Tag: Salt
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Spanish Tapas: Tiny Battered and Fried Whole Fish
Tapas are the best way to eat! This month of July, I’m kicking off the first post on Spanish Tapas Month! Tapas are small amounts of various dishes that are put on the table to share. They are perfect for the hot weather, and for all the barbeques and buffets that you may…
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Hot Cross Buns For Easter
Hot cross buns, chocolate eating, and musings about the Easter Bunny Easter is nearly here. I can hear the hoppity-hop of little bunny paws as they stuff their baskets with Easter eggs…..well, there must be more than one Easter Bunny, right? Otherwise how would he get the Easter eggs to all the kids…
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Red Pepper Flan with Anchovy Sauce
Excuses and Anchovies I know it’s been quiet for a couple of weeks. Sorry about that. Thanks to two weeks of school holidays in which there were sick kids, one after the other, just to make sure we spent the whole first week at home, then a week of holidays in Italy, I…
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Spinach and Ricotta Self-Crusting Mini-Quiches
Even spinach haters like these Spinach is one of those poor maligned vegetables that everyone loves to hate, but happily eats when it’s mixed in with other ingredients, such as eggs or cheese. Even my kids, who vow and declare that they detest spinach, gobble it up when it’s “hidden”. I put…
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Goat Cheese and Pistachio Souffle
Souffles are not as hard to make as they seem Now, don’t let the fact that there is the word “souffle” in the title scare you off. Souffles have an undeserved reputation (along with sponge cakes and meringues) of being difficult, if not impossible to make at home unless you are some kind…
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Dutch Pancakes with Bacon (Pannekoeken)
Discovering delicious food in Amsterdam Yes, you’re completely right, this is NOT an Italian recipe. Every now and then it’s good to mix it up a little! This is a recipe for Dutch pannekoeken (pancakes) with bacon. You don’t actually need to eat them with bacon. You can have them with cheese,…
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Spaetzle with cream, peas, and bacon
Spaetzle, mountains, and intriguing areas of Italy The kids are back at school. All is quiet on the Cote d’Azur as the tourists have flown back to the far corners of Europe from whence they came. We can start thinking about Autumn and writing blog posts (oh, that last bit is about me,…
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Emma’s Date Scones
A short introduction I’m back! I’m sorry I’ve been away for so long, but the Summer got a little bit crazy! I had lots of fun in Italy in the Dolomiti mountains, which I’ll be writing about in the coming weeks, but for now, I wanted to start off the “beginning of the year”…
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Zucchini and Spring Onion Fritters
What to do with all those zucchini Zucchini, zucchini everywhere and not a recipe in sight……or is there? My kids and I grew zucchini plants from seed this year. They’ve taken a while as the weather’s been all over the place, acting like a teenage girl who doesn’t know what to wear on…
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Pasta with Tuna and Borlotti Beans
Pasta with tuna and borlotti beans is a favourite in our house when we want a tasty, but quick pasta sauce. It’s great as all the ingredients come out of cans, so they can be stored in the cupboard for the occasion when you look in the fridge and realise that either you…
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Venetian Butter Cookies (Bussolai Buranei)
The Venetian butter cookies that you’ve been longing to hear about Last year we went for a trip to Venice, and I suddenly realized that the time has drifted away and I’ve told you nothing yet about our time there! So, today I’m going to rectify that. Sorry that I’ve kept you in…
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Strawberry Tart with Italian Crema
A hankering for strawberry tart Strawberries are everywhere right now, except in my garden. At the moment I have lots of plants, some of which have flowers, but nary a strawberry in sight. I’m hoping that they’re just being coy and will start popping out strawberries galore at any time now. As soon…
