Recipes by madonna del piatto (Page 7)

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	my newest comfort food: gluten free cake by madonna del piatto my apple cake made with locally available and naturally gluten free ingredientsThe’re is nothing more comforting that to be included after having been excluded from something, isn’t it? Like when your stomach stops digesting something you have loved all your life and you can’t have it anymore? And then you can have it again!My…	1 vote 1600 views
	falsomagro stuffed roast beef by madonna del piatto how to arrange the stuffingThis is another recipe of the clever Italian mammas of the past. It’s called falsomagro or farsumagru a term referring to stuffed lean meat.The stuffing was not meant to create fancy food. It was a way to stretch portions to feed the family using inexpensive ingredients such as inferior cut meats, bread, a…	1 vote 543 views
	cappelletti pasta with kamut by madonna del piatto cappelletti, winter delight of every Umbrian homeI have been keeping this post for one of those rare days when I have enough time in my hands. I wanted quiet and concentration to explain in sufficient detail what might be one of the best pasta recipes in the world. To tell you that cappelletti, the Umbrian diminuitive version of…	1 vote 705 views
	Grazia’s chantilly cream by madonna del piatto Grazia’s chantilly creamItalian style Chantilly aka crema diplomaticaI must be the only woman on the Western hemisphere who is not on a diet after the holidays. It can’t be healthy to be on a diet in the dead of the winter. Besides – with all my food intolerances – I live in such a modesty I can afford some culinary cuddling. Don’t…	1 vote 552 views
	baked cardoons by madonna del piatto fresh cardoons, a typical winter vegetable in Central ItalyPARMIGIANA DI CARDI.This is a recipe which smells intensely of Christmas to me. It reminds me of my mum, perennially standing in her tiny kitchen, creating complicated wonders. Oddly, she hardly made a sound while cooking for a large party, I could hear her breathing.It…	1 vote 418 views
	Gloria’s peposo stew by madonna del piatto meltingly tender, the Tuscan peposo stew served with crispy roast potatoesThis is a guest blog post from my dear friend Gloria, an eclectic, ironic and multi-talented Tuscan. She is a linguist pursuing an academic career, runs a popular travel blog, a couple of holiday rentals, collaborates to all sort of other projects I’ve lost…	1 vote 569 views
	chestnut and mascarpone cream by madonna del piatto chestnut and mascarpone creama chestnut truck in our village marketOctober is an incredibly generous month in Umbria. The weather is still mellow and sunny, the winds have cleared up the sky to porcelain blue, we’re counting the days to olive harvest.This will be the first year we’ll have enough olive oil to sell because we have…	1 vote 463 views
	spinach and pasta soup by madonna del piatto spinach and pasta soupemerald goodnessThis is a healthy, refreshing and quite good-looking soup. It’s one of my desperation recipes, meaning that I make it when desperately needing a nutritious and light meal in hardly any time. I often keep a bag of pre-washed spinach in the fridge, but I would not snob some good quality frozen ones,…	1 vote 698 views
	Elderberry jelly by madonna del piatto Elderberry jellyMy father will not touch my elderberry jelly. Despite my assurance that I have been eating it for years and even his beloved granddaughter has had it with no ill consequences, he is still convinced that it’s dangerous.Not even when I tell him that you can buy it in most supermarkets in Switzerland and Germany. What do…	1 vote 666 views
	salted almond praline gelato by madonna del piatto my homemade gelatoGELATO ALLA PANNA CON PRALINA AL CARAMELLO SALATO.I must confess I generally am not a fashionable cook. On the contrary, I am a firm believer in tradition and repetition. The simpler a recipe, the better. And, if it’s been invented already and everybody knows it, then I am probably not going to be able to improve…	1 vote 555 views