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Makes 2 servings Ingredients: 2 oz of chocolate (I like to use dark chocolate, but any variety works well) 2 eggs, separated 1 oz of butter ½ oz sugar Directions: Melt the chocolate and the butter very delicately at low heat, always stirring with a wooden spoon. Once melted, add the [...]
Ingredients for two: 6-7 ounce spaghetti or other pasta 2 onions 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 beef bouillon cube 5 bay leaves This is a very easy and fast recipe! Fry the onion and bay leaves in the oil at medium low heat in a large pan. Then add the beef bouillon (which is [...]
CROSTINI WITH HAM This is a very easy recipe that you will find in Italy almost at every pizzeria. Although popular it is often prepared in a way that ruins the taste of the ham. The secret is simple and it consists by adding the ham when you take the crostini out of the oven. [...]
TUSCAN CHICKPEAS SALAD RECIPE This chickpeas salad is very easy to prepare. Chickpeas are very used in Tuscany but you will also find them a lot in Ligurian recipes and than also in southern France where you have the delicious socca very popular in Nice ,a sort of flat bread made with chickpeas flour [...]
Ingredients: ¼ cup butter, ¼ cup flour, ¼ gallon milk, 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon nutmeg, pepper at wish The importance in preparing béchamel is to avoid lumps. This is my technique. I first melt the butter, then I add the flour slowly by continuously stirring and passing it through a strainer. Continuing stirring I [...]
In Italy the fishing of tuna fishes has a centuries old tradition. What is surprising is that nowadays the best fishes the so called red tuna are exported to Japan, where they end up in Tsukiji in Tokyo the biggest fish market in the world. Although very often confused with sushi, carpaccio and sushi are [...]
Food like wine should be served at correct temperature. There is nothing more deceiving when you go out for dinner in a restaurant, when they serve the food not at the correct temperature, like worm dishes served cold. But the worse for me happens often with salads. I mentioned this already for the caprese salad. To [...]
