Everybody Loves Tuscany

Fiori di Zucca Ingredients: 8-12 fresh zucchini flowers 1 1/2 C flour 1 bottle of beer (pilsners work well) Salt Oil for frying Prep flowers by rinsing, removing stamens, sepals, and stems. Heat oil. Add a big pinch of kosher salt to flour and stir. Whisk in beer. Batter should be creamy (like pancake batter). […]

Pappa al Pomodoro Pappa al Pomodoro Recipe Ingredients 2/3 lb hard bread 2 ½ to 2 ¼ C ripe tomatoes 2 cloves of garlic 4 C broth 6 Tbs Extra Virgin Olive Oil Fresh basil Salt Pepper Chop/dice garlic. Peel and chop/dice tomatoes. Add garlic to oil and heat until garlic starts to cook. Add […]

Eros Ramazzotti & Anastacia – I Belong To You [Eros] Adesso no, non voglio più difendermi, supererò dentro di me gli ostacoli… i miei momenti più difficili, per te. [Anastacia] There is no reason, there’s no rhyme: it’s crystal clear. I hear your voice and all the darkness disappears. Every time I look into your […]

Baci Pizza In 1907, a tiny workshop in Central Perugia was busy making sugared almonds. But that tiny workshop became bigger than its four walls when Perugina’s founders, Giovanni Buitoni and Luisa Spagnoli, made a chocolate confection that could only have been conjured up by two star-crossed lovers. On Valentine’s Day in 1922, inspired by […]

Val d’Orcia The Val d’Orcia, or Valdorcia, is a region of Tuscany, central Italy, which extends from the hills south of Siena to Monte Amiata. It is characterised by gentle, carefully cultivated hills occasionally broken by gullies and by picturesque towns and villages such as Pienza (rebuilt as an “ideal town” in the 15th century […]

Saturnia Saturnia (Italian: [saˈturnja]) is a spa town in Tuscany in north-central Italy that has been inhabited since ancient times. It is a frazione of the comune of Manciano, in the province of Grosseto. Famous for the homonym spa, its population is of 280. The Terme di Saturnia are a group of springs located in […]

Eggplant Pancetta Bruschetta Recipe Here’s a great appetizer perfect for any time of year!  Everybody loves bruschetta!  Add eggplant, pancetta, cannelloni beans and you have a twist to the normal bruschetta.  Watch the video for the full recipe! JOIN US ON THE NEXT PAGE FOR THE VIDEO

Nonna’s apple strudel – Italian Cuisine Ingredients Pastry 185 ml milk 40 g butter 2 tbsp sugar 300 g (2 cups) self-raising flour 2 medium eggs, beaten Filling ½ cup apricot jam 10 granny smith or red delicious apples, peeled, quartered, cored and thinly sliced 110 g (½ cup) sugar 100 g butter ½ cup […]

L’arancinotto Arancini are stuffed rice balls that are dipped in egg, covered with breadcrumbs and fried.  This Sicilian street food has a variety of fillings but the most popular are usually filled with ragù (meat sauce), tomato sauce, mozzarella, and/or peas. The process to form the rice ball can be time consuming but this handy […]

Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients 2 cups of all purpose flour 1 tsp of baking soda ½ cup of butter, softened ⅔ cup of granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp of vanilla 1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips ½ cup of Nutella Instructions Preheat your oven to 350 F degrees. Add the butter and […]