Gnocchi Mac and Cheese
Posted by Tracy | Filed under dinner, lunch
It’s been quite a while since I posted my recipe for sweet potato gnocchi with brown butter sauce, so I decided that it was high time to post my go-to gnocchi recipe that this sweet, autumn version is based on. This is what I make when I want comfort food and have a little extra [...]
Italian Sub Rolls
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries
Several weeks ago when I was hunting for a recipe for sub rolls, I came across this basic italian bread recipe by Emeril. The recipe is supposed to make one large loaf of Italian bread, but I split it up into four smaller loaves. They still ended up being quite large, so I’ll split the [...]
Daring Baker Challenge: Tiramisu
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking. They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month. Their challenge recipe is based on recipes from The Washington Post, Cordon Bleu at Home and Baking Obsession. When I saw that the Daring Baker challenge [...]
Tags: coffee, cookie, daring baker, Italian, mascarpone
Eggplant Parmigiana
Posted by Tracy | Filed under dinner
This eggplant parmigiana was inspired by my favorite Italian restaurant. Hubby and I went there on a date together recently, and I decided to try their eggplant parmigiana. I’ve only had it once before; it was cooked exactly like chicken parmigiana and almost like a lasagna, with layers of eggplant and sauce. However, this eggplant [...]
Tags: eggplant, Italian, pasta
Daring Baker Challenge: Cannoli
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using the cookbooks Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and The Sopranos Family Cookbook by Allen Rucker; recipes by Michelle Scicolone, as ingredient/direction guides. She [...]
Tags: chocolate, daring baker, fried, Italian
