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Risotto ai funghi (mushroom risotto)
This risotto is my granny's recipe, Nonna Lu's, and I haven't changed it a bit, please read the referenced post as it will give you an...
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Nov 8, 20233 min read
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Bechamel sauce
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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Nov 8, 20232 min read
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Bolognese sauce (ragu')
No deviation is allowed if you want to make the real Italian thing, this recipe comes directly from my granny Nonna Lu (born in 1896, you...
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Nov 8, 20233 min read
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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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Nov 8, 20232 min read
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Involtini al sugo (meat parcels in tomato sauce)
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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Nov 7, 20232 min read
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Pizzette
Super quick and easy, ready in 20 mins including cooking time! Your guests will never have enough of them, weather they're for starters...
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Nov 7, 20231 min read
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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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Nov 7, 20232 min read
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November Pheasant
Very tender, juicy pheasant perfectly in season, cooked in its own pheasant broth and doused with a sweet orange sauce. Pheasant was our...
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Nov 7, 20233 min read
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Christmas Sprouts
Brussels Sprouts are a must at any Irish Christmas dinner, and made this way they will have your fussiest guest go for seconds!...
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Nov 6, 20232 min read
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Christmas Ham and Turkey
I make this for 6 people, and there are always enough left overs for another dinner for 4 people. This Turkey comes out really moist, the...
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Nov 6, 20235 min read
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Baked Scallops
This is a traditional Italian starter for Christmas Eve and for all dinner parties where fish is the main theme. My version uses both...
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Nov 6, 20231 min read
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Irish Christmas Cake
This recipe was given to me by a wonderful Irish lady, Mrs Dalby, back in 1996! She was an English lady married to an Irish man, at the...
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Nov 5, 20235 min read
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