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April 7, 2017Antipasti Holidays & Celebrations

Torta Pasqualina (Ligurian Easter Pie)

Torta Pasqualina is an Italian savory pie filled with chard or spinach, eggs and ricotta. This is one of Liguria’s iconic dishes but is prepared throughout the country during the Easter celebrations. The original Pasqualina pie calls for 33 layers of thin dough to represent the 33 years of Jesus. This is one of the recipes I’ve […]

October 6, 2016October 6, 2016Quote

Spinach and Ricotta Malfatti

The Italian word Malfatti literally means “badly shaped”, but despite their name Malfatti are delicious dumplings made with fresh ricotta cheese and spinach. This is a traditional Lombard first course but it can be found in other regions under different names. In the city of Florence they are called GNUDI (naked) and in Trentino Alto Adige […]

April 24, 2015Primi Piatti

Homemade Ricotta Gnocchi With Strawberry Cream Sauce

Did you know that California is the nation’s largest producer of strawberries? Its unique weather (warm and sunny during the day, cool and foggy during the night) makes California the perfect environment for growing strawberries.The harvest has its peak in the middle of April, so I took advantage of the strawberry season for cooking up this new […]

April 11, 2015October 6, 2016Primi Piatti

Malfatti Ricotta Cheese And Spinach

The Italian word Malfatti means “badly shaped” but despite their name, Malfatti are delicious little dumplings made with fresh ricotta cheese and spinach. This is a typical primo piatto (first course) from Lombardia Region (North Of Italy), but it can be found in other region as Tuscany where Malfatti are called “Gnudi” (Naked). Easy to […]

April 4, 2015April 4, 2015Holidays & Celebrations

Easter Green Pie…Buona Pasqua!!!

The dove in Christianity is the symbol of peace and salvation as much as asparagus in nature is the symbol of Spring, in fact the etymology of this word comes from the greek aspharagos which means sprout. The combination of these two symbols allowed me to deliver a delightful, savory, green, light and very kid-friendly Easter […]