Italy Vacations and Travel Guide
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“Parmigiana” with Aubergine, Parmesan and Tomato Sauce is a fantastic main dish, cooked all over Italy and can be an excellent vegetarian main course. This is one of the classic preparations of southern Italy, associated with Naples’s cousine, but it is popular in Calabria and Sicily too.… Read the rest
In Sardinian, Carta da Musica aka Frattau Bread is a very fine crisp kind of bread baked by each family in a wood oven at 4 in the morning on the chosen day. Frattau Bread lasts many days.
This traditional tart from Liguria area shows a tiny pastry stuffed with veggie, ricotta cheese, Parmesan and eggs. As the tradition wants, prepared the Easter day to start the long eating session. In the recipe you can use the artichokes or the spinach, the fresh ricotta and 6 entire eggs.… Read the rest
Are you ready to rock your world (and your kitchen) with a delicate, intense, flavoured and typical Italian dish? If the answer is YES, please have a close look to one of our favourite main courses coming from Venice: fegato alla veneziana, an ancient recipe still very spread in Veneto and in Italy.… Read the rest
Do you like pumpkins not only on the Halloween parties? We do as many Italians as well! The gnocchi of pumpkin is a speciality coming from the heart of Lombardy, especially topped with sauce of ricotta cheese and spinach. As the ravioli of pumpkin, which we will explore soon, this delightful and easy recipe comes from the magnificent town of Mantua in the north of Italy.… Read the rest
This ancient biscuits’ recipe comes from Sicily countryside, when peasants are using a simple techniques to make the precious figs dried. The sun will make them dry on wooden benches covered with white cotton to avoid the insects to bite them.… Read the rest
It is time to cook and it is winter season. In this cold weather we need a pasta based main dish who can sustain you after the simple “eat and rush” sandwiches you had for lunch. So for all your family a simple baked pasta recipe, very tasty and easy to prepare.… Read the rest
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