We usually make pizza at least once a week in our pizza oven, but I also like to use my pizza dough for other oven baked treats to serve as snacks or for light lunches. I like to stuff my dough with my favorite fillings and roll it up and bake as in a stromboli, or fold a circle of dough over a savory filling to create a calzone. When I make pizza dough, I usually make a double batch and then store the leftover dough in well wrapped balls in the freezer for future pizza nights, or to be used... Read the whole entry »
Now that the weather has changed and the temperatures are finally dropping, I am thoroughly enjoying taking early morning walks through the Umbrian countryside around our farmhouse property. The scenery is always stunning as the morning light falls across the lush green rolling hills, and I often see wildlife in the fields or forested areas along my route. Last year on my walks I discovered a path lined with wild blackberry bushes down in the valley behind our property. I recently went... Read the whole entry »
Every Sunday we take the day off and travel around Umbria by car, sometimes to visit local antique markets, other times to take a leisurely drive through the mountains, and often we even plan our day’s activities around where we’d like to eat lunch. Recently we visited the antique market in Pissignano, then headed off to Trevi for lunch at Osteria La Vecchia Posta. We hadn’t visited this restaurant for a number of years, and we wanted to see if it was as good as we remembered.... Read the whole entry »
While we are in Umbria for six months each year, I tend to do a lot of baking as I try and take our farmhouse guests some new baked treat every couple of days. I tend to bake more rustic desserts, as I really do not enjoy baking fancy, fussy things, and when I crave something sweet, I personally prefer simple desserts myself as well. The desserts I tend to bake are usually very versatile, and are ones that can be enjoyed with a cappuccino at breakfast, as after dinner dessert, or even as a... Read the whole entry »
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