Italian Dish Podcast

20/01/2023

Tortellini fritti ✔️😄 while everyone else might be on the verge of exploding post-holiday indulgences and thinking more about salads, I went for the fried pasta! 😁 Typical me 💁🏼‍♀️ always and only trolling for treats 😁

This one inspired January's episode of Italian dish because you know I had to buy some tortellini freschi to take home and fry for myself 😋 episode out soon!

13/03/2022

These beans were so comforting and lush. And check out the bread I used to bake 👀 sourdough sweetie! It's been a while, but gosh darn it we're coming back!

24/04/2021

May your Saturday be as SAUCY as these beans 😋

07/02/2021

Prep time: 30 minutes Note: + leavening time (about 26 hours total) I'd recommend starting this in the afternoon, refrigerating overnight, and baking mid-morning the next day. Ingredients: 400 grams whole wheat flour (2½ cups) 100 grams bread flour (1/2 cup) 120 grams sourdough starter (that has been fed in the last 24 hours) 400 grams room-temperature water 30 grams EVOO…...

https://italiandishpodcast.com/focaccia-integrale-whole-wheat-sourdough-focaccia/

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27/01/2021

Ingredients: 300 grams dried cannellini beans 300 grams of tomato puree 4 cloves of garlic fresh sage leaves EVOO black peppercorns salt and pepper 1. Soak the beans overnight in a large pot of water. 2. Dump the water and refill the pot with fresh water. Add 2 whole cloves of garlic (unpeeled), 2 Tbsp of olive oil, a branch of sage leaves, and peppercorns. ...

https://italiandishpodcast.com/tuscan-beans-fagioli-alluccelletto/

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25/01/2021

Anyone else eating Carciofi ALLL the time? I live for this thistle!

21/01/2021

Do you know what this delightful vegetable is called in Italian?? 🇮🇹

More importantly, do you know what to do with it?? 👩‍🍳🍴

If you want to get the scoop on how to prep Artichokes and get a little info on what the heck the D.O.P. food label means in Italy, check out my latest episode! 🤓🎧

(for even more on what D.O.P. means, check out my friend and fellow American 🇺🇲 ex-pat in Florence, Rachel's podcast 2 Minutes 2 Italy! 🎧

There's also a teaser on a podcast collab that's in the works! 🤐

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Happy artichoke season! 🎉

18/01/2021

🇮🇹🍽️🎧NEW EPISODE! 🆕 How to Prep Artichokes // Carciofi Spinosi Sardi D.O.P.!

Ok first of all: how is there no artichoke emoji?!

Second, guys, if you've ever been intimidated by artichokes, I've been there! I'm here for you! 😳

In this episode I talk you through how to prep Artichokes! 🔪🍋

You'll also get a mini intro in what D.O.P. food labels mean in Italy 🇮🇹

(for more on what D.O.P. means, check out my friend and fellow American 🇺🇲 ex-pat in Florence, Rachel's podcast 2 Minutes 2 Italy! 🎧

There's also a teaser on a podcast collab that's in the works! 🤐

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What's your favorite way to cook artichokes??

17/01/2021

Just can't get enough of this fresh 👌

If this is what eating "healthy" food looks like, I'm all in! 🙌

But also, let's reject diet culture together and just eat delicious things, ok?

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

16/01/2021

Close-up of this fennel and orange 🍊salad 🔍👀

Fennel is where it's at!

What about you, liquorice lover or hater?

16/01/2021

1 Artichoke per person Lemon 1. Using a really sharp knife, cut the tips off the artichoke leaves - almost halfway down the leaf. 2. Peel the tough outer leaves off all the way around the bud. 3. Cut the bottom of the stem off and peel the outside of the stem using a paring knife. 4. If you want to steam the artichoke, you can leave it whole....

https://italiandishpodcast.com/how-to-prep-artichokes-carciofi-spinosi-sardi-d-o-p/

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16/01/2021

This month is all vegetarian but I wanted to get your input on which recipe you want first!

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11/01/2021

🇮🇹🍽️🎧NEW EPISODE! 🆕 Fennel and Orange Salad // Insalata di Finocchi e Arance 🍊

Let's hear it for funky salads! 📣

Anyone else feeling the fatigue of hearing about diet culture-y type New Year's crap? 🙋🏼‍♀️

Like yes it's a new year and yeah, I feel ready to eat some vegetables. But how about just elevating vegetables because they're awesome?
🍅🌶️ 🥕🍠🌽🥦🥒🥬🍆🧄🥔

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This salad is perfect for winter because citrus is in season and so is fennel!

