How to make pasta di mandorle: the recipe

December 25, 2019 by Lucia D'Ulivo in Dessert

While in Italy, I widely meditated on the food to make during Christmas time. My husband has kindly indicated that he doesn’t wish the traditional home-baked panettone (he came home with a pack of an industrial one, which has cost him some money though :P). Despite that, we agreed I will bake pandoro by following the wonderful Simili’s recipe (not too bad as a solution given that pandoro takes “only” a day and a half…nothing compared to the three days needed for panettone!).

Hello Halloween

October 28, 2019 by Lucia D'Ulivo in Dessert

I confess: I lost all my interest in celebrations in disguise since I turned 18. However….if you live in North America, Halloween doesn’t come unnoticed. Already in Mid-September, shops are full of orange cards and maxi packs of candies of whom it is better to make provision. Halloween is celebrated at school, at work, and the evening of October 31st a lot of kids go back and for, knocking at all neighbours’ doors at the no-stop rhythm of “trick or treat”?

Pumpkin pie: the recipe

October 21, 2019 by Lucia D'Ulivo in Dessert

here’s no Thanksgiving without a pumpkin pie, which BTW is my favorite Thanksgiving’s treat. I tried to make to smooth the pumpkin taste a bit, by adding some cream cheese and, thus, making something between a pumpkin pie and a pumpkin cheesecake.