The Basic No-Knead Bread Recipe Adapted From Sullivan Street Bakery You don’t need a brick oven to make an incredible rustic bread. Nobody will believe that it’s home made. If it’s your first time I’d recommend to use a mix of bread flour and whole wheat flour. Bread flour (similarly to […]
For this pasta dish, broccoli rabe and orecchiette are cooked in the same pot. You could stop there and simply finish with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil and some finely grated Pecorino or Parmigiano, but it’s exceptionally good tossed with capers, garlic, pesto, hot red chiles and tomatoes. photos […]
Pasta with Tomato Sauce and Basil … The beauty of this simple tomato sauce is that it can dress just about any kind or shape of pasta, to suit your taste or what happens to be in your cupboard. The quality of the tomatoes is important, if you didn’t make […]
Once you learn to cook a basic dish like risotto, you can substitute with what you have on hand. Instead of asparagus, use zucchini or the fresh peas … or the mushrooms you almost forgot in the fridge drawer.photos coco zordan more Risotto recipes from my older posts: R. with Saffron, R. […]
A delicious and “exciting” way to reinvent lentils! This simple recipe requires just few ingredients and 30 minutes to prepare (if you start with cooked lentils) and so delicious, that they will disappear quickly. An easy lunch to pack for your kids’ lunchbox. Serve alone or with a salad or tossed on a tomato-sauce pasta. photos […]
I absolutely love this dish. My mother made this for us all the time. It’s a one dish meal because I eat so much of it I do not have room for anything else. Enjoy it! photos coco zordan Fresh peas are particularly delicious but hard to find. All year round you […]
From my friend Johneen a recipe she used to make with her mother to celebrate Easter: “These Italian cookies are like little cakes and were a favorite in our house during Easter season. My mother would ice the cookies in different pastel colors so the cookies would look like Easter eggs!”photos coco […]
I found this recipe on my favorite italian food blog (“La Cucina di Asi”) while I was looking for an alternative to the regular unsustainable ‘carnivore’ meatloaf. This “polpettone” (meatloaf in italian) is easy, delicious and much healthier. photos coco zordan Next time I’ll make it I will add more herbs: italian […]
I was really surprised and pleased when I recently found out that some of my friends and neighbors still make tomato sauce! I thought it was a lost culinary tradition!! Well, a warm welcome to the “Salsa Fan” Club : ) There isn’t only one way to make a nice […]
One more quick and easy recipe for making the dough at home without a machine and practically no kneading. It lasts up to 2 weeks in the fridge, allowing you bake fresh bread anytime you want. photos Coco Zordan