Category: Italian
My “fluffy” Tiramisu’ – espresso trifle
| March 18, 2013 | Posted by ameliaps under dessert, Italian, italy |
Happy Monday everyone (so fun to be writing from my cell phone again..). This weekend i helped celebrate a friend’s 40th surprise birthday. I was asked to make dessert…something for an Italian themed menu. I knew i had to make Tiramisu’ (the famous Italian coffee, ladyfinger and Mascarpone trifle)…it is always a party hit. Not… more
3 little ancient sweet “dolci” for the holidays
| December 21, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under christmas, dessert, holidays, Italia, Italian, italy |
Under my tree, this year, all I am asking is for “time”. Time to spend with my little guys, and my big guy. There is nothing more precious. I need no-thing, no boxes, no parcels, no wrappings, and no big accomplishements. Just good old fashioned time. And old family traditions, sweets included. I have been… more
Pere “ubriache” (“drunken” pears), with zabaglione custard
| November 12, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under autumn, dessert, fruit, Italian, thanksgiving, tradition |
The summer traveled by fast; then fall came…and went, and it is winter outside already. So the thermometer says, and my mood. The daily occupations constantly refilling my cup, without room for a breath, have been a distraction away from my writing. So I welcome this quiet evening, as I am alone in the home,… more
Torta fredda allo yogurt (cold yogurt cake)
| July 17, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under blackberries, dessert, Italian, italy, summer |
Have you noticed how HOT it is? Will we finally acknowledge that global warming is an actual fact rather than a theory? Who has the desire to go in the kitchen and turn on the oven? Not me! Does that mean I have to give up dessert? Not quite. I was reminded of no-bake desserts… more
Zucchini & fiori di zucca
| July 10, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under Italian, spaghetti, squash, summer, vegetables, zucchini |
Estate (summer) = fresh vegetables and herbs from the garden. Zucchini (or as the Brits call them, courgettes) are one of the most prolific ones (you would know if you have planted some)! And they are also one of my favorites, because there are no shortage of ways to prepare them. The trick is cooking… more
A lighter caponata (“al forno”: roasted)
| June 22, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under appetizers, Italian, italy, summer, vegetables, vegetarian |
Summer is here. I like to eat more vegetables and stay lighter. I am sure many of you feel the same way… It’s a time to lighten our burdens, be they physical, mental, geographic (via travel), or dietary. Growing up in Italy, lunches in the summer were often a “panino” or a salad (ripe tomatoes… more
Finding random things in the kitchen, and a hazelnut cake (torta di nocciole) with honey drizzle
| May 22, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under autumn, dessert, fall, Italian |
It’s somewhere around 5:00pm and am wrapping up the day around the house: work deadlines, kids’ homework and piano practice, laundry, mail… you know the routine. And there is dinner to be made. Most times I do not have a plan, I just go with the flow. I see what’s in the refrigerator (I like… more
Rebirth (and an Easter salame-egg-pepper bread: “Casatiello”)
| April 5, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under breads, easter, eggs, holidays, Italia, Italian, italy |
Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, “Christ is risen,” but “I shall rise.” ~Phillips Brooks Easter is a very special time for us Christians and it is one of the most hopeful times. This year I am especially… more
Simplicity – and a bowl of “fave e cicoria” (dried fava beans and bitter greens)
| March 31, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under beans, Italia, Italian, italy, vegetables, vegetarian |
There comes a point in your life in which you need to pause and look at the road map that is in front of you. You mark your mileage and look in the rear mirror to the road you have driven so far. And it’s long, and windy, and beautiful, and full of bumps. It’s… more
Il ragù della domenica (Sunday slow cooked meat & tomato sauce)
| March 18, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under Italian, italy, sauces, tomato, tomatoes |
“It is impossible not to love someone who makes toast for you.” ~ Nigel Slater I just finished reading “Toast” by Nigel Slater. I am wiping off my tears from the last page, as I sit in my kitchen, chopping onions and carrots to make Sunday ragu’… unsure if the tears are from the onions… more
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