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Onion Focaccia

ONION FOCACCIA

After sharing with you the Basic Focaccia recipe and the recipe for Focaccia with Olives, today I am going to post the recipe for my absolute favourite: Onion Focaccia!  I love the taste of soft Focaccia topped with sweet onions… mmmm… I am getting hungry just by writing about it!  The recipe is  the one…

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Cantucci

CANTUCCI

For today’s Regional Italian recipe, I want to take you back to Tuscany.  After sharing two savoury dishes (Pollo alla Cacciatora and Tuscan Cabbage Soup) from this beautiful region, today I want to show you how to make Cantucci, also known as Biscotti di Prato (cookies from the town of Prato).  The term biscotto (biscotti is the…

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Tortelli di Carnevale

TORTELLI DI CARNEVALE

This is a very special time of the year for all Italian children: it is “Carnevale”, the time to wear costumes and parade in the streets playing tricks on other kids and throwing coriandoli (round shaped paper confettis) and stelle filanti (similar to paper streamers) everywhere.  It is like Halloween but it lasts longer (about…

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TUSCAN CABBAGE SOUP

Today I am going to share with you the recipe for one of my favourite soups.  I know it’s summer here, but to tell you the truth, it has been a rather unusual summer… quite cool and rainy.  And I am thankful for that as it makes it easier to have a healthy and tasty…

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Gnocchi alla Bava

GNOCCHI ALLA BAVA

This week’s Regional Italian recipe is quite a decadent one.  It comes from the Alpine region of Valle d’Aosta (Aosta Valley) that borders with France and Switzerland.  It is a renowned tourist destination for winter sports and summer hikes.  It is beautiful, as only the Alps can be.  And the food?  It is hearty and…

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Malloreddus alla Campidanese

MALLOREDDUS ALLA CAMPIDANESE

This week’s Regional Italian recipe comes from the region of Sardinia or, as we say, Sardegna, one of the 2 biggest islands of Italy (the other being Sicily).  It is a fantastic place with some of the best food and seaside in the world (I am not kidding you).  It is well known in Italy as…

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Baci di Alassio

BACI DI ALASSIO

My Regional Italian recipe series is back after the holiday break.  This week’s recipe takes us to Liguria once again.  This time, I am going to take you to the little town of Alassio, near Savona in the western area of the region.  This little town is very popular for its beautiful sea and is visited by…

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POLLO ALLA CACCIATORA

This week’s Regional Italian recipe is Pollo alla cacciatora, from the region of Tuscany or, as we say, Toscana.  Who does not know Tuscany??  It is probably one of the most beautiful regions of Italy and definitely one of the most visited.  And it is one of the regions with some of the best (and most…

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Supplì al telefono

SUPPLÌ AL TELEFONO

Today’s recipe takes us to the Italian region of Lazio.  Lazio is a coastal region in Central Italy and it includes Rome, the capital of Italy.  Many of the most popular Italian dishes come from this area.  They include carbonara, amatriciana, abbacchio, carciofi alla giudia and many more.  So stay tuned for more recipes from…

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Baccalà alla Vicentina

BACCALÀ ALLA VICENTINA

This week’s Regional Italian recipe takes us to Veneto in North-Eastern Italy.  Veneto is among the wealthiest, most developed and industrialised regions of Italy and it is also one of the most visited by tourists, its capital being Venice.  It is also the region of other famous places like the beautiful Alpine town of Cortina d’Ampezzo in…

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Babà

BABÀ

Today I am going to show you how to make one of the most popular sweets from Naples.  In fact I am going to take you to the southern region of Campania for my series on Italian Regional dishes.  This region has a vast culinary tradition, so I will be presenting quite a few dishes from…

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Chifeletti

CHIFELETTI – KIPFEL – KIFELČEK

This week’s Regional Italian dish will take us back to the region of Friuli – Venezia Giulia, Italy’s most North-Eastern region that borders with Austria and Slovenia.  As I have already said in my post about Maiale al Latte – Purcit tal Lat, it is a region that puts together the historically-geographical region of Friuli…

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OLIVE ALL’ASCOLANA

This has always been one of my favourite antipasti, perfect along a good glass of chilled white wine while waiting to serve dinner.  I have never seen it here in Sydney and I was looking for the perfect occasion to try and make it at home.  And what better occasion than my series on Regional…

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FARINATA DI CECI

This week I want to take you all to Liguria for my weekly Regional Italian dish.  Liguria is a coastal region in North-western Italy famous for its seaside, colourful villages and delicious food.  Who hasn’t heard of Cinque Terre or Portofino and who hasn’t eaten pesto or focaccia at least once?  Unfortunately this area has also been hit…

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MAIALE AL LATTE – PURCIT TAL LAT

This week’s Regional Italian recipe takes us to Friuli – Venezia Giulia, Italy’s most North-Eastern region that borders with Austria and Slovenia.  This region has been a part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire for many years and thus has many cultural and culinary similarities with the other regions and Nations of the area.  It is a region that…

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PASTA CON I BROCCOLI ARRIMINATI – PASTA CHI VRUOCCULI ARRIMINATI

As I have announced in my Vitello Tonnato post, I have decided to dedicate one post a week to Italian cooking, focussing each time on a different region.  There are so many fantastic traditional recipes in Italy that it can be a daunting job to choose from them, but I am having lots of fun…

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