According to a Roman-Italian practice, on Thursdays it was customary to eat gnocchi /’ɲɔkki/ “Thursday gnocchi”. However, it’s a very welcome dish regardless of the day of the week. They are considered carriers of good mood, which is why we also have a popular saying
… Pasta Lover: Sara’s Potato Gnocchi with Pumpkin Cream
Another super Sweet Recipe: Fried Carnival Pastries the Chiacchiere… “Chiacchiere” are a crunchy and crumbly holidays pastry sheets, usually made during Carnival time.
… Sweet Recipe: Fried Carnival Pastries the Chiacchiere
Appetibilis meets Sara Scutti, an amateur cook and Abruzzo cuisine food enthusiast. For our first chat about food and recipes, Sara chooses the “ciabotto” (tcha*botto) an easy, savory, low-calories traditional vegetarian recipe, made with local products. Who could ask for anything more?
… Italian Lunch Box :: “Il Ciabotto” a Healthy Veggies Stew
Linzer cookies (in German Linzer Augen, “Linzer Eyes”) are biscuit-size versions of the Linzer cake.
… Sweet Recipe: Sara’s Linzer Cookies
For Pasta Lover: here’s the Holidays Stuffed ‘Paccheri’. Who said that you can’t have a friendly slap 🫣 on Christmas Day? That’s what happens when you cook paccheri [pàk-ke-ri] pasta.
… Pasta Lover: here’s the Holidays Stuffed ‘Paccheri’
Diamond-patterned waffles whose ingredients are very simple: eggs, wheat flour, sugar, lemon and oil… Love on a shoestring!
… Sweet Recipe: Sara’s Waffles… Love on a shoestring
Alchermes-flavoured “peaches” are a typical Italian traditional peach-shaped pastry. They remind me of my childhood holidays because I used to have them at Christmas, Easter and on Mother’s Day.
… Sweet Recipe: Cream Peach Cookies
Sagnette, tacconelle or sagne a pezzi” [*] are between the typical Central Italy pasta shapes. Their names and sizes may vary, but their main feature is that they are a flour-n-water dough.
… Pasta Lover: Sara’s Sagnette Special
The “Cappellacci” are a larger variation of ravioli/tortelloni, i.e. pasta dumpling stuffed with various fillings and folded so as to resemble a hat; very popular in Ferrara area, Emilia Romagna.
… Pasta Lover: Sara’s Pumpkin Cappellacci
Try this sweet recipe: Sara’s Soffioni Abruzzesi… Abruzzo Soffioni are a sort of cupcakes, made of a dough similar to a lighter shortcrust pastry, being made with oil instead of butter.
… Sweet Recipe: Sara’s Soffioni Abruzzesi