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Basic Components

Whether you are baking or preparing a gourmet dish, there are specific basic components you need in the recipe. Here are the most used, you will see them again and again in some of my recipes. You can come here for details instructions and tips.

From dough for pizza, to pastry, roux and homemade stock

  • Fried polenta with taleggio
    Italian Crispy Fried Polenta Cakes With Taleggio And Truffle Sauce
  • brown stock in the pressure cooker
    How To Make Homemade Brown Beef Stock From Scratch
  • Chicken stock
    Homemade Chicken Stock With The Pressure Cooker
  • homemade mayonnaise in a bowl eggs in a corner
    How To Make Homemade Olive oil Mayonnaise Recipe
  • Fish Stock Recipe
    Homemade Fish Stock Recipe
  • brioche cut in slices
    How To Make Brioche Dough At Home
  • Pizza dough under a wet towel
    How to Make Neapolitan Pizza Dough
  • pasta frolla
    Savory And Sweet Pasta Frolla - Italian Pastry Dough
  • White Roux in a saucepan
    How to make a white roux and its related mother sauces
  • carrot onion celery called mirepoix soffritto
    Tips To Make And Use Soffritto (Italian Mirepoix)
  • Italian breadcrumbs recipe
    Homemade Italian Breadcrumbs Recipe (Freezer Friendly)

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Laura Giunta Tobin

Hi, I’m Laura. Welcome to my blog! While many talk about Italian food, I’ve lived it firsthand. Here, I share real Italian home cooking, just as it’s made in Italy. Won’t you join me?

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Laura Giunta Tobin, born in Reggio Calabria and raised in Rome, shares in her blog and YouTube channel, Your Guardian Chef, the authentic Italian approach to cooking, showing the techniques that go into creating food from scratch.
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