Overnight Healthy Rye and Spelt Loaf

I would love to make you believe that I spent days elaborating a new recipe for a healthy and delicious bread. That I experienced, tried and tested various formulas until one day, exhausted but elated, I triumphed…Alas, the truth about how this bread came to be is that a few weeks ago, as I was setting up…

Biscotti with Blood orange and Macadamia nuts

This is not my first Biscotti post. The truth is, the flavor combinations that will deliver a spectacular Italian biscuit are so many that I could keep testing recipes for months and still know there are many more to explore. The original Cantuccini, or Biscotti di Prato recipe, calls for almonds and vanilla, a marriage…

Cantuccini con Pistacchi e mandarino

Cantuccini, also known as Biscotti di Prato, are Italy’s best-loved cookies. They serve many useful purposes. You can dunk them in your morning coffee, in your afternoon gelato and in your evening Vin Santo. They are also, almost fat-free. Mind you, they make up the near absence of butter with a plentiful presence of sugar……

Biscottini agli agrumi (Citrus cookies)

I can’t seem to keep up with my crop of lemons this year. Every time I think I have picked the last two ripe jewels, three more appear from nowhere, begging me to be used in some sort of baking. I can only oblige and obey the call of nature. Today I was very keen…