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Zucchini BLOSSOM Chickpea flour FRITTERS Gluten freeCrispy bites of chickpea flour covered zucchini blossom fritters...accompany tender nibbles of peach and cream corn on the cob. For a dedicated post...refer to: http://www.foodessa.com/2017/07/zucchini-blossom-chickpea-flour.html |
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PASTIERA {Egg noodle ham savoury casserole torte}'Pastiera Salata Napoletana di Pasqua con dolce Prosciutto Cotto' A lightly modified Italian Easter menu based on Grandma’s ‘Pastiera’ di Pasqua. A baked ham came about while my Nonna became more Canadian every passing year. For a dedicated post...refer to:… |
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Borscht style BEET potato and carrot soupRed pigment showers a hearty European style carrot and potato soup with beets. Gentle aromatics of caraway, apple cider vinegar and honey smooth over the palate. For a detailed post...refer to: http://www.foodessa.com/2016/10/borscht-style-beet-potato-carrot-soup.html |
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Aunt Violet's Swedish Rye BreadSwedes have always made hearty, highly flavored breads and rye always seems to play a part, the foundation for many avenues of baking exploration. Aunt Violet was one of my paternal grandfather's sisters. This is her recipe 'from home'. It seems each of the 7 Moller children brought fragments of family recipes with them through… |
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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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Super Fast Fried Cheese Appetizer - SaganakiIf you have a cast iron skillet, you can make a simple, delicious appetizer - fast! A cheese lover's delight! The Greeks call it 'saganaki' and you can use several different semi-firm cheeses to make this delicious and interesting treat in less than 15 minutes. The best cheeses to use are kefaloteri or kaseri, so try to obtain a… |
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New Orleans Muffuletta SandwichOne of the signature delights in New Orleans is the Muffuletta Sandwich, generally made famous by the Central Grocery across from the Cafe du Monde, near the Market, in the French Quarter. You can craft this sandwich masterpiece with a few cold cuts, a loaf of bread, and a jar of muffuletta olive salad which many stores carry next… |
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Gramma Lund's Limpa BreadMy paternal grandfather emigrated to the US in 1912 bringing with him his mother's family recipe for the incredibly delicious - almost cake-like - limpa of the southern Swedish countryside. I looked at every recipe for Swedish Limpa Bread on the C-E-S site. None of them are family recipes, although there is a rye bread recipe, it's… |
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cake RICOTTA cheese CHOCOLATE RUMAll this talk about APRONS and Grandmothers got me going on assembling my notes and photos to finally share with you a very cherished recipe my 'Nonna' made for me growing up. Granted, as I turned baker in my kitchen, I confess to having tweaked it just enough to meet with her approval. She also found that my version was slightly… |
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