Artusi’s cantucci

Pel­le­gri­no Artusi is the leg­endary author of the clas­sic Tus­can cook­book “The Sci­ence of Cook­ing and the Art of Fine din­ing”, appeared in 1891. This book has aged so well that most of its recipes still work won­ders; I use it very often and these bis­cuits are some­thing I make reg­u­lar­ly, they are sim­ple and…

Fiori di zucca fritti

Fried zuc­chi­ni blos­soms are a best of the Ital­ian sum­mer recipes. I like when the bat­ter is with­out egg and the result is crispy and light like a Japan­ese tem­pu­ra. They make a real­ly great aper­i­ti­vo. Time: 20 min Ingre­di­ents (4 peo­ple, 3 flow­ers each) 12 zuc­chi­ni blos­soms 150 g flour type 00, sift­ed 100–120…