October 2014 – Ale Gambini

October 30, 2014October 30, 2014Desserts Holidays & Celebrations

Double Chocolate Creepy Cookies…Happy Halloween!!!

The idea of these cookies came up while I was watching with my four years old daughter the movie “E.T.”. I didn’t remember how sweet and creepy E.T. was so I decided to bake something alien-like for Halloween 2014. I just added to my favorite double chocolate chip cookies recipe M & M’s white chocolate […]

October 28, 2014Holidays & Celebrations

October 28 is National Chocolate Day

October 28 is National Chocolate Day.

October 27, 2014Desserts

Piedmont Hazelnut Cake

Hazelnut cake, hazelnut spread, hazelnut gelato, I love everything made with this precious gift of nature. This is one of my favorite cake, a traditional dessert from Piedmont, a north-western region of Italy, land full of amazing products as the Piedmont Hazelnut IGP. The Piedmont Hazelnut as known as Tonda Gentile Tribolata has a spheroidal seed, […]

October 22, 2014October 22, 2014Desserts

Chocolate Pumpkin Cake

To tell the truth I’ve never been a huge fan of pumpkin. Only when I moved to the US I revalued this beautiful, orange squash. Lombardy, the northern Italian region where I came from, has a long and strong tradition of pumpkin recipes and the Chocolate Pumpkin Cake is one of them. Despite of its […]

October 19, 2014October 22, 2014Holidays & Celebrations

Bruscolini (Roasted Pumpkin Seeds)

Roasted pumpkin seeds are a yummy and healthy snack for the whole family. In Italy they are known as BRUSCOLINI and are usually eaten at the stadium while watching the soccer game, at concerts or during country festivals and fairs. Although the whole pumpkin seed is edible, is a common practice (not elegant but functional) […]