An authentic spaghetti alla Puttanesca Sauce recipe or Suggo all Puttanesca, made with anchovies, capers and black olives. A favorite Italian classic pasta dish! What is Puttanesca Sauce or Suggo all Puttanesca ? An incredibly flavorful, traditional Southern Italian tomato sauce “ in the style of a prostitute” , dating back to the 20th century. How is that for a history lesson ? You are welcome kids ;) Traditionally served with spaghetti, the sauce gets its flavor from lots of garlic, ...
Easy Italian Recipes
Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe ( Italian )
Stuffed Tomatoes or Pomodori alla Lucani, a lovely Italian dish from Basilicata made of baked sweet tomatoes stuffed with a toasted bread crumb and pine nuts mixture. I have the loveliest Italian stuffed tomatoes recipe for us today. You guys, I just can’t let go of the tomatoes season quite yet, especially as we just harvested a nice batch of grandpa’s heirlooms. We’ve been living on his cucumber tomato salad all summer long, but to make a meal of things I decided to stuff some as well. There ...
Easy Pumpkin Muffins Recipe with Orange Glaze & Mascarpone
The best easy pumpkin muffins you will ever make, extra fluffy with a little pocket of mascarpone cheese inside and draped in a decadent orange glaze. Are you ready for pumpkin everything kids ? Yeah, me either, but I made these easy pumpkin muffins like a month or so ago, and been waiting for a sweater kind of day to share them. And today is that kind of day, so forget whatever I said I was gonna post next. Today you are getting easy pumpkin muffins stuffed with mascarpone cheese and ...
Fig Jam Recipe ( Easy )
An easy homemade fig jam recipe, a divine marriage of sweet purple figs, tangy pomegranate and exotic Madagascar vanilla, sweetened with just a touch of wild honey. Let's talk about my obsession with figs and this easy fig jam recipe I threw together yesterday. I would like to brag about the fact that I actually picked every single one of those figs with my own little hands, like a boss! Thank you for the applause teeheehee I had to do it myself before mister Nutty the squirrel ...
Grilled Fig and Goat Cheese Pizza Recipe
Easy grilled fig and goat cheese pizza made with my rustic thin crust pizza dough, creamy whipped goat cheese, sweet fresh purple figs and caramelized onions. If your taste buds are into purple figs and goat cheese, and you fancy pizza as much as i do, then i got us the loveliest grilled fig pizza appetizer today! I am on a goat cheese kick right now, it started with the goat cheese crostini and tomato tart, and I simply can’t get enough. Also, it so happens that fig harvest is here. ...
Tomato Tart Recipe with Goat Cheese & Puff Pastry
A simple tomato tart recipe made with flaky puff pastry sheets covered in whipped goat cheese, then layered with the finest heirloom tomatoes and fresh herbs. A sheet of store bought puff pastry, a creamy goat cheese that I whipped in my food processor with a little olive oil, plus freshly picked heirloom tomatoes and herbs. Seriously, the easiest tomato tart recipe you will ever make! I beg to argue it s also the best, but hey I might be a little partial so don’t take my word for it, ...
Grilled Bruschetta Panzanella Salad Recipe
How to make grilled Panzanella salad, one of the most delicious classic Italian bread salads, a Tuscan peasant dish worthy of royalty, traditionally made with day old bread. Because bread and tomatoes you guys! It really can't get any better than a bowl of this summer bruschetta panzanella salad and a pitcher of strawberry lemonade under the shade of the grapevine, outside my kitchen door. Two of my favorite things making the most beautiful mess of all. Grilled crusty bread, fragrant ...
Spinach Artichoke Grilled Cheese Panini Recipe
An Italian Grilled Cheese Panini, made with flavor loaded smoked mozzarella cheese, artichoke hearts and baby spinach. These spinach artichoke grilled cheese panini are true Italian sandwiches. Crispy on the outside with creamy smoked mozzarella on the inside, hugging tightly with tender artichoke hearts and fresh baby spinach. Who can resist right ? Definitely not me. Grilled cheese panini, pizza and bruschetta are my weakness, and if I eat them they better be pretty amazing. For these ...
Cheesy Garlic Pull Apart Bread Recipe Video
The best cheesy garlic pull apart bread recipe since freshly baked bread. Super easy garlic cheese bread appetizer that is guaranteed to knock your socks off Italian style! Garlic Pull Apart Cheese Bread: Food Style: Florentina | Photos by: MihaMatei.com Just in case you might be looking for the ultimate Italian cheesy garlic pull apart bread recipe to indulge with this weekend, mama’s got you covered. I even made us a Video! As the self proclaimed queen of garlic bruschetta, crostini and ...
Banana Bread Cake
An easy, to die for banana bread cake filled with creamy Mascarpone cheese and covered in a silky lemon glaze! Ok, so Is it banana bread or cake ? What's the difference? Well, it is a cake like banana bread technically. Like a bread but way better. Like the best banana bread cake I’ve ever made, because on top of the moist ricotta cheese dough, it also has little pockets of Mascarpone cheese all throughout. Killer! And just because it is the holiday season, I also whipped up a ...