Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe

Last year I visited a dairy in Italy where hubby and I early one morning were invited to a small village “latteria” (dairy) to watch the whole fascinating process of cheese, butter and ricotta making and to taste it afterwards. Literally the word ricotta means “re-cooked” as it is made with whey following what’s left…

Homemade Tagliatelle Pasta

What do you do on a rainy day? You make pasta! According to the legend tagliatelle were invented in 1487 in Bologna by master Zefirano for the wedding of Lucrezia Borgia with Annibale Bentivoglio. Apparently master Zefirano was inspired by the blonde hair of the bride. I like the legend but my tagliatelle were not so blonde after…

Homemade Italian Viennetta ice cream for ALL Italian food lovers!

Hello Italian food lovers! Hands up who does not know what a Viennetta is? This incredibly popular Italian dessert/ice cream born in the 80s and now made by Unilever has been popular ever since it was invented. Simply irresistible, with waves of soft ice cream flowing over layer upon layer of chocolatey deliciousness. No wonder…

Homemade soft nougat with chocolate and hazelnuts

Together with panettone, pandoro and Prosecco there is something that can never miss at an Italian Christmas dinner table: the “torrone” or nougat. Traditionally nougat is white, made of sugar, honey and nuts; it can be soft or hard. But you can also find chocolate ones which are quite easy to make at home. It…

Homemade fish fingers

Growing up in the 80s I could never forget how popular fish fingers were in Italy. There was lots of advertisement on television, magazines and newspapers with catchy and funny videos to grab children’s attention.  The biggest make was Findus. Over the last 20 years in Italy with people being more aware of healthy eating…