Desserts Fruits Candied Orange peel I’ve always hated candied fruit. As a child, I used to take hours to eat Panettone because it had to be scrupulously de-candied and the... 10 January 2022 1.1K by Ilaria Barisi
First Courses Soups Aunt Lina Passatelli Passatelli is one of the classic soups of central Italy and is derived from an ancient peasant tradition. The tool to create passatelli, called the... 3 January 2022 525 by Ilaria Barisi
Desserts Spoon desserts Chestnut mousse This is for when I have many guests during the Christmas holidays and I want to offer a dessert I’ve prepared, but I don’t want... 27 December 2021 1.3K by Ilaria Barisi
Beef, mutton and pork Second Courses Roman-style lamb breaded fried ribs The Abbacchio Romano PGI is obtained from the fresh meat of both male and female suckling lambs. The particularity of the product does not lie... 23 December 2021 685 by Ilaria Barisi
Cookies Desserts Vanillakipferl This recipe for typical South Tyrolean Christmas biscuits was given to me by a friend during a photo workshop in Sicily. Buttery and aromatic biscuits... 20 December 2021 369 by Ilaria Barisi
Desserts Pomegranate liqueur In Trastevere there is an ancient pharmacy in Santa Maria della Scala. Still open to the public, it is full of stills and other seventeenth-century... 13 December 2021 724 by Ilaria Barisi
First Courses Fresh Pasta My Family’s Lasagna One of the first books that reports a Lasagna recipe is the Chronicle of Frà Salimbene de Adam da Parma of 1284, in which sheets... 6 December 2021 667 by Ilaria Barisi
Side dishes Detox salad At the end of 2020, after months of lockdowns spent cooking and eating without any physical activity, I had to follow a particularly long and... 29 November 2021 541 by Ilaria Barisi
Cakes Desserts Ricotta cake Ricotta is not a cheese but a dairy product, a derivative of milk that is marketed fresh, without aging. In Lazio, we traditionally make a... 22 November 2021 924 by Ilaria Barisi
Beef, mutton and pork Second Courses Coda alla Vaccinara: Roman oxtail stew This is the most iconic dish of the “fifth quarter,” perhaps unfairly classified as a poor dish. There are actually two versions of this dish.... 15 November 2021 1.2K by Ilaria Barisi
