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Best Pumpkin Bread Recipe with Chocolate & Caramel (Easy)

Best Pumpkin Bread Recipe

September 28, 2016 by Florentina 7 Comments

The best pumpkin bread recipe from scratch loaded with dark chocolate chips, organic canned pumpkin puree, smooth extra virgin olive oil ( no butter ), then covered in sea salt caramel and toasted coconut. Like a Samoa style decadent cake my friends! Easy like Sunday morning! You can of course keep it simple and use store bought caramel or make your own, I’ll include instructions below for the homemade version.    I used a mix of coconut and granulated cane sugars, simply because I love ...

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Puttanesca Sauce Recipe Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

Puttanesca Sauce Recipe

September 24, 2016 by Florentina 22 Comments

An authentic spaghetti alla Puttanesca Sauce recipe or Suggo all Puttanesca, made with anchovies, capers and black olives. A favorite classic Italian pasta dish! So 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, ...

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Cannoli Filling Recipe

Cannoli Cream Filling Recipe

September 11, 2016 by Florentina 19 Comments

An authentic, easy Sicilian cannoli cream filling recipe / dip, I picked up while in Sicily last summer, served with chocolate dipped pizzelle cookies.  Today we are going to learn how to make cannoli filling or dip, the simple Italian way! Because who doesn’t love cannoli right ? Authentic Cannoli Siciliani that is, filled with the freshest sheep’s milk ricotta cheese and candied fruit or nuts.  Before I hear it from the "Cannoli Police" I would like to tell you that there is nothing ...

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Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe Italian

Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe ( Italian )

September 2, 2016 by Florentina 2 Comments

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 ...

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Easy Pumpkin Muffins Recipe with Orange Glaze & Mascarpone

Easy Pumpkin Muffins Recipe with Orange Glaze & Mascarpone

August 27, 2016 by Florentina 1 Comment

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 covered ...

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Fig Jam Recipe Easy

Fig Jam Recipe ( Easy )

August 24, 2016 by Florentina 6 Comments

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 ...

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Grilled Fig Pizza Recipe

Grilled Fig and Goat Cheese Pizza Recipe

August 19, 2016 by Florentina 4 Comments

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. ...

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Tomato Tart Recipe with Goat Cheese & Puff Pastry

Tomato Tart Recipe with Goat Cheese & Puff Pastry

August 17, 2016 by Florentina 10 Comments

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, ...

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Garlic Cheese Bread Recipe ( Easy Cheesy Garlic Pull Apart Bread )

Cheesy Garlic Pull Apart Bread Recipe Video

March 26, 2016 by Florentina 44 Comments

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 ...

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Chocolate Covered Coconut Bars

Chocolate Covered Coconut Bars Recipe ( Easy )

January 6, 2016 by Florentina 18 Comments

Easy, No Bake 5 Ingredients Chocolate Covered Coconut Bars! Happy first week of 2016, this the week that I’ll be covering everything in dark chocolate starting with these chocolate covered coconut bars! Thankfully i have plenty of really nice dark chocolate leftover from the holidays that is begging to get melted. I randomly picked up a bag of organic shredded coconut last time I went to the market, which is the reason for the tray of chocolate covered coconut bars in the fridge. I was ...

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