Mushroom risotto and grilled asparagus, you’ve seen this before, it’s one from my classic repertoire! This version uses wild boletus picked earlier in the day and locally grown asparagus. Wild harvested boletus risotto with grilled asparagus. For the risotto Ingredients 350 ml (1 1/2 cups) short grain rice preferably Carnaroli or Vialone Nano 750 ml (3 [...]
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Wild harvested boletus risotto with grilled asparagus
Posted in gluten-free, Italian, Main dishes, Recipes on July 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Orecchiette with wild mushroom cream sauce
Posted in Italian, Main dishes, Pasta, Recipes, Sauces & Dressings on September 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today looks and feels like the first sunday of fall. I warded off the end-of-summer-blues with 2 fail proof anti-depressants: pasta and amontillado. I used orecchiette but linguine or spaghetti would work well too. And try to get your hands on Pioppino mushrooms, their nutty flavour works real well here, otherwise porcini or other hearty [...]
To each his own pizza.
Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, Italian, Main dishes, tagged grilled veges, pizza, vegan cheese, Vegan recipe on August 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Classic thrown-together-leftover pizza. The result was decent but I still need a better pizza dough recipe (paging Jonny) and a proper pizza stone would be a plus. I had some leftover grilled veges from the night before ready to go. So I made the dough and whipped up a sauce out of fresh orange tomatoes, [...]
Pasta with roasted tomatoes and basil.
Posted in Italian, Pasta, Recipes, tagged Pasta, Puglia, rustic, simple, tomato, Vegan recipe on August 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been reading up about Puglia and apparently it’s influencing my food choices… Doesn’t get much simpler then this. Pasta with roasted stem tomatoes, garlic scapes and bush basil. Ingredients 500 gr (18 oz) orecchiette pasta 20 small vine tomatoes, left on the stem 115 ml (1/2 cup) garlic scapes, chopped 50 ml (1/4 cup) [...]
Stuffed zucchini blossoms with fava beans and garlic scapes
Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, Italian, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables, Wine pairing, tagged fava beans, Fiori di Zucca Ripieni, garlic scapes, summer recipe, Vegan recipe, zucchini blossoms on July 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I had been craving zucchini blossoms for weeks and could not find them at all. It always blows me away when I can’t fin something in NYC. I mean seriously, this is NYC how could it not have XYZ?!? Specially food stuff. Why can’t I just reach for puntarelle, zucchini blossoms, chestnuts, preserved lemons, vin [...]
Pasta al limone with crispy baby artichokes
Posted in Italian, Pasta, Recipes, Vegetables, tagged baby artichokes, Pasta, spring recipe, Vegan recipe on June 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I love baby artichokes! Specially the tiny purple artichokes from Provence called “Poivrade”, so tender they can be eaten raw. They’re hard to find on this side of the ocean but so worth the hunt. Here’s a simple recipe that lets them shine. Spaghetti with crispy baby artichokes, lemon, capers and parsley. Ingredients 16 baby [...]
Lemon risotto with sautéed morels and grilled asparagus
Posted in Italian, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables, tagged asparagus, lemon risotto, morels, spring recipe, Vegan recipe on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes more morels and asparagus! This is the last one for a while I think, unless I dig up an other one from my archive folder… Lemon risotto with sautéed morels and grilled asparagus. For risotto Ingredients 350 ml (1 1/2 cups) short grain rice preferably Carnaroli or Vialone Nano 750 ml (3 cups) homemade [...]
Baby purple artichoke salad
Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, Italian, Raw food, Recipes, Salads, Vegetables, tagged baby artichokes, poivrade, spring recipe, Vegan recipe on June 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Choose smallest, most tender, violet or poivrade baby artichokes for this recipe. This smaller variety has almost no choke and the inner half is very tender and are entirely edible. They have a mild bitter taste with notes of hazelnut. Baby purple artichoke salad Ingredients 16 baby artichokes cleaned and very thinly sliced Vinegar or [...]
Wild asparagus risotto, foraged greens and stuffed morels
Posted in Recipes, Main dishes, Vegetables, Italian, tagged Vegan recipe, rice, morels, wild asparagus, risotto, foraged food on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yup, an other rice and morels recipe… This one is from last year. I’m posting it now as it is seasonal. I can’t remember for the life of me what these foraged greens were. It was a bit like purslane but slightly bigger and had a very mild bitter taste. Any other greens would work [...]
