The Godfather of all the salads. This Sicilian Summer Salad is perfect for your next al fresco dinner, it’s refreshing, nourishing and I bet this will be elected the salad of the season. The greatest hits of this time of the year are all reunited to make the Insalata Vastasa: heirloom
Crocchè di Latte di Mamma. Milk, butter, flour, and love.
Crocchè di Latte is a sort of very dense béchamel sauce croquette, but better! as they have a velvety filling, a crunchy crust, and a slight saltiness to break the buttery note. You almost won’t’ need a scale to make Crocchè di Latte. Mamma didn’t, and this is one of
How to make Sicilian Caponata using only one pan and the oven.
Sicilian Baked Caponata is the new hero of your weeknight meals. You loved my Caponatina, so I decided to share with you her lightweight sister: Sicilian Caponata using only one pan and the oven! Perfect for those days you have zero envy to stay in the kitchen. A sweet and
Call me by my name: PIZZA BIANCA (with video and step by step pics)
No-knead pizza bianca (or focaccia) using the Bonci method. Pizza Bianca is a blonde, thick, luscious, spongy lady with a crunchy bottom, sprinkled with salt flakes that burst flavor in your mouth at each bite. In Rome, we call it Pizza Bianca and she loved as much Pizza Rossa. In the
Sfincione – Sicilian pizza topped with tomato sauce, anchovies, onions, and pecorino
The Sfincione, also known as Sicilian pizza, it’s a delicious onion-y, savory, gooey, thick pizza. It’s a typical New Year dish but I enjoy it all year round. The signature sauce is made using with tomato sauce, anchovies, onions, Pecorino Romano and breadcrumbs. TAKE ANOTHER LITTLE PIZZA MY HEART NOW
Sicilian Caponata (with secret tips…shhh!)
Let’s celebrate the begin of the eggplant season with Caponata. Caponata is a sweet and sour dish, where fried eggplants dance in an oniony tomato sauce and capers, green olives, and pine nuts complement it without overpowering. In my house growing up, we called it Caponatina (small caponata). A nice
Sesame Seeds Biscotti (Regina cookies)
The crunchy cookies that every bakery has in Sicily: Biscotti Regina or Biscotti col Cimino (the Sicilian word for sesame). So easy, that you can even make them with your kids. Biscotti col cimino are small, crunchy and not too sweet cookies, with a nutty aroma from sesame seeds that
Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe (Pugliese style)
We, the Italians, eat pasta every day. What’s better than pasta? Pasta paired with leafy green. Like this Orecchiette With Broccoli Rabe. The Pugliese posse knows best and bright this orecchiette and broccoli rabe with….(drumroll)… anchovies, and bread crumbs. Some riots even add ricotta salata and/or chili peppers. Choose your
Traditional Father’s day cream puffs – Bignè di San Giuseppe fritti
St. Joseph’s/ Father Day Cream Puffs/ Bignè di San Giuseppe are deep-fried choux pastry puffs filled with pastry cream and dusted with powdered sugar. This recipe is for the Roman version of Bignè di San Giuseppe. Don’t be fooled or bias by the deep-fried word because these cream puffs are surprisingly
How to Make Authentic Sicilian Cannoli.
How to make Cannoli like a Sicilian. Since we moved to the USA, I searched for sheep milk ricotta because I challenged myself to make Sicilian Cannoli. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find it anywhere. Update 2021: I found sheep milk ricotta but then I lost my contact (he changed work), BUT
