Pane con Pancetta e Formaggio (Bacon and Cheese Bread)
This delicious bread, soft and tasty, and flavored with bacon and cheese, originates from the regions of Tuscany and Umbria in central Italy. The bread is simple and quick to prepare and is a suitable...
View ArticleFocaccia
Focaccia (pronunced foe-CA-cha) is a soft, flat oven-baked Italian bread, so popular that most people could very well have had their first taste of it in an Italian bakery or restaurant somewhere other...
View ArticleFocaccia Dolce con Crema di Cioccolato (Sweet Focaccia Filled with Chocolate...
Sweet focaccia : a childhood memory! Something that my mom used to prepare for me as an afternoon snack after school, something da leccarsi le dita (literally to lick your fingers, to make your mouth...
View ArticleFrese al Pomodoro (Frese with Tomato)
This is a simple recipe for an appetizing summer snack. Frese are an excellent alternative to bread for appetizers, quick to prepare and definitely delicious to taste. They are called frese in...
View ArticlePiadina Romagnola
Piadina (in English “flatbread”), is one of the most popular dishes of the Emilia Romagna region, and it is certainly appreciated all over the country. It looks like a pastry disk, made of flour, lard,...
View ArticlePane Toscano (Tuscan Bread)
“L’uomo non vive di solo pane / Man does not live by bread alone” … but this certainly doesn’t seem to apply in Tuscany. For centuries Tuscan bread has been a staple for the poor. The Tuscan bread...
View ArticleFocaccia di Recco
Focaccia di Recco is a delicious snack that can be enjoyed any time during the day. When we think about focaccia, we usually think about bread dough with yeast; instead the peculiarity of the focaccia...
View ArticleGnocchi di Pane Raffermo (Stale Bread Dumplings)
This is a quick and easy recipe for gnocchi made with stale bread! These bread dumplings, also called Zanzarelli, are an ancient food. They began to appear in the Renaissance banquets in Lombardy as a...
View ArticlePanzerotti
Panzerotti are so Italian that there is no a real translation into English, like pasta, pizza or focaccia. They are prepared with a dough similar to that of pizza or focaccia (see tips) and are stuffed...
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