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Sun dried Tomatoes

Tomato Passata sauce, part 1

Tomato Passata sauce, part 2

Sweet and red, great in bread

bread with grapes

bread with grapes

Every year I think the same thing: it would be nice if, during the grape harvest ,after we’ve cook our lunch in the wood burning oven ,  I baked some homemade bread with grapes. But, every year is the same, I do think about it, but actually never do it! In [...]

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Many hands make light work

sausage in red grape

 

sausage in grape

 

We’ve been very lucky. The weather was beautiful and in two days we managed to collect almost 4 tons of grapes! Many friends  arrived from Rome on Saturday  and others  from Allerona village. The Romans took their time to arrive and of course were wearing  super-trendy clothes. So after they changed [...]

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Uninvited hairy guests

chicken with grapes

chicken with grapes

Now is the time we start the harvest. The grapes are many and the strength of the sugar in the grapes is perfect. Nick and I are happy because many of the low clusters   have resisted  the wild boar attacks . Yes I know that sounds strange but It is [...]

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Food for thought :

Marinade prawns

Marinade prawns

While the fresh prawns were marinating, I wrote a list of things to do:
1)  The 8 tons of firewood for the winter are still there and not even one piece of wood has been moved.
2)  Cut grass before it gets so high that instead of three days I’ll need 6 long days [...]

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Fig make you busy !

beef with pistachios and fig roll

beef with pistachios and fig roll

 The season of figs has arrived, it’s official . In every house in the Allerona village every woman is busy making fig jam. A friend of mine who lives a couple of hills away from me,  has already brought me a precious jar of fig jam to use [...]

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Medallions for all…..

pork fillet with blackberries

pork fillet with blackberries

 

Believe it or not,  it all started with an old  gentleman from the village who resembles a circus strong man. Barrel chested and shaven head, the only thing missing is the mustache and leotard. Over the last month, every morning I went running  I saw this  man equipped with [...]

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Lost in translation

Moscardini in red sauce and wine

Moscardini in red sauce and wine

 

This week they came from London my mother in law and her friend for their holiday. Sun, relaxation, Italian food, good wine, a nice view of the green Umbrian hills and nothing more. One of the most interesting things when we have guests from U.K. is for me [...]

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Lazy day - lazy sunset

fish pie

fish pie

 

No, I could not do it! It been a lovely and sunny weekend here in Umbria, it seemed that summer had returned even if only for a day. The mountain of firewood was still there, I watched the 8 tons … and no, I was not quite ready. I preferred to enjoy [...]

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8 tons , a wheelbarrow and gloves!

salty tart with green beans and cheese

salty tart with green beans and cheese

This is the last picture for this year where you will see a sunflower. At the moment in the fields can be found only wild ones,  solitary individual flowers , away from the regimented mass we so often see them in.  Even sunflowers have completely finished their [...]

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Good things come in small packages

Pasta alla norma

Pasta alla norma

 

Today I think I made the last harvest of tomatoes for this season. I’m speaking of tomatoes good for making sauce. For the rest , in the vegetable garden I still have : cherry tomatoes,  tomatoes  good for salad, aubergines and  peppers. Some courgette flowers have appeared , but whether they [...]

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Apricot Harts .

fish and apricot

fish and apricot

During these month’s I’ve had the opportunity to enjoy  eating 100% seasonally . In addition to using what my vegetable garden generously gave me, I also had the good fortune to have neighbors who were super happy to give me, fruits and vegetables from their gardens and trees. So, as in [...]

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Passing time with passata

CIAO , I’m back.

Did you miss me? I hope so….anyway , after a month of a relatively relaxing  holiday, here I am again.                                                  August has been very productive. My vegetable garden has been generous this summer and demanded quite a lot of work…… MAMMA MIA. So let’s start: with [...]

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