Gazpacho – Cold Spanish vegetable soup

After a long and pleasant afternoon spent in the sun, we really needed to freshen up… We have therefore prepared the Gazpacho, a soup made with raw vegetables served cold 🙂 . We’ll propose the classic version of Gazpacho: with tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, garlic and bread, everything just minced and served strictly cold! Gazpacho is a recipe from Andalusia and has … Read More

Seuppa d’éforié – Spring soup with rice and nettles

Sometimes we like to propose you some recipes from the old book about Aosta Valley cuisine published by and written by our mother. And since it’s spring, this soup with rice and nettles looks just perfect! 🙂 It is a dish of the rural tradition of the Aosta Valley, consumed in the early spring months because nettle is used mostly … Read More

Venere rice with prawns and orange

It’s been a long time since the last time we presented a rice recipe… And we wanted to prepare something special… So we took two birds with one stone and decided to add the aroma and taste of oranges to the classic black rice with prawns 🙂 . Choose carefully your black rice, taking care if it is a pre-cooked rice … Read More

Soupe à l’onion – Parisian onion soup

Autumn humidity has come, but we certainly won’t let it bring us down! 😉  That’s why we decided to prepare a dish that we personally have tasted in the the Halles in Paris: la soupe à l’onion gratinée, an onion soup with bread and cheese 🙂 . According to tradition, this onion soup should be eaten at dawn after a night out and, … Read More

Aeolian Islands pasta

Several weeks since our first pasta recipe have already passed… How could we drop into oblivion this important dish 😉 ? Today we’re presenting our favorite pasta. A recipe coming from the vulcanic Aeolian Islands, in Sicily, made with a rich sauce with tuna, onion, peppers, olives and capers 😀 . As we already said, this recipe comes straight from the beautiful … Read More

Potato stew with rice and peas

We’re back to tell you a bit about our valley, with a very special recipe… A potato stew with rice and peas, flavoured with fresh chives and butter. Potatoes with rice? Does this sound weird? Well, you just have to try and you’ll change you mind 🙂 . This is a recipe of our family that was handed down through several generations 🙂 … Read More

Goulash: Hungarian meat soup

The goulash is, together with the dobos torta, the most famous dish of Hungarian cuisine: a rich meat soup with vegetables (potatoes, carrots and onions) flavored with paprika 😀 . To be precise this dish is so important for Hungary to be one of the national dishes and a simbol for the entire nation! Goulash has a very ancient origin, … Read More

Risotto with leeks, bacon and hazelnuts

Let’s continue, without delay, with the recipes for the Christmas dinner! This year we propose a tasty risotto with leeks, enriched with crisp slices of bacon and hazelnuts 🙂 .  

Peas and mint risotto

You probably remember we told you about a duo of risottos, specially created to compose the symbol of yin-yang. Then, we presented only the yin, a black rice with liquorice… Today we’re proposing the yang: a fresh risotto with peas and a mild mint flavour 🙂 .   Composing the symbol of yin-yang is simple, but you’ll have to be … Read More

Licorice black Venere risotto

Some time ago, we invented a duo of risottos that compose the yin-yang, so as to bring to the table a dish so good as spectacular 🙂 . We currently have the yin, the night: the black Venere risotto with licorice. This recipe gets inspiration from chinese fried rice, from which it borrows the diced ham, omelette and soy sauce. In ancient China, … Read More