Recipes Archives - Page 8 of 9 - An American in Sicily (2024)

Bruschetta has got to be one of the most simplest Italian dishes, and honestly, one of the most tasty! Last night, I made some bruschetta with some left over pagnotte (see post) I had. If you have some left over bread and don’t know what to do with it, think no more…..just make bruschetta! Ingredients:[…]

Tags: bruschetta recipe, italian food

Nutella….how I love thee, let me count the ways! It’s no secret, I’m addicted to Nutella, (pronounced in Italian “noo-tel-lah”). As a matter of fact, so are most Italians! There is always a jar of Nutella in every Italian home I’ve been to…..and after 6 years, I’ve finally understood the hierarchy: First, one must have[…]

Tags: cookie dough recipe, cookie recipe, nutella, Nutella cookies

Calling all garlic lovers! It doesn’t get any easier or more delicious than this! My mom’s recipe for garlic mayo that’s so simple, you can do it in two minutes flat. I grew up on this, and no matter how much I used\use regular mayonnaise, it was and still is, never as good as my[…]

Tags: garlic mayo recipe, home made garlic mayonnaise, marinade, sandwich spreads

I’ll hand it to you….beets aren’t exactly number one on the top ten salad list =) Actually, I bought some beets for the first time in my married life just last week. I know they are healthy, I was thinking to myself…but do I really want to eat beets? Well, I plunged in and bought[…]

Tags: beet sald, beets, healthy recipes

I love pagnotte! And a sweet lady from church, Rosalina, gave me her recipe for the most incredible pagnotte. I make these about once a week and they are absolutely terrific….crusty from the outside and moist and soft from the inside….I tell you, all bread is NOT created equal =) Feast your eyes upon these[…]

Tags: bread recipes, dried chili flakes, garlic, italian bread recipes, olive oil, pagnotte

This recipe is truly authentic….why?…because the ingredients I use are all fresh, grown locally here in Sicily, or by me, and made with my neighbor Sara’s Sicilian dough recipe she taught me. In my mind, it doesn’t get any better than this. Are you ready? Let’s begin! Required Ingredients: – Two pizza pans (Most women[…]

Tags: authentic sicilian pizza, home made pizza, italian pizza

I’ll confess, we never ate pork meat growing up because we never really liked its flavor. However, after I moved to Italy, I became keenly aware that Italian sausage and other types of pork meat was my destiny, there was no escaping =) …..and now I actually love Italian sausage! So what was I to[…]

Tags: pork chops, recipes

My neighbor, Sara, a fun loving 60-something year old Sicilian woman, is just the best Italian cook! That woman cannnn cook! In the beginning, when we first moved into our house, she would periodically bring over pizza she had made. At the time, I could only say “Grazie” (Thank you), and so it went on[…]

Tags: italian pizza, pizza dough recipe, sicilian pizza dough recipe

First, a story…….(I’m notorious for this, just bear with me…if you want, you can just skip down to the recipe, I won’t be offended =) Picture it, Sicily, 2007. It was the first Italian wedding that I had been invited to. A very close friend of my husband was getting married, and we would soon[…]

Tags: bream fish, fish marinade, fish recipes, pesce orate

I called this easy overnight bread because it’s really that, easy and you leave the dough overnight to rise =) It’s simple to prepare the dough and the look of this bread is absolutely incredible! It’s not Italian bread, but it’s definitely bread to wow a crowd =) Here’s what you need: – 3 cups[…]

Tags: artisan bread, bread recipes, no knead bread, quick homemade bread