salted croissant with ham and parmesan cheese

This little appetizer, finger food is delicious and fast, taken from "La cucina Italiana", made ​​at the table are literally selling like hot cakes even (and especially the children!).

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"I did this myself"

On Friday I recorded an episode on Gambero Rosso with Francesca Romana Barberini, presenting my  rustic chocolate cake, in front of the chef director of the school Gambero Rosso Francesca Riganati. Emotions such an examination at the university! Thank you Francesca, special person, and the chef and director Francesca; what a pride that diploma, I will soon hang in my beloved kitchen.

cassata chocolate strawberry and vanilla with a special combination...

Editor's Note!

The presentation of the sweets of this blog will be accompanied by the description of one or two wines to match, their history and composition, made by a very special person to me, who has a twenty-year experience in excellent restaurants in Rome, my brother Gian Luca Zacchia, sommelier enrolled in the Italian register of Sommeliers since 1990. His experience has been developed in restaurants like  Agata e Romeo as curator of the celling and tasting, the restaurant La Pergola and restaurant Alberto Ciarla in Trastevere, among only the most important. Now it is not his main activity, then accepted to cooperate with my adventure and passion for this blog, enriching it with his great knowledge in a field that I love much enjoy, but have few experience. We can then call it a "joint-venture" for affection and passion that binds us, for good wine and food, and the ability to combine them.



cassata chocolate strawberry and vanilla

italian puff pastry into ... slices or in glasses.

I finally tried the puff pastry, I did it with a chef, who taught me the steps of assembling the cake, which I did it here again with good results. I must say that I used a packed puff pastry, as there are excellent ready-made products, used even in the best restaurants. Yes it is! Then the dough for real purists I will do another time following the recipe of the chef Montersino, thatseemsthesimplesttodointheworld!!!   

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