Tag: Eggs
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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,…
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Chiacchiere (Crunchy Italian Carnaval Treats)
Crunchy treat time during European Carnaval It’s Carnevale in Italy, and everywhere you look, these scrumptious pastries jump out and you and scream, “EAT ME!! EAT ME!! No, not just one of me! MORE!! MORE!!”. Carnevale is celebrated in many parts of Europe for a few weeks before “Shrove Tuesday”, after which you…
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Breaded Beef Fillets
The ultimate comfort meal Talk about a comfort meal! Well at least for me…….when I was growing up breaded beef fillets were my second favourite thing to eat for dinner (pizza was always number 1), which is just as well as it was served up for dinner every Wednesday night at the boarding school…
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Broccoli and Spinach Flan
Green makes you grow muscles This is a broccoli dish that even all those broccoli-haters out there love (well at least are prepared to eat under coercion). I can attest to this through vigorous scientific “blind” taste tests….i.e.. not telling my broccoli-disparaging husband and kids what was in the flan. I only told…
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Oven-Baked Pasta With Salami And Eggs
Oven-baked pasta that will have you coming back for more This wonderful oven-baked pasta, stuffed with mozzarella, chewy morsels of salami, and slices of boiled egg comes from my Italian mother-in-law. It’s one of those recipes that is perfect to make in the weekend and then reheat during the week to have a…
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Caramelized Onion Frittata
The frittata recipe that only mother-in-laws know This recipe is a favourite of my mother-in-law, who learnt it from her mother-in-law. Who knows….maybe it’s a secret recipe passed down only by mother-in-laws. In which case, I shouldn’t be sharing it with you and will probably be struck by lightening as soon as I…
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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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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.…
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Spinach Frittata
What to give to people who hate spinach so that they will eat spinach So, what can you do to get people (especially the young kind!) to eat spinach. Well, I’ll let you in on a secret: this frittata is it, and not only will they eat spinach when it’s hidden in an…
