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
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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 Sicilian Bread. U Pane Cu’ Ciminu.
You always wanted to bake bread but sourdough is complicate? Try the Sicilian bread! It’s easy, full of flavor with a crunchy crust and a soft pillowy inside. Perfect for sandwich, or chocolate…(if you know you know)
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
How to make the Sicilian Spezzatino like my mamma.
U’ Spezzatinu Aggrassato Chi Patati. Spezzatino Agglassato is the quintessential comfort food. A weekend project for those days when all you need is a blanket, genuine family food, and a glass of wine. Which is what I crave for the most part of the year. Except in Summer when I-eat-only-Gelo-and-Caponata
Sicilian Stuffed Mushrooms
Sicilia stuffed mushrooms are mushroom caps filled with breadcrumbs, Pecorino cheese, parsley, Pine nuts and garlic, then baked until golden brown
Poetically Pudding. Sicilian Watermelon Pudding
Gelo di Mellone Watermelon pudding is a name that doesn’t do justice to this delicate and refreshing Summer dessert. Because Gelo di Mellone is more than a pudding, it’s a poem. What’s more poetical than a floral note given by jasmine blossom infused water? Or a pinch of cinnamon (freshly
Breaded Eggplant Cutlets. Cotolette di Melanzane
These eggplants cutlets check all your boxes: fast, delicious and easy. Did I mention that kids love it? There is more: you can bake or fry them. Oh, I forgot: these eggplant cutlets are terrific eaten warm, but cold are OMG. You can use these eggplant schnitzels as a sandwich:
Vastasa Salad. The Sicilian Summer Salad
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
