Kenwood Chef XL Titanium Review (KVL8300S)

Since we have a new kitchen machine, which was very helpful during Christmas holidays, we thought it was a good opportunity to write a new review. We’ll review the Kenwood Chef XL Titanium (KVL8300S), the latest model of the famous British brand. The new kitchen machine is completely made in stainless steel, both the structure and the bowl. As you may have guessed by the letters … Read More

Cultivate chili peppers

This weekend, in addition to the kitchen, we are going to DIY and set our greenhouse and start to cultivate chili peppers also this year 😉 . As you may remember from the previous post, in which we described the varieties we grew last summer, we love chilli and we love having different species to choose the one that best … Read More

Chili peppers

We often  read the words “a pinch of chili pepper” among the ingredients of a recipe without any indication about the variety and quantity… As if it were a negligible surplus, only useful to spicy the recipe. Different varieties of chili peppers, however, not only will make your dish more or less spicy, but they will change its taste. Without any doubt chili … Read More

Contest easter cakes: the winner

We’ve made it, after all this time we have prepared and tasted the 3 finalist recipes of the Easter cakes’ contest 😀 . Before announcing the winner we have to tell you that all the three desserts were great and very different from each other 🙂 Colombine by In cucina con Marika: the small doves are made with a brioche dough, lightly scented … Read More

Review of Torta 900 by Balla

We decided to inaugurate this new section of our blog reviewing a legend of northern Italian pastry: the Torta 900 by Balla, Ivrea 🙂 . No one precisely knows the recipe for this dessert, created and patented by the Italian pastry chef Bertinotti at the end of the nineteenth century, although many have tried to prepare it … And to be honest, we … Read More

Contest Easter cakes: recipes in final

Hello friends 🙂 ! Easter have passed, and the first part of our Easter cakes contest is over. First of all we want to thank you, you have been so many! We took some time to choose the finalists because all your suggestions were great and inspired us so much 🙂 . And now, the three recipes that will prepare ourselves in order to choose … Read More

Contest Easter cakes

Although our first cooking contest has just finished, we’ve already prepared the second one… This time with a classic theme, but not less tasty: the Easter cakes 😀 . Obviously the unmissable recipe is a traditional Pastiera, the rich Neapolitan cake made with ricotta cheese and candied fruit 🙂 . To enter the contest, you need to publish a recipe for a cake typical of … Read More

The winner of chocolate and salt contest

Maybe some of you are beginning to worry that we forgot about the chocolate and salt contest, ended December 27 … But we have good news, we can finally announce the winner 🙂 . If you remember the contest rules, we had decided to choose three of the recipes posted, in order to prepare them and choose the winner based … Read More

Gorchlach, the legend of Cordelia – such a tasty series!

Today we are going to talk about this television series made in the Aosta Valley! So strike in the kitchen! 🙂 Or almost… That’s right, because Fratelli ai Fornelli is the first, unique and inimitable culinary partner of this fiction 🙂 ! But let’s step back for one minute. “Gorchlach: the legend of Cordelia” begins to take shape two years ago, from … Read More

Chocolate and Salt Contest

Finally, our first contest 😀 ! We chose to start with a particular ingredient combination: “Chocolate and Salt” 🙂 . Do not worry this particular pairing can give great satisfaction, to take away any doubts we’re presenting a recipe of delicious chocolate and pink salt cookies. To enter the contest you must invent a recipe that has chocolate or cocoa and … Read More