterfly. The sauce we’ll prepare is for people who like spiced taste. Print Pasta with zucchini and curry sauce Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 20 minutesTotal Time: 30 minutes IngredientsPasta Farfalle [...]
If you are going to roast a big piece of lean meat you have to remember the following tricks. 1)Roast the meat over high flame for some minute before you put it in the oven. in that way you’ ll obtain a crust that prevent the loss of liquid inside meat. for that reason is [...]
The curry, also called garam masala, is a mix of oriental spice very different from each place to another. For that recipe I’ve used the madras hot curry. Print Curry and Butter Chicken Rating: 51 Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 1 hourTotal Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes IngredientsChicken thigh Rosemary Curry powder Butter [...]
Rabbit meat can be a valid alternative to chicken and turkey meat. It is part of the so called white meat, contains few fat, and is very good. Because of the low fat this meat has to be cooked longer than other white meat, and it is preferably to use butter or bacon to tenderize [...]
Here a perfect side dish. Very easy to do, low fat dish, it can be served with meat, fish or eggs. Because of their low cost you can use champignons or field mushrooms, but if you don’t have budget problem you can use porcini or other kind of mushrooms. In that case i’ve used field mushrooms. [...]
Similar to Lasagna, but without pasta, the parmigiana is a very good and reach meal. Because it doesn’t contains flour it could be considered for low carb diet or atkins diet. Print Aubergine Parmigiana Prep Time: 15 minutesCook Time: 1 hour, 15 minutesTotal Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes Ingredients 3 or 4 Aubergine [...]
One of the most famous italian sauce is the so called “ragu alla Bolognese”. It is used to dress each kind of pasta. It’s perfect on tagliatelle, spaghetti and linguine. Preparation is not easy because it need different cooking technique at the same time. The following recipe is easier than Bolognese and should be prepared [...]
Here another easy recipe. It could be used as side dish or second dish. Print Squid,Peas and Shrimps Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 20 minutesTotal Time: 30 minutes Ingredients 300 gr of precooked peas chopped squid shrimps or prawn olive oil garlic tomato paste. InstructionsCut squids in small piece Fry the Squids into olive [...]
Are you hopless at kitchen? have you got few time and no idea? That’s one of the easier recipe in the world. Print Easy Turkey Breast Rating: 51 Cook Time: 10 minutesTotal Time: 10 minutes Ingredients Some chicken or turkey breast Olive oil Parsley. Garlic InstructionsPut all togheter into a large pan and [...]
This is a very easy recipe. Liver has a strong taste, but cooked in that way it will become very sweat and delicious. Print Venetian Liver (Fegato alla Veneziana) Prep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 15 minutesTotal Time: 20 minutes Ingredients 500 gr of sliced pork liver 3 or 4 onions olive oil half [...]
Here a simple way to cook something very easy when you have not so much time. It is also raccomanded if you are following a low carbo diet. Print Meatball Filled with Cheese (Feta) Rating: 51 Prep Time: 15 minutesCook Time: 10 minutesTotal Time: 25 minutes Ingredients2 eggs 400 gr of minced meat 200 gr [...]
This recipe is made with black rice. Black rice called also venere rice is very tastefull and smell like just cooked bread. Legend says it was prohibited to commons people and specifically produced for the imperor in ancient China. Print Black Rice with Seafood Rating: 51 Prep Time: 15 minutesCook Time: 25 minutesTotal Time: [...]
Stuffed peppers is a cheap and coloured meal, and it is loved by the most. This is a tipical South Italy recipe, really used in the winter. Print Stuffed Peppers with Pasta (Rigatoni) Prep Time: 20 minutesCook Time: 1 hourTotal Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes Ingredients 1/2 kg Pasta (Rigatoni or the pasta you [...]
This is an easy recipe to cook the loin of pork in a delicious way. Chine has few fat, so it could be a little tough. This is a South Italy recipe, part of the so called poor kitchen. Taste it, you will be surprised of it’s amazing flavour. Can be eaten also in some diet as [...]
This is a complete and healtly vegetarian recipe for 2 persons. Print Broccoli And Chickpeas Rating: 51 Prep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 20 minutes Ingredients A dish of broccoli A dish of canned chickpeas Chopped garlic and red pepper InstructionsLet’s put the broccoli into a large pot with a glass of water and cook [...]
Having a garden is a really nice hobby. It is trendy, funny and relaxing. If you are cultivating your garden for the first time in your life, it could be useful to know when to sow your preferred plants and vegetables. Here a small table for you. Have fun and eat your product, that’s a [...]
Ancient roman Warrior, has to work and march the whole day. They are very famous for their strengh and endurance. As you can image they need special food and special drink for this. Some times ago I’ve heard about a drink called Posca. It seems to be one of the favourite energy drink by roman citizen and [...]
Are you curious to know why when we drink a toast lets our glasses to chink? All people around the world do that. German say prosit, italian salute, Japanese kampai, chinese gan bei and so on. The origin of the chink seems to come from ancient Greek. There was a ceremony called Agape, it means [...]