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Apulian Cartellate

Origins Of Cartellate, An Apulian Dessert

Cartellate, also known in their dialectal version as cartiddhate, are typical Apulian Christmas sweets that can be tasted all year round, especially during Christmas. They are more typical of the Bari area but can be found as far as Salento. In Salento, these sweets are prepared together with another typical Christmas delicacy, the purceddhuzzi. The

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Italian Christmas Desserts

Top 5 Italian Christmas Desserts

The time has already come to think about traditional Christmas desserts to prepare for the holidays. The scent of cinnamon, the taste of ginger, the softness of cakes filled like savory creams that melt on your palate. Christmas brings to the table delicious desserts that differ from region to region, and since it’s around the

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Scallops

Mollusks Of The Italian Tradition

Shellfishes are part of the Italian culinary tradition. In particular there are some species which become main ingredients of many local dishes. Mollusks are a product which acquires different shapes according to the class they belong to. The consumption of bivalve mollusks dates back to the Paleolithic era when the first human beings were eating

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Spaghetti San Giuannidd San Giuannin San Giovannino Authentic Recipe

Spaghetti Alla San Giuannidd

Spaghetti alla San Giuannin, or San Giuannid according to the zones and dialects, are a main dish of the Apulian popular cuisine. We can define it as the “last minute” recipe, to make when you have just a little time and above all a half-empty fridge: very few ingredients are needed to improvise a simple,

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Pasta alla Norma

The Top 5 Italian Dishes Everyone Needs To Try

Italians love their food and that’s a fact. And with dishes like pasta, pizza, and risotto, it’s no wonder that Italian cuisine is one of the most popular and widely enjoyed in the world. But while we all know and love these classic dishes, there are many lesser-known but equally delicious ones that deserve your

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Baked Pasta With Eggplants

11 Best Italian Pasta Dishes for Sunday Lunch

We present here the best Italian Pasta dishes for Sunday Lunch. From North to South, the most famous dishes that every family in Italy prepares for the family. Most recipes have different versions, that vary from Region to Region or even from family to family. This is due to the fact that in Italy the

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Italian Dinner

7 Best Italian Main Dishes for Dinner

Italian Cuisine is well know all over the World especially for Pasta Dishes. But the typical Italian meal is made by a first course (normally pasta) and a second course of meat or fish accompanied by vegetables. So, we would like to present the 7 Best Italian Main Dishes which are perfect as a Sunday

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Orecchiette Cime Rapa Recipe

Orecchiette With Cime Di Rapa

The Orecchiette con le Cime di Rapa (Orecchiette Pasta with Turnip Tops – Broccoli Rape) are one of the most representative dishes of Puglia (Apulia), especially in the province of Bari. The secret of this dish lies in the optimal cooking of vegetables with pasta, the experience and knowledge of raw materials allow to obtain

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The delicious traditional Pasticciotto pastry from Lecce, Puglia, Italy

Pasticciotto Leccese

A typical sweet of Apulian cuisine, became famous in 1745 at the pastry shop of Galatina. Like many Italian dishes, it was born by chance to overcome the economic problems of the pastry chef, who had to find a way out, without closing the family business. Pasticciotto is a casket of short pastry which contains

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