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Sun dried Tomatoes

Tomato Passata sauce, part 1

Tomato Passata sauce, part 2

A Witch’s Brew !!!!!!

pumpkin and linguine pasta

pumpkin and linguine pasta

Everywhere you look …. There are pumpkins! In stores, supermarkets, magazines, and clearly in all the food blogs. Halloween !!! witches and pumpkins! I honestly am not a Halloween lover, perhaps because it is not in my culture, since I was little I was never sent from my parents [...]

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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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Five down, a thousand to go !

walnuts pesto and Porcini

 

O.k , now for my second recipe with walnuts, this time I used 5  ..Wahoo. I tell you, It’s not going to be easy to get through all these nuts. Anyway , for this recipe I decided to combine a walnut pesto ( I know I’m pesto crazy) with [...]

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Olives ,vines and a walnut tree…..

Pancetta roll with goats cheese,walnuts and pear.

Pancetta roll with goats cheese,walnuts and pear.

When we bought this farmhouse, there was a lot of work that needed doing  before we could move in. The roof, the floors and all the windows were broken ,plus the bathroom did not exist. In the lower part of the house was a barn where the [...]

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Autumnal thoughts.

fichi salsiccia e lenticchie 2s

sausage lentils and figs!

For many years, I have picked  figs from the same tree. It’s a massive one. The figs from this tree have black skin , red flesh and they are very sweet. Walking with my dog in the afternoon, I brought with me a paper bag and I picked the last [...]

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MAMMA MIA ..here we go again

aubergine

aubergine

There are many occasions and non occasions which call for a party at our house with lots of friends and family who are happy to join in like:  harvest time, picking the olives, long weekends during summer and winter ,birthdays ,religious festivals ,in short any excuse. For us Italians there is [...]

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If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a little surprise!

pork chop in Vin Santo and wild fennel flowers

pork chop in Vin Santo and wild fennel flowers

If you were to look for our small village of Allerona on a map , you may or may not notice that we are situated at a point close to where three regions meet, Umbria , Tuscany and Lazio. A place I like to call [...]

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Getting to know......Trebbiano, Malvasia and Verdello.

fish and caprino cheese pesto

fish and caprino cheese pesto

I am very excited, this week I’ll start a course to become a Sommelier. The course  will be in Orvieto. Physiology of the senses and sensory analysis, oenology and viticulture … … Wahoo! Well finally I’ll learn to distinguish the different flavors in a wine. Eventually, I will also [...]

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One flew over.....the goat house.

Lasagna Porcini mushrooms and Truffles

Lasagna Porcini mushrooms and Truffles

One day not long ago I woke up and  filled out the form to participate in the program MasterChef U.K. Ok, I know, I’m no master chef and the chances of being chosen are very  small, practically nonexistent.  But who cares. Nothing ventured nothing gained ! plus when I [...]

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An official presentation

chocolate cheesecake

chocolate cheesecake

 

I think this is the right opportunity to officially present the photographer of this blog, as well as the official taster of all my recipes : my only and favorite husband NICK. Yesterday was his birthday and so for the occasion I thought I’d prepare his favorite dessert. In fact , in [...]

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Bea, wolves and mushrooms pickers…..

finger food of Porcini mushrooms

finger food of Porcini mushrooms

Welcome to the country! On Sunday me and Nick went to the forest to look for mushrooms. The forests of Italy are slowly becoming repopulated with Bears  ,Wolves and thousands of mushroom pickers . Every mushroom picker has his or her favorite secret location. The competition is fierce. The prize [...]

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The birthday curse

tuna steak

tuna steak

 

Early October, here in Umbria we have a grey sky and it’s raining , plus in a few days it’s going to be Nick’s birthday. Regarding Nick’s birthday we have a strange bad luck that’s been following us for a while. Everything started years ago when Nick was celebrating is 40th. For [...]

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