INTERNATIONAL: ITALY: 32 Italian Desserts from The PA Melting Pot.

LINK to Italian dessert recipe post

AMERICAN - The Kitchen 2014 - Thanksgiving Part 1 QUICK LINK for Make-Aheads

THE KITCHEN 2014 PART 1

ITALIAN: Buon Appetito: Bobby prepares an Italian Countryside Brunch with gelato and more!! add pics and finish lettering colors

LINK TO Bobby's Buon Appetito brunch

or click on individual recipes below

Buon Appetito

Bobby fondly reminisces about his time spent in Italy as he comes up with an amazing brunch menu inspired by the flavors and food of the Italian Countryside. A sweet and savory Peach & Arugula Salad with Crispy Pancetta & Gorgonzola starts off the meal, followed by a Frittata with fresh Peppers, Onions and a Cherry Tomato Sauce. The meal wouldn't scream Italy if it didn't include gelato, so Bobby ends the meal with a Vanilla Gelato and Espresso Affogato, plus a Blood Orange Campari Prosecco Cocktail. Cheers!

RECIPES IN THIS EPISODE

• Blood Orange Campari Prosecco Cocktail
• Espresso Affogato
• Frittata with Peppers and Onions with Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce
• Peach and Arugula Salad with Crispy Pancetta and Gorgonzola

ITALIAN: Giada prepares 4 recipes - 5 ingredients each - 15 minutes prep time each!!

Ingredients in 15 Minutes

Giada is giving herself a challenge! She coming up with 3-4 dishes each with just 5 ingredients that you can prepare in just 15 minutes.

RECIPES IN THIS EPISODE

• Biscotti-Gelato Sandwiches and Espresso

• Croissant Panini

• Rigatoni with Red Pepper, Almonds, and Bread Crumbs

• Salmon with Puff Pastry and Pesto

TOP RECIPES

HERB CRUSTED LAMB

• Shells with Crispy Pancetta and Spinach
• Balsamic Chocolate Truffles
• Mascarpone and Dark Chocolate Cream in White Chocolate Cups
• Citrus Semifreddo

LINK to Giada's 5 ingredients 15 minutes!!

Gelato - Italian American month

Italians produce gelato, sorbetto and granita. 

Wiki's definition and history of gelato

Gelato

  

 

Comments by this author compliments of LaCucinaItaliana magazine.

Gelato is different than average American ice cream and according to the author there are three different regional schools of Gelato:

Sicilian: fruity, nutty, granular, finely broken ice crystals (western Sicily), slushy (eastern Sicily), dairy based, no egg yolks, great flavors (almond, hazelnut and pistachio). First gelato panini is made by splitting open round, egg, lightly sweetened brioche rolls and slather with gelato!!!

Sicilian Gelato article and recipe 

Veneto: (NE Italy) milk, cream, fruit, (gelato often served in balls)

Venice Gelato restaurants 

Tuscan:  milk bases without cream, custard bases and water-based fruit flavors

Florence (Tuscan) gelato festival 2012 (video)

29 recipes for Gelato below at LaCucinaItaliana magazine

http://lacucinaitalianamagazine.com/recipes for Gelato

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ROME (LAXIO) GELATO RESTAURANTS

Buon Appetito

  

    

Making Gelato in Lecce (PUGLIA) from Silvestro

Generic Gelato Photos

What is gelato?  Silvestro calls it a ‘custard-based ice cream’.

  

 

SEE THIS LINK WITH LOTS OF GOOD PHOTOS:

http://awaitingtable.com/2012/08/gelato-2-making-it-at-home/

 

 

Apulia Puglia, Italy meets the B&B cast for June 2012 wedding Part 2

The B&B soap is off and running at Puglia, Italy.  

(pronounced Pooh-lee-yah)

The wedding party is staying at Masseria San Domenico.  See photo above. 

Since this is a soap opera I thought maybe the hotel was fictional but it isn't!!

If you like ancient buildings and beautiful water views then Puglia is for you!!

  

  

 

Let's talk about popular food and drink in Puglia.

BREADS - Most popular - focaccia

Food & Wine magazine (one of my favs) has a nice article about dining in Puglia.  Here is the link:

http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/puglia-italys-next-great-escape

From the article: 

 Get the boutique olive oils, wines and pickles, fruit gelati and dark, slushy coffee granita. 

We sampled fig, lemon and the astounding caffè-nocciola gelato, peppers and figs, smoked mozzarella with tiny clover bouquets, topped herb pasta with a luxurious saffron sauce and doused fried lampascioni (wild hyacinth bulbs) with orange-blossom honey.

Delallo talks about Puglia

http://www.delallo.com/articles/puglia

This website and author has provided some "awesome" food photos!!

http://mymelange.net/mymelange/2012/06/food-specialties-puglia-italy.html

MORE to come!