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Easter Bread
This bread is eaten with fresh fava beans, salame, pecorino cheese and hard boiled eggs or small quail eggs
500g flour
-15g yeast
-2 spoons honey
-60g grated sharp cheese
-10 salvia leaves (optional)
-2 tbsn olive oil
-salt to taste
Add the yeast to some warm water together with the honey. Let it bubble for ten minutes and add to the flour, [...]
Torta pasqualina
This is an Easter pie, originally the Torta was made with layers of filling alternated with paper-thin sheets of pastry: 33 layers of dough were used representing each year of Christ’s life. Also, 12 eggs were added to represent the apostoles.
This is a simple version made during Easter weekend to eat cold on the Monday [...]
Posted by Ren on marzo 31st, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »Food fairs in Rome and around in April 2010
-From 2nd to 4th April in Bolsena (VT) during the Easter weekend the splendid Botanical gardens of Bolsena on the lake hosts an exhibit of fruit, vegetables and herbs for amators and collectors. An area destinated to the acquatic plants actually becoming extinct. Abundent hydrangeas and many other flowering shrubs. All surrounded of course with [...]
Posted by Ren on marzo 31st, 2010 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »Akustika singers
The Akustika Chamber Singers’ repertoire include a wide range of musical styles from Renaissance works through 20th and 21st century composed music, African traditional as well as improvisational repertoire
Tuesday 6th April at 18.30 in the Church of San Silverstro Papa
Monkfish with potatoes
Have the fishmonger take the skin of a small monkfish, and prepare for roasting. Slice a few potatoes and onions finely and sprinkle with olive oil and s & p. Add some sliced baby tomatoes and skinned red peppers (boil in salted water for 5′ to remove skins), sprinkle with parsley and bake for 25′ [...]
Posted by Ren on marzo 31st, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »Rosemary bread
A handfull of finely chopped fresh rosemary
25 g fresh yeast 300 ml tepid water,tspn salt
1 tbsp salt,1 tspn honey,1 tspn olive oil
whole wheat flour (2,4 cups)
regular wheat flour (about 1 cup)
Chop the rosemary leaves with a half-moon.Crumble the yeast into a bowl, and add some warm water and the honey and stir till dissolved and [...]
Posted by Ren on marzo 31st, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »Vegetarian pie with buffalo ricotta
Boil some salty water and cook each vegetable for 5′ and drain:broccoli flowers, fennel in six pieces, yellow onion in six pieces.
sauté some champignon mushrooms with garlic for 8 minutes
Mix alltogether with some buffalo ricotta (this is thicker than the other ricotta and stays lovely and white when baked). Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs [...]
Knead to Know in the Sannio
Fresh, hot bread. A rush of old memories. Who can resist the temptation to dash into the baker’s and by a slab of hot pizza bianca or a warm pagnotta?
This is the theme of our next culinary escapade called Knead to Know (see attached), a special event taking place on the weekend [...]
spring is here
Posted by Ren on marzo 26th, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »Honey and walnut parcels
Sofia’s idea
Frozen puff pastry. (I find that the organic shops have the best quality, unless you make it yourself). Acacia honey and crushed walnuts.
Roll out the pastry with some flour to make it thinner than presented in the box. Cut some squares of any size you like. Place some honey with crushed walnut pieces in [...]
Chickpea flour pizza
1 cup chickpea flour. Fresh rosemary,garlic and chilli pepper .1 spoon of curry powder.Water. Olive oil.
Mix the flour with enough water to make a medium thick batter. Rather like a pancake mix but thicker Finely reduce the herbs into an almost powdery mix with a half-moon. Add s & p 1 spoon olive oil. Leave [...]
Easter delights from Abruzzo-Sorelle Nurzia
SATURDAY 27TH MARCH in the Valdese Church in Piazza Cavour-Rome starting from 11 a.m. in the morning .
Products of the famous Sorelle Nurzia in Abruzzo – Help in a time of need
mercatino di pasqua a roma
presso la chiesa valdese di piazza Cavour sabato 27 marzo, a Roma, Roberto Potito terrà una vendita di prodotti Nurzia [...]
Posted by Ren on marzo 22nd, 2010 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »Camelia flower festival in Velletri
20th and 21st March at Piazza Mazzini in Velletri Festa delle Camelie
To get to Velletri – take the bus to Ciampino railway station (every 30 minutes) and then take a train to Velletri (every 30 – 60 minutes, takes about 40 minutes).
Food fairs around Rome in March
COLLINE ROMANE FOOD FAIRS MARCH
Montecomprati (Rm) - “Sagra del Cinghiale” in Piazza del Mercato , with a giant ‘ frittellata’ in this Borgo San Michele. From Saturday 20th March at 17.30 the food fair begins. On Sunday 21st at 11.45 there is a famous hunting dog exhibition with prizes and at 12.30-18.30 the opening of [...]
Italian Country
Lovely illustrated book on Italian Country Living. If you look inside you will see our house in Maremma too!
Posted by Ren on marzo 11th, 2010 under Books to read on cooking and not | Comment now »Spring table and bread baking day
SPRING TABLE
WHOLE MEAL AND BRAN BREAD
Braised beef-Brasato
Danillo brought the meat and Luca cooked it.
1,1/2kg brisket beef (in Italian just ask for brasato,preferably on the bone)
1 bottle full tanic red wine
Onions,carrots,some celery,bay leaves, garlic cloves, whole peppers and cloves, salt,olive oil.
Brown the meat in olive oil in a large deep saucepan. Add all the other ingredients except wine and cook slightly. Add [...]
Retake Rome-Everyone in Green
Sunday March 14th in Villa Borghese from 10 to 1.30 with a family picnic to follow, Clean-a-Thon volunteers for the day to help remove the graffiti, tagging and litter in Rome. A family project organized by the volunteer network
www.fondazionegaribaldi.it
Alchemy Arts-Recycling is Chic
‘Alchemy Arts: Recycling is Chic’, Kate MacKay and Di Jennings combine tales of mythical creatures and ancient customs with up-to-date tips for ethical fashion in a craft book that seeks to inspire rather than simply instruct. Inviting collaborations from across the globe and with illustrations to accompany each project, their [...]
Posted by Ren on marzo 6th, 2010 under Books to read on cooking and not | Comment now »spring garlic
Spring in Rome and garlic on the terrace!
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