The Comfort of Italian Home Cooking
This is truly the easiest Italian focaccia recipe you’ll ever find, for two reasons: 1- You don’t have to knead it 2- It doesn’t really matter how much time you’ll let it rise. I made this focaccia bread recipe so many times that I can assure you it will always […]
Winter is coming and this soft pretzel will warm your house and your heart! They are fast and easy to make, even if you are a beginner, and the dough requires only 6 ingredients. Soft pretzel knots are exactly like traditional pretzels, the dough is just tied in a different […]
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 […]
If there’s one recipe I believe every Italian-food lover should have, it’s this authentic potato gnocchi recipe. This dish is a classic, passed down from Italian kitchens for generations, and I’m excited to share it with you. Gnocchi may seem like a simple dish, but it has so much potential! […]
Knödel are bread dumplings typical of the region Trentino-Alto Adige, a region in northern Italy bordering with Switzerland and Austria. These Knödel, also known as Italian canederli are served with brodo soup (Chicken Italian Soup), instead of beef stew, goulash, like in the case of Austrian or German Knodel. This […]
The Italian name for beef stew with red wine is “spezzatino” o “stufato”, which comes from the name “stufa”, the wood burning cook stove that many in the north of Italy still have in their house. The winter is actually pretty tough in the north, so the wood burning stove […]
Did you ever heard the Italian expression “gnocchi on Thursday”? Yes, traditionally gnocchi are served on Thursday in Italy. Now you are probably thinking that that it sounds odd, or at least a bit funny. Why Thursday and not Tuesday, or Wednesday? Well, tradition has always its reasons, or at […]
My grandma is the master of any type of meatballs you can think of, but this recipe is mine. I started making this vegetarian meatballs many years ago. I remember I was preparing a buffet for my birthday party, back in Italy, and I came up making this recipe for […]
Delicate but yet deeply savory. This cream of mushroom soup screams winter with its nutmeg and mushroom mix of flavors!
Seasonal flavors are the best! This creamy butternut squash soup is healthy, easy to make and perfect to satisfy your fall/winter cravings.