Posted in Desserts, Oven baked recipes, Recipes on Feb 22nd, 2012
Under this leaden sky, stranded on the sofa, wrapped in multicolored fleece blankets, with a bleeding nose and a shortage of delightful food, I couldn’t help dreaming of a generous slice of this soft and crumbling vanilla cheesecake. If anyone is going to try it out please do get me a piece! Photo by David [...]
Posted in Oven baked recipes, Recipes, Vegetarian recipes on Jan 20th, 2012
‘Is this without meat?’ – that was my brother’s archaic question whenever Mum cooked something vegeterian. I am not sure if he still insists on having some kind of meat in many of the dishes he eats but he used to INSIST, a lot! Well, this recipe has no meat and since we need to [...]
Posted in Meat, Oven baked recipes, Recipes on Jan 16th, 2012
My husband’s second job preference is that of a butcher. I am saying this because one day he told me so and not because I would like him to become one, or because I imagine him carrying beef carcasses and whole pigs! But, I must admit, that he can handle and cut meat very well. [...]
Posted in Desserts, Fresh Fruit, Oven baked recipes, Recipes on Nov 10th, 2011
Canteen facilities are one of my fringe benefits at work. Unfortunately, I find the canteen food unappetizing. I tried to eat there a couple of times in my early days but my taste buds were never satisfied, so I gave up. Now it’s been nearly four years that I take my entitled bag of fruit [...]
Posted in Desserts, Fresh Fruit, Oven baked recipes, Recipes on Nov 3rd, 2011
Serves 4 persons Ingredients: 4 large firm, but ripe peaches 100g savoiardi biscuits 80g softened butter 80g sugar 1 egg yolk 60g pine nuts 1 tsp cinnamon Slightly butter a baking dish. Wash the peaches and cut them in half, remove the stone and place on the baking dish. Mix together the crushed savoiardi, soft [...]
Posted in Desserts, Fresh Fruit, Oven baked recipes, Recipes on Nov 2nd, 2011
Serves 6 persons Ingredients: For the dough: 500g durum wheat flour 350ml lukewarm water 1 sachet instant yeast 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp salt 2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp olive oil For the topping: A small bunch of white grapes A small bunch of red grapes 1 tsp ground cloves 1 [...]
Posted in Desserts, Fresh Fruit, Oven baked recipes, Recipes on Nov 2nd, 2011
Serves 8 persons Ingredients For the shortbread pastry: 2 eggs 350g flour 00 130g sugar 135g butter For the filling: 100g sugar 650g fresh figs 1 lemon 100ml milk 40g rice flour Butter Prepare the dough by mixing in the food processor the flour, sugar, butter and eggs. Mix until the dough starts forming then [...]
Posted in Oven baked recipes, Recipes, Vegetarian recipes on Oct 19th, 2011
There are times when my cooking activity is limited by soon expiring ingredients. And since I hate wasting food I am inclined to improvise dinner with ingredients I would eventually have to throw away if I don’t use immediately. Here is one recipe which I invented on the spur of the moment: Oyster mushroom & [...]
Posted in Oven baked recipes, Recipes on Sep 10th, 2011
In Southern Italy, the filling I did for this pie, is usually prepared with a variety of the endive family, most commonly known as: escarole; scarola in Italian. In the Campania region you can also find pizza topped with this mixture. Since escarole is not easily found locally I replaced it with lettuce and the [...]
Posted in Oven baked recipes, Recipes on Jul 26th, 2011
A quick one to entertain guests, an ideal party item or an easy bite. Instead of using the traditional pizza dough I substituted this with ready to use shortcrust pastry. Pizzette with bacon and courgettes Ingredients for 4 persons: 1 packet ready to use shortcrust pastry (250g) 200g small courgettes 100g bacon, thinly sliced 60g [...]
