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Easy Risotto & Gourmet MushroomsRisotto scares too many cooks. It's really a simple dish, though not commonly served at the American dinner table - unless you have some (usually Northern) Italian blood in your family. When done with care, risotto can be a sublime accompaniment to all types of dishes. In fact, you can add all types of things to a risotto to… |
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PARSLEY sun-dried TOMATO PESTO on PASTAI opened the fridge to be happily greeted by a beautiful bouquet of parsley. With this, I was inspired to create a parsley sun-dried tomato pesto. This wonderful sauce turned out great! Pouring it on one of my favourite meal...PASTA...was truly a delectable bonus ;0) |
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Ravioli with Peas and ProsciuttoThis is a dish we made on a cooking class about a week ago using the first fresh peas of the season. Vibrantly colourful and tasty, the combination of peas and prosciutto is very typical of Bologna, though pureed peas are not. |
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Risi e BisiThis delectable spring dish, a soup with fresh pea pod stock, fresh peas and rice, was once served with great pomp and ceremony to the Magnificent Doge of Venice - the elected head of the powerful city state. It was usuallly served on the 25th of April, the feast of the patron saint of the city, San Marco. This was traditionally the… |
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Dolce al MascarponeMy luscious spring variation on Tiramisù, this one is made with a lemon syrup and fresh berries |
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Bologna la grassa!
This group is dedicated to the cuisine of Bologna and Emilia-Romagna, which many say is the true culinary capital of Italy. If you like tortellini, tagliatelle, lasagne alla bolognese, cappellacci, passatelli, bollito misto, cotechino e zampone, prosciutto di parma, mortadella and the world-famous parmesan cheese, this group is for you.
