Rotolo Al Forno Rotolo Bake Whilst I enjoy a traditional ‘rotolo’, I have simplified it in this recipe titled “Rotolo Bake” using fresh pasta sheets filled with a mixture of silverbeet & ricotta, (essentially, a silverbeet & ricotta cannelloni), cut in half, sat upright in a large saucepan, filled with a thick bath of sugo.…
involtini di verza (savoy cabbage rolls with pork & rice) Did you love ‘cabbage rolls’ as a child? I recently posted a photo on my personal instagram account of our homemade cabbage rolls for dinner; the amount of followers who reminiscently commented that I had taken them back was tremendous! And I get taken back…
torta di clementine clementine cake ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ – what a fabulous movie that is! One of my favourites, staring Ben Stiller as Walter Mitty. An inspiring movie about finding the courage to leap into the extraordinary adventure that is life; and celebrates the delightfulness of ‘clementine cake’!! Shirley Maclaine plays Walter’s mum…
Light, clean, and it’s naturally sweet flavoured flesh serves perfectly raw as sashimi, sushi, ceviche, or as I do here; carpaccio!
torta al limone lemon cake Without a doubt, citrus cakes are my absolute favourite! They are simple looking cakes, rustic you could say, however bursting with pleasurable tangy refreshing light flavours. These are the types of cakes where it is impossible to stop at one slice. I remember as a young child I would devour…
Coconut & Dark Chocolate Cherry Tart Tis’ the season to be Cherry…..sorry, I mean Merry! The week between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day is a blur to me – I lose track of days; my work falls by the wayside; there is no ‘TO DO’ list; there are more ‘spare of the moment’ outings;…
Insalata Estiva Italiana Italian summer salad with homemade croutons Hot summer nights call for light dinners like salads agreed? The cold (or room temperature) refreshing ingredients makes eating on warm nights tolerable. There is no need to add extra layers of body warmth from eating heavy comfort food! No, the opposite is required in summer. However, the challenge…
Crostata al Mirtillo blueberry tart Merry (belated) Christmas and Happy (belated) New Year! It has been a long while since my last post here! I have a genuine legitimate reason for this – I have been completely time poor with a 4 & 1 year old! You say, “well how come others can do both –…
Blood Orange & Hazelnut Cake I was introduced to blood orange quite late in life – I was 24 (I know!). It was on my first day in Rome, Italy! My finance` (now hubby), Ben and I were on an adventure of a lifetime. We had left our jobs and home for an unspecified period of…
Torta di Limone e Olio Lemon and oil cake I love the saying “it takes a village to raise a child”. I say it often to remind myself to ask for help when I’m busy with my two youngsters. I don’t have a village, but I do have a great mum and sister, Aurora, who…