No other Italian recipe has known the success of pesto. a simple mix of only a handful of ingredients, and yet so flavorful that it is worldwide known.
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There are six basic ingredients to pesto: garlic, olive oil, nuts, basil leaves, salt and cheese. Yet, everyone does pesto in a different [...]
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Every October, the Piedmont town of Alba changes its nature: from quaint and sleepy town in the heart of Langhe, it becomes the center stage of the most famous fair in the culinary world- the white truffle world market. Truffles are precious and very, very rare: their season only last for a little over two [...]
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Recco, a small town a few miles East of Genoa on the Italian Riviera, is not the most interesting city of that area. In fact, its most significant feature is culinary! Recco gives its name to the most famous focaccia dish- the Focaccia di Recco. It is said that in ancient times, the population of [...]
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Making risotto is not particularly hard: rice, water, ingredient, time, right? Well, not quite. The route to risotto perfection is scattered with obstacles, but these five steps will make your dish an impeccable one!
Step 1: Soffritto
Every great risotto starts with a good soffritto: sautéing onions in butter or olive oil. Butter is really for it [...]
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When picking rice for your Italian dishes, you are probably under the impression that Arborio rice is the highest standard. In fact, as it is well known in Asian culinary cultures, each rice variety has different characteristics that make it more apt for one dish or another.
Risotto rice is made of two types of starches: [...]
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