Maple syrup muffins

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I love maple syrup: is a late discovery in my life, but since then I would use it for anything, from marinade to cakes, from savoury sauces to sweet sauces…A dear friend sent me from Canada a nice bottle of true maple syrup and as she’s hosting one of her numerous events this month on

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Macarons au chocolat et cointreau

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Oops, I did it again (no, I’m not Britney Spears fan…)! And this time, chocolatey, my favourites…But lets get through the recipe, as it would be simple writing it in Italian, but in a foreign language, you know… I will take it step by step. 6 days before you intend TO EAT your macarons, take

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The best chocolate ever?

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I don’t know if this is (was) the best chocolate in the world, but for sure is the best chocolate I’ve ever tried…Pierre Marcolini is a well known Belgian chocolatier and this carré was a present from a dear friend that went to Bruxelles and thought of me… I normally prefer dark chocolate, but I

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Mushroom soup/pâté

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Well, I love mushrooms, any and all kind! As I live in Italy, in autumn is quite normal to find fresh porcini at the market, altogether with many other wood mushrooms. Of course the most widespread mushrooms that you can find everywhere, all year long, are champignon. And as we produce so good dried porcini,

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Cozze e broccoli

Cozze e broccoli

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I had this idea in mind: a nice dish of pasta with mussels and broccoli. The problem was, as you can understand from the picture, that I cooked broccoli too much and all I end up with were just the stalks, while the nice green flowers were all over my sink… So, in the recipe,

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Banana, pear and chocolate crumble

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It was ages I wanted to try this recipe from the wonderful book Crumbles by Camille Le Foll. And then one merry day I had all the ingredients in the house and some friend to dine with, so I though it was the right moment! 3 pears2 bananas3 pieces of candied ginger For the crumbles:100

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Warning: this post is not (mainly) food related, but rather a silly post and absolutely NOT serious!

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Today I was in the underground heading back home from work and there was a lady reading Pride and Prejudice, one of my favourite books. For one second I thought: “Now I ask her if she’s in love with Mr. Darcy”… I didn’t, mainly because I thought that, of course, she was in love with

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The ultimate cake

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I really have to say it: he’s the best, without any doubt, with no regrets and no reserves… I own three of his books, made two of his recipes and I’ve never read in my life something better explained, with all the passages made clear, with all the instruments you have to use and when,

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Green Sformatini

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“Again? She made sformatini again???”Oh yeah! And you know why? Because they are so simple I’m not ashamed to show them on this blog forever and ever.“Yeah, ok, but she could choose not to publish them!”And why???? The way I made them is absolutely the same, but I slightly changed the ingredients and they are

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Lemon Marmalade

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So good, so simple, so refreshing, so, well, lemony! 1 kg of lemons1300 g of sugar Wash the lemons (better be organic), cut them in thin slices then each slice in four wedges. Leave them to macerate with the sugar overnight in the refrigerator. The next day cook the jam for 1 hour, 1 hour

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