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Tag Archives: Italian recipes
Tomato Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes
Most backyard gardeners have picked their last tomato by now. This time of year is when I love to make fresh tomato sauce using the Roma and plum tomatoes I grew myself and allowed to ripen on the vine. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Pasta
Tagged fresh tomato sauce, Italian cooking, Italian food, Italian recipes, macaroni, Pasta, tomato sauce, vine ripened tomatoes
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Veal Scaloppine Marsala
“Try the VEAL, it’s the best in the City”. One of the many memorable quotes from the movie “The Godfather “. “Leave the gun, take the cannoli”, another one of my favorites. The year was 1972 and the movie The Godfather was … Continue reading
Southern Fried Chicken (Southern Italy Fried Chicken)
Who doesn’t like fried chicken? Especially done right. I know southerners in the USA claim this as their own. But us southern Italians have just as much a right to fry up some chicken and consider it great “Italian Comfort … Continue reading
Cucuzza
You rarely find this vegetable in the supermarkets, if at all. But if you lived in Brooklyn or any Italian neighborhood you could find cucuzza growing in just about everyone’s garden. It was as much a part of summer as the … Continue reading
Roasted Sausages, Peppers, Onions, and Potatoes
The Jersey Shore When I see a dish of sausage and peppers I immediately think of Italian feasts like the San Genaro Festival in Little Italy. Or summer nights on the board walk down the shore at Point Pleasant or Seaside … Continue reading
Posted in Pork
Tagged cooking Italian food, Italian recipes, Italian sausage, sausage and peppers
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Pasta con Ricotta – Linguini & Ricotta Cheese
Beautiful Vizzini At 60 km from Catania in the Hyblaean Mountains, on the most northwesterly slopes of Monte Lauro, Vizzini rises on the spot of ancient Bidis, a Roman city mentioned by Pliny and Cicero. In the Middle Ages the … Continue reading
Orange Salad
This dish is one of those “heavenly unions”. In this case, an unusual combination of ingredients that go very well together. I guess if you really think about it…olive oil and Italian bread go great with just about everything! In … Continue reading
Mpanata Ragusana – Filling #1
Time Honored Pies This dish is a specialty from my father’s town of Ragusa, Sicily. Ragusa is close to the southern most point of Sicily. The origins of Ragusa can be traced back to the 2nd century BC. Over the century’s … Continue reading
Posted in pizza, Pork, vegetable
Tagged broccoli rape, caciocavallo cheese, Italian food, Italian recipes, Italian sausage, pizza
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Quick Marinara
When I got home from work today I had no clue what I was going to prepare for dinner. I didn’t have anything defrosted and there were no left overs. So I decided to make pasta. This is a quick … Continue reading
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