Tag: cream

  • Pasta With Zucchini And Gorgonzola

    Pasta With Zucchini And Gorgonzola

        How to learn to like blue cheese This recipe comes from the mother of a good friend of ours who originates from Florence in Tuscany.  When we all lived in California, Simone used to make us Pasta with zucchini and Gorgonzola cheese whenever we went to dinner at his place, which I was always…

  • Gnocchi With Castelmagno Cheese

    Gnocchi With Castelmagno Cheese

        What to watch out for when ordering cheese in Italy I just returned from a week in the mountains in North-West Italy, and as always when I go there, I stuffed the car to bursting with all sorts of edible goodies. This time I concentrated on cheese as I absolutely love the cheeses…

  • Panna Cotta: Surprisingly Easy To Make!

    Panna Cotta: Surprisingly Easy To Make!

        Panna Cotta, literally, “cooked cream” (sounds better in Italian, doesn’t it!) seems to be on every Italian restaurant menu, and on many restaurant menus outside of Italy too. One day while reading one of my favourite cooking blogs, Chocolate and Zucchini, I stumbled across a recipe for panna cotta  that Clotilde had weaseled…