Tag: Garlic
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Beef Roast Simmered In Red Wine (Brasato Al Barolo)
Getting ahead of the holiday panic Thanksgiving and Christmas are stealthily creeping up on us, and are about to jump from behind a door and scream, “BOO!!!!”. I thought I’d head them off at the pass and get you thinking about an idea to make for the holidays already, so you won’t be so…
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Potato Salad With Green Beans and Bruschetta Bread
What to do when your vegetables die and the mosquitoes arrive in force The heat has suddenly arrived with a vengeance. I went from dodging thunderstorms and procrastinating about sowing seeds to grow some vegetables to realizing that suddenly, just in one day, it is now way too hot for them to survive.…
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Turkey: Make The Juiciest One Ever!
Why you should adopt holidays from other countries I can’t believe it’s the beginning of November already! What’s happened to the rest of the year? It feels as though I’ve just put away the New Year’s Celebration things, went to bed, and now I’ve woken up, it’s nearly Thanksgiving and Christmas time again!…
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Marinated Shrimps With Tomato Salsa
A quick and delicious dinner: shrimps are great to keep on hand! I always keep a bag of frozen shrimps/prawns in the freezer for those times when I just don’t know what to make for dinner. They’re quick to thaw out and very fast to cook, and it doesn’t take much to make…
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Salmorejo (Cold Tomato And Bread Soup)
Why you should make Spanish salmorejo soup Here we are on Part III of Tapas Month on Italian Kiwi! I hope you’ve been enjoying the change of pace so far. If you want to have a look at the tapas up until now, you can feast on battered tiny fish and roasted surprise peppers. This…
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Rosemary Leg of Lamb with Baked Tomatoes
Making the perfect roast leg of lamb Easter has been and gone, but roast leg of lamb is not just destined for that long weekend! This roasted lamb leg was what I actually cooked for my Italian side of the family on Easter Sunday. Now, it’s not because we actually celebrate any kind…
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Spaghetti with Herbs, Cannellini Beans and Bacon
An irresistible spaghetti sauce When you don’t have fussy kids hanging around who only like pasta with sauces in which the main constituent is tomato (writing from bitter experience here), this sauce with dried beans, bacon and herbs makes a wonderful change. It suits long pasta, such as spaghetti or linguine perfectly. Even…
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Roasted Leg of Lamb
Time for a terrible confession The flowers (and weeds) are popping up in the garden right before our very eyes, and hoards of German and Scandinavian tourists are arriving in the area, so that means it’s Spring! We had my husband’s family over from Italy during the Easter weekend. I decided to make…
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Fresh pasta (Maltagliati) with Lentil Sauce
I know that since my post last week on making fresh pasta at home, you’ve all been madly producing kilos and kilos of the stuff. It’s hanging off every hanging surface you have: chairs, clotheslines, broom-handles, and now….what to do with all that bounty?! Just a boring old tomato sauce doesn’t make the…
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Beef And Carrot Stew (Spezzatino )
With the nights getting colder, beef stew is very welcoming Winter’s rolling in. There’s frost on the grass in the mornings and ice on the car windows. Though, luckily where I live (at least in my opinion!), the temperature then rises to about 15 to 20 degrees C or so during the day.…
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Penne all’Arrabbiata
How penne all’arrabbiata got its name I’m off on holiday (great that there are so many school holidays in France!!) with the family to Venice and Padova in a couple of days. We’ve decided that our youngest is finally old enough not to try jumping (or falling!) into the canals, so it’s a…
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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…
