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Orecchiette con cime di rape

Orecchiette con cime di rape

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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes

Orecchiette con cime di rape is the signature dish of the Puglia region of southern Italy. Orecchiette literally translates as "little ears". They look like little bowl shaped discs that are ideal for catching the wonderful sauce they are to be tossed wit…

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…

10 results of 35 Blog Posts

Living Local in Puglia

posted August 04, 2010 in Aroma Cucina

All work and no play is just not a good thing. So in the interest of good mental health,  part of our work schedule included some well needed beach time in the Gargano area of Puglia. Not knowing anything about the area, other than it was on (read full article)

We're back!

posted August 02, 2010 in Aroma Cucina

Back in the blog world! It was a wild and crazy time filming all those food videos! I’m told that if the crew immediately falls on the dish and eats it, then it must have looked pretty good. I’ll take that as an indication that things went pre (read full article)

Tonnarelli cacio e pepe

posted July 31, 2010 in Memorie di Angelina

 Cacio e pepe, literally 'cheese and pepper', is a very typical Roman dish, usually made with spaghetti, bucatini or—for the ne plus ultra version of this dish—tonnarelli, a kind of square spaghetti made with egg pasta popular in Lazio and A (read full article)

Fave e cicoria

posted July 23, 2010 in Memorie di Angelina

It has become quite fashionable in Italy, even at some chic restaurants, to serve the traditional peasant dishes of what is called la cucina povera, or the cuisine of the poor. These dishes, based on 'humble' ingredients (some of which have ironicall (read full article)

BOLLA.

posted July 06, 2010 in Winesworld\'s Blog

Bolla is one of the oldest wineries of Veneto, Italy. Abele Bolla founded it in 1883. He owned and operated a small inn called Al Gambero and his objective was to make fine wines for his guests and sell bottles to travellers in transit. Already by 1 (read full article)

Tremors, terracotta, taralli...

posted July 06, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

Deciding to move away from the chaos of the city and retiring in one of Alberobello’s trulli cone houses–typical whitewashed dry-stone dwellings of the Valle d’Itria– has always been a dream of mine. This has however recently become a very tr (read full article)

Angelina’s Green Beans with Onions and Mint

posted June 19, 2010 in Memorie di Angelina

Although our favorite way of having green beans when we were kids, especially in the summer, was in umido, or stewed with tomatoes, Angelina had another nice way of making green beans with sautéed onions and mint. As it turns out, at least according (read full article)

Zuppa di pesce alla napoletana

posted May 29, 2010 in Memorie di Angelina

Italy, being a rather slender peninsula, is a country where the sea is rarely too far away. And, of course, the products of the sea play a major role in its cuisine. And so it is not suprising that zuppa di pesce, or fish soup, is a dish that you wil (read full article)

Peperonata

posted May 19, 2010 in mangiandobene

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 ser (read full article)

Cime di Rapa

posted April 29, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

Cime di rapa are a European vegetable whose English name is broccoli raab or broccoli rabe. Each Italian region calls the leafy greens in a different way too. In Campania Napoli they’re named friarielli, in Toscana rapini. In Rome, they’re brocco (read full article)

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