The Cotechino

What is this Cotechino? You may find it frequently in Christmas hampers but never know what you are going to do with it?! Well, this sausage is made from pork meat, fat and pork rind. It is a preserved meat and very popular in Italy especially for the New Year’s specialty dishes. Here is a different…

Vegetable Terrine

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Smoked Salmon Risotto

Here’s an easy recipe… ideal for a quick lunch or as a starter.

Rabbit with Tomato and Rosemary Sauce

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Fishy weekend!

It’s Sunday evening and the smell of fish still rules the kitchen! Since Friday my pans and dishes were the bed for all types of fish… on Friday Mum bought these fresh squid which I decided to stuff and oven bake. The stuffing consisted of onions, garlic, aubergines, marrows, red pepper, and the…

Butta la Pasta

Pasta… I can never get enough of eating pasta! So many shapes, flavors, and varieties; fresh or dry; long or short; with eggs or without; filled pasta or plain pasta… the list is endless. Pasta is loved all over the world from people of all ages yet no one prepares it better than Italians — al dente —…

Dear readers: Belated Christmas wishes! Here are some easy xmasy recipes…

Been cooking so much over these last 15 days that I don’t know from which recipe to start… moreover I still have to write about the 5 day gastronomic tour in Trentinara which left us with some extra…

Banana & Date Cake

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“There are three types of friends: those like food, without which you can’t live; those like medicine, which you need occasionally; and those like an illness, which you never want.”

Caprese: to die for. Place your order now!

This is a classic Neapolitan dessert which my mother learnt to do perfectly well after she got lessons from an Italian chef who came to train us for the opening of Bocconci restaurant in Valletta (which me & my family used to run around 2 years ago). It…