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Spumoni Blondies
I have a feeling we’re all a little cookied out. But this year seemed to be the year of the cookie swap, and I’ve loved seeing all the festivities celebrating the multitude of cookies that abound. Recently, my aunt hosted a cookie swap, asking each of us who went to bake 8 dozen cookies! You…
Fresh Pasta Dough Recipe
At the Zani house, there isn’t a Christmas spent without pasta. It’s often hand-cranked, cut, or stuffed. And so while we get ready to prepare the Christmas Eve menu of cavatelli and buttery crabmeat-stuffed sole, I’m simultaneously scavenging for gifts. Except for his year, I was inspired to simplify with handmade fresh pasta. In this…
Sfogliatelle (cheaters version)
Sfogliatelle is one of the Italian pastry seniors. Hailing from Campania, Italy, specifically “a nun’s convent on the Amalfi coast”, the pastry is floral, just like your grandmother’s perfume, layered with decades of history, showing up in Italian pastry cases next to Italian giants, cannoli, pasticciotto, and bomboloni. There are two kinds: sfogliatelle riccia (crispy…
Yellow Cake With Whipped Chocolate Frosting
Over here we like a good cake moment, cue the Baskin Robbins commercial theme song my mom and I love to chant “ice cream and cake and cake!” My favorite cake of all time is a boxed yellow cake mix with canned chocolate frosting. For someone who grew up eating home cooked meals and deeply…
Apple Ricotta Crinkle Cake
This week I’m thinking about crinkle cake. Crispy, crunchy delicious ricotta custard and apple dotted crinkle cake. I have a few sweets up my sleeve these days so expect some more incoming recipes. A little note to crinkle cake: Crinkle cake you are clever with your crispy little layers and tender custard soaked bottom. You’re…
Fried Ricotta Stuffed Squash Blossoms
Squash blossoms remind me of Grandma Zani. She used to stuff them like she stuffed her ravioli. I’ve only ever eaten them a handful of times, and it’s been a while, but I almost remember exactly the savory, breadcrumb-cheesy filling. Breadcrumbs are key. You would think I’d ask her why, but instead, we always assumed…
Crumb Cake With Sour Cherry Jam
Margarine tried to steal the crumb cake show so I switched it out for Kerry Gold butter. Yes, I know this is bit luxurious but I really wanted to splurge. One of my trivial goals in life is to frequently stash European style butter in the fridge for occasions like this. European butter is known…
Brown Butter Miso Corn Pasta
We are in peak tomato season, which is why we should all be eating our tomatoes and wearing them too— printed on clothes, drippy juice stains, sticky hands the whole thing. I’m honest when I say I’ve never known myself to be the housedress type, but I tried a few out thanks to Maddie Bing,…
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Spam Carbonara
Here me out. This is not exactly what I thought I’d be making this weekend but anything is possible, right? Spam is a synonymous pantry ingredient associated with U.K., USA, Korea, and Pacific Islands. Also, spamelot the goofiest monty python show to be. There’s just so much to say about spam. And I never thought…