baking

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

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

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