Acacia fritters recipe is perfect for celebrating mother’s day, the edible acacia flowers blossom right at the beginning of May. Just in time for the celebration. Jump to Recipe : Print Recipe The beignet d’Acacia is a typical recipe from the French Riviera where the Acacia tree are aboundant. The flowers have a sweet scent similar to orange flowers. … Read more →
Pastiera Napoletana is a ricotta pie typically baked for Easter. The filling is made with wheat, ricotta and has a distinctive flavour of the flower orange water and lemon zest. Jump to Recipe Print Recipe It is a traditional Eastern dessert for many Southern Italian regions, where ricotta is often used in pastries like in Cannoli Siciliani or Sfogliatelle Napoletane. If… Read more →
This is a dark chocolate mousse easy to make, no cream only eggs, butter and sugar if you like sweet. If you like dark chocolate like me, forget the sugar. Dark, smooth and chocolaty. Jump to Recipe This mousse is perfect for dinner parties as you can prepare ahead of time and keep it in the fridge ready to serve. It… Read more →
Here is the authentic Struffoli Recipe, an Italian dessert mostly known as a Christmas tradition from Naples, but in many other Italian regions are traditional during Carnival and called Pignolata. Whatever the tradition, I am happy to eat them anytime: fried dough coated with caramelized honey. Jump to Recipe : Print Recipe This Struffoli recipe is from my Aunt Ada,… Read more →
Soft and buttery inside, crunchy and gooey outside, they are our special Christmas Cinnamon Buns morning treat. To have them fresh in the morning, I prepare the buns the night before and let them rise overnight. Bake them at dawn, and the lovely fragrances of cinnamon and caramel will spread throughout the house, welcoming in the new day. Can be… Read more →
This Apple Cupcakes Recipe is simply made with plenty of apples to fully enjoy their taste: 1 kilos (2 pounds) of apples and no other spices added. Most of the apple cakes recipes use cinnamon and just enough apples to barely taste them. This recipe is purely an apple celebration, an easy way to enjoy cooked apples on a picnic or for lunch… Read more →
This carrot cake with walnuts is perfect for picnics, it is easy to carry and mess free! This recipe combines the crunchiness of the carrots and the walnuts with a moist batter. Jump to Recipe : Print Recipe No, there is no frosting on my carrot cake. Frankly I found the frosting too sweet and carrots are so sweet already.… Read more →
While most bloggers are talking about pumpkins and cinnamon, I like to celebrate Autumn with a Roasted Chestnuts Recipe as they have been my Autumn delight since I was young. Jump to Recipe Walking around Rome, and most European cities, you find on the street corners vendors roasting chestnuts in a kiln. They offer their hot roasted… Read more →
This pavlova recipe is my version of Mont Blanc with Chestnut Mousse, made with 2 large round shapes of meringue covering them with chestnut mousse. Jump to Recipe : Print Recipe To make a thick crunchy meringue that doesn’t stick to your teeth I have a secret: “wine vinegar and cornflour I know, I was also sceptical at first but… Read more →
This is an old Italian ricotta cake no butter recipe from the wartime when butter was scarce. It is not a creamy cake similar to the American cheesecake, but a soft spongy cake you can serve with tea. You can add any flavour you like, vanilla, lemon zest, orange zest. Jump to Recipe Here I added orange blossom water which… Read more →