TORCETTI AL BURRO (ITALIAN TWISTED BUTTER COOKIES) Prep time: Cook time: Total time: 1 hour 45 minutes Serves: 35 cookies They are typical yeast cookies from Piedmont, in the North of Italy, with a twisted look and a “drop” shape. They have butter in the dough that makes them light and flaky, and are rolled…
Hungarian Brioches with Cottage Cheese and Raisins
Hungarian Brioches with Cottage Cheese and Raisins Prep time: Cook time: Total time: 2 hours Serves: 6 sweet buns Hungarian Brioches with Cottage Cheese and Raisins are deliciously aromatic sweet buns with a lovely topping of cottage cheese and raisins. Ingredients For the dough: 250 g (2 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour 50 g (1/4 cup)…
Fave E Cicoria
FAVE E CICORIA (AND A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MATERA) Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 2 hours 15 minutes Serves: 4 Pureed fave beans, elegantly garnished with the rich tasting regional olive oil, and wonderfully sauteed cicoria, with some toasted croutons for texture and added flavor. Ingredients Fava puree: 400 g dried fava beans 400…
Fluffiest Challah Bread (aka Swiss Zopf)
Fluffiest Challah Bread (aka Swiss Zopf) Prep time: 45 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Total time: 3 hours 20 minutes Serves: 1 loaf Slow and mellow Sunday mornings just like in Switzerland – you can have them with our traditional Swiss Zopf recipe. It is like the fluffiest Challah bread! Ingredients 1/2 stick butter 1…
Winter tian
Winter tian (baked root vegetables) Prep time: 10 min Cook time: 45 min Total time: 55 min Serves: Tian is a traditional dish from South-East of France, and it is more or less a baked ratatouille: slices of tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant and onion are tightly packed in a dish, drizzled with olive oil and herbs,…