This Simposio is a winter Italian cookbook. We will explore winter on the peninsula through the most delicious Italian Winter recipes. For you, from Italy: winter comfort food, seasonal traditions, places in Rome, and cultural insights.

ITALIAN WINTER RECIPES: COMFORT FOOD, PASTA, SOUPS, AND COOKIES!

The cold season is perfect for rich and nutritious Italian Winter recipes; therefore, we’ll focus mainly on traditional Italian cheese, legume, mushroom, and walnut recipes. But we won’t forget healthy winter vegetables. And winter Italian pasta and soup recipes, of course!

We will take a slow walk through Rome’s Jewish ghetto, eat artichokes, and snack on Bruscolini.

And we will explore the traditional breakfast in Italy, past and present.

Welcome to the Yellow Simposio!

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“This is a Yellow Simposio because yellow is the predominant color of these Italian winter recipes, of the landscapes we’ll enjoy, and the mood accompanying us.

We’ll cook comfort food with seasonal ingredients: legumes, walnuts, and mushrooms. And rich Italian dishes, with protagonists cheese, pasta, and winter vegetables; they’ll help us fight the cold and the melancholy of short and dark days.

Most of the ingredients we’ll use are yellow.

We’ll make winter Italian pasta recipes like the cauliflower pasta from Sicily, lemon tonnarelli, Pasta e Fagioli from Naples, truffle pappardelle, and mushroom Sagnarelli.

We’ll devour regional Italian winter soups and risotto. 

We’ll discover Italian cheeses to prepare unforgettable crostini recipes, cheese boards, fondues, and raclettes.

Legumes to add a healthy hint to our cooking adventures. So expect beans, lentils, and chickpeas!

And walnuts to make other winter Italian pasta condiments, soups, and cookies.

Yellow also recalls the Bruscolini we’ll crunch while exploring Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a beautiful neighborhood famous for the architecture, the cuisine, and the fried artichokes!

Cozily at home, we will learn about and practice Italian winter traditions and slow-living DIY projects.

Snuggling on the couch, we’ll explore what a traditional breakfast in Italy is today and was like in the past.

Ready? Go grab a soft blanket, put on the boiler and choose your favorite tea blend: it’s time for a good read!”

dive into Italy's winter recipes

THE INDEX

2 CIAO

8 THE YELLOW PROJECT

10 cauliflower pasta

12 lemon tonnarelli

14 lemon jam

16 chestnut soup

20 THE CHEESE PROJECT

22 kale crostini

24 cheese board

26 parmesan fondue

28 scamorza raclette

30 THE LEGUMES PROJECT

32 pasta & beans

36 lentil soup

38 chickpea tart

40 AMARO

42 THE MUSHROOM PROJECT

44 truffle pasta

46 truffle oil

48 porcini risotto

50 mushroom sauce

52 THE PASTA PROJECT

54 tonnarelli

56 trofie

58 bucatini

60 sagnarelli

62 JEWISH GHETTO

74 bruscolini

78 a poem

82 THE WALNUT PROJECT

84 walnut soup

86 walnut sauce

88 walnut cookies

90 BICCHIERE DELLA STAFFA

92 THE FISH PROJECT

94 fish & olives pasta

98 chic oysters

100 oven baked fish

102 WINTER IN ROME

110 CARNEVALE

114 THE SLOW WINTER PROJECT

116 perfect beignets

118 pear chips

120 rosemary sweet potato bread

122 fancy tea

124 olive oil face cleanser

126 BREAKFAST IN ITALY

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Enjoy your Italian Winter cookbook and Italy’s comfort food!

Claudia