A recipe: Almond & lemon cookies
Do you fancy a guilt free treat? Then give this recipe a go. Easy and delicious, this is inspired by fit musicial Fit Cello, one of my Instagram favourite people.
World Pasta Day: A recipe by Francesco Mazzei
The first recipe on Pastabites for World Pasta Day: Spaghettini with mushroom ragout and Grana Padano by chef Francesco Mazzei
A recipe: strangolapreti
Trying new dishes Before Christmas I attended a fun masterclass with Francesco Mazzei to learn the secrets of fresh pasta making and taste some iconic dishes from the Padana plain. One of these dishes particularly caught my eye (and my palate!) because it was completely new to me; I found it so delicious, I decided I would try replicating it as soon as possible. It’s taken me a month or more but finally, I managed to find sometime to make…
A recipe – Salame di Cioccolato festive edition
An italian classic For those of us who grew up in Italy ‘salame di cioccolato’ (chocolate salame, of course) brings back memories of school parties and messy, chocolatey fingers. Made with cocoa, butter and plain biscuits as well as a good dose of rum, the salame is a no bake, easy to make crowd pleaser for sure. I had not made one in a long time, but since I had been invited to a friend’s birthday party, I decided to…
A recipe – chocolate figs (Calabria inspired)
Dried figs as a healthy snack Figs.. nuts.. seeds.. what’s not to love? And they are healthy snacks, full of protein, good sugars, omega 3 and the likes. In fact, my good friend Natalie has recently published a fabulous book dedicated to the healthy benefits of the above ingredients called ‘The Goodness of Nuts & Seeds’ which I very much recommend. But nuts and seeds take a whole new meaning when you add (healthy!) dark chocolate to the mix or…