Squacquerone: the best cheese you’ve never heard of
One of the typical products of Emilia-Romanga, scquacquerone is a mouthful to say but delicious to eat. It’s often coupled with gnocco fritto and piadina two of the region’s classic breads.
Emilia-Romagna
Tagliolini alla Parmigiana (Recipe)
A quick and easy pasta recipe showcasing some of the finest ingredients from the Italian city of Parma in Emilia-Romagna. Try it tonight.
Angiol d’Or, Parma: Restaurant Review
My review of Angiol d’Or, a traditional restaurant right in the heart of the city of Parma in Emilia-Romagna. I chose it as it serves Rosa di Parma a traditional dish I’ve been wanting to try.
Back to Bologna and real bolognaise (recipe)
La dotta, la rossa, la grassa. These are the nicknames given to the city of Bologna by Italians. La dotta (the educated) because it boasts one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world. La rossa (the red) because of its distinctive red-brick architecture. And la grassa (the fat)? Because of its …
Zuppa Inglese: not just a small trifle (recipe)
This weekend I was invited for barbecue at my friend’s house to celebrate the finishing of some extension work. I wanted to take a dessert, and so still influenced by my trip to Modena, I decided to take the most Modenese of desserts, a zuppa inglese.
Pasticcio di tortellini: tortellini pie from Modena
Ever since I came back from Modena, I’ve been dreaming of this pie. Having grown up in England, I love big, traditional, English pies such as pork pies and the game pies you see in TV costume dramas weighing down many a seventeenth-century table. This is the closest thing I’ve found in Italian cuisine to …
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