Tiramisu

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Classic italian recipe (the name means "pull me up" or more poetically, "take me up to the sky"). It's similar to a charlotte in its structure: layers of flavoured biscuits between layers of smooth cream.

Pizza dough

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Pizza dough is a lind of bread dough with olive oil, which make it softer.

Involtinis

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Involtinis are small rolls of meat, usually veal, and cheese. Here is my version.

Italian Meringue

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Italian meringue is made with sugar cooked to 120°C or 248°F. This is different from the French, which is made from caster sugar. The cooked sugar gives a softer meringue which can be added to other preparations or use as it is.

New tiramisu

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This new version of tiramisu is easier, and in my opinion much better. You will certainly appreciate, like me, the light creamy taste, this time presented in brandy goblets.

Creamy risotto with vegetables

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Risotto is one of the many delights of italian cooking... Here is a version with vegetables cooked separately, and their stock used to cook rice. Delicious, as you will see...

How to cook pasta properly

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Here is some advice for pasta that's properly cooked and doesn't stick.

Spaghetti Carbonara

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A very famous Italian pasta recipe: egg yolks, cream, bacon, Parmesan and lemon juice.

Panna cotta

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Panna cotta is an Italian dessert which means "cooked cream". It's a set vanilla cream, similar to blancmange, which is frequently served with other things like fruit coulis (fruit purée), caramel etc.. Here is the basic panna cotta recipe.

Pannacotta and blackcurrant crumble

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This is a glass of pannacotta, with a layer of blackcurrent coulis, and a crunchy almond crumble scatterd on top.

Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds

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Risotto is one of the great Italian recipes. It's the special way in which rice is cooked and mixed with several other things, which produces this famous dish. One can make different flavour risottos, here is a fairly simple recipe with diced vegetables and flax seeds.

Bolognaise lasagne

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Lasagne is an Italian pasta that comes in rectangular sheets. These are used to separate layers of filling, like a large savoury oven-baked millefeuille. A bolognaise lasagne combines bechamel sauce, minced meat and tomato sauce.

Piedmont salad

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Piedmont salad is a mix of potaotes, tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, gherkins and cervelas sausage dressed with mayonnaise.

Two-olive ciabatta

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Enjoy the real flavour and scent of the Mediterranean in this ciabatta made with two olives (green and black).

Pea risotto "Mantecare"

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This pea risotto recipe is finished with a typical Italian 'mantecare': mascarpone and Parmesan are incorporated at the end of cooking to make the dish incomparably smooth.

Pistachio tiramisu

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In this slightly unusual tiramisu, the classic Amaretto is partially replaced by whisky, which goes better with the pistachio flavour.

Polenta

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Polenta is made from maize meal and can be prepared in a number of ways. In this recipe, it is cooked in milk, then moulded and set before being fried.

Curried prawn risotto

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In this recipe, the prawns are fried separately first with curry powder, then added to the risotto.

Green Piedmont Salad

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In this version of Piedmont salad, the usual tomato has been replaced by raw courgette.

Italian style gratin

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This gratin is built up in layers: sautéed courgettes, minced beef, bechamel sauce, fried tomatoes, more meat and bechamel, then grated cheese for a brown topping.

Candied fruits: don't get ripped off

Do you like candied fruit? You might like to nibble a handful or add it to a recipe, like a classic fruit cake or delicious Italian specialities like panettone or sicilian epiphany pie.
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