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An extremely easy recipe that will make many happy. If you are looking for a new type of biscuit, or something to eat along your sweet wine at the end of a meal, this will be perfect. Ingredients:150 grams of butter – 100 grams of sugar, 200 grams of dry biscuits – 2 egg yolks, [...]
The preparation of fresh pasta was once a Saturday ritual in the Tuscan home. The flour was mixed with egg yolks, sometimes including the whites, and a little water. It was turned into different dishes, such as ravioli and pappardelle. Tuscan ravioli are filled only with ricotta and spinach. Pappardelle are simply thicker tagliatelle. A [...]
The original name of this Tuscan recipe is Pezzole della Nonna, and it is a very antique and simple Tuscan dish. It also bears a remarkable story. It is told that this recipe is the ancestor of both French crepes and bechamel sauce (white sauce). The “exporter” of the recipe seems to have been Caterina [...]
The Bischeri pie is a typical sweet pie of the Pisa and Lucca provinces in Tuscany. First of all an explanation of the strange name for this Tuscan recipe. What are bischeri? Literally it means pricks. Originally bischeri were only the violin or guitar tuning keys. Eventually any protruding object became a bischero, and the [...]
Manuela from Canada asked me this recipe, so I wanted to try it and post it. It is a very typical recipe of the Lucca area in Tuscany Italy. It goes under several names, Torta di Erbe, Torta di Verdure, or Torta della Tabernella. In any case it is the same sweet pie where the [...]
To continue on the Livorno theme, this Tuscan soup recipe comes from the area around the beautiful city on the Tuscan coast. It is a refreshing dish good in any season. Indeed you can eat it very hot, warm or even at room temperature, which makes for a great summer evening dish. If you love [...]
Summer and soup usually do not get along very well, as the hot season makes colder dishes more appetizing. However, this Tuscan soup can also be eaten at room temperature or warm. Moreover, the main ingredients are Zucchini and Zucchini flowers. The latter can only be found in season and taste great during summer time. [...]
A roulade is a roll of, in this case, meat around some other ingredient. It is a quite simple and fast way of preparing an unusual recipe. The Tuscan version calls for tomatoes and stewing, which makes the meat more tender and juicy. In Italian this dish is called involtini in umido. Ingredients: 8 Veal [...]
Here is a nice Tuscan recipe good for your frantic days, when you do not have much time to cook, but at the same time canned soup feels like deja vu all over again. Pappa al Pomodoro is the solution, especially if you like tomatoes. It is a fine dish eaten hot or cold. You [...]
For this Tuscan Bread Soup recipe the list of ingredients is quite long, but it is simple to prepare and a tasty dish, fine for all seasons and also a yummy appetizer or first entry at room temperature. In the winter time it is a hearty dish and is better eaten hot. It would be [...]
