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Sun dried Tomatoes

Tomato Passata sauce, part 1

Tomato Passata sauce, part 2

WHERE AM I

Cooking Class 100% HANDS IN

Cooking Class 100% HANDS IN

 

Yesterday morning looking from my farm house in Allerona , Umbria  you couldn’t`t see the end of your nose let alone the surrounding countryside! In fact the fog was so thick and eerie it seemed like I was on a different planet, I was even a bit scared to [...]

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A man’s game.

Chocolate tagliatelle served with a spicy wild board sauce

Chocolate tagliatelle pasta served with a spicy wild board sauce

After about three months the hunting season is now almost over and most of the Allerona’s hunters will  have their freezers full of wild boar meat and jugs of sauces to go with this meat have been prepared and are [...]

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Pretty Pretty Good!

Chocolate and gelatin pear dessert served with coffee cream.

Chocolate and gelatin pear dessert served with coffee cream.

 

 

After a fun filled hectic Christmas spent with family and friends Nick and I decided we would have a quiet New Years eve with a good dinner, maybe watch a movie and then go to bed! In short, no big celebrations saving all our energy [...]

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A challenge

Monlus 70% dark chocolate served on English custard and hazelnuts.

Monlus 70% dark chocolate served on English custard and hazelnuts.

 

Last week I was contacted by a Wine Cellar that produces fantastic wines in this area. They asked me if I could /would create a menu where each course would combine with and compliment their wines ,from the aperitif to the dessert. What a wonderful challenge, I was so pleased and honoured [...]

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The proof is in the eating.

Nigella Lawson's Chocolate pasta with Pecans & Caramel

Nigella Lawson's Chocolate pasta with Pecans & Caramel

 

 

A few days ago I was contacted by a Daily Mail journalist, her name was  Jan and she was calling from  London.  She had this idea to organize a culinary day in my kitchen here in Umbria with myself and a local housewife/ nonna (nana),cooking  8 [...]

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A holiday is always a holiday!!

chocolate ice cream with a cappuccino cream

 

 

So , let’s talk about the weather again . After the spring coming in like a Lion ,it’s definitely going out like a Lamb. I was so ready for the summer that I decided to make some ice-cream. Always the optimist…. Because of the unusual warmth before [...]

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A slice of life.

Ricotta cheese and chocolate cake

Ricotta cheese and chocolate cake

 

This weekend we celebrated Nick’s birthday. Even though the actual day was Thursday ,he has decided one day is not enough . So , every year he expects birthday privileges for at least 3 day’s ( he has suggested that maybe this should be increased to a week [...]

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Each to their own..

almond and hazelnut gluten free chocolate cake

almond and hazelnut gluten free chocolate cake

 

In ten days time we start to harvest our grapes ,we hope we will be helped by many of our friends  and family who will also bring their children, so I thought I’d do a little  practice and make this chocolate cake.
I need practice because … if [...]

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ROAD RAGE / MOLE RAGE

chocolate mousse

chocolate mousse

Good morning ,  11.00 am this morning I went to get a good espresso coffee in the bar in the village. Maybe you’ll think it is a simple thing to do ….. but nothing seems as easy as it sounds!

 The build up to the story: during the week when I go on  [...]

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200 years of happiness.

Foam of coffee with dark chocolate .

Foam of coffee with dark chocolate .

After spending the afternoon  in Rome demonstrating against that wolf  Berlusconi ,  I returned home.  Nick calmly told me what had been happening around here. Apparently , we had our own wolf problem going on.  Our neighbors had seen two big wolves running around at the end [...]

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The British call it comfort food!

Chocolate and pear cake

I love this expression, comfort food  is what makes you happy, its the one  that helps on a cold and depressing day ,  food that you eat comfortably on the couch in total relaxation.Perfect. Unfortunately the only problem is that this kind of food is also the type  that  becomes very uncomfortable [...]

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