Italian Kiwi – Recipes, Travel, and More!
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Apricot Cake
The best apricot cake I’ve ever made One more week of the school holidays to go. At this time of the year I always have mixed feelings: sad, as it’s so nice just to hang out with the kids and not have to rush anywhere, but also happy, because I’ll have more time…
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Prosciutto e Melone (Raw Ham and Cantaloupe)
Italian prosciutto and cantaloupe melon: a favourite at our place! We’ve just been away for nearly a month on holiday in California, Utah and Arizona. Fabulous, fabulous places! It was wonderful to get back to my old stomping grounds for the first time in nearly 10 years and catch up with long-lost friends,…
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Pad Thai with Shrimp and Tofu
Now for something completely different Here’s a recipe for Pad Thai: not Italian at all, but made with noodles, so I guess it vaguely enters into the category of distant cousin to Italian cuisine. Pad Thai is an all-in-one dish from Thailand and Laos. Noodles are eaten at many festive occasions in Asia…
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Penne Pasta With Mozzarella And Fresh Tomatoes
It’s taken a long time, but Summer has finely showed up. To make up for being late, it’s decided to blast us with the normal sun, plus the heat it didn’t get around to sending last month: two Summer days at the speed of one! It’s too hot to really cook anything much. …
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Cantuccini (The Original “Biscotti” from Tuscany)
What “biscotti” are called in Italy Yes, I know I just put up another almond biscuit recipe recently, but honestly, I bought a lot of almonds when I made the marzapani, so they have to be used up. This is a recipe for classic Tuscan biscuits called cantuccini or cantucce. Cantuccini are the grandmother of the…
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Home-Made Limoncello
Limoncello makes everything better The first digestivo (after dinner drink) I ever tried was limoncello. It was a very memorable moment; not only for the fact that I took my first sip of this concentrated lemon delight, but also because it was the first time I met my new boyfriend’s WHOLE group friends…
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Marzipani: A Sweet Slice Of The Salento, Italy
These cookies from Puglia has nothing to do with marzipan Before you start thinking biscuits made of marzipan, stop right there. These are delicious biscuits called marzapani, but the only thing they have in common with the almond paste is that they are made with lots and lots of almonds. Marzapani are a combination of…
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Bruschetta (Italian Tomato and Garlic Bread)
The strawberries had a better party to go to this year Well, maybe you all actually know how to make bruschetta, but even if you do, I hope that this post will remind you of it since there are loads of wonderful tomatoes and basil coming into season right around now…..well, at least there…
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Tagliatelle and Chickpeas (Ciceri e Tria)
I’m sure that right now you’re saying, either aloud and making all your work-mates turn to look at you, or more sensibly, in your head so that nobody knows that you’re not working, “What the heck is Ciceri e Tria??!!!”. Well, that’s what I said when I first heard of these words when we…
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Chocolate Brownie Cake (Torta Caprese)
Chocolate cake, no people, and incredible tourist spots The recipe I’m about to unveil is called Torta Caprese. I had the luck to be able to go to Puglia a few weeks ago, thanks to my parents-in-law, who gave my husband a fantastic birthday present of looking after the kids while he went to…
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Asparagus with Parmesan Cheese
The first local asparagus has hit the shops! No, not literally….that would be very messy…and maybe dangerous. Have you ever been poked in the eye with an uncooked asparagus spear? In a stupid story that I’m not going to go into here, I have and I can tell you that it hurts! I…
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Fava Bean And Spring Onion Frittata
The signs of Spring: flowers, tourists and fresh broad beans “Spring has sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where the birdies is?” as the eminent writer Spike Milligan was said to have recited, and my Mum always used to say when I was a kid. And indeed, Spring has finally come (boy,…
