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Baker's cookies from Bologna (Italy)

Baker's cookies from Bologna (Italy)

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Prep Time: 60 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes

These are the traditional cookies that you can find in every bakery in Bologna (Northern Italy). They re simple and tasty and you can keep long in tin cans, jars or sealed nylon bags.

Easy Polenta

Easy Polenta

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Polenta is a recipe that comes from Northern Italy. Italians use it as a base for braised meats, or just as a side dish to any great meal. This simple recipe is a substitute for the slow cooked polenta that would be made in Italy. Most of us don't have…

Olive Ascolane

Olive Ascolane

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Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 5 Minutes

Olive ascolane are deliciously stuffed green olives which are breaded and fried. They are originally from the Le Marche region of Italy. Thankfully, they are widely found all over Italy, and are easily made at home. In Italy, I would mostly enjoy them as…

Risotto with Shrimp and Arugula

Risotto with Shrimp and Arugula

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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Risotto is a classic Italian rice dish . The beauty of risotto is that it is so versatile. Whether it's meat, fish, or vegetables the key to a delicious risotto is using the finest and freshest ingredients that the season has to offer. Risotto origina…

Lentil Salad

Lentil Salad

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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes

When it’s just to hot to cook, let alone eating a hot dish, like it is here in Naples, Italy. This main or side dish is perfect and nutritious. Also you can add more vegetables (there is no limit, go crazy!). Can be served with good crusty bread or garl…

Apple Fritters

Apple Fritters

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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes

Adapted from: The Taste of Italy by Frederic Lebain & Jean Paul Paireault. This is a unique dessert that is sure to please! Enjoy and Cook with Love, Catherine

Tagliatelle Ubriacona

Tagliatelle Ubriacona

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Prep Time: 45 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes

An amazing creation from my favorite restaurant in Florence, Italy. Ubriacona (means drunkard in Italian) you can substitute the tagliatelle with anything really even risotto....sooooo good!!

Rice Balls

Rice Balls

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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes

Adapted from The Taste of Italy by Frederic Lebain & Jean Paul Paireault. These are a really big hit whenever I serve them. I hope you all enjoy them as much! Cook and Enjoy with Love, Catherine

Harley's Porksteak Tonite

Harley's Porksteak Tonite

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Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 60 Minutes

My Big Brother, loves to cook,thats his passion besides riding his Harley.I love to watch my brother cook,and he has taught me alot of different receipes from italy.I missed being around my Brother,even thou we don't get togather like we use to,I'm so gla…

Peperonata

Peperonata

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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Peperonata is a delicious side dish that originates in the Puglia region of Italy. It makes a GREAT accompaniment to any meat dish. One nice thing about peperonata is that it can be made ahead of time, and reheated just prior to serving. It is also tasty…

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Memorie di Angelina

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This food blog is inspired by the wonderful home cooking of my Italian grandmother, a native of a small town in Campania called Apice Vecchio. You'll find her recipes here, plus some of my favorite dishes from other parts of Italy, especially Rome, w…

THE SIMPLE COMFORT FOODS OF ITALY

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A blog about the simple comfort foods of Italy. Easy to prepare, with instructions and information to on creating the best Italian food possible.

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Blog Break and News

posted July 13, 2010 in Aroma Cucina

 It’s not because it’s too hot to blog. It’s not because I'm neglecting you. It’s just because I’ve been cooking in the kitchen and nowhere near a computer. So I apologize, I know the blog has been quiet.Aroma Cucina’s crew is work (read full article)

Italian Cooking Adventure Roundup

posted June 19, 2010 in Aroma Cucina

The marvelous and generous Elizabeth Helman Minchilli has put together a list of great places to have cooking classes, tours and adventures while you are in Italy.  Keep this post bookmarked for your next trip to Italy: "Cooking Your Way Thro (read full article)

I Beefsteak Trestina

posted June 15, 2010 in Aroma Cucina

   ‘Tis the Season of the Sagra in Umbria. A sagra is a town festival and Umbria has more sagre (plural of sagra) than any other region in Italy. Or so the publicity tells us, but in this case I’m inclined to believe it (read full article)

Summer Broiled Shrimp and Fresh Herbs

posted June 07, 2010 in Aroma Cucina

Ssshhhh...I'm not going to say this too loud or the Weather Gods might hear, but I think our weather has finally turned from eternal rain to sun.   In the spring, a livelier palate changes on the burnish'd hearth  In the spring, a young (read full article)

Garden Arugula with Gorgonzola

posted June 05, 2010 in Aroma Cucina

Woo hoo!!! We have our first ‘harvest’ from our orto (vegetable garden). Well, OK, it might be an exaggeration to call it a harvest, but it was a colander full of rucola (or arugula or rocket, everyone calls it something different, depends on whe (read full article)

Springtime is Fava Bean Time

posted May 17, 2010 in Aroma Cucina

It's fava time in Italy, and pretty much everywhere else in the Northern Hemisphere. Italians are passionate about fave because it means spring has officially arrived when those giant pods show up in the market. Fave beans. How do I love thee (read full article)

Risi e Bisi Revisited: Farro and Spring Pea Soup

posted May 08, 2010 in Aroma Cucina

Risi e Bisi is an old dish from the Veneto region in Italy, and it means its springtime if you are eating risi e bisi. Made with rice and fresh peas, and depending on whose recipe you are following, it can be a soup, a risotto or a kind of  warm ri (read full article)

Market Mojo

posted May 07, 2010 in Aroma Cucina

I may have arrived back in Italy on Monday, but I had to wait until Wednesday's Market before it felt like I was truly back. I was looking forward to all things spring at the Umbertide market:  fresh fave beans, artichokes, good oranges, getti (read full article)

Last Bites

posted May 02, 2010 in Aroma Cucina

Packin’ my bags, doing last minute stuff, because its time to back to Italia and the quiet streets of Montone. I need to get a grip, our streets aren’t that quiet. They are full of  the noise of neighbors, bells, cats, high (read full article)

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