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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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 17, 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
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 3, 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 3, 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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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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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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