Smoked Salmon Crostini, the Ultimate Italian Style Breakfast ! Smoked salmon crostini are the Italian version of bagels and lox, simply put. Not the same thing, just a spin on it, and If you like bagels and lox at all, you will absolutely love my smoked salmon crostini. Salmon is salmon, but here lies the major difference: Lox is actually brined salmon fillet, while smoked salmon is a cured smoked salmon fillet. Two different things. If you have trouble finding it at the store,you can ...
Pizza + Bread
A collection of the best pizza recipes. Because every household should have a repertoire of pizza ideas for family pizza night. All the pizza recipes here use my timeless thin crust pizza dough as a base, also a top recipe on the blog. Enjoy! ~ Florentina
Chicken Calzone Recipe
Homemade Chicken Calzone Recipe, rustic pizza dough stuffed with chicken parmigiana, fresh mozzarella, thick arrabiata sauce and fresh basil! Who is in the mood to try my chicken calzone recipe today?! With a cool front in California, it was the perfect occasion to crank up the oven as high as it would go. Not to mention how therapeutic it is to actually make your own pizza dough. Yes of course you can order a great pizza many places nowadays, but it still won’t come close to the one your ...
Mushroom Bruschetta Appetizer Recipe
Mushroom Bruschetta, a true rustic Italian appetizer of garlic bread topped with wild mushrooms cooked in white wine! This wild mushroom bruschetta appetizer was first mentioned when I wrote the about Florentina page, here on Ciao Florentina. That’s where I first talked about my grandpa who would plop me on the back seat of his old rusty bike after the rain, and we would go search for wild mushrooms. So we could make this exact mushroom bruschetta. I call it an appetizer, but for us it was the ...
Burrata Bruschetta Recipe
Heavenly Burrata Bruschetta with Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes on Crusty Italian Garlic Bread ! Burrata Bruschetta Recipe The rustic grilled piece of garlic bread that would be my last meal on Planet Earth, If I was asked that question. Unless I said that about some other meal on here, in which case I take that one back; unless of course I said the rustic chicken stew over creamy polenta..I probably did, didn’t I…? So let me just add this burrata bruschetta to that to make it a meal. Okay, ...
Placinta Cu Varza Savory Pie Recipe
"Placinta cu varza " - a rustic savory pie like a huge Gnocchi, it's basically pizza dough stuffed with mashed potatoes or sauerkraut and crisped up to a golden perfection in a cast iron skillet. Placinta Savory pie, because this time of year I feel a deep longing to go back in time in my rustic culinary approach. I remember snow and icicles drooping off the gutters, cold, a chill going straight to the bone even through the thickest winter coat. And what made that completely ...
Cranberry Bread Recipe +Video
The best quick and easy Cranberry Bread recipe, loaded with fresh cranberries, moist ricotta cheese, vanilla and olive oil, then finished with a crispy streusel topping. A Thanksgiving and Christmas favorite recipe to enjoy with your morning coffee or tea! Cranberry Bread Recipe All you need on your Thanksgiving and Christmas table is this divine, fluffy homemade sweet bread loaded with tangy cranberries. I don't think it lasts for more than 20 minutes after it comes out of the oven, so plan ...
Ricotta Banana Nut Bread Recipe
The ultimate ricotta banana nut bread recipe of all time, upgraded with fluffy creamy ricotta cheese, olive oil and candied walnuts. Ricotta Banana Bread Easy and super moist, made with 2 bananas, a smooth extra virgin olive oil, granulated and brown sugars, nutty candied walnuts or pecans and heavenly whole milk ricotta cheese. A riff on this fan favorite cranberry bread, as good as grandma's and better than any cafes! Made without a mixer, just 2 bowls and a spatula. You know I don't ...
Fried Pizza Dough
Fried Pizza Dough, Pizza Fritte or Placinta, European street food pan fried pizza brushed with chimichurri sauce, sour cream & cheese. Fried Pizza dough is definitely not on my Top 10 list of healthy foods. However, Fried Pizza dough, Pizza Fritte or Placinta is one of my favorite ways to indulge. The smell of fried pizza dough takes me straight back to my childhood, when I would wake up early in the morning and go to the market with my mom, just because the fried pizza shack was there. ...
Rustic Italian Pizza Dough Recipe Video
The best, easy, thin and crispy crust rustic Italian pizza dough recipe you will ever make. Step by step how to video included below. Neopolitan style homemade Italian pizza dough recipe! A quick, authentic, thin and crispy crust that is also perfect for freezing! With a name like Florentina you would probably be willing to bet that I live La Bella Vita Under The Tuscan Sun and I can toss a pizza like no-body's business. The truth is I do live La Bella Vita but under the ...
Sour Cream Biscuits Recipe
Crispy on the bottom and fluffy as a cloud on the inside, these quick and easy homemade sour cream biscuits are absolute perfection! Best Sour Cream Biscuits Recipe Every Thanksgiving and Christmas Morning (while still in my PJs), I dust off my biscuit recipe by popular demand, and get to baking. Fluffy as a cloud on the inside with little golden crisp edges to die for, I swear on my saffron you guys, I could charge for these at the dinner table. Made simply with organic all purpose ...