Giovedi’ gnocchi!

Last night I cooked something I haven’t had in ages: oven baked semolina gnocchi. It was in the search for something to do with the leftover pumpkin of the Halloween carving that I stumbled upon this recipe, a variation of the classic gnocchi alla romana, which combine semolina with four, egg and milk. This version…

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A late goodbye to summer

  Yesterday, (and today as a packed lunch) I ate a lovely salad, partially made with herbs and flowers growing in my garden. This autumn is an absolute delight: bees are still around in early November, flowers are still blooming and where not, it’s a feast of red, purple and yellow berries, apparently a sign…

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Not so scary Halloween pizza

halloween pumpkin pizza

We built a pizza oven in our garden last winter. It was a long effort, with the thermal concrete pieces sent from Italy via a company in the UK and my DIY gifted boyfriend mixing more concrete to cover the ceramic wool he had to lay on top of the structure for insulation. Before the…

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