Tag: Traditional Italian recipes

• Cooking like a local: Pugliese Style! – Going Solo!

  Who would have thought it? Asparagus and eggs! It sounds like a crazy combination but it works! Giuseppe, a good friend of mine, cultivates asparagus on a large scale and gave me a tray of his freshly harvested produce. “Grazie mille” I said but then thought ‘What am I going to do with all of […]

  Valerie Knott

  06/05/2015

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• Cooking like a local: Pugliese Style – Polipo al Sugo

  Those who know me well, know I’m allergic to everything that once swam in the sea. So, when Angela suggested ‘Polipo al sugo’, Octopus in a tomato sauce, for our next cookery lesson, I was a little hesitant. But, ‘when in Puglia, do as they do,’ I thought and we all got stuck in; well, […]

  Valerie Knott

  20/04/2015

  Cooking like a local, Culture and Traditions, Food and Wine

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• Chiacchiere – A Traditional Carnival Treat

  Throughout the Carnival period, Italians gorge on fatty treats, which traditionally they abstain from during the Lent period starting Ash Wednesday. And one of the most popular Carnival treats are ‘Chiacchiere‘, which translates to chatter or gossip! They are crunchy, sweet strips which are deep fried until golden and dusted in icing sugar. They are […]

  Valerie Knott

  16/02/2015

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