My Italian Cuisine

After a long absence here I am again with a bread recipe that's super easy and very tasty, the best for your summer garden party or BBQ. Focaccine are usually filled with Parma ham and cheese or tomatoes and mozzarella or... whatever you like! You can also add herbs to give additional flavour, I like to sprinlkle fresh rosemary (from my herbs garden) on the top! But now...let's start! Makes 8-10 focaccine Ingredients: 250 gr. white bread flour (organic) 200 gr 100% whole wheat flour (organic) 200gr water 5 gr dry yeast 10 gr salt 4 Tbsp of Extra virgin olive oil a little fresh or dried rosemary and corse salt  Instructions: 1. Mix the 2 flours, add the dry yeast and the salt. 2. Add the olive oil and the water, start to mix with your hands. Make a ball out of the dough. 3. Flour your worktop and knead the dough for about 15 minutes, till it gets soft and even (you also use a kitchen robot to knead, in this case mix 10 min. speed one or 2 using the hook). 4...

 The content and pictures of this post are copyright registered & protected ©myitaliancuisine  There are many different recipes for the focaccia barese or focaccia pugliese, every little village in Puglia, I would say every family, has his onw way to make focaccia.... with semola flour only, with mixed semola and AP flour, with olives, with tomatoes, with onions, or with all of them..... this is just my way to make it since I started and it always works! The main difference between this southern Italian focaccia and the other famous focaccia, the focaccia Ligure, is the use of the coarse hard flour (semola rimacinata di grano duro) this flour is mainly used for handmade fresh pasta making specially in the south of Italy. The process for the focaccia making is very easy and really everyone can try. It's an old traditional recipe, none fashion or hightec mixer needed ;) you may just use your hands... let's start!! Makes one large round focaccia Ingredients: ...

  The content and pictures of this post are copyright registered & protected ©myitaliancuisine I didn't know that Gnocco Fritto was famous all over the world, I just realised that reading this article from the webzine "Seriouseat" . Apparently in NYC you can find a very good one at "Bianca".... Anyway if you are not from NY or you can't find Gnocco fritto in your town: here is the recipe! But first let me explain what we are talking about: Gnocco fritto is a traditional (Emilia Romagna) fried appetizer, a square piece of fried kind of bread dough which can be served with italian deli meat, Parma ham, mortadella, culatello, salami or cheese or  with veggies like fried Cicoria or  Cime di rapa. The souther version of gnocco fritto could be the so called "Pizza fritta" but this is another story...... Preparing Gnocco fritto at home is very easy, you just need few ingredients and a little time. It's such a plasure to eat a warm ...

Making pizza at home is nice and much more healthy (less salt, less fat and you know what you eat!) and more: you can make your own pizza on your taste ;) It's funny to do it with children: they love preparing and decorating their own small pizzas in a funny way. Last week I had a pizza party at home. I prepared a variety of my handmade pizzas...with olives and salami, Speck ham and mushrooms, asparagus and cherry tomatoes and a classic Margherita with oregano. Here you have some pictures and you can use them as suggestion for your own Home made pizza parties. For the pizza dough please see our basic pizza recipe here . Makes 4 round Pizzas: Ingredients: 1 portion of Pizza dough, see recipe here devided in 4 parts For the " pizza with green olives, mushrooms and salami ": 1 medium mozzarella 2 Tbs of tomato puree 1 cup of green olives 1 cup of finely sliced fresh mushrooms Few slices of salami Milano 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil Pepper to taste ...

Probably one of my favourite Pizzas. Funghi Porcini are so tasteful...we do not need any other ingredient  to be added on this pizza...except mozzarella of course and if you like a taste of white trufle oil (olio al tartufo bianco). Una delizia! Enjoy! For the dough and the cooking method please see the basic pizza making instructions here For 1 round pizza Ingredients: 1 ball of pizza dough follow recipe here:  how to make a great pizza at home 2 medium fresh Porcini or a small package of frozen Porcini 1 medium mozzarella Few basilic leaves 2 tbs Extra virgin olive oil half garlic clove chopped 1 teaspoon of finely cut parsley White Truffle oil (optional) Instructions: Preheat your oven 230-250C°. Pour the olive oil in a frying pan, add the chopped garlic, cook on medium heat till golden, add the Porcini, cook for few minutes, add the finely cut parsley and salt to taste. Keep aside. Place the pizza dough ball on  floured worktop, roll it ...