If you have read the story of my stove about fishing nights on the Mediterranean, let’s get one thing clear immediately: eating fresh fish just caught, perhaps caught by you, is an experience that for its aroma, flavour and atmosphere can hardly be compared to any other dining experience. Eating fish is good, indeed veryContinueContinue reading “Frozen fish”
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Page #7 – The scent of Mediterranean Sea
As soon as the sun visited London, even if the days and especially the nights are still quite cool here in London, Violetta couldn’t resist and offered you two fragrant and fast fish recipes perfect for these warmer days. Coming from a city not far from the Mediterranean sea, Violetta is feeling nostalgic thinking aboutContinueContinue reading “Page #7 – The scent of Mediterranean Sea”
Spigola all’acqua pazza || Seabass in crazy water
Ingredients: 2 sea-bass fillets3 spoons of extra virgin olive oil1 small garlic clove, choppeda small bunch of chopped parsley4/5 cherry or datterini tomato, well washed and cut in half2 fingers of dry white winesaltground black pepperchilli flakes or a few slices of fresh chilli pepper My version of the seabass in crazy water Method: PutContinueContinue reading “Spigola all’acqua pazza || Seabass in crazy water”
Merluzzo alla livornese || Livornese style Cod
Livornese style Cod is a traditional Tuscan fish dish simple and really tasty, and above all it can be prepared in literally 15 minutes. This recipe is for 1 person only, all you have to do is multiply the ingredients by the number of people you are cooking for. Ingredients: 250 g boneless cod fillets100ContinueContinue reading “Merluzzo alla livornese || Livornese style Cod”
Cinnamon
When I decided to create the “pantry” section, I realised that, in order to write correctly about the various products I use and recommend, I would have had to study. This week it was cinnamon’s turn and I knew I would have had a lot to read because spices have an ancient history and alsoContinueContinue reading “Cinnamon”
Page #6 – Once upon a time there was milk and cereals
Where does the tiramisù come from? There are many Italian desserts that are famous around the world, but I am sure that if anyone asks you to name one of them, the most of you will say tiramisù. It is no coincidence that tiramisu’ is the fifth best known Italian word in the world. ItContinueContinue reading “Page #6 – Once upon a time there was milk and cereals”
Tiramisù alla cannella || Cinnamon Tiramisù
Ingredients: 8 eggs yolks240 gr. of sugar (120+120)500 gr. of Lotus cookies (2 packs)a jug of cold coffee flavored with 2 cinnamon sticks (about 500/600 ml.)750 gr. of mascarpone cheese250 gr. of philadelphia100 gr. dark chocolate chips5 gr. of cinnamon powder For decoration: ground cinnamon, cinnamon sticks, dark chocolate flakes. Cinnamon tiramisù with Biscoff biscuitsContinueContinue reading “Tiramisù alla cannella || Cinnamon Tiramisù”
Page #5 – The gift of fire
Where is focaccia originally from? The ancient Romans with the term focus indicated the fire, but also more correctly the place of cooking. They used to cook a flatbread called focacius, precisely from focus. Similar to white pizza, but higher and softer, there is not only one recipe for focaccia, which is present in theContinueContinue reading “Page #5 – The gift of fire”
Homemade Focaccia Bread
During the lockdown we all had a lot of time on our hands. Most of us took the opportunity to bake; I personally tried a lot of different kinds of pizza and focaccia dough, with different levels of difficulty and rising times, that can vary from two hours to three days. Today I’ll show youContinueContinue reading “Homemade Focaccia Bread”
Page #4 – The unbearable lightness of risotto
The history of Rice From the Yang Tze Valley to the homes of Italians Rice was born in the Far East where traces and finds attest to its presence in the Yang Tze valley even ten thousand years ago, it was then widely cultivated in Mesopotamia in the fourth century. BC, and from there itContinueContinue reading “Page #4 – The unbearable lightness of risotto”
The Stove Diaries 