My Italian Kitchen

Pizzelle are a traditional family treat my mom would always make at Christmas.

I took over the tradition and always made them and followed the recipe for both classics but chocolate ones were my favourite.

This year I decided to merge the classic with Christmas tradition “gingerbread “.

These Gingerbread Pizzelle are delicious!!
These may become my Christmas favourites.

Christmas cooking

Lasagna, veal parmigiana and chicken parmigiana

(Minesta e Pizza di gradigni)

Cabbage and bean soup & baked deep dish cornbread pizza with cheese chunks.

This was a staple dish growing up that my mom would make throughout fall/winter.

Fava Bean and Potato Stew

This was a staple dish growing up, my mom made this simple, yet delicious dish.
Loved it and still love it.
Now I make the same dish and sometimes I’ll alter it, like I did today by adding some carrots.

“Minesta” and “Pizza di gradine”….cabbage & bean soup, and baked deep dish corn pizza.
This was a staple dish, (a poor mans dinner in Italy) my mom used to say .
She used to make this only in the fall and winter.

I loved it so much I started making this all the time, but I learned why she would only make it in the fall/winter…because it has to bake for 4 hours in the oven.

But it’s worth the hot 🥵 house because it’s soo delicious!

Vegetable colazione, fried garden peppers, sausages

Zucchini flower fritters

Sautéed Chickory and Swiss Chard
Straight from the garden always tastes much better!

Frittata
With chicory and Swiss chard from the garden

Mini egg bites