Puglia recipes. Information about how to prepare traditional recipes from Puglia Italy
Today was market day in Lecce! So I went to the market (the one where locals go) and met my producer friends who gave me their super sweet tomatoes, basil plants, dried oregano, broccoli rabe and delicious cacioricotta cheese. Therefore, with all these beautiful ingredients I decide to make handmade [...]
If you like simple, tasty and very easy to make food then you should definitively try the frisella barley bread from Italy Puglia. Frisella is made with whole grains, either with durum wheat semolina or with barley. Very rarely it is made with white flour. There is nothing to cook with [...]
There is no better way to start the day than to wake up and find out that the weather outside is beautiful and sunny (65° F!)! So I and Marika went to closest beach in Lecce, where the Sunday farmers market takes place. It was a real feast with all those colorful [...]
To celebrate Saint Joseph day, in Puglia we eat Zeppole pastries. They are delicious and ....huge pastries, which you can only find in March. Therefore if you are in Puglia and you miss them....you'll have to come back next year! I have always loved Saint Joseph day. March 19th is [...]
What I and Marika like the most about making our own home made bread is all the nice memories that it brings back. There is nothing better than the flavors all around our house when we bake the bread in the oven. It reminds us of our childhood when our Grandmother would make [...]