Have you made this?

07/01/2021

1 Fennel bulb, sliced thinly 2-3 oranges 50 grams Pine nuts, about 1/4 cup 20 grams Raisins, 1/8 cup Salt 50 grams EVOO, 1/4 cup 3 grams Apple Cider Vinegar, 1 tsp; + 1 splash Toppings / Add-ins of your choice! (Chopped pistachios? Pumpkin seeds? Sun-dried Tomatoes? Black olives?) 1. Clean the fennel: remove tops, base, and cut out the inner core....

https://italiandishpodcast.com/insalata-di-finocchi-e-arance/

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05/01/2021

This Christmas I made lasagne alla bolognese for (the first course) of my Italian family's lunch. In this episode, I describe some things I've learned about what makes Italian lasagne so ridiculously delicious, and I assemble a tray of lasagne while talking about holiday traditions, favorite Christmas movies and more. If you go back a few episodes, I did one on…...

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01/01/2021

Pizzoccheri!! And 2021 👀

It's 2021, guys! 🍾

I can't really take it all in it yet, I'm tired, I'm full.

I hope you had a happy new year's eve and I hope you ate well! 😅💯

Thank you for your continued support of the podcast 🎙️and for joining me in my kitchen👩🏼‍🍳 here in Florence⚜️ in 2020, I hope you'll keep listening 🎧and cooking with me in 2021! 🇮🇹🍽️

Auguroni di Buon Anno a tutti voi! 🎉

30/12/2020

🇮🇹🍽️🎧NEW EPISODE! 🆕 Pizzoccheri with Paolo from Thoughts on the Table Podcast 🎙️

This episode was monumental: our very first Italian guest! 🎉

A podcaster himself, Paolo is an 🇮🇹 Italian ex-pat in the 🇬🇧UK- he lived in Canada for ~18 years too! 🇨🇦

Together we make one of the dishes he grew up eating in his native Lombardia in northern Italy- Pizzoccheri!!

The perfect comfort food for grim winter days, pizzoccheri is a first course dish of pasta made of buckwheat flour, cabbage, potatoes, cheese and butter 🧈!!!

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Had you ever heard of pizzoccheri before?

30/12/2020

Prep Time: 30 mins Course: Primi // First Course : Pasta Servings: 2-3 people Ingredients 100 grams of buckwhear flour (1¼ cups) 50 grams of all-purpose flour (1/3 cup) 1/8 tsp salt 2 small potatoes (peeled and diced) 1/4 head of Savoy cabbage (sliced) 100 g Valtellina Casera cheese (thinly sliced). It can be replaced with other, easier to find, mild semi-cooked cheeses (such as young Fontina, Montasio, Raclette or Gouda)....

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29/12/2020

Ok guys, just get ready for endless pasta content because I don't have any new year's resolutions for 2021 besides
1) survive and
2) make as much pasta as possible!

I was gifted a pasta roller machine by my sister for Christmas - it's a atlas 150 and I honestly can't wait till it gets here! 🎉

I know that pasta purists out there might argue I need to master rolling it out by hand first, but right now I don't have the best kitchen set-up for storing a giant mattarello / rolling pin!

I do intend to get one eventually but it's kind of the kind of thing I want to get from a local artisan if possible : aka take my time choosing and shop for in-person post-lockdown.

What do you guys think? Pasta fresca with a machine or rolling pin?

29/12/2020

Pasta Quiz! 🎩

You guys which pasta shape is called "cappelletti" and which one is "tortellini" ?

My friend, Chris D'Alessandro .pasta.re is holding one of each in the first photo!

Tell me in the comments! 🗣️

P.S. the second photo is mine 🙈 I need to up my pasta making game!

28/12/2020

🇮🇹🍽️🎧NEW EPISODE! 🆕 Cappelletti!! 🎩

This episode actually aired the week of Christmas, but 🇮🇹🍽️ took a much needed break from social media ⏸️

🎄 Traditionally made around Christmas and served in a homemade meat broth, Cappelletti are like tortellini's cute cousin 😍

🎄 Originally, the first version of this episode was recorded with my dear friend and pasta guru, Chris D'Alessandro from .pasta.re , but like all things this year- things didn't go according to plan!

🎄 Nothing a little re-record and some optimism can't fix 💪

🎄In this episode, find out what other GAFFE I made in the original recording 😂

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Have you ever tried cappelletti??

