Cakes Desserts Maritozzi: Roman sweet buns These slightly sweet buns, made with left-over dough and enriched with pine nuts and raisins, were once also allowed during the Lenten period. They were... 21 March 2022 1.3K by Ilaria Barisi
Desserts Fried desserts Doughnuts Doughnuts are one of the desserts I like the most because they remind me of my youth: the afternoons spent at my parents’ house with... 22 February 2022 388 by Ilaria Barisi
Cookies Desserts Pearl spelt cookies My sister gave me this delicious recipe. I slightly modified it, replacing the sugar with honey in order to make the cookies even more “rustic”.... 7 February 2022 439 by Ilaria Barisi
Main dishes Side dishes Baked fennel with Mornay sauce It is known that children do not like vegetables. Even I as a child followed the rule that green in the dish was equivalent to... 17 January 2022 562 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 654 by Ilaria Barisi
Desserts Spoon desserts Sweet Rome I love reading the book “Science in the kitchen and the art of eating well” by Pellegrino Artusi because I find it interesting and amusing.... 8 November 2021 1.1K by Ilaria Barisi
Cakes Desserts Buchteln: soft Tyrolean brioche These are a very soft brioche eaten for breakfast. The first time I ate them was in Merano, but the first time I prepared them... 27 September 2021 342 by Ilaria Barisi
Cookies Desserts Grandma Anna’s cookies The mother of my maternal grandfather Aldo often made cookies and cakes for her numerous grandchildren. I have a photograph of her in which she... 31 May 2021 391 by Ilaria Barisi
Desserts Spoon desserts Milk Rice I love the salted milk rice that my grandmother Irene made me on dull days. In France, however, I ate some very good sweet versions.... 26 April 2021 256 by Ilaria Barisi
Desserts Fried desserts Castagnole – sweet dough balls Castagnole are one of the carnival sweets on par with excellence. I don’t like them when they’re too dry – I like them moist and... 13 February 2021 598 by Ilaria Barisi
