A deliciously fresh, vernal fava bean pesto to season spaghetti (or linguine), plus a rain of pecorino flakes to add flavor peaks and crunchiness.
gourmet Italian recipes
Here are all my gourmet Italian recipes: fancy dishes for special dinners with friends or family. In my opinion, you should cook one of these Italian recipes also when you need to lift your spirits or cuddle yourself. Food, when made with love and good ingredients, is soul healing.
Try making a Nutella crostata on a rainy Sunday or a cannoli cake to impress the friends you welcome to a Sicilian dinner party. Enrich a weekend brunch with a ricotta and asparagus omelet and celebrate Christmas with zabaglione cream and cookies! Make Spritz caramel apples for Halloween and an Italian sausage and Pandoro stuffing for Thanksgiving.
These are gourmet Italian recipes to celebrate, gather, and enjoy the pleasures of Italian ingredients turned into divine plates with just a little more effort.
ricotta cheesecake recipe
Ricotta cheesecake recipe with ricotta cheese, heavy cream, and lemon.
pan di spagna: the recipe for the Italian sponge cake from scratch
the sponge cake recipe you need to make delicious desserts like Cassata, Zuppa Inglese, cream cake or Zuccotto.
castagnaccio recipe
a Tuscan delight for Fall celebrations
Italian panna cotta recipe
authentic italian panna cotta recipe with milk and heavy cream
Italian chocolate budino recipe
The authentic and from scratch chocolate budino recipe.
latte di mandorla: the Sicilian almond milk
How to make almond milk at home with the authentic Sicilian recipe.
sicilian baked ricotta cheesecake recipe
The Italian Easter pie from Sicily: a ricotta pie (crostata) spiced with cinnamon, vanilla and orange zest.
dried porcini risotto recipe
Creamy, earthy and delicious porcini mushroom risotto, a rice recipe from Northern Italy.
how to make a cheese board
How to make an Italian cheese board: 7 steps to a perfect Italian cheese board. Learn how to make a Christmas cheese board with Italian specialties.There are seven fundamental steps to make an Italian cheese board. From choosing three (or more) different kinds of...