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Osso Di Morti are made all over Italy for All Souls Day on November 1st, but at Migliorini Pasticceria in Volterra these delicious cookies are made throughout the year!
Be sure to try these wonderful, chewy, meringue based cookies. Volterra will not disappoint you!
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Nothing says Italy quite like biscotti. Also known as cantuccini in Tuscany, these cookies come from Prato, just north of Florence — the starting point of our Italian journey! And what an amazing journey so far! There is amazing art and architecture and shop windows filled with delicious pastries!
Enjoy these biscotti with coffee or the Italian way with a glass of Vin Santo! We certainly will!
Tomorrow Roy and I are off to Italy for a 6 week adventure. We will be sightseeing, walking the way of St. Francis from La Verna to Rome, and eating lots of wonderful food! SO, for the next few weeks I will be posting from various regions throughout Italy including Florence, Lucca, Volterra, Assisi, Rome, Naples, and the Amalfi Coast. I’ll include recipes such as pane Toscana (Tuscan bread), lemon olive oil cookies, torta Caprese bianca (a delicious lemon cake from Capri), and these chocolate hazelnut tarts. I hope you’ll enjoy this culinary journey through Italy and highlights from the trip as well!
The northern part of Italy grows some of the most delicious hazelnuts in the world. Since our Italian journey begins in Milan, rich, decadent chocolate hazelnut tarts seems the perfect way to begin!
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It’s fall and in Maine that means trips to farm stands and orchards to get local apples. My mom has made this knobby apple cake for as long as I can remember. It makes a perfect snack for cool, crisp autumn afternoons.
I regularly teach classes – even on vacation! Last week I had the opportunity to teach a truffle making class here in Maine to a group of five fantastic women. We had a blast and made some delicious truffles as well. Here are the three recipes we used and some pictures of our great night!
I love to make elegant pastries but when I visit my family in Maine I always want desserts from childhood. These date filled cookies fill the bill! The cookies are soft and tender and I make sure to put as much filling as possible in each cookie!
I am in Maine for a visit and it’s August – that means blueberries! This wild Maine blueberry cake is a simple to make, delicious snack cake that will disappear quickly! In the oven in 15 minutes and out in half an hour, this wonderful cake gets you out of the kitchen and outside for the remaining days of summer quickly!
English muffins are so much more delicious when they are homemade! Yes, they take a little bit of work but they are worth the effort. Split them and freeze them and you will always have delicious, homemade English muffins on hand!
As much as I love light, fruity desserts during the hot summer months sometimes I just want something homey that reminds me of being a kid! This banana bread is dense and moist with delicious banana flavor. Double the recipe because this will not last (and it tastes even better the next day!)
Of all the delicious treats I served in my bakery over the years, these cappuccino brownies were definitely one of the most popular items. These brownies no longer have coffee in them, ( I found I liked the brownies better without it but you can certainly add it if you like — check out the alternatives section of this post) but they still have white “froth” on the top to mimic the fabulous pick me up!
