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
Summer Zucchini Casserole with Croutons
And my husband’s problem with zucchini. Before talking about this delicious Summery Zucchini Casserole let me say you this. My husband has a shopping problem. The saddest one: he buys zucchini. Tons of zucchini. He even lies about it – like the perfect shopaholic. To the grocery store, we separate
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
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
The Ultimate Oven “Fried” Chicken with Crispiest Potatoes. Ever
The first rule of the OFC Club: brine The second Rule of the OFC Club: buy less, buy organic The third Rule of The OFC Club: don’t flip This perfect oven fried chicken recipe comes from hours of studying. In the Usa, I learned a lot about food. In particular,
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
