Archive for European Recipes

Yorkshire pudding

Yorkshire Pudding Recipe


 March 7, 2010  1 Comment

Yorkshire pudding is an English tradition, and a delicious one at that. Good for breakfast, brunch, or even as a dinner roll.

Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe


 August 24, 2009  

Recipe for savory chicken cordon bleu. Chicken breast stuffed with ham and swiss cheese. Only 5 minutes of prep time, then 30 minutes in the oven.

Ahh, heaven

Torta di Riso Verde Recipe


 June 30, 2009  2 Comments

Recipe for Torta di Riso Verde, a traditional Northern Italian dish, using broccoli, broccoliflower, rice and goat cheese. Typically you will find this in a sweet, dessert-like form, usually lemon flavored with creamy ricotta.

Berries and cream scones

Berries and Cream Scones Recipe


 May 19, 2009  1 Comment

If you like buttery, flaky, just a hint of sweetness style scones, then you will adore these. I finally mastered a good batch of scones, after one failed attempt after another. I just didn’t get it. It’s been a year since then, so I decided to take another shot at it.

Spinach Stuffed Shells

Spinach Stuffed Pasta Shells Recipe


 May 16, 2009  4 Comments

Last week Mark and I had our one year anniversary and we went to our favorite Italian restaurant, where we sufficiently stuffed ourselves with pasta shells and chicken parmigiana.

Spinach Florentine foccacia

Spinach Florentine Foccacia Recipe


 April 29, 2009  

I had my girlfriends over the other night for dinner and wine. I wanted to make homemade pizzas, a variety, and most importantly, from scratch.

Cinque Terre

Pesto-Olive Foccacia Bread Recipe


 March 20, 2009  2 Comments

During our honeymoon last year in Europe, Mark and I spent a little over a week in Italy. During our time there, we ate foccacia just about everyday. More specifically, pesto foccacia.

Genovese pesto

Genovese Pesto Recipe


 January 22, 2009  1 Comment

Homemade pesto recipe. Make your own pesto gnocchi, pesto pizza, or pesto focaccia. Little prep time is involved and in the end you toss everything into the food processor and you’re done.

simple-bolognese-sauce

Simple Bolognese Recipe


 November 8, 2008  

Bolognese is a simple meat sauce you can order at any Italian restaurant in town. It’s the “red sauce” on the menu. I always add zucchini, onions, and garlic to add more flavor

rosemary-gnocchi

Rosemary Gnocchi Recipe


 November 3, 2008  

Recipe for a rosemary gnocchi dish. Gnocchi is made from potatoes, and rosemary pairs well with potatoes, so I figured, why not? I sprinkled a little Parmesan and mozzarella on them as well.