Spring
spring
Broad bean and mint paté
This is the period of fresh fava beans (breoad beans), if you live in Umbria and you have forgotten to plant them in your kitchen garden, don’t worry, everybody will gift them to you! The day we receive them, without…
Homemade Elderflower syrup
The Elder (Sambucus nigra) is a beautiful shrub or small tree, which arises spontaneously at the edge of the wood, and gives us its beautiful flowers between April and May: simple white inflorescences with a magnificent scent. I couldn’t resist:…
Acacia flowers fritters
During the first days of May, spring explodes. Acacias trees gets filled with white fragrant bunches. If you look around youorself, you can see them almost everywhere: parks, cities avenues, woods. They are beautiful, aren’t they? But have you ever…
Emma’s spinach Risotto
In the ‘spinach week’, you cant’ miss this delicious risotto: Emma’s spinach risotto, you must try it! For this recipe I have to thank my neighbors and friends Mauro and Pamela, who suggested it to me: Mauro has no idea…
Spring plumcake
The Spring Plumcake was born to celebrate this season, its scents, its colors, and its vegetables: so, with carrots, courgettes, asparagus and basil you can prepare this beautiful and delicious vegetarian cake, perfect for an outdoor lunch! Time: about 40…