These little stuffed meat rolls are often called Uccellini Scappati, which simply translates as 'little escaped birds' and I’ve often seen them made with veal and called “veal birds” back in North America. I remember a time when my Father-In-Law (an Italian immigrant who has lived in Canada 50 years) visited us in Italy and ordered Uccellini at a restaurant in Bergamo. He was quite shocked to be served a plate of real little birds as he expected stuffed meat rolls like he... Read the whole entry »
We are now back in Umbria for the season and of course the first thing on my list to do (after I unpacked of course) was to visit a local market to buy fresh fava beans and artichokes, my very favorite vegetables. I bought a bag full of tiny baby artichokes that I simply braised in white wine, chicken stock & olive oil, and I also bought some larger ones that I bought with this risotto dish in mind. Artichokes can be quite subtle in flavor, so I find adding some lemon juice and zest really... Read the whole entry »
We’re back in Umbria, and after just a few days the place is starting to look like home again. After shutting everything up for the winter, it takes a few days to air out, clean the floors and windows, and basically make the farmhouse feel like it is once again our home. We’ve already picked up our three chickens from our Italian friend who had taken care of them for the winter while we were away, and although we lost one during the very hard Umbrian winter they had this year,... Read the whole entry »
We’re back in Umbria, and we have our three laying hens back home which means we are lucky enough to get three fresh eggs each and every day. Although I never expected fresh eggs to taste much different from the eggs we used to buy in the store, they do taste amazing, and we find we love to eat eggs more often. One of my favorite ways to use our eggs is to make a frittata, with whatever fresh vegetables are on hand, a little cheese, and perhaps a little ham or pancetta thrown in for... Read the whole entry »
We arrived back in Umbria Sunday, and I had my kitchen back together within a couple of hours. We have a lovely ceramic cookie jar from Deruta that I keep stocked with cookies for my husband that was sitting empty and needed filling so I got busy yesterday baking cookies. I usually make some type of biscotti as that is my husband’s cookie of choice, but I decided to try something different and made these unique amaretti type of cookies that are flavored with coffee. Almonds and coffee are... Read the whole entry »
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