Larissa on January 6th, 2010

This Fillet of Beef recipe is dedicated to the italian composer Rossini, who lived in the first half of the 19th century.

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Larissa on December 24th, 2009

Well, Christmas is coming. I wish All My Readers A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
At this special moment I wish to share my favourite and delightful pastry recipe of both Italian and French cuisine. It’s a Almond Biscotti that perfect designed to be dipped into your best-loved cup of coffee.
Other Italian name of this [...]

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Larissa on November 29th, 2009

Baked Lasagne with Meat sauce is just one of many others Lasagne variations but it is the most popular throughout Italy.
Other ingredients can be added to lasagne, such as sliced cooked meatballs, sausages, zucchini, eggplant. It is best to add only one of two ingredients to lasagne. So there are three main types of [...]

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Larissa on November 26th, 2009

Haricot beans (Haricot is the french word for ‘bean’) are another staple of Italian cooking. The most popular varities include the pretty red-and cream speckled borlotti, the small one cannellini and black-eyed beans. All these are used in stews, with pasta and in soups, and borlotti and cannellini are often served as a side dish [...]

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Larissa on November 15th, 2009

Coming back to My-Italian-Cooking, I ‘m posting today a recipe of making flavoured sauce – Shallots with Rosemary Oil, that I used recently as a BBQ sauce for lamb. It’s a simple version of Italian sauces which can be used widely in Italian and French cuisine.
Flavoured oils make an interesting alternative to vinaigrette and other [...]

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Larissa on September 25th, 2009

Original Ilalian name: Tiella Alla Barese
Place of origin: Puglia, Sourthern Italy
Coming back to the Italian blog,  I wish to share today one of the recently cooked main dishes. I would estimate this dish to the First course dishes category or Primi like said in Italy. However, this meal is slightly unusual for this group. Firstly, [...]

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Larissa on August 30th, 2009

Original Italian name: Tonno Alla Palermitana
Place of origin: Sicily, Southern Italy
In Sicily, Southern part of Italy, The Mattanza is the traditional method of tuna fishing.  This event provides an occasion for the whole village to celebrate a folklore festival. This major tradition gets underway with an morning mass to bless the fishing boats before they [...]

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Larissa on August 25th, 2009

Original Italian name: Caponata
Place of origin: Sicily, Southern Italy
Caponata is a typical Sicilian name of one of vegetable dishes with a long and colourful past. Originally, this dish started life as a fish, served in the caupone in taverns around Sicily’s ports. It consisted of squid, celery and eggplants and served with a sweet-and-sour-cream. But [...]

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Larissa on August 23rd, 2009

I kept quiet for awhile in my blog but keen to get back to my Italian cooking adventures. I just returned from Fiji holidays where experienced broad variety of different seafood based dishes. Inspired by that and searching through similar Fijian style recipes for dinner I decided to prepare an absolutely simple [...]

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Larissa on August 23rd, 2009

I kept quiet for awhile in my blog but keen to get back to my Italian cooking adventures. I just returned from Fiji holidays where experienced broad variety of different seafood based dishes. Inspired by that and searching through similar Fijian style recipes for dinner I decided to prepare an absolutely simple [...]

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