It took a leap of faith and my avid curiosity to try this cake: could a basic sweet batter and some grated courgettes make a good cake? No nuts, no sultanas, no spices...really? A resolute "yes!" is the answer. This is a most unusual and excellent cake come dessert: delicate, plain and light, but not…

Italian home cooking

04.11.2023

Miascia (Bread, grape and rosemary cake from Lake Como) – Italian home cooking

Miascia (Bread, grape and rosemary cake from Lake Como)

Italian home cooking

05.12.2023

Torta monferrina di mele e zucca (apple and pumpkin cake from Monferrato, Piemonte) – Italian home cooking

Well, that title IS misleading in its conciseness. It should read "apple, pumpkin, amaretti, chocolate, figs and sultana cake with brandy and rum" - no less!. This opulent pudding is one of the most delicious and the most unusual dishes I have tasted in a long time. It comes from Piemonte (again!, as you might have…

Italian home cooking

19.04.2024

Polpette di pane – bread polpette or breadballs, if you insist – Italian home cooking

Lucca, June 2022 . London, August 2022. This has been the best, most rewarding recipe of this summer. Just love it I am a bread collector. All those stale loaf-ends (apparently called “the heels”) that cannot be eaten but cannot be turned into breadcrumbs either, I put aside - “I will make a bread pudding…

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Scarpaccia viareggina (sweet and custardy courgette cake from Viareggio, in Tuscany) – Italian home cooking

Miascia (Bread, grape and rosemary cake from Lake Como) – Italian home cooking

Torta monferrina di mele e zucca (apple and pumpkin cake from Monferrato, Piemonte) – Italian home cooking

Polpette di pane – bread polpette or breadballs, if you insist – Italian home cooking

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