Winter in Borgomaro – Censin da Bea

When thinking about Italy, sunny beaches, castles in the Tuscan hills, lush vineyards, Chianti and pizza spring to mind. When visiting most people only see hordes of tourists, especially in summer. What delight winter can be. Even the in summer overcrowded Riviera dei Fiori, riviera of flowers, is a tranquil place in February and a big surprise. At midday you can have  Read the rest of this entry »

Crusty Italian almond cookies!

I published an almond cookie recipe here before, but I couldn’t leave you out of this one! These cookies are heavenly and delicious! They take a little bit more time to make, but it’s worth the effort.

Ingredients:

• 100 gram (3.5 oz.) grounded almonds
• 50 gram (1.7 oz.) grated almonds
• 4 egg whites
• 100 gram (3.5 oz.) fine sugar
• 25 gram (0.9 oz.) flour
• baking paper

Hot and spicy pizza recipe, the Italian way!

We all now the hot & spicy pizza’s you can order at the big fast food pizza chains all over the USA and in lots of places in the rest of the world. As you can imagine I prefer a more Italian style pizza, but my senses can hunger for hot & spice too. That’s why I share this pizza recipe from Italy with you. Based on our original pizza dough recipe, so you get the enormously tasty and crusty pizza bottom you’re used to if you are a frequent visitor of this blog.  Read the rest of this entry »