For this month’s Home Baker’s challenge, Priya is our host and she selected the theme Biscotti. Biscotti are double baked crunchy and light biscuits from Italy. Biscotti uses eggs for binding and when ever I make an eggless biscotti I face a problem. The top cracks and it is very difficult to get perfect oblong […]
Bruschetta pronounced as bru-sket-ta is an Italian dish made with crusted Italian bread and toppings. Before two weeks I made the French Baguette following the Bread Baker’s Apprentice. I ended up with three cute baguettes but had no idea how to use them in various recipes. I googled for recipes. And one recipe was for […]
Gnocchi pronounced as nyoh-kee are Italian dumplings made of potatoes, flour, bread or cheese. For the second week of Blogging Marathon #30 Week 2, I am posting under Dallying With Dumplings. Yesterday I prepared Turkish fried dumplings and today Italian boiled potato dumplings. Usually gnocchi is made with flour, eggs and mashed potatoes. But this […]
This month’s Baking Eggless challenge was quite challenging. Sowmya of Nivedhanam suggested we try Tiramisu – The famous Italian dessert for this month. Tiramisu means Pick me up. As a resident of Madurai, I can never get mascarpone cheese here. Once when I visited Nilgiris in Coimbatore, I saw a small box of mascarpone cheese […]
Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon#15. I already have a recipe for focaccia with oregano and basil. So today I used olives and Italian seasoning for this flavorful bread. Focacccia is an Italian bread which usually is brushed with olive oil. The bread dough is similar to pizza dough and it is shaped by hands. It […]
Focaccia is a flat Italian bread which is usually topped with olive oil and herbs. For more information on Focaccia, read here. I have book marked this very easy recipe from Tracey. She calls this as no fuss Focaccia. The recipe is so simple with minimum ingredients. Yesterday I tried it and it came out great. […]