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Learn how to cook Italian food on a working mom schedule!

06/10/2021

Parmigiana di melanzane 💚🤍❤️

Eggplant Parmigiana is one of my absolute favourite recipes. Eggplant is like a vegetable sponge that soaks up a lot of flavour, and mixed with the layers of mozzarella cheese and parmesan baked with a simple tomato sauce just tastes like heaven. There are a few stages of preparation for this dish but it's all fairly simple and sooooo worth it. Make it and tag me! 🤤⁣⁣⁣⁣

05/06/2021

Cannelloni 💚🤍❤️

These succulent pasta rolls filled with a mix of meat and sausage, topped with tomato sauce and béchamel sauce are a traditional dish from Emilia. Rich and delicious, they are another perfect dish for a Sunday lunch. You can make your pasta rolls from scratch, cut and roll them from lasagna sheets, or simply use the pre-shaped ones. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

04/29/2021

Pasta alla Norma 💚🤍❤️

Pasta alla Norma is a traditional Sicilian pasta with eggplant in a tomato sauce. It’s an excellent, meaty-like but vegetarian main dish that’s everything you want in a pasta – comforting, satisfying, and slurp-worthy good! This recipe was invented in the Sicilian city of Catania, probably in the 19th century, and the name of the dish is said to have originated by the Italian writer Nino Martoglio who, upon tasting it, exclaimed "This is a real 'Norma'!", comparing it with the exceptional perfection of the Vincenzo Bellini opera "Norma".⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

04/19/2021

Prosciutto e melone 💚🤍❤️

The classic sweet and salty combination of cantaloupe and prosciutto will never go out of style, it only takes two ingredients and a sharp knife to prepare one of the most famous Italian appetizers. There is really no recipe for it, just arrange the ingredients according to your inspiration - wrapped, in boats, in salads, in skewers, everything is welcome! The addition of fresh basil, mozzarelle or balsamic vinegar can only make it better. Scroll left for ideas!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

04/12/2021

Spaghetti alle vongole 💚🤍❤️

Straight from the culinary tradition of Naples, spaghetti with clams is definitely one of the most important dishes of Italian cuisine and one of the most popular first courses with seafood. A very simple recipe with the wonderful flavor of the sea, with a few little secrets for perfect results that make spaghetti with clams a real delicacy!!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

04/06/2021

Cotoletta alla milanese 💚🤍❤️

Veal Milanese (Cotoletta alla Milanese) is one of the most famous dishes of traditional Italian cuisine, born in Milan, in the northern region of Lombardy. It appeared for the first time in Milan in September 1134, in a menu made for the monks of Sant’Ambrogio. Austrians claim the authorship of this dish, with their Wiener Schnitzel but Veal Milanese cutlet is obtained from the loin, and not from the thigh, like the one made in Austria.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

03/26/2021

Bruschetta 💚🤍❤️

One of Italy’s favorite appetizers, bruschetta—a term that comes from the Roman verb bruscare, or ”to roast over coals”— is simply grilled bread rubbed with garlic, then topped with olive oil and salt. The most common type of bruschetta (pronounced brew-SKET-uh, not brew-SHET-uh) is topped with fresh tomatoes dressed with garlic, basil, olive oil, oregano and salt. But you can use your fantasy and add cheese, olives, grilled or marinated vegetables,..⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

03/22/2021

Amatriciana 💚🤍❤️

Named after Amatrice, a mountain town in Lazio, Amatriciana is one of the region's most famous pasta dishes, along with Gricia, Cacio e pepe, Arrabbiata, and arguably the most famous, Carbonara, which we have been slowly exploring together.

Amatriciana is traditionally paired with Bucatini, which is a thick, hollow spaghetti-like pasta that catches the sauce wonderfully, and the addition of pecorino at the end gives the final touch to this simple yet delicious dish.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

03/18/2021

Potatoes gateau 💚🤍❤️

Potatoes gateau is a savory tart with a melted center and a crunchy crust au gratin. It first appeared on the Neapolitan scene back in 1768 when Queen Maria Carolina of Habsburg, wife of Ferdinand I of Bourbon, invited French cooks to the Kingdom of Naples to enjoy their delicacies. One of them was a potato pie which originally contained a stringy center of Gruyere, which was replaced with mozzarella and Neapolitan salami or cooked ham (or both). It can be enjoyed as a single dish with a salad but also as a side dish or for an aperitivo – whichever way you choose it is lip-licking good!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

03/15/2021

Cacio e pepe 💚🤍❤️

Pasta, cheese (cacio), pepper (pepe). It looks easy, but those who have tried to make this dish at home often have difficulties (me included!). Too salty, a sticky texture and a poorly blended sauce are the most common problems for first timers. But don’t despair - that’s why we are here!! See how you can transform a simple dish of pasta and cheese into a masterpiece 😋⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

03/10/2021

Caponata 💚🤍❤️

Caponata is one of the most representative dishes of Sicilian cuisine. The undisputed protagonist is the eggplant, which was imported into Sicily by the Arabs, and has become one of the most used ingredients in the cuisine of this region.

The origin of the name is uncertain although it seems to derive from the sweet and sour sauce used to season and accompany the dolphin fish (that in Sicilian dialect is called “capone”), very popular among the rich. The poorer part of the population, unable to afford the expensive fish, replaced it with the cheaper eggplants, and this is the recipe that has come down to us.

Being a traditional dish, there are numerous variations that differ according to the Sicilian province: the Palermo one is the simplest because it uses fewer ingredients (eggplant, tomatoes, celery, white onions, capers and olives) while in other cities you can have versions that include the addition of peppers, potatoes, pine nuts, basil...
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03/08/2021

Carbonara 💚🤍❤️

This dish was created in the Lazio region (the area around Rome) in the middle of the 20th century. The original recipe only uses guanciale, eggs, pecorino cheese, and lots of black pepper (“carbonaro” is the Italian for coal miner). It is absolutely forbidden to use cream, milk, garlic, onions, and above all don’t cook the eggs!! 😜⁣⁣⁣⁣

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