…everything you could hope for in a salad: it’s beautiful, healthy and delicious. Orange and Fennel Salad is also quick and easy to prepare. All it is, after all, are…
Filetti di pesce al finocchio (Baked Fish with Braised Fennel)
…then cover and let the fennel simmer for about 15-20 minutes, or until the fennel has become very tender. While the fennel is simmering, uncover from time to time and…
Finocchi gratinati (Fennel Gratin)
…the excess over a high flame. Let the fennel cool. Arrange the fennel neatly in a greased gratin dish, in alternating layers of fennel and grated cheese (and bechamel if…
Pasta con le sarde
…Directions Boil the fennel stems and fronds in large pot of well salted water until tender, about 10 minutes. Transfer the fennel out of the pot with a slotted spoon,…
How to Dress a Salad “all’italiana”
…even a salad of orange and fennel that can serve as a kind of dessert. Finally, I can’t write a post about salads without mentioning the exception that proves the…
Pastiera Napoletana
…grated orange peel or orange extract. Neither quite does the trick, if you ask me. Orange blossom water provides a heady perfume that has no real substitute. I agree with…
Italian Tomato Salad: The Essential Guide
…as well as the palate. Its finer points are well worth learning about. The great thing about Italian Tomato Salad is its “scalability”. You can make a very basic salad…
Insalata di arance rosse (Blood Orange Salad)
I recently found some blood oranges from California at the market–and I love blood oranges–so I made a blood orange salad as ‘dessert’: you just peel and slice the oranges,…
