Cooking recipes

Salento pittule: the original recipe

Who doesn't know Salento's pittule ? Also known as "pettole", these small balls of fried batter are one of the best-known ancestors of finger-food. Salento pittule are prepared and consumed all year round but there is a period of the year in which they reach the apotheosis of celebrity on Apulian tables: Christmas . The […]

2020-12-09Cristina

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Homemade flaxseed crackers

Flaxseed crackers are a super easy snack to make at home. Very light and healthy, they are yeast-free and require very few ingredients for their preparation. At home we use crackers as an alternative to bread not only for a snack but also to make finger food treats to serve as an appetizer or aperitif […]

2020-11-26Cristina

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Easy carrot cake recipe

This easy carrot cake recipe can be made even by someone like me who is a landslide in the preparation of desserts. Yes because, if it is true that cooking takes a little patience, this is a very simple recipe that I made with the simple help of a food processor . If you only […]

2020-11-22Cristina

Quick stuffed focaccia recipe

A fundamental pillar of our local cuisine? Undoubtedly… the focaccia , better if filled to perfection with delicious fillings of all kinds. If, like me, you are a very lazy sweet tooth (sigh) you can opt for a quick stuffed focaccia recipe that will take much less time than preparing the traditional soft focaccia . […]

2020-11-17Cristina

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Risotto recipe with fresh porcini mushrooms

For me, the emblem of risotto is certainly risotto with fresh porcini mushrooms . In autumn, porcini mushrooms can be found on market stalls, at trusted greengrocers and, for the more passionate, in the woods! In this recipe , with a few simple steps, you will prepare an excellent risotto also using the homemade vegetable […]

2020-11-05Flavio

Homemade pizza with fresh brewer's yeast

Now you can’t miss our homemade pizza on Sunday evening. The dough is always prepared in the morning in order to give the fresh brewer’s yeast the right time for leavening. It’s a perfect recipe, tested over and over again; it comes from the pizza and focaccia course we took together with Cristina at the […]

2020-06-15Flavio

Apulian taralli recipe

Flour, oil, wine, fennel seeds… Simple ingredients from a beautiful land sublimated in a recipe loved by its people: that of the Apulian taralli . Taralli are not just a snack, but a real institution of the Apulian culinary tradition which, thanks to its goodness, has earned a place in the heart of every Italian. […]

2020-04-21Alessandro

Mayonnaise recipe light and quick

Until a few years ago I bought packaged mayonnaise but when I tried to reproduce it at home I realized that the comparison didn't hold up. The recipe for this light mayonnaise (which doesn't "go crazy") comes from my brother, with ingredients that are never lacking in our kitchen and, above all, it's quick to […]

2020-04-12Flavio

Delicious homemade soft focaccia

Flavio loves preparing pizzas and focaccias, especially this soft homemade focaccia. As a lover of white focaccia, he prepares it in industrial quantities to eat even the following days. In fact, this focaccia can be seasoned as desired and is perfect to be consumed even after preparation. It will be sufficient to keep it in […]

2020-03-22Cristina