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Jolly

Dec 20, 2021
4 min

Irish Christmas Cake

This recipe was given to me by an old Irish lady back in 1995! It makes a big, delicious Christmas cake that will last well until April!...

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Jolly

Jan 31, 2021
1 min

Colours: learn to love your palette

Oil painting means spending a minimum of 50% of the time working on your palette, never rush yourself! Your Basic Palette: Titanium...

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Jolly

Jan 31, 2021
3 min

Painting Materials

This is the list of what I consider the materials necessary to paint in oils. This is not a list of basic materials but rather a...

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Jolly

Jan 3, 2021
2 min

Gnocchi al burro e salvia

Fantastic first course, or even mains, when you have nothing else in the house but potatoes, rest assured it will be loved by everybody,...

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Jolly

Dec 27, 2020
1 min

Baked scallops

This is an Italian traditional starter for Christmas Eve and for all formal dinner party where fish is the main theme. This variation...

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Jolly

Dec 27, 2020
3 min

Christmas Ham and Turkey

They both came out really well this year, so I need to write down what I did as I want to cook them both in the same way next Christmas....

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Jolly

Dec 27, 2020
2 min

Christmas Sprouts

Brussels Sprouts are a must at any Irish Christmas lunch, and made this way they will have your fussiest guest go for seconds!...

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Jolly

Dec 6, 2020
3 min

Broth: Beef, Chicken, Vegetable, Fish

To my amazement not everybody makes fresh broth at home. This is a pity, it's fantastic on a cold evening, it can be frozen and can be...

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Jolly

Nov 29, 2020
2 min

Home made bread - quickly!

This bread reminds me of Tuscany. I make it because it's the quickest of all recipes I know: 10mins prep + 1.5 hours proofing + 30 mins...

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Jolly

Nov 28, 2020
1 min

Gli Strangolapreti di Zia Romana

Another recipe from the Trentino region in Italy, it has been in my aunty's family for a long time. (temporary picture) Ingredients:...

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Jolly

Nov 28, 2020
2 min

I Canederli di Zia Romana

This recipe is tipical of the Trentino region in Italy - it's been written by my aunty's grandmother Carolina (born in the 19th century)....

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Jolly

Nov 24, 2020
3 min

Il fagiano di Novembre

I've been asked to translate this recipe into Italian. For the English recipe please see the other post below. Io compro un fagiano...

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Jolly

Nov 21, 2020
2 min

November pheasant

Very tender, juicy pheasant perfectly in season, cooked in its own pheasant broth and doused with a sweet orange sauce. Pheasant is our...

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Pollo "alla fricassea" per Granny Nonna Lu

Jolly

Sep 24, 2020
2 min

Pollo "alla fricassea" per Granny Nonna Lu

This dish differs from the French fricasee because there are no mushrooms, there is no cream, and there is only enough butter to give the...

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Jolly

Aug 22, 2020
1 min

Still Life 1

July 2020, lockdown staycation. I took an online class with Mark Carder and he taught me an awful lot. He teaches realism and this is...

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Jolly

Aug 16, 2019
1 min

Debby's porch 2

First commission ever! The first painting of this view ended up in my aunt's house, but Debby would like it in her house too, so I'll try...

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Jolly

Jul 2, 2019
2 min

Risotto ai funghi - mushroom risotto

The perfect mushroom risotto!

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Jolly

May 18, 2019
2 min

The Fairy Castle

This is a castle at the bottom of a tiny valley, built by a nobleman in Portugal for his little daughter. I thought it was fascinating.

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Jolly

May 18, 2019
2 min

Cong's Wood

Great woods in Cong, Co. Mayo. This is an attempt to capture them

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Jolly

May 18, 2019
1 min

Pink Rose

My version of an online tutorial

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Jolly

May 18, 2019
1 min

Postcard Lily

This Postcard Lily in oil started as a joke but progressed into something I really like.

