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King prawn and see bass roll served with leek and shrimp cream.
A couple of days ago I received from Susan a link to a recent article she had written on her blog. I first met Susan at a Supper Club at our home last summer and I didn`t know then that she writes [...] 
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 [...] 
Black pasta made with coffee served with a walnut cream and a dash of Whisky Yesterday, in Italy, the Christmas holidays were officially over. On January the 6, Epiphany day ,it is tradition for a witch with cape and broom to bring lots of sweets to the children (if they were good during the [...] 
A Pearl of Fish fillet with radicchio , semi mature goat cheese and raisins.
They say time flies when you’re having fun . So , I must of been having a whale of a time because this year has gone by extremely fast . Thinking about it , it has been pretty enjoyable . [...] 
Tagliatelle and wild mushrooms
The other morning as I was making the coffee ,Nick who had been outside letting our goat Hilda into the field, came running in ,grabbed a basket , a knife and hurried back out . Five minutes later he returned with a mountain of wild mushrooms. Fantastico ! Especially as [...] 
Crispy prawn swards with poppy seeds.
Ladies and Gentlemen , I did it !! No, I’m not confessing to a crime . I’m just letting you know that last Sunday, I managed to pass my Sommelier exam . After a lot of worrying and of course ,last minute studying , everything went ok. The [...] 
Chestnut mousse Officially winter begins in December . Not that I have to look at a calendar to realize that . I can pretty much guess by the amount of clothing Nick and I are wearing around the house . Over the last couple of months , the layers we’ve been rapping ourselves in [...] 
Mediterranean Chicken Hi Simona what is boiling in the pot? This is the message I received yesterday from a reader of the blog! And so here I am to write a few lines about what has been happening. To explain things in order I will say: Cooking, drinking and studying, but let’s go step [...] 
Small knots of green paste made with parsley, filled with chestnut and ricotta cheese and served with Pioppini mushrooms . A few weeks ago, on a beautiful Autumn afternoon ,we went to meet our good friend Fumo . He had kindly offered to introduce us to some other local people who kept goats. Our [...] 
Etruscan soup
Thursday afternoon I was in total panic, but let me start from the beginning . Some time ago I had been contacted to do a cooking class for a group of American students. The idea was to cook some local old recipes linked to the region . Great I thought and [...] 
Jackie's pumpking soup
This week has been once again full of activate . First off, we had the olives to pick . Two days of intensive labor . Thanks to our friends and family we managed to pick a bumper crop ( 450 kg ), which we hope when crushed will give us about [...] 
Ravioli filled with pumpkin, ricotta cheese amaretti biscuits and nutmeg, served in butter and sage I am very sorry if you have been worrying about what has happened to me but the last week has been very hectic ( no we haven’t left the hand brake off the car again and no there hasn’t [...] 
Strozzapredi pasta with chestnut cream and black truffle
On Sunday morning it was my turn to open the barn door for Hilda and make coffee for us. The sky was a deep blue and the air fresh and clean. It seemed the beginning of a fantastic day. Then all of a sudden I realized [...] 
Calamarata pasta with sundried tomatoes and burrata cheese
I understand the English say “I`m in two minds ” this certainly applies to me because (1) I am really sad our wonderful summer is over, but (2) very excited and pleased autumn is here because a few weeks ago I started my third and final [...] 
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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