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You got it in the baba – Traditional baba au rhum

12 years ago

by silvia in Desserts

Tu l’as eu dans le baba!! – Le traditionnel baba au rhum This slang expression, Tu l’as eu dans le baba! (you need an exclamation point), is mainly used to express a failure, or when you expected something you didn’t get. It’s somehow a funny expression, used quite often. But baba is also a [...]

Rustic dish – Polenta gnocchi with vegetable ragù and ricotta salata

12 years ago

by silvia in Express - Less than 30 minutes, Pasta, Vegetarian - dairy

Piatto rustico – gnocchi di polenta con ragù di verdura e ricotta salata Let’s pursue our polenta adventures with this rustic dish that can be made with leftover polenta. I don’t like to throw away food, but I don’t like to eat something that is leftover just because it’s a leftover, it needs [...]

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Canapés for Florence – Polenta crostini with shrimps wrapped with pancetta, kale, and roasted red pepper coulis

12 years ago

by silvia in Appetizers, Fish/Seafood

Crostini per Fiorenza – Crostini di polenta con cavolo nero, gamberi e salsina di peperoni (Canapés de polenta avec chou frisé, crevettes enroulées de pancetta et coulis de poivrons grillés) My Friend’s Julia mom, Florence a delightful lady from Paris came for a visit to the Bay Area during the [...]

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Very cauliflower – Cauliflower steak with brown rice risotto, truffle oil, carrot purée and basil jus

12 years ago

by silvia in Rice, Vegetables, Vegetarian - dairy

Très chou fleur – Steak de chou fleur, risotto au riz brun, huile de truffe, purée de carottes et jus de basilic I am wondering why some people don’t like cauliflower, is it the texture? the flavor? what is it that some people really hate cauliflower? I find it to be such a delightful vegetable, [...]

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Like birdie – Spicy millet taboule with chick peas and grilled zucchini

12 years ago

by silvia in Grains, Salads, Vegan, Vegetables

Comme l’oiseau – Taboulé épicé au millet, pois chiches et courgettes grillées I get more and more requests for gluten free and vegan dishes, and yes sometimes I like to feature recipes like this one that are unusual still with a little Mediterranean flair. This taboule salad is both gluten free [...]

Appetizer chick peas cilantro millet mint salad Side Dish Vegan vegetarian zucchini

Wednesday treat – Passatelli with shrimps and sole sauce

12 years ago

by silvia in Fish/Seafood, Pasta

Passatelli asciutti con gamberi e sogliola Passatelli is a specialty from Romagna and Marche regions of Italy. It’s usually served in a broth (in brodo) or asciutti (dried) which means as a pasta dish and of course no broth. I grew up eating passatelli which was my mom’s favorite soup, but when [...]

italian marche passatelli Pasta shrimps sole

Soup for the season – Split pea soup with pancetta

12 years ago

by silvia in Soups

Zuppa di stagione – Zuppa di piselli spezzati con pancetta I tried many versions of split pea soup and this one is my favorite. You can keep it vegan if you don’t add the pancetta at the end, so it’s versatile. You can use bacon instead of pancetta, or just nothing at all…it’s all up to you. I [...]

french italian pancetta soup split pea

Simply delicious – Spaghetti with bottarga

12 years ago

by silvia in Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish/Seafood, Pasta

Semplicemente deliziosi – Spaghetti alla bottarga Bottarga is called mullet roe in English or boutargue in French and is popular in some Mediterranean countries. It is basically the eggs of the mullet fish that have been salted and dried, then preserved in wax. I think in Italy, Sardinia is the [...]

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Rice timbale with artichokes and peas, parmesan and truffle oil

12 years ago

by silvia in Rice

Riso ai carciofi, piselli, parmigiano e olio al tartufo After a trip to Italy and France where I got to see my whole family for once, I came back really inspired. We went to Cinque Terre (Liguria), then Tuscany (Lucca, Pisa, Firenze, San Gimignano and Pisa), then to my parents’ house situated in [...]

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If you like coffee…- Coffee panna cotta with coffee-chocolate sauce

13 years ago

by silvia in Desserts

Se ti piace il caffè – Panna cotta al caffè con salsina al cioccolato This panna cotta recipe has been inspired from this wonderful Italian blog called Giallo Zafferano – It’s filled with delicious and inventive recipes that are mouth-watering. For coffee lovers, this panna cotta will be a real [...]

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