A gallon of liquid, but not really a lot of food during our awesome day allows us to start with some blanched peas fried in olive oil with a lot of chopped garlic, pepper, fresh basil and grated parmigiano. We know that the sea is full of fish, but we do not really find where … More After a day of hiking in the impressive canyon of Su Gorroppu
Coming back home in a house with an empty fridge, you always find some dry pasta, peeled tomatoes of good quality, garlic, onion, spicy little pepper and pecorino (or even parmigiano) to prepare ‘pasta arrabbiata’. I am pretty sure that my version is more tomato-like, but I will always try to remember the veg-quotum. Chop … More After a long drive just some simple pasta arrabbiata
This is a recipe which I prepare already since years. Serve it as appetizer, or serve the bell pepper without burrata as side dish (with meat, fish, as part of a barbecue buffet). Try to find similar bell peppers in different colors. Halve them and put in an oiled dish or on some baking paper. … More Bell pepper Piemonte with heavenly burrata, yummie…
Since we are into the carpaccios, let’s try another one. For 3p slice 12 medium mushrooms (perfectly white) thinly and put them in a decorative pattern on three plates. Add zeste and juice of 1 lemon, pepper, salt, fresh parsley, good olive oil and finish with grated old pecorino. Prepare in advance and the lemon … More Mushrooms make a wonderful carpaccio
Whatever you can slice thinly, you can serve as carpaccio. For today we combine thinly sliced radishes and cucumber with sliced mozzarella. Spread some good olive oil, some lemon juice, salt and pepper. Garnish with some parsley… Light and delicious.
After a day chasing from one place to another, to another, to another hoping to obtain an Italian number plate, we will have an easy dish tonight. Cook rice or noodles. Heat a drizzle of peanut oil in a wok. Fry 4 chopped garlic cloves, 5 cm of chopped ginger, 1 chopped spicy little pepper. … More Italian bureaucracy, what an adventure 
Tonight our cocoon of silence will be pierced by a family with two lively and lovely young men. If the nice weather continues we will show them all the nice spots in ‘la bella Toscana’. The menu for the following days will hopefully satisfy their appetite after a nice day outside. After a long travel … More ‘Picky’ visitors’ 😉
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