Italian Stewed Stuffed Artichokes are stuffed with a savory meat, bread and cheese filling and simmered in a flavorful tomato based broth. Serve the broth with pasta as a first course and the artichokes as a main dish. A hearty, satisfying winter night's meal!Don't you just love a good stuffed vegetable? No doubt Italians will stuff just about any vegetable and turn it into a hearty, delicious and complete meal. And I have shared quite a few stuffed vegetables recipes with you such as ... continue reading...
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Italian Meatless Meatballs (Polpette di pane)
Italian Meatless Meatballs (Polpette di pane) are a typical poor man's dish or cucina povera. Traditionally prepared when meat was scarce as well as a way to make use of stale bread. These tender, moist and cheesy meatballs are made up with all the same ingredients found in my mom's traditional meatballs, minus the meat! Have you ever tried meatballs without any meat in them? I guess we shouldn't really call them meatballs. In reality, in Italian they are called polpette di pane or bread ... continue reading...
Food and Travel: My Travels in Sicily
My Travels in Sicily: Province of Messina
Join me as I guide you through my travels in Sicily : province of Messina! In this post I’ll be exploring and sharing with you the natural, cultural and culinary wonders of this province. Hello dear readers! Thanks for following me along my journeys in Sicily. My family and I began with four adventure filled days […]
My Travels in Sicily: Province of Agrigento
When I left you in my last post: My Travels in Sicily: Province of Trapani, we were leaving the archeological site of Selinunte before continuing our journey further south, to the province of Agrigento. Our stay in the province of Agrigento was quite brief, only two days. However, when planning the itinerary we decided that we simply could […]
