After the brief interruption of Baci di Dama cookies, let’s get back to Christmas lunch 😉 . Today we’re presenting the main course, with Renaissance hints: a tender veal roast served with a sauce made with candied fruits. The roast is typical of the Christmas time, because it takes time to be cooked slowly in the oven. Don’t worry, it won’t … Read More
Montblanc – Chestnut dessert from Valle d’Aosta
And after the first three dishes of our Christmas dinner, here we come to the dessert! Today we’re presenting the Montblanc, a popular soft chestnut dessert topped with fresh whipped cream. The name of this cake derives from the Mount (from Aosta Valley), and of course it also kind of looks like it. The origin is, of course, contested between Italy … Read More
Creamy ginger soup
We are now in December and Christmas is getting closer! So no more talk and we let’s continue with our proposals for Christmas dinner 😉 . Since you do not need to have a fat and heavy dinner to celebrate, we have chosen a first course light and sparkling: a creamy ginger soup 🙂 . Thanks to the ginger, the creamy will … Read More
All Saints salad
The time has come to present another traditional recipe from our valley: a salad made with endive traditionally eaten during Halloween, flavoured with chilli and anchovies and topped with walnut oil and apple vinegar. In every family from Valle d’Aosta they used to enjoy the eve all together consuming this salad remembering the dead: a convivial meal to gather the … Read More
Lunar Eclipse
After the dessert, we could not forget a cocktail to celebrate Halloween in the company. So here Lunar Eclipses, a terrifying bloody molecular cocktail 🙂 . A base of blood orange and white rum, in which a purple moon with cherry flavour floats, enriched with a hint of ginger. Just before sipping cocktails, break the molecular cherry, spreading the “blood” … Read More
Snow White toffee apples
On the occasion of Halloween we’ll prepare some good toffee apples Snow White would surely appreciate 🙂 . Crisp and shiny on the outside, soft juicy inside… The queen went in haste to a secret room where no one could enter and prepared the most poisonous apple that the world ever saw. Outside the apple was so beautiful, red and white, … Read More
Moroccan mint green tea
Tea in Morocco takes on the role of a real ceremony and, unlike the Italian traditions, is also consumed during meals, maybe accompanying a delicious chicken bastilla or a vegetable couscous. The tea mostly used is the special gunpowder, a Chinese green tea that comes in the form of tiny dark balls. The infusion time for this tea is short, about … Read More
Spicy coffee semifreddo
Since summer hasn’t gone yet and the days are still warm, today we’re proposing a refreshing dessert. A spicy semifreddo, composed of two distinct layers connected to each other by the intense flavour of coffee 🙂 . The first layer is a cream made of fresh ricotta cheese and greek yogurt, delicately spiced with vanilla that enhances the taste of … Read More
Chickpea hummus
The hummus is a typical sauce of the Middle East, made of crushed chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic and tahini, a sesame seed cream. This spread is served as an appetizer and very widespread throughout the Middle East. Hummus is an Arabic word meaning chickpeas; the full name of this dish is ḥummuá¹£ bi á¹aḥīna indicating chickpeas with tahini sauce. The tahini is … Read More
Dark hot chocolate
What could be better than a delicious hot chocolate during a snowfall ? 🙂 The preparation is simple and quick to encourage even the laziest. A few top-quality ingredients and you’ll be ready to face all the winter weather! If dark chocolate is not your favorite flavour, do not worry! Winter is long and soon we will share others types of this precious … Read More