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Happy New Year!!!!

…A wonderful and spicy 2015!!!

Thank you so much for all your support and affection!! XX

Still life with oranges and spices (black and white photography) foodfulife

A year in pictures!

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Ok, I couldn’t help it! I had to make a mosaic with all the recipes from 2014!

A year of blogging, photography, gluten-free, new and traditional recipes…

And many more recipes are on the way! 🙂

Just click on the picture to view the recipe.

New and traditional recipes

Cranberry And White Chocolate PandolceChickpea Flour Bread With Pumpkin SeedsLight onion soup served with chickpea flour bread (zuppa di cipolle con pane di farina di ceci)Dark Chocolate And Marrons Glacés TartPenne al Pesto (pasta with Genoese pesto, method with mortar and pestle)Torta della nonna (grandma's cake) Pizza with fresh tomatoes, rocket and Parmesan cheeseLight Wholemeal Spelt BriochesTraditional Recipe: Focaccia Alla Genovese (Genoese Focaccia Bread)Fried sage leavesGorgonzola Salad With Rustic Bread.Torta Paradiso (Heaven cake)Mixed Seed Wholemeal Bread Recipe (High-Fibre Food)Tasty Pizza With Cannellini Bean Hummus And MusselsTraditional Recipe: Salsa Verde (Fresh Parsley Sauce)Spelt Bread With Home-made HummusPasta e fagioli (Pasta with borlotti beans)Super Tasty and Healthy Rocket Pesto

Traditional Recipe: Baked Peppers Au GratinBarley and shrimp salad in red cabbage leaves

Gluten-free recipes

Rosemary and garlic skinny “fries”.La farinata genovese (Genoese socca)Traditional Recipe: Sicilian Almond Biscuits With Candied Cherries (Pasticcini Alle Mandorle)Quick And Easy: Chestnut Salad With Apples And EscaroleQuick And Easy: Prawn Salad With Rocket And PomegranateRice flour chocolate cookies with pomegranate (gluten-free, low sugar) Light orange flaovured sabayon with pomegranate and pistachios.Stuffed Vegetables (Gluten-Free and Vegetarian)Traditional Recipe: Saffron RisottoTraditional Recipe: Roasted Bell Peppers With Garlic VinaigretteTraditional Recipe: Torta CapreseTraditional Recipe: La Peperonata (side dish)Delicious summer veggie kebabsPrawns With Pineapple In Sweet And Sour SauceMango Panna CottaRisotto With Fresh Peas And Corn Salad.Salmon with lime and balsamic vinaigretteCrunchy and Colourful Salad (Low-fat And Packed With Vitamin C!!)Rich Chocolate Tart with Fresh RaspberriesGluten-free Buckwheat Gnocchi (Step by Step)Special stuffed calamari quinoa recipe (front view 1, diagonal close-up)

How-to recipes

Cooking Method: Pizza MargheritaHow To Make (Almost) Perfect MeringuesHow to make amazing roasted chestnuts.Traditional Recipe: Crema Pasticciera (Italian Custard Cream)How to Make Perfect Pastry. (top view tart case) Cooking Method: Shortcrust Pastry Tart Case (top view) Traditional recipe: saffron risotto (front view 1)How to make seitan (piece of seitan on a fork, front view,close-up)Make the Best Pizza Dough (Part 1)Fresh Egg Pasta with Flour 00 (Step by Step)Easy Fresh Egg Spelt Pasta (Step by Step)Make the Best Home-made Yogurt!

Coming soon…

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A very special Christmas cake with lots of cranberries!

Best Christmas treats!

Here are some ideas for your Christmas Party! I hope you like my choices! 🙂

Click on the links or the pictures for the recipes.

Pandolce al cioccolato con le nocciole ( a wonderful traditional Christmas cake made with lots of hazelnuts and chocolate)

Pandolce alla genovese con nocciole e cioccolato (hazelnuts and chocolate pandolce)

Baci di dama (Absolutely gorgeous! Hazelnuts and chocolate joined together for pure pleasure!)

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Bavarian cream with chocolate -caramel sauce (an incredibly soft vanilla dessert, served with a delicious sauce)

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 Shortbread biscuits with black pepper and fennel seeds (So sweet and spicy, these cookies melt in the mouth and can be very addictive!!! )

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Dark chocolate and marrons glacés Tart (Decadent and delicious!)

Slice Of Dark Chocolate And Marrons Glacés Tart

Torta Paradiso with Crema Pasticciera (This is a gorgeous sponge cake that can be served with any filling you wish… I would serve it with this delicious Italian custard cream)

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Step 6. Stir the custard before using.

Torta della Nonna (An amazing cake, made with a shortbread crust and top layer, filled with a thick custard and topped with lots of pine nuts! Truly special!)

Torta della nonna (grandma's cake)

French meringues (I know this is a recent post, but I think meringues are a perfect Christmas treat!)

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Coming soon…

Whisk on a table (black and white still life)Whisk on the table with backlight

Coming soon…

Egg on a small plate (black and white still life)

A black and white still life inspired by the new recipe…

More chickpea flour recipes coming up… (Black and white picture)

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see the Farinata and the chickpea bread recipe

More chickpea flour recipes coming up…

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see the Farinata and the chickpea bread recipe

Some Of My Favourite Recipes…

A few months ago I published the viewers’ favourite recipes, this week I am publishing a selection of my favourite recipes, perfect for this season!

Follow the links, give them a try and let me know! 🙂

 Mixed Seed Wholemeal Bread (high in fibre, very crunchy and delicious!)

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Pizza Bianca Con Mozzarella E Stracchino see Make The Best Pizza Dough (Part 2)

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Pasta E Fagioli (creamy borlotti bean pasta)

Pasta e fagioli (Pasta with borlotti beans)

Wholemeal Chestnut Bread With Rosemary And Pine Nuts (try it warm, with a little piece of butter on top!)

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Gluten-free Buckwheat Gnocchi (already a viewer’s favourite, these gnocchi are incredibly soft and delicious!!!really something to try!)

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  Special Stuffed Calamari (quite a popular quinoa recipe!)

Special stuffed Calamari (front view 2)

 Deliciously Intense chocolate and chestnut biscuits (dark, not very sweet,  delicious served with a glass of milk)

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Double Chocolate Panna Cotta (best dessert ever! This is a single serving recipe, but you can make as many as you like!)

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A bite of the new recipe :-)

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See the Farinata recipe