Winter. It makes me think of the freezing temperatures, grey skies, and mountains covered with snow. But while everything seems to be asleep, nature offers us an incredible array of fresh vegetables and fruits. The colorful orange, fennel and beet salad celebrates winter fruits and brings …
January is the strangest month of the year for me. While it marks the start of a new year and the need to clear my mind and drive what matters in my life, I also feel I need to take it slow since everything around …
This deeply satisfying Gemelli pasta with leek and mushroom is an ideal recipe for the colder months. Seasonal vegetables such as Leeks and mushrooms are caramelized and stick to the pot until they are deglazed with dry vermouth to break all those delicious bits that …
Classic Italian Minestrone Soup is a traditional soup that every family in Italy makes differently, but the common ingredients are different vegetables, beans and sometimes pasta. This is the recipe you need when you want a comforting meal that will leave you nourished and satisfied. Minestrone …
This classic Italian lentils recipe is the traditional meal we eat in Italy on 31st December after the stroke of midnight. I have to confess that I grew up eating lentils quite often during the winter, but on 31st December in the morning my parents …
Italian Calamarata Pasta is a classic Neapolitan-style pasta featuring succulent calamari bathed in a light tomato sauce. The thick ringed Calamarata pasta takes its name after its shape resembling calamari rings. This specific shape – often paired with calamari or squid – catches the sauce …
This pasta with creamy roasted beetroot sauce is a great vegetarian dish that makes use of seasonal beets and it is great for all the beet lover out there! The result is a hearty pink sauce pasta that is delicious if you like more slightly …
For me, this is the best and most authentic Italian Tomato Sauce (Sugo al Pomodoro). I have to confess that this is the first recipe ever I learned to cook at a young age and over the years I have not changing it that much. …
This post appeared first in October 2020 on Italian Kitchen Confession and this is the updated version. Classic Almond biscotti are the most traditional biscotti recipe that is famous not only in Italy but all over the world. I have to confess that these recipe …
This post has been updated. It first appeared on Italian Kitchen Confessions in September 2021. September is already here and I wonder where the summer has gone? It has flew away so fast, leaving space to a crisp fresh morning air that today made me …
