My Italian Comfort Food
What a surprise! I’m used to call “farinata” exclusively the Ligurian one made of chickpea flour (and little more), so imagine my shock realizing that a little further on, in beautiful Tuscany, with the same name it is brought to the table a completely different preparation. Sure: the Tuscan farinata with black cabbage definitely resembles […]
With the intermittent hot temperature of late summer, I take the opportunity to organize a dinner with Tex-Mex flavours, who wants to come? Mandatory tacos at the center of the table! that is, crunchy cornmeal-based shells filled as desired with the classic spicy and hot flavors of Mexican cuisine: guacamole sauce, chicken fajitas and chili. […]
How good is polenta? I love it! Trust me: ther’s no season for eating it: I realli like it whether it’s snowing outside, or whether under the mid-August sun. This version is that of “polenta carbonera”, the most traditional cornmeal mush version in my corner of Trentino. Full of taste (and cholesterol too), it combines […]
Its history belongs to a very little village called Cimego, a fabulous place where blacksmiths, heretics and withces lived a very long time ago. Cornflour, cheese, butter and chicory are the main ingredients of this traditional potion… oops! I mean recipe! Let’s prepare it! SERVES 5 PEOPLE READY IN 50′ INGREDIENTS 2 US quart […]