I was not a volunteer on the Pomodori e Vino blog. Rather, I was conscripted by Deborah in May 2010 when an original member had to drop out. I had already made comments on the blog revealing that I possessed … Continue reading →
OK Marcella, you got me again. I’ve made non-breadmaker bread many times, albeit a few years ago. So I wasn’t expecting any glitches in making my ultimate recipe for this project – figured I could whip it up the day … Continue reading →
I prepared this simple recipe several months in advance following a visit to Nicastro’s Italian Food Emporium in Nepean, where I purchased some of the ingredients, including “00” pizza flour and buffalo-milk mozzarella. The ingredients weren’t the problem but one … Continue reading →
As I was in the process of preparing this dessert recipe, visions of my misadventure with tortellini danced in my head. Tortellini?? Yes, tortellini. When I prepared tortellini last year, it was my first experience with making pasta from scratch … Continue reading →
Well, where do I start? When I signed on for this project over a year ago, I received a colour-coded Excel list of the recipes in Marcella’s tome. I am Wednesday – purple recipes. Some big challenges; many current family … Continue reading →
This recipe has been lurking at the edge of my consciousness for quite a while. Ricotta fritters = fried cheese??? Well that can’t be very good for you, right? But, OK Marcella, I’ll give it a go. Simple ingredients, as … Continue reading →
Pretty simple recipe, but one I put off until the last moment. Ingredients include egg yolks, flour, milk, confectioners’ sugar and lemon peel. Marcella includes some very specific directions, as usual. Most of the mixing is done off heat and … Continue reading →
I first made this recipe ten months in advance of the schedule. I like pears. In fact, I try to grow pears – with very limited success I should add. I was curious how a pear tart would turn out. … Continue reading →
This recipe is full of surprises. 1. First, it stretches over 3 pages in the book. Hey, must be complicated, right? 2. Not exactly, because the recipe starts with a store-bought pound cake. 3. And some of the length is … Continue reading →
Well, here we are into Desserts and I have the honour of leading off the chapter. But I blew it. Ingredients are pretty simple – almonds, sugar, vegetable oil, a sheet of aluminum foil and a potato. A potato? Yes, … Continue reading →
I prepared this salad last July with fresh Swiss chard from my garden. I had never planted Swiss chard previously, but saw it was an ingredient in a few recipes. Pretty easy to grow. I was able to select plenty … Continue reading →
Pretty simple and and pretty good salad, with only one hitch. Radicchio, cranberry beans, olive oil, salt, pepper, red wine vinegar. Marcella provides 3 options for the radicchio, even including Belgian endive. I had no choice – only the rounded … Continue reading →
Well, that was an unexpected treat. A very simple list of ingredients, sunchokes, spinach, salt, pepper, olive oil and red wine vinegar. But the first ingredient, aka Jerusalem artichokes, was unfamiliar to me and proved impossible to locate within a … Continue reading →
Well, those were pretty good. This was my first time frying zucchini blossoms, but not the first time indulging in them. My wife and I first had fried stuffed zucchini blossoms at a restaurant in St. Saturnin-les-Apt in the Luberon … Continue reading →
I made this recipe last July with zucchini from my garden. There was less than 10 minutes from picking the vegetables to the start of preparation. At an early stage the zucchini is sliced into 1/4 inch widths, sprinkled with … Continue reading →
