torta al testo
torta al testo, a traditional Umbrian flat bread TORTA AL TESTO, also named crescia, is one of the most traditional Umbrian peasant foods, probably of Roman origin. This savory flat bread is not...
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a slice of heaven HOMEMADE PIZZA. In Italy, the term pizza is generally used to indicate a flat bread which can be stuffed or topped with all sorts of ingredients. In Central Italy, pizza is also a...
View Articleslow dough focaccia
melt-in-the-mouth onion focaccia I have always been one for slow things. My husband makes fun of me because when he tells me a joke I laugh 5 minutes later. Years ago I have embraced the Slow Travel...
View Articlesour-cherry braided brioche
a golden, buttery brioche enveloping a spectacular preserve KFP6FY6BC53D I live the strange life of innkeepers, having my Sundays all together in a single dose and enjoying rest and relaxation when the...
View Articlesavory cauliflower crostata
savory gluten-free crunchiness, so delicious, so light Does cauliflower count for detox? That’s what we are supposed to do for at least one week in January, isn’t it? Have you done the salad treatment...
View ArticleTraditional Italian Easter dove bread
Colomba, the heavenly Easter sweet bread from Italy COLOMBA PASQUALE FATTA IN CASA. You may not be the most beautiful dove but you have a sweet, buttery heart. You may not be not the softest but I have...
View Articlegluten free bruschetta bread
a beautiful gluten-free loaf of bread! This has been very difficult. And slow. And sometime a little discouraging. It often happens with gluten free cooking, you probably already know it. I have...
View Articlehow to make better pizza and get to know your flour
homemade pizza: how to test your ingredients and develop your own recipe Pizza night in this house never goes unnoticed. The event has been planned in advance. Most likely we have just been on a hunt...
View ArticleSicilian pidoni: small calzoni with curly endive
PIDONI FRITTI ALLA MESSINESE. The Pitoni or Pidoni are parcels of a pizza-like dough, stuffed with curly endive, mozzarella and a tiny bit of anchovy. Not dissimilar to calzoni but fried, they are a...
View ArticleBucciotto, a cheese-bread doll for Easter
Easter in Umbria is not for those with a delicate constitution. A cheese-egg-meat-wine-chocolate binge starts at 9 am on Easter Sunday with breakfast and ends into a food induced coma sometime at 5 pm....
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