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La Panzanella Posted by on Aug 12, 2016

Browsing through my mother’s cookery books, I found an old booklet containing traditional Tuscan recipes. As I started reading through it I was immediately struck by its language, a beautifully old style Tuscan, full of almost obsolete words. So I decided to copy one of the recipes and share it with you. I chose La…

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Ricette Italiane col Basilico Posted by on Aug 8, 2009

As promised, here are a couple of essential Italian recipes that contain il basilico (basil). The first one is the famous Pesto, which takes about 15 minutes to prepare. The quantities given below should make enough pesto for four to six (Italian!) people. You will need: 100g di foglie di basilico (100 grams of basil…

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