Une tranche de vie
Here is a soup recipe with pearl barley. It is a specialty from Trentino Alto Adige, where my husband comes from. Of course, there is some speck in it, a very special sort of smokey bacon that is so tasty! This Continue reading Creamy Trentino soup with pearl barley and speck : orzetto alla trentina
We had a wonderful time at B&B Monte Lora in San Vito where we had a cooking demonstration with Lilly: we learnt how to make culurgiones, Sardinian ravioli with mint, potatoes and pecorino cheese. The dough is made with Continue reading Lilly’s culurgiones, Sardinian ravioli with mint and potatoes
Do you remember my Moroccan roomies from Barcelona and their amazing spicy recipes? Harira soup, Moroccan chicken, mint tea… Here is another of their recipes: lamb chwa. It is perfect for Easter time. And I think it would be so Continue reading Chwa, Moroccan lamb roast with cumin tomato sauce
Have you ever heard about broccoli rabe? In Italy, they call it broccoletti in Rome, cime di rapa in Apulia, rapini in Tuscany, mazzareddra in Sicily and friarielli in Naples. It is a green vegetable with bitter taste leaves and buds that look like small broccoli buds. Continue reading Turnip greens fusilli
Another great recipe from my Tao expeditions in the Philippines. We tasted an incredibly melting-in-the-mouth and savoury meat at the Tao farm’s Kantina in the North of Palawan island. The pork is first simmered for hours to become tender, then marinated Continue reading Adobo marinated pork belly glazed and grilled on the barbecue
Here is a dish I tasted in the Philippines during my Tao expedition. It was our last night in the remote islands ; we stopped in the sheltered paradisiacal Tapiutan island and slept in a base camp with no running Continue reading Slow cooked duck with coconut milk and lemongrass
I tasted this great and very easy-to-make dessert last winter in Italy, for New Year’s eve: il gelato alla gilbertona di nonna Pili. It is really tasty and delicate. I just added coffee and replaced the amaretti cookies by some Continue reading Coffee semifreddo
This is an Italian specialty, from Rome particularly (carciofi alla giudia). Italians are artichoke lovers. Simply deep fried and served hot with a pinch of “fleur de sel”, it is a great and very-easy-to-make starter. I just love it! You Continue reading Deep fried artichoke
It’s Guy Savoy’s most famous dish (French top chef). And I am so lucky because it’s one of my mother-in-law’s famous dish too! 🙂 They love artichoke so much in Italy, and of course, they are pretty good at cooking Continue reading Artichoke cream soup
Baccalà alla veronese is a typical dish from the Verona area made of dried cod stewed in a white wine sauce. It is traditionally served with the famous polenta made of corn semolina. Here is a family recipe from my Continue reading Baccalà alla veronese (Verona style cod)