Ciao! I am Dani and CIAOBELLAKITCHEN is my fully licensed micro home bakery in Seattle! I am Italian, from Rome and my family is half from Naples, and half from Palermo. It means that everything I bake tastes like the South of Italy. I am committed to use only quality
CIAO, SOMETHING NEW IS COMING:
You might have noticed that some of my recipes are not showing up. That’s because they have been copied and used without mentioning me or my site. This is a food-blog without ads per my choice, this means that I get 0$ and still requires a lot of work. And
How to Make Sicilian Arancini with mamma Pupa’s secrets.
Sicilian Arancini is an orange-shaped rice ball filled with ragù, peas, and cheese, breaded and fried. This description, though, doesn’t do justice to her deliciousness (l’arancina è fimmina). How to Make Sicilian Arancini with mamma Pupa’s secrets. Let me explain better the concept of Sicilian Arancini: at the first bite,
How to Make Italian Zeppole for Saint Joseph. Baked Version.
This is the recipe for traditional Zeppole di San Giuseppe. I would have never imagined publishing a post from my self-quarantine. I am trying to remind myself (and you all) to breathe through all of the anxiety and uncertainty. It’s scary. And we’re going to get to through it together.
Pink Cauliflower Cake with Onions (pickled)
Pink Cauliflower Cake – Inspired by Ottolenghi, powered by Neapolitan traditions. I got mesmerized by the astronomical cruciferous cake that Yotam made for his book Plenty More. Onions orbiting on a cauliflower planet. For those nights you need to say I love you to the moon and back, but with
Rose Milk Punch
What’s chicer than a rose milk punch? I know nothing of cocktails, but I am intrigued by all that is old school, floral and poetic. Rose Milk Punch checks all the three. Light and sweet and with a subtle tartness coming from the berries tea. My girlfriends in Rome inspired
Purple Sweet Potato Gnocchi (and six V-Day rules)
Purple Sweet Potato Gnocchi are like unicorns, they bring some magic to your dinner. Purple Sweet Potato Gnocchi is perfect for Valentine’s Day dinner. Also, a shortlist of rules can come in hand in these times of confusion and terror. If you are lost and you don’t know what to
Pink Pancakes Cake
Valentine’s Day Breakfast Pink Pancakes Sometimes Love is not perfect. Like these Pink Pancakes. I wanted to make them a Pinterest kind, but they came out crooked, burned somewhere, and falling apart. Exactly like Love. But this is only the outside. The inside is sweet, floral, and light. Should one
The Meatballs. Polpette in Umido.White Wine Meatballs. ‘E Purpett’!
The Meatballs. It’s not the new Scorsese movie, but the article is needed here because these meatballs are the stars of all the meatballs. These meatballs are cooked in white wine and broth. Mamma called them Polpette in Umido. The word “umido”- that these days could sound exotic like umami, umeboshi, it’s
Cauliflower Patties. Le frittelle Napoletane di Natale di mia nonna Carmela.
Pancakes di Cavolfiore I should have known that writing about Neapolitan cauliflower pancakes I would have thought and missed to my Nonna Carmela. Entering the house, you were welcome by dancing tiles under most of your steps. Black and white-ish with a greek meander to delimitate the perimeter of each
