Anyone who has visited Italy’s adriatic coastal region of Emilia-Romagna will have encountered this simple flat-bread that tastes so good that it has had poems, books, and songs dedicated to it. Each town in Romagna proudly conserves its own recipe, with the bread differing in thickness and the use of lard or bicarbonates. It’s said [...]
Zuppa Inglese, loosely translated as English Soup, is an extremely popular Italian dessert found primarily in the Northern-Central regions of the peninsula – Tuscanny, Emilia-Romagna, the Marche and Umbria. Rich in ingredients, it’s similar to the traditional English trifle, but is nearly always home-made! Sitting in a rustic restaurant in the hills outside the seaside [...]
There is no one agreed christmas menu in Italy, but in Emilia Romagna – and more particularly in Romagna – there’s little discussion surrounding the primo for christmas lunch – it’s got to be Cappelletti in Brodo! These tasty small filled pasta float in a meaty broth, perfect for warming up both body and spirit. [...]
This is a traditional recipe in a number of places along the Romagnolo coast – in particular around Rimini and Bellaria. It’s one of those dishes that, because it was associated with poverty – both polenta and clams were traditionally the food of the poor – had fallen out of favour, disappearing from many menus. [...]
This autumnal recipe is found predominantly in the area that stretches between Ferrara and Mantova, and so can plausibly be placed in either Emilia-Romagna or Lombardy – it makes no difference to the taste! A classic dish that is often overlooked in summaries of Italian recipes, mainly because the famous chronicler of Italian cuisine, Artusi, [...]