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Jolly

Apr 7, 2019
3 min

Chocolate birthday cake

A classic in most traditions, including the Italian one. This is my chocolate sponge cake with a cream layer in the middle, covered by a...

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Jolly

Feb 2, 2019
2 min

The perfect Fillet

Ever wondered how to cook the perfect fillet? Once you know these tricks and learn about this cut, it's a piece of cake! The best cut of...

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Jolly

Jan 3, 2019
1 min

Underlayer for impasto?

Never ever do a detailed drawing when planning for impasto! Not even an underlayer. Go for it! Just lay down a basic idea already in...

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Jolly

Jan 2, 2019
1 min

Surreal Neutrophils

This is totally out of my head, done alla prima in 6 hours during a very bad time for me and my boyfriend. I'm documenting it here as...

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Jolly

Jan 2, 2019
1 min

Apples and Plum

This is not the first painting I made following the layering technique, but it's the first I documented the progress of. I followed a...

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Jolly

Jan 2, 2019
2 min

Duck in Plum sauce

The quickest way to impress with zero effort! This is for 2 people, just scale up proportionally to whichever number of guests you're...

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Jolly

Jan 1, 2019
1 min

Happy 2019

We really needed something joyful to look at for the year. Whether it was still on my easel or finished and hanging on the wall. This is...

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Jolly

Dec 31, 2018
1 min

Debbie's Porch

Debbie is a fantastic nice lady I met last year in San Francisco. Talking about paintings and reference pictures she graciously sent me a...

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Jolly

Dec 31, 2018
5 min

How to make the perfect risotto

The basic (and advanced!) real technique is always the same: you can use the steps below to work through any risotto recipe and always...

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Bolognese sauce (ragu') per granny Nonna Lu

Jolly

Dec 31, 2018
3 min

Bolognese sauce (ragu') per granny Nonna Lu

This very popular sauce needs to be made really following the old tradition. No deviation is allowed if you want to make the real Italian...

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Jolly

Dec 31, 2018
2 min

How to make the perfect Bechamel sauce

The Bechamel sauce is not one of the easiest sauces if you don't know the trick, but if you learn how to make it you'll use it often in a...

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Jolly

Dec 30, 2018
2 min

Oil painting Mediums recipes

There is so much information about medium recipes, that you need to simply try them and see if any work for you. These are the recipes...

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Jolly

Dec 30, 2018
1 min

Peppers - peperoni grandi e piccini

This one was done very much "alla prima", starting with a totally untreated background on a cardboard-for-oils A4. My folks liked it a...

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Jolly

Dec 29, 2018
2 min

Yellow Rose

This rose took forever, but I am pleased with the level of details and the likeness to the reference pictures. The grisaille was in umber...

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Jolly

Dec 26, 2018
1 min

Lilies

I was asked by everybody not to proceed to the colour layer as they all liked it at the final stage of the grisaille. See below all the...

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Jolly

Dec 22, 2018
2 min

Lasagne

Most Italian women have their own way of making lasagne, and the variations range from great vegetarian varieties (great and very popular...

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Jolly

Dec 22, 2018
1 min

Mussels "alla Toscana"

This dish is incredibly quick, very common in Tuscany and throughout Italy. It is a lovely and tasty starter for any kind of mains to...

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Jolly

Dec 22, 2018
1 min

Starter: mini pizzas (pizzette)

Super quick and easy, ready in 20 mins including cooking time! Your guests will never have enough of them, weather they're for aperitives...

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Meat parcels in tomato sauce (involtini al sugo)

Jolly

Dec 22, 2018
2 min

Meat parcels in tomato sauce (involtini al sugo)

Common in any Italian family, these parcels are seldom seen in restaurants or described in English/American recipe websites… Yet, they...

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This is me, Jolly 3 Times Trouble!. I've been cooking since I was 15, I've been painting since I was 18. In real life I work in IT. This website reflects my passions.