French Toast or Pain Perdu

Dessert, cakes and sweet stuff, Recipes, , ,

French toast in English, Pain perdu in French: basically the same thing. A file of sliced stale bread, milk, egg, sugar, a little fit of butter and you are in heaven! Ingredients for French Toast Sliced bread, a few days old Milk Beaten egg (begin with 1, then if it’s not enough you can beat

READ MORE

9 best Italian recipes

On the Spotlight, , , , , ,

Over the years I have published many recipes, and among them a lot of Italian traditional recipes, coming directly from the heritage of my extended Italian family of relatives and friends form all over the peninsula. Here is a little selection of  Italian recipes that you can enjoy with friends and family! First of all

READ MORE

Stuffed bread

Stuffed bread

Bread, Main Course, On the Spotlight, Simply Italian, , , , , , ,

Time to prepare and think about the first picnics! This stuffed bread is simple, quick and it can be made in advance. No quantities: use your eyes and if you have leftovers from the filling eat them like a salad. Ingredients 1 big round loaf of bread 1 jar of grilled peppers, drained Cherry tomatoes

READ MORE

Sourdough Bread

Bread,

I recently had the fortune to put my hands on a 22 years old pasta madre, levain, sourdough (kind courtesy of Semerssuaq*). I was always afraid of sourdough: I mean, it’s alive! What if it dies? What if I kill it??? Well, apparently it’s not so simple to kill it! If you take good weekly

READ MORE