Italian Kiwi – Recipes, Travel, and More!
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Bistecche alla Pizzaiola (Beef Filets with Tomato Sauce)
A delicious meal in a hurry that the whole family loves Bistecche alla Pizzaiola are a great do in a hurry meal that almost everybody in the family will like (of course, unless they’re vegetarian, hate beef, or hate tomato, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time). I…
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Panna Cotta: Surprisingly Easy To Make!
Panna Cotta, literally, “cooked cream” (sounds better in Italian, doesn’t it!) seems to be on every Italian restaurant menu, and on many restaurant menus outside of Italy too. One day while reading one of my favourite cooking blogs, Chocolate and Zucchini, I stumbled across a recipe for panna cotta that Clotilde had weaseled…
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Strawberry Sorbet, The Italian Way
What to do with strawberries during strawberry season It’s strawberry season!! Yahoo!!!!! The first strawberries that appear in the shops where I live in France are called gariguette. It’s when you know that Spring is really here: well, that and because of all the cars with foreign number plates from Northern parts…
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Triglie alla Livornese (Red Mullet with Tomatoes)
A mullet by any other name tastes the same The fish used in this recipe is a pretty little reddish/pinkish fish is called triglia in Italian and rouget in French. Nice names, aren’t they? Well, do you know what someone way back when decided to call it in English? Red Mullet! What an awful name! I…
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Penne Pasta With Sausage and Spinach
This pasta with a sauce of sausage and spinach is another one of those sneaky recipes I use to get yet more spinach into the stomachs of my spinach-phobic children! With the tomato puree and the sausage, they hardly even notice the green flecks, especially if I grate a mountain of Pecorino cheese…
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Risotto with Sausage and Borlotti Beans
How to make risotto two ways As promised, here’s risotto made the traditional way….be eternally grateful to me now, as I only did it this way for you instead of using my pressure cooker. 🙂 This recipe comes from my wonderful mother-in-law who makes this dish far better than I can! It’s a…
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Spaghetti con Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino
Yes, yes, I know….you’re looking at the photo of this dish, saying, “So what??? It looks like a plate of white spaghetti…..what’s the big deal, and why on earth are you putting this in front of me??” Well, that’s what I thought years ago when my husband, made it for me in the…
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Red Wine Chocolate Cake
Why you should stay in an agriturismo in Italy. It’s not just for the chocolate cake! Before I tell you all about this luscious Sicilian chocolate cake (Torta al Cioccolato di San’Elia), I want to tell you all about a type of holiday in Italy that is a recent newcomer, but has become…
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Caponata: Eggplant Surprise From Sicily
All the good foods in Sicily Ahhhhhh…..Sicily, I miss you already, and I’ve only been home a day. The food, the people, the food, the scenery, the food……..oh, and did I mention that the food was good?! I was amazed to find all sorts of specialties that I’d never even heard of, and…
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Italian Jam Tart (Crostata di Marmellata)
What makes Italian jam tart so special Italian jam tart is another recipe that I learnt (or “learned” if you’re American….when I was studying in the States, the professors ALWAYS told me I had a spelling error for that one!) from an Italian friend who is an incredible cook. Pasta frolla (if anyone…
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Risotto With Scamorza And Bresaola
Why you need to buy a pressure cooker A good Italian friend of mine introduced me to the wonders of the pressure cooker and risotto making a few years ago. It is often used in Italian households and I’ve adopted its use with great gusto. Instead of having to stand over a hot…
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Spaghetti alla Carbonara: Do As The Romans Do
The first time I had “real” spaghetti alla carbonara was when we went to Rome, the birthplace of the dish, a few years ago. I never dreamed that it could be so very good! In Rome the dish is made with “guanciale” (smoked pig’s cheek), which is very difficult to find anywhere else.…
