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 422 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 533 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 635 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 326 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 373 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 240 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 553 by Ilaria Barisi
First Courses Soups Granny Irene Knödel (Bread dumplings) Granny Irene used to make this dish, of her family’s Austro-Hungarian origin, in every season and for every circumstance. The peculiarity was that she formed... 9 February 2021 475 by Ilaria Barisi
Desserts Spoon desserts Granny Sweet crêpes The term crêpe comes from the Greek krispos (rolled up). In the Middle Ages, it was very common to make them with water and cooked... 2 February 2021 599 by Ilaria Barisi