The Comfort of Italian Home Cooking
These Butternut Squash Ravioli are hands down my favorite ravioli! Made with my super easy fresh pasta dough and filled with pureed butternut squash, crispy Amaretti cookies, Parmesan cheese and then tossed in a simple sage butter sauce. Yes, this is the perfect recipe for Thanksgiving dinner or any other […]
These Polentini breakfast cookies are perfect as a snack or if you like an Italian style type of breakfast. If you ever been to Italy you know that breakfast consists in just a cup of coffee or caffelatte and something sweet on the side. Usually a piece of cake, some […]
Pasta with broccoli is one of Adam’s favorites pastas, so I am trying to surprise him with this alternative. It’s a recipe that I tend to make usually on Friday, when he comes back from his kindergarten and when we are all together for lunch time. Friday it’s also the […]
Chocolate Crostata with Cherries Jam had just became my new favorite crostata! This is the type of dessert perfect to start the holiday seasons, but also for a Saturday dinner with friends and family. I must confess that I love my mom’s crostata so much, that I wasn’t very open […]
Roasted acorn squash recipes are the type of fall recipes you want to add to your repertoire. Autumn is that time of the year in which you should really try all the pumpkin recipes out there, and this honey roasted acorn squash with feta and herbs is no exception! Ingredients […]
Prune Plum Gnocchi are sweet potatoes gnocchi filled with fresh prune plums seasoned with butter, sugar and cinnamon. This is one of Friuli Venezia Giulia’s regional dishes and it’s traditionally served as a first dish, but you can also decide to make it into a dessert. I personally enjoy it […]
As we begin to settle into fall days, I’m always a bit nostalgic and I naturally lean towards homey recipes that fit a colder weather. I guess you cannot fight your roots! And let’s be real, there’s nothing like the cozy smell of apples cinnamon cake that warms your house […]
This easy Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes is super creamy and rich in flavor, perfect for any summer lunch or dinner with your family or friends. The secret to make it delicious? Sweet summer cherry tomatoes and lots of Parmesan on top. I know I should start thinking about fall recipes, […]
I think I said this already one hundred times, but one more time won’t hurt anyone: I LOVE CHOCOLATE! I truly do! So even though I was trying to be opened to different tastes this summer, you probably remember my Yogurt Lemon Cake and my other Lemon Tart, I was […]
This yogurt lemon cake is extra moist, light and refreshing with an intense lemon flavor. Its very particular texture is the result of baking it in a water bath (bain-marie), which keeps crust from forming while gently cooking the interior of the cake. This yogurt lemon cake is extremely easy […]