The soft nougat is one of our favorite sweet sins, a small bite of this delicious sweet can’t ever be denied 😉 . The ingredients to prepare it at home are very simple: honey, sugar and dried fruit at your own will (hazelnuts, almonds and pistachios in the traditional variants). We just have to get to work! Read the whole recipe before … Read More
Lemon marmelade
We began last week to publish marmalades, starting with the orange one, today we continue with lemon marmelade with its bitter taste and unforgettable aroma! To get the best marmelade you need to choose carefully the lemons, first of all must be neither treated nor waxed, then choose them as large and fragrant as possible 🙂 . It needs a little patience to prepare … Read More
Quince jelly
The quince jelly is a beautiful amber coloured recipe, a delight for both the eye and the palate 😀 . This jelly is excellent for breakfast, with oat biscuits, mixed with yogurt and also accompanied with seasoned spicy cheese… In short there is no chance it’s going to be wasted. We always prepare the quince jelly together with quince cheese, so with a recipe we … Read More
Quince cheese
The quince cheese is a sweet and hard jam made with quince and that can be cut into cubes. Very good and perfectly transportable, it is great for a healthy snack on the road 😉 . Preparing the quince cheese is simple but you need a little patience because quinces are not edible raw; they need a long cooking to … Read More
Chocolate and caramel muesli
Waking up in a good mood is very important, and certainly having the same breakfast every day does not help, so after the crunchy granola muesli with almonds and raisins we had to present you a new granola recipe we are enjoying this very morning: chocolate and caramel muesli, enriched with crunchy toasted hazelnuts 😀 .
Candied cherries
Last week, in the recipe of cherry jam, we mentioned other recipes with cherries 🙂 . So today we’ll show you another way to preserve these wonderful fruits, they’ll be perfect to decorate and flavor cakes throughout the winter… Candied cherries 😀 The preparation of candied cherries is a bit different from that of oranges, because you cannot cook cherries … Read More
Cherry Jam
Cherry jam is one of the most classic jams. It is loved for its sweet and strong taste and for its bright red color, which makes it a pleasure for the eyes and for the palate 🙂 . In early June our house is literally invaded by cherries, because our cherry tree is almost taller than the house itself, making harvesting the … Read More
Roasted quails with butter
Quails are one of those dishes you have to try at least once in your life… And today we wanted to present a very simple recipe, roasted quails with mountain herbs, butter and fleur de sel 😀 . Back to 1537, quails become very popular, when the Queen of England Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, while expecting their baby, … Read More
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
Lemonade
Turning on the oven with the temperatures of recent days would certainly be heroic 😉 , so here we are to prepare a fresh drink to be sipped during the hottest hours: lemonade 😀 . A recipe with few ingredients: lemon juice, sugar and water. Yet, even in its simplicity, this sour drink is incomparable to cool off under the sun … Read More