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Brodo Abbrustolito
You must know by now that I am naturally attracted by recipes calling for unusual ingredients or unusual combinations of ingredients. Just the name here caught my attention. When I saw this soup recipe...
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Ode to Spring: Risi e Bisi
I guarantee that you will find this recipe easy peasy. Risi e bisi, rice and (Venetian dialect for) peas, is a traditional Venetian dish, made in spring when fresh peas are widely available. Today, the...
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Veal stew with zucchini, peas and saffron
For this recipe, I was inspired by a Veal stew with peas post I saw a few months ago on Memorie di Angelina. Always a good read. You can make this stew starting with a soffritto, a mix of finely diced...
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Malaysian beef and lentil curry
My favourite Malaysian Restaurant, Chahaya Malaysia, on Montreal Road here in Ottawa, serves a wonderful lunch buffet from Monday to Friday. On the buffet, an item that keeps coming back is their...
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Garmugia
Does this happen to you? I think I know a bit about Italian cooking. I have read on the history of Italian cooking, own many cookbooks, I cook Italian food all the time, and never had I heard about...
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Filet mignon with speck and fava beans
This is a very quick recipe, perfectly adapted for summer. Fava beans have a very distinctive flavour, a soft consistency, and they are versatile. They can be incorporated in soups or stews, or simply...
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Linguine with ginger, garlic and hot peppers
Ginger may seem an unusual ingredient in Italian cuisine, but, in the Middle Ages, before hot peppers were available in Italy, it was quite popular. Those of you who have […]
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Halibut | Swiss Chard | Tuscan beans | Rich wine sauce
I remember having a dish like this one at a restaurant in Ottawa, quite a […]
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Mustard crusted salmon | Leek tombée | Black olive tapenade
I had a dish like this a few years ago when I visited a winery […]
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Veal shanks braised in beer
In certain Northern parts of Italy, the climate is not very favourable to wine and beer and grappa are the preferred alcohols. Grappa is made with grapes, plums, or juniper […]
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