Tomato Passata sauce, part 1
Tomato Passata sauce, part 2
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Homemade ravioli stuffed with pumpkin and Saronno amaretti biscuits, served with butter and sage sauce
It’s November and normally we are preparing for our annual olive harvest . Some friends have already sent emails asking to join us and the students from the University of Arizona in Orvieto say they are full of energy, [...]
Pan brioche made with gorgonzola cheese and merlot grapes
How can the months pass so quickly ? can it really be that time of year again when, here in my little corner of Umbria, friends , neighbors and farmers, in fact it seems just about everybody, is busy checking and discussing the amount of [...]
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 [...]
Pasta with broccoli, spicy gorgonzola , walnuts and orange.
Earlier this week it seemed that spring had arrived early. Blue skies and wonderful hot sun. My hopes were up and I started to think of summer. But , then as fast as it came the warm weather disappeared behind grey clouds , drenching rain [...]
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 [...]
ravioli gorgonzola and pecorino cheese
Here’s what happened watching one of the Jamie Oliver old programs -The Naked Chef-! First of all, to see someone so young able to create such a delicious food I liked a lot, and regarding him we all know what he has done over the years . The second [...]
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No olives, no harvest, no party...BUT..
Homemade ravioli stuffed with pumpkin and Saronno amaretti biscuits, served with butter and sage sauce
It’s November and normally we are preparing for our annual olive harvest . Some friends have already sent emails asking to join us and the students from the University of Arizona in Orvieto say they are full of energy, [...]