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Sun dried Tomatoes

Tomato Passata sauce, part 1

Tomato Passata sauce, part 2

Fame at last !

Pine nuts and Gorzonzola cheese Zucchini pa

Pine nuts and Gorzonzola cheese Zucchini parcel

 

Yet another month has passed and even though we live in the middle of nowhere, it  is unbelievable  the number of people who have passed thro my kitchen in the last few months. They all came to share the same passion for Italian food. Absolutely fantastic!
I  have met many [...]

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Variety is the spice of life

Mussels soutè

Mussels soutè

 

Ciao, here I am  back in Umbria ready to share  a few words and many images with  you showing what has made November an amazing month for me ,full of incredible emotions and beautiful experiences.

After flying to London for the second time this year I arrived in my “other kitchen” and with my [...]

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MY PERSONNEL WORKLOAD

Black and white Risotto, using ink squid and a 24 month matured parmesan  cheese  for creamy risotto served with calamari and a waffle crispy parmesan.

Black and white Risotto, using squid ink and a 24 month matured parmesan cheese for a creamy risotto served with calamari and a crispy parmesan waffle.

 

I would say most people ( understandably) assume that living in these fantastic hills of Umbria we are woken each morning by a beautiful dawn chorus, well at [...]

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Life goes on........

Wild mushrooms risotto

Wild mushrooms risotto

 

 

NO BUONO. At the end, we had to cancel the olive harvest!

After spending days and days with our ears pinned to the radio listening to the scary weather forecasts for the olive picking weekend, it seemed we only had two sensible options (1) would be to build a Noah’s ark  or [...]

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In the name of art.

Risotto with Oysters and Spumante wine

Risotto with Oysters and Spumante wine

 

 

Yes, it`s the sort of  dish you dream of, Risotto with Oysters and Spumante wine (Italian version of Champagne)!! Mamma mia  What Bliss!!!!!!!! And what , I can hear you say,were you  and Nick celebrating ,well the answer is NIENTE !(NOTHING!) We were just making the most of a [...]

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”Nothing ventured ,nothing gained “

Essence

Essence

 

 

Two months ago I was asked by my friend  Velia if I would like to enter the Risate e Risotti  cooking competition for food bloggers .  The idea of the competition was to create a dish using rice as the main ingredient and to send in a photo of your creation.

The event is [...]

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Every things thermal…

Sea bass fillet with pistachio and lemon served with seafood risotto

Sea bass fillet with pistachio and lemon served with seafood risotto

 

It takes two wheelbarrows full of wood a day to warm up (or try to warm up) the ground floor of our house in the hills, but what  worries us is the fact that at the moment here in Umbria it is not [...]

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Come and join us.

Risotto grape and gorgonzola cheese

Risotto grape and gorgonzola cheese

 

Everywhere you go these days you’ll  see tractor  after tractor full of white grapes on the roads  and if you walk past a winery the fragrance of grape juices will fill your lungs, I love it. All around everybody talks about one thing ,THE harvest, yes  it’s that [...]

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Double trouble

Clams and Asparagus risotto

Clams and Asparagus risotto

 

Earlier this week we finally  decided to make an important investment, a new oven. It would seem an easy thing to do, but  believe me after days of researching on sizes, different techniques of cooking and of course … .. the cost ..for two nights I  even dreamt about [...]

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Common Passion.

Artichokes and goats cheese risotto

Artichokes and goats cheese risotto

A few months ago I was contacted by this wonderful American couple, Bill and Kristi who had discovered Orvieto years ago . They have become so in love with this small medieval town that every chance they get they come back to it. More than that , over the [...]

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GO GO GO ..........

Essence

Essence

Ciao to you all, how was your Easter? mine was fantastic .Guess what was my chocolate egg … a wonderful surprise … Nick back from Libya.

The strange thing is that the two goats were very happy about the event too. In fact the first morning Nick was back  they were both under our [...]

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No Suppli supply !

Suppli

Suppli

“Lucky you”….. I have heard many times. “Living in the country , among the Umbrian hills  … …. It’s like always being on holiday. Peace and quiet, no traffic, no city chaos “… … …Yes, Yes, it’s all true , but you forget the hassle of putting on the fire every day for [...]

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An empty beach, two hungry day trippers and a dog in shock!!

Octopus risotto

Octopus risotto

After spending three weekends locked inside the house,  trying to keep warm and stay dry , a certain amount of cabin fever was setting in . Then Saturday morning we woke up to  SUN. It ‘s amazing how the sun affects my mood and energy , so we  decided to make a [...]

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A perfect meal from the Brussels sprout.

risotto black and white

risotto black and white

Finally the weekend. Everything  was planned.  Cocktails in one of Romes  more swanky bars, followed  by a quick limousine ride to a waiting jet and dinner on the Almalfi coast …… O.k , back to reality!
 After tasting  three wines during the Sommelier course in Orvieto, I was at home [...]

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Inside , outside , underneath and on top.

risotto gorgonzola, pear and walnuts

risotto gorgonzola, pear and walnuts

It ‘s finished!  Everything that needed to be done in the fields is finished. The grapes  and now the olives have been picked. In fact , 3oo kg of olives , an equivalent  of 48 liters of Extra Virgin Olive Oil!! Not bad.

We were very lucky over the weekend [...]

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