Discovering a hidden pearl of South Tyrol, Maso Pirchhof is located on the high mountains near Merano. A timeless place, where good food and tradition go hand in hand. Today I want to tell you about our recent summer trip through the wonderful valleys of South Tyrol. We spent a …
Basil Pesto or more often simply called “Pesto alla Genovese” is a typical Ligurian green sauce made with 7 fresh and genuine ingredients. It is certainly one of the most loved and well-known Italian sauces in the world. This extraordinary sauce is traditionally hand-made, using just a stone mortar and a pestle, pounding all raw ingredients until …
Suppli al Telefono is a recipe that for each Roman has something of ancestral: a dip fried rice ball in meat sauce, wrapped in a crunchy and unmistakable breading, with a rich filling of stringy mozzarella. Supplì al Telefono is the Italian Street Food that you cannot miss when in Rome! For me, that I …
Tigelle are small rounded buns from Modena, made with a dough made with flour, lard, yeast, and water, and are stuffed with salami, vegetables, or with the classic Modena pesto. I have to admit, until a few years ago I didn’t know the Tigelle. I met them for the first …
A short walk through our 20 Best Italian Red Wines list, tracing an essential overview of the most popular and best-known varieties of Italian red wines.
This Crispy Asparagus Frittata is a recipe prepared with only two ingredients, fresh eggs and seasonal asparagus! It will amaze you with its simplicity and naturalness. Today’s recipe is an adaptation of the original by the famous Italian chef “Giorgione”. Giorgione may not be known abroad but in Italy, he …
The Escarole and Anchovies Savory Pie is a typical dish of Neapolitan rustic cuisine, prepared with fresh and crispy escarole, capers, black olives and anchovies. It is also called “Pizza di Scarole” (escarole pizza), because it’s also prepared using pizza dough (here you can find our recipe). Escarole Pizza is …
Pasta with Sardines is a typical poor dish of Sicilian cuisine and comes from the combination of a few simple ingredients: sardines, raisins, pine nuts, and wild fennel. Behind this simplicity lies a crazy symphony of flavors and aromas: from the flavor of the sardines, we get to the fresh …
The dish that I propose to you today, Musky Octopus with Peas, is a typical main dish of Italian cuisine, which combines the slightly savory flavor of mollusks with the sweet one of fresh peas. Now that summer is approaching, more and more often I feel the desire to taste …
This Pearled Spelt Salad “alla Norma” is a healthy vegetarian balanced one-plate summer meal: excellent when served cold, it is prepared with eggplants, cherry tomatoes and salted ricotta. A riot of savour, taste after taste!
