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Chicken Involtini with Fontina, Speck and Peas

Chicken Involtini with Fontina, Speck and Peas

I love chicken involtini. Well, to be honest I love all involtini, especially when they are filled with cheese! I am always looking for different stuffing. In this case, I filled the rolls with Fontina cheese and smokey Italian Speck. I then cooked them with peas and a little bit of cream – mainly to…

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Stracchino and Speck Risotto

Stracchino and Speck Risotto

Today’s recipe is a delicious and almost sinful risotto: Stracchino and Speck Risotto. I love cheese and Stracchino is an Italian mild soft cheese that I adore. And I love Italian Speck. If you are not familiar with it, it is a smoked prosciutto from South Tyrol, in the Italian Alps. I use it often…

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Alpine Sliders

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This week’s Sunday Supper is all about Super Bowl food, as the event is called “Super Eats for Game Day”, so if you are like me and LOVE the kind of food that is served for such occasions, you are in for a big treat!  In fact, I cannot wait to read all the amazing recipe…

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Lasagne with zucchini pesto, speck and smoked scamorza

LASAGNE WITH ZUCCHINI PESTO, SPECK AND SMOKED SCAMORZA

Mmmm Lasagne!  My favourite dish ever.  Growing up my parents and I would make Lasagne for big occasions, like Christmas or birthdays.  And they would always be the classic meat version (you can find my recipe here).  Well, lately I have been making all sorts of Lasagne.  Remember my Pesto Lasagne (my all time favourite!), or…

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Purple Gnocchi with Parmigiano Reggiano Fondue, Crunchy Speck and Toasted Hazelnuts

PURPLE GNOCCHI ON A PARMIGIANO REGGIANO FONDUE WITH TOASTED HAZELNUTS AND CRUNCHY SPECK

I love experimenting with pasta and gnocchi. I love the fact that you can make them of many shapes, flavours and colours. I saw these amazing purple Congo potatoes at the market and I could not resist buying them. They are not imported from Congo as they name might suggest, but they are grown in…

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Chicken Involtini with Stracchino, Spinach and Speck

CHICKEN INVOLTINI WITH SPECK, SPINACH AND STRACCHINO

Today’s recipe is another spur of the moment creation.  I had some Italian Speck and stracchino cheese in the fridge that needed to be used.  I also had some baby spinach (I often do, as it is one of my favourite items for salads!) and decided to use all of these ingredients to jazz up…

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Pappardelle with radicchio and speck

PAPPARDELLE WITH RADICCHIO AND SPECK

Radicchio (pronounced rah-DEE-kee-oh) is a chicory very specific to certain areas of Northern Italy, especially Veneto.  There are a few varieties, but Chioggia (the round kind) and Treviso (the elongated kind) are the most common.  I have only ever seen Treviso in Sydney, so that’s what I have used for this recipe, but the round variety…

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Speck Canederli in Broth

CANEDERLI CON SPECK IN BRODO – SPECK CANEDERLI IN BROTH

Canederli, also known locally as Knödel, are bread dumplings typical of the area of South Tyrol, even though similar versions are found in Austrian, German, Hungarian, Croatian and Czech cuisines.  The classic Italian recipe calls for Italian Speck, which is a smoked prosciutto typical of the area and they are traditionally served in broth as…

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Baked Jumbo Shells filled with Zucchini and Mushrooms

BAKED JUMBO SHELLS FILLED WITH ZUCCHINI AND MUSHROOMS

Today’s recipe is the perfect recipe to make for a Sunday lunch or any special occasion.  It does require a little work, but it is definitely worth it and it is a dish that can be prepared in advance and then baked on the day.  Needless to say, it is delicious.  My 5 year old…

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PORCINI, SPECK AND POTATO SAVOURY PIE

Today’s recipe is great in every season.  The ingredients are perfect for the cooler months, but the fact that you can eat it cold (or at room temperature), makes it perfect for the warmer months too.  I actually love to take this to picnics and barbecues when the season is right, but it is also…

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Mushroom and Asiago Calzoni

MUSHROOM AND ASIAGO CALZONI

The other day I had some Asiago cheese left in the fridge and while trying to figure out what to do with it, I stumbled upon this recipe.  I also happened to have all the other ingredients, so I thought of trying it out for dinner.  It was really tasty!  I loved the contrasting flavours…

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POTATO, SPECK AND LEEK PARCELS

In my opinion, there is no better side dish for a steak than potatoes, in whatever shape or form, so I knew I had to make some to go with the Beef fillet roast that I prepared for my Foodbuzz 24×24 Christmas in July event.  The thing is, when you are making a special meal, you want…

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Pumpkin and Barley Soup

PUMPKIN AND BARLEY SOUP

My mom used to make this pumpkin soup often in autumn and winter, when pumpkin is in season in Italy.  It is a comforting and tasty soup, perfect for a cold winter evening.  If you are vegetarian you can make it without speck.  If you do cook it with speck though, try and find the…

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Penne with zucchini and speck

PENNE WITH ZUCCHINI AND SPECK

This pasta brings back lots of wonderful childhood memories.  I still remember the first time I ate this pasta even though I was only 7 years old.  It was a very cold winter evening and I was on a ski holiday, a “settimana bianca” (literally a “white week”) as we call it in Italy.  We…

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STROZZAPRETI WITH SPECK AND PISTACHIO PESTO

The last time I went to Italy was in 2008.  We went during summer, so we also went to Sicily to spend some time at the seaside in a small village called San Vito Lo Capo (Wiki).  Our eldest daughter was 1 year old then and Clint and I could finally leave her with my…

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SPECK AND FONTINA ROLL

When we were still living in Italy, one day Clint came back from work saying: “I have eaten a fantastic thing at work today.  It was a puff pastry roll stuffed with cheese and speck.  You should try and make it at home!”.  When I heard “speck and cheese”, I was sold, he didn’t really…

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