Photo cred: .pasta.re

22/12/2020

Prep Time: 60 mins Course: Primi // First Course : Pasta Servings: 2 people Ingredients Pasta - 100 grams flour + 1 egg / person 200 grams of flour (1¼ cups) 2 eggs Filling 200 grams ricotta, drained (0.8 cups) 50 grams parmigiano reggiano or grana padano, grated (½ cup) Instructions 1. Measure out your flour and make a flour volcano on your work surface....

https://italiandishpodcast.com/cappelletti/

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22/12/2020

I can almost smell the mulled wine just looking at this photo 😲

I'm determined to not let anything take away my holiday cheer this year! 🎄🎀🥨

Now that I know how to make my own mulled wine, the only thing left is to learn how to make giant christmas market pretzels! 🥨

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Can you believe it's almost Christmas?! ☃️

20/12/2020

Vin Brulè! 🍷🎄🍊

🎧In this episode:

🎀 Make your own Vin Brulè and have your house smelling festive in no time 🎄🍊

🎀 Catch up with my original Christmas market pals - ex-pat-in-Rome, Laura, and re-pat-in-Chicago, Emily

🎀 Enjoy your drink the socially-distanced, 2020 way😷 --without all the downsides of the original Christmas market experience!

(Includes anecdotes involving pretzels) 🥨

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What's your favorite part of the holidays? Mine is definitely Christmas baking 🍪

15/12/2020

🇮🇹🍽️🎧NEW EPISODE! 🆕 Mulled Wine // Vin Brulé 🍷🍊🍋

2020 took a lot away from us, but one thing it couldn't take was our vin brulè! 💯💥

🎄A staple of European Christmas markets✨-- or at least the one in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence--December wouldn't be complete without a fragrant mug of spiced wine and a cozy chat with close friends! 🍷

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What's your favorite holiday drink?? ☕

15/12/2020

Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Course: Drinks Servings: 4 people Ingredients 1 L Red Wine, like a Sangiovese, Teroldego, or Cabernet Sauvignon 100 grams Sugar Zest of one Lemon, peeled in wide strips Zest of one Orange, peeled in wide strips 2 Cinnamon Sticks 8 Cloves 5 Juniper Berries 1 Anice Star Pinch of Nutmeg Instructions 1. First, use a vegetable peeler to remove the zest of the lemon and orange taking care to avoid the white pith beneath....

https://italiandishpodcast.com/mulled-wine-vin-brule/

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10/12/2020

Nothing like a good drink and a laugh with a good friend! 🤩😆

Living abroad has made "remote" friendships 👩‍💻and long distance family🤳 a part of my life for years so maybe I'm better prepared for this type of isolation. 🏝️

Distance can be especially challenging around the holidays, but there's also a lot to learn when you're removed from your comforts and traditions.🧭

In this episode, my friend, Anneka, and I chat about what Christmas is like for us--both long-term ex-pats🇺🇲🇬🇧-- in Italy 🇮🇹🎄

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🍹Have you tried a Bombardino yet?!

09/12/2020

Have you heard? I had the chance to be a guest on Paolo's podcast, Thoughts on the Table, we talked about what it's like cooking Italian food in Italy and how learning the language gives you special access but doesn't necessarily mean you'll ever fully be "one of the locals". Have a listen!

Christine talks about Italian Dish Podcast which features one recipe per episode from her point of view of an American in Florence.

08/12/2020

Prep Time: 10 mins Course: Drinks Servings: 2 people Ingredients 120 grams Eggnog ½ cup (Vov or Zabov liquor if you can find it!) 40 grams Brandy ⅛ cup (whiskey or rum work fine here too) 100 grams Heavy cream 6½ Tablespoons heavy cream 10 grams Sugar 2½ teaspoons Instructions 1. First, make the whipped cream: beat the heavy cream in a bowl with an electric mixer or whisk, gradually adding the sugar....

https://italiandishpodcast.com/bombardino-cocktail/

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08/12/2020

🇮🇹🍽️🎧NEW EPISODE! 🆕 Bombardino cocktail! 🍹

It's beginning to look a lot like....a boozy Christmas! I like to think of the bombardino as Italy's version of a boozy egg nog treat. 🥚

More of a dessert🥄 than a proper cocktail, it's sure to warm your spirits this winter. ❄️

In this episode:

❄️ Make (and enjoy) a Bombardino with British ex-pat, Anneka!

❄️ Chit-chat about the Christmas season in Italy and what we miss about the holidays at home

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Have you ever spent the holidays abroad? 🧳✈️