Chocolate cake Chocolate cake without flour is a simple dessert made with a few ingredients - dark chocolate, butter, sugar and eggs – and not only does it have an amazing taste but also a deliciously soft and melt-in-mouth consistency. It is, needless to say, a gluten-free...
Extra-virgin olive oil cake This month we want to present you a cake that we had the chance to try during a dinner with a close friend of ours. He gave us the recipe and we immediately tried it. After a few attempts (which have been...
Chianti Tuna If you are looking for special meat second plates, here you have Chianti tuna, one of the typical Tuscan recipes based on pork meat that is a real preserves. It is an ancient poor cuisine recipe and a farmer tradition, internationally recognized for its taste...
Chianti Classico Risotto Refined and substantial suitable for special occasions, dinners with friends, or for a dinner for two, risotto is a classic of Italian cuisine. Here is a recipe of great effect, to be enjoyed in company or alone: a good carnaroli rice and a...
Sweet and sour peppers (Peperoni in agrodolce) This recipe could be intended as a tasty side dish, but also as a succulent course to be tasted alone, easy to prepare and to preserve. Ingredients: 1,5 kg (3 lb) of big yellow and red peppers 750 ml (3 cups) of...
Braised Beef in Chianti Classico (Brasato al Chianti Classico) An everlasting italian cooking classic dish, proposed to be combined with Chianti Classico Ingredients for 6-8 people: 2 kg (4 lb) of beef shoulder 750 ml (1 bottle) of Chianti Classico wine 1 carrot 1 onion 1 piece of celery 1 teaspoon of tomato...
Chocolate Salami (Salame al Cioccolato) Well know with many different names and versions, this chocolate based sweet recipe is easy to prepare and requires few common ingredients. The final look reminds a really dark Tuscan salami. Serve it at the end of your meal: a couple...
Vinsanto Chicken breasts Ingredients for four people: Chicken breasts : 4 (about 600gr) Butter: 50gr Vinsanto: ¾ cup Grated Parmigiano Reggiano: 4 teaspoons Flour Salt and pepper to taste Preparation Choose an oven pan and a pan. They should precisely contain the chicken breasts, they should not be too large. Switch on the oven to...
Stew beef with black pepper (Peposo all'Imprunetina) Ingredients (4 persons) 2.5 pound Beef (muscle or other cheap cuts) 5 garlic cloves 3 tablespoons black pepper Red wine 3 tablespoons extravirgin olive oil 2 teaspoons salt Preparation Put all the ingredients into a pot (better a terracotta one) at one time: oil, the beef cutted...
Fried cheese croquettes (Crocchette al Formaggio) Ingredients (16 pieces) Butter 3.5 oz Flour 3.5 oz Milk 17.5 oz Parmigiano Reggiano (grated) 3.5 oz Emmenthal (grated) 3.5 oz 4 Eggs 1 tablespoon extravirgin olive oil Nutmeg Black Pepper Salt Bread crumbs Preparation Prepare a bechamel with the butter, the flour and hot milk. Once removed from the fire, add the...