Zucchini Frittata

December 20, 2010 by Anna Merulla / Tags: appetizer , bread , frittata , ligurian recipes , panino , parmigiano , salad , snack , vegetables , vegeterian recipes , zucchini / 1 Comment

Tweet In Liguria, and generally in Italy, the frittata is a typical dish. It can be prepared adding any kind of vegetables. Its name traces back to the Latin, friggere, to fry, or fritt, to fuse together, also a derivative of friggere. Some days ago I prepared the Frittata with zucchini and I’d like to

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Olive Pate Recipe – Ligurian Taggiasche Olives

December 8, 2010 by Anna Merulla / Tags: black olive , bruschetta , food , Imperia , Italian Riviera , Italy , Liguria , ligurian cuisine , ligurian rabbit , ligurian recipes , olive oil , olive taggiasche , olives , pate olive , spaghetti , taggiasca / 2 Comments

Tweet This is served as an antipasto, spread on bruschetta, focaccia and brushed with olive oil. I use it also as a sauce for spaghetti.

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Latte Dolce Fritto – Ligurian Sweet Fried Milk

November 15, 2010 by Anna Merulla / Tags: cream , fried , italian foods , kids , latte , latte dolce fritto , ligurian cuisine , ligurian recipes , milk , sweet , sweet milk fritters / 2 Comments

Tweet The recipe that I’d like to suggest to you today is a traditional ligurian dish that best reveals how the ligurian cuisine is a cuisine of humble origins. Sweet Fried Milk – Latte Dolce Fritto is a thick milk based cream left to solidify, then cut in pieces which are breaded and fried. I

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Apple fritters – Frittelle di mele

October 18, 2010 by Anna Merulla / Tags: apple fritters , batter , christmas , fried apples , ligurian recipes , white wine / 0 Comments

Tweet One of my favorite Ligurian recipes are the Frittelle di mele,  Apple fritters. Frittelle di mele is a typical Christmas recipe, but last Sunday I prepared it for luch for my guests because I hadn’t so much time to prepare a cake. In fact, it is a simple and fast recipe, but delicious at

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Castagnaccio – Chestnut cake

October 11, 2010 by Anna Merulla / Tags: castagnaccio , chestnut , chestnut pie , italian dessert , ligurian recipes / 2 Comments

Tweet One of the first things that come to my mind when is Autumn time are the chestnuts and the Castagnaccio dessert. Castagnaccio is an ancient cake, it is first mentioned during the sixteenth century, and it has survived more or less in its original form.

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