Verdure e salse – vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

Culurgiones with broccolini – filled pasta from Sardinia

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Have you heard of the…

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Radicchio tart

By italyonmymind | Blog, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

My grandmother – nonna Carolina…

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Figs, curds and backyard orchards

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Some friends bought a house…

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Tomato and parmesan hand pastries

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I miss the tomatoes my…

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Friday night dinner with Belinda and Frank

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February is a lazy month…

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Lunch with Domenica and Tessa

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I love my shelves of…

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Taralli for a Christmas aperitivo

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So it is nearly Christmas,…

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Mamma’s new twist on peperonata

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Mamma often tells me the…

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Sicilian eggplant caponata and chickpea cecina

By italyonmymind | Blog, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

I have never been that fond…

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Spinach and rice soup – minestra di spinaci e riso

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I have been writing the…

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Pan-fried artichoke bases – fondi di carciofo al tegame

By italyonmymind | antipasti, Blog, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

Throughout markets in Venice, you…

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Italian Street Food Book Launch, cooking classes – and a radicchio and grapefruit salad

By italyonmymind | Blog, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

I have been back in…

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Chestnut ricotta gnocchi with blue cheese and honey

By italyonmymind | Blog, primi - pasta, rice, gnocchi, soups, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

Nights when the air is crisp…

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Lasagne – a family tale  

By italyonmymind | Blog, primi - pasta, rice, gnocchi, soups, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

There was lasagne rivalry in…

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Nettle ravioli with goats cheese – and a visit to Tolpuddle Cheese

By italyonmymind | Blog, food and travel, primi - pasta, rice, gnocchi, soups, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

When my work colleague Donovan…

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Mushroom and potato soup with cipolline onion focaccia – zuppa di funghi e patate con focaccia alle cipolline

By italyonmymind | Blog, primi - pasta, rice, gnocchi, soups, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

There is a wild mushroom…

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Torta salata con pomodori e ricotta – tomato and ricotta savoury pie

By italyonmymind | Blog, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

Tomato season seemed to stretch…

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Capers, Ricotta, Pantelleria and “A Bigger Splash”

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I love going to the…

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Making sourdough bread and bruschetta in Mansfield

By italyonmymind | antipasti, Blog, food and travel, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

A few weekends ago we…

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Ricotta and cavolo nero pie – Mondays at home

By italyonmymind | Blog, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

The cavolo nero that I…

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Stinging nettle pasta – Spring at the Collingwood Children’s Farm Farmers Market 

By italyonmymind | Blog, primi - pasta, rice, gnocchi, soups, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

The monthly Collingwood Children’s Farm…

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Gnocchi di ricotta di Fabrizia con piselli, fave e menta (Fabrizia’s ricotta gnocchi with peas, broad beans and mint)

By italyonmymind | Blog, primi - pasta, rice, gnocchi, soups, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

This last week it has…

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Soufflé di formaggio – twice baked cheese soufflé with chard 

By italyonmymind | Australia - Tasmania, Blog, food and travel, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

The soufflé has always been…

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Pesto di finocchio (fennel frond pesto) – join me for a workshop in Sicily September 2016

By italyonmymind | Blog, primi - pasta, rice, gnocchi, soups, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

One of the best things…

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Gnocchi con aglio nero (gnocchi with fermented black garlic)

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Although it is still cold…

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Patate con rosmarino di Livia (potatoes with rosemary) – memories of my nonni from Veneto

By italyonmymind | Blog, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

Those who migrated to Australia…

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Gnocchi alla Romana 

By italyonmymind | Blog, primi - pasta, rice, gnocchi, soups, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

 Gnocco (plural is gnocchi) is…

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Lemon, caper and red onion salad – I left my heart at Case Vecchie, Sicily

By italyonmymind | Blog, food and travel, Italy - the south, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

After the night we spent…

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Zucchine al prosciutto di Livia- braised zucchini with prosciutto

By italyonmymind | Blog, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

It has been a bumper…

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Sformato di piselli alle zucchine – vegetable ring with peas and zucchini – remembering Perugia

By italyonmymind | Blog, recipes, verdure e salse - vegetarian dishes, salads, sauces

Inspired to make a ‘sformato’ by a friend from Umbria, I recall my visit to the beautiful town of Perugia in 2012.

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