Parmigiana describes a classic Southern Italian dish made with shallow fried eggplant (aubergine) slices layered with cheese and tomato sauce and baked in an oven. This one is the Sicilian style but there is also a Lecce style, where eggplants are fried with eggs and flour, and with lots of delicious small fried meat balls.
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Moussaka is an eggplant-based dished of the Balkans, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It has different variations according to the nation, however they are all based on fried eggplants, and tomato with minced meat.
The Greek version, which is the best known one, is made of a layer of eggplant, one of meat and tomato [...]
I have learned this is a recipe from my mom. She uses to make it during the summer and it definitely is one of my favorite dish! It is also very easy (like most of the things I cook) and pretty healthy too.
All you need is eggplants, mozzarella cheese, some tomatoes sauce, tuna and capers [...]
The Spinach and Ricotta Crepe Rolls is a very famous and popular dish in Italy. It is very convenient since it can be prepared in advanced and just baked last minute. It has a very delicate taste and a soft texture.
I’ve made this dish several times here in Shanghai and it has always been appreciated [...]
Lasagna is one of those dish to which I can’t resist, it is just too good for saying no to nice and warm serving of it. After the traditional lasagna alla bolognese recipe today I’m going to post what in Italy we call a “Lasagna Bianca” which means “white lasagna” from it’s color, since there [...]
This recipe is a little invention of mine. I bought 3 packages of Stracchino cheese from Bottega, with the help of the nice and friendly Giusi of ViviShanghai, and I was looking at a way to use it in a more original way. So I thought that a quiche could have been a perfect solution!
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I’ve found this recipe on a cooking magazine I brought back from Italy, I’ve done some minor changes and the result is this delicious fettuccine pasta pie. Easy to make, is ideal if you have guests for dinner, since it can be prepared in advance and you wont have to be in the kitchen when [...]
Lasagna is a form of pasta in sheets and also a dish named Lasagne al forno (oven-baked lasagna). There are different variety of Lasagna al forno, with spinach, mushrooms, in red with tomato sauce, in white with Bechamel sauce. The one I’m posting today is the classic Lasagne alla Bolognese, made with alternate layers of pasta, [...]
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