Italy cuisine puglia :

What's special at the market in Puglia in March: fresh fava beans!

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It has been several months now since we started our "What's special at the market in Puglia" section , where we write about seasonal and special products we find at the market in Puglia. Continue reading "What's special at the market in[...]

Tell us about your favorite pizza in Italy

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If you travel around Italy, you will certainly notice that food and recipes change completely from region to region and most of the times also from town to town. Even pasta, which is always thought of as the typical Italian food, is made with[...]

Do you like garlic?

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Our guests attending our cooking classes in Puglia are always surprised at the fact that in the Pugliese cuisine we use garlic in a very delicate way. Our guests' usual comment after the first bite is: " mmmh...but I[...]

Traditional tomato Sauce

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One thing that I and Marika certainly love about the cuisine of Puglia is the fact that even though our recipes are very simple to prepare, the resulting dishes are extremely delicious. Tomato sauce is the recipe that best represents the[...]

Delicious figs year round

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This is the perfect recipe for figs lovers! Puglia is a big figs producer. Everywhere in the countryside you can see fig trees full of their delicious fruit! Of course the best figs are those that you can eat just under the tree. However,[...]

Home made Focaccia bread!

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In summer time every occasion is good to make a focaccia. It's such an easy and delicious dish: you can prepare it for a last minute dinner or for a picnic on the beach. Also it is fantastic when it is warm as well as when it gets cold. In[...]

Refreshing Lemon Granita!

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One of the many things we love about the summer in Italy is that, because of the hot weather, we have more excuses to eat lots of ice cream. We love trying different ice cream artisans and for sure there are many we will be happy to[...]

Traditional home made Pear Jam

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Making pear jam is one of those things that brings me and Marika to our childhood, when we were preparing it with our Grandmother: not only the smell in the house while we prepare it, but also the taste when we spread the delicious on a piece of[...]

Lucky lentils and Happy New Year!

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There is one dish that cannot miss on Italian tables at midnight on December 31st . This is the Lentil soup! Because they resembled coins, in the past they were thought to bring financial prosperity in the year to come. Nowadays, we[...]

The search for the smallest capers!

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Puglia is the perfect place for those who love capers! We produce tons of capers. Apart from sweets, almost all recipes from the traditional cuisine of Puglia, require capers?from fish, to meat, vegetables and pasta. In Puglia, we certainly[...]