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Blood Orange Pudding

Posted February 23, 2013 By Adri

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Blood Orange Pudding


Alright, I will admit it. I am a nostalgia freak. Just over a year ago my hometown newspaper axed its stand alone Food Section. Doubtless a victim of the recession and changing reading habits, the Food Section of yore had breathed its last. From its glory days of over thirty pages, through the years the section became smaller, continuing the inexorable march to its current iteration as part of a Saturday lifestyle sampler. Read more… »

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Blood Orange and Solerno Sorbetto

Posted February 10, 2013 By Adri


Blood-Orange-Sorbetto


I know it is winter. I know it is cold. But it is also blood orange season which, like winter, will not last forever. The deal is though, unless you are the patient type, willing to gather those rosy orbs, juice them, freeze the juice and cool your heels until warm evenings roll around, you’d better make this sorbetto now. For Valentine’s Day dessert, of course. Read more… »

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Meyer Lemon Gelato

Posted February 8, 2013 By Adri


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‘Tis the season. Yes, winter citrus season is at its height now. Blood oranges and Meyer lemons abound. My trees are heavy with the fruit, and I just can’t get enough of it. Although it was cold here in Los Angeles today, a few days ago it was warm, and I wanted some gelato. Meyer lemon gelato, to be specific. Read more… »

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World Nutella Day, February 5, 2013

Posted February 4, 2013 By Adri

The Panna Cotta Diaries continue…

World-Nutella-Day


It’s that time again. World Nutella Day. Time for the worldwide roundup of Nutella recipes. Nutella, in case you have only recently landed on Planet Earth, is that delectable combination of hazelnuts and cocoa developed more than seventy years ago by pastry chef Pietro Ferrero. So well loved is it that in 2007, Sara Rosso of Ms. Adventures in Italy and Michelle Fabio of Bleeding Espresso decided that it deserved some major recognition, a day all its own. And each year since then on February 5 bloggers the world over share their favorite Nutella recipes. Visit World Nutella Day to browse the recipe collection.

I realized I have not made Panna Cotta in a while, so this year I’ve contributed Nutella Panna Cotta, a sweet creamy dessert enriched with Mascarpone and Frangelico. And if you want even more Nutella recipes, just scroll up to the Search box and type in Nutella. Read more… »

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Brown Butter Hazelnut Madeleines – French cakelets with an Italian Accent

Posted January 11, 2013 By Adri

Madeleines


I can hear it now. What’s a French cookie doing in a site devoted to Italian food? Well, the answer is they are good, and I was having a craving, and so I am sharing. Besides, with almond flour from Piemonte and Frangelico, these Madeleines speak with an Italian accent. These small cakelets baked in shell shaped molds have a place of honor in culinary and literary history. They made the city of Comercy famous and Marcel Proust immortalized them in his “episode of the madeleine” in Remembrance of Things Past. Read more… »

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Parrozzo – Christmas Almond Cake from Abruzzo

Posted December 23, 2012 By Adri


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Here’s one I have never seen in a bakery in California – Abruzzo’s Christmas classic – Parrozzo, a specialty of Pescara, where my grandfather was born. This dome shaped almond cake glazed with chocolate gets its name from Pane rozzo, a sweet rustic bread made by the shepherds of Abruzzo. Read more… »

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