Recipes from Tuscany
Here is another quick and easy dessert form Maria Bergamasco in Tuscany for all you chocolate lovers out there! Chocolate Pudding Ingredients: 170g sweet cooking chocolate 5 eggs 1tbsp instant coffee 1-1/2 cups cream 1-1/2 tsp vanilla Method: Melt chocolate in a medium saucepan Allow to cool Separate egg yolks…
Recipes from Tuscany
Ciao! My friend Maria Bergamasco lives in the heart of Tuscany with her elderly mother, between the old town of Certaldo and the tourist-loved San Gimignano. Of English descent, Maria has lived and worked in Tuscany for a great many years, running self catering apartments at her exclusive Villa la…
Life in Tuscany with Covid-19
Published article: Coast Report Covid19 – Italy.pdf Villa Fonte sits on the crest of a wide valley outlined with tall poplar trees, its rustic stone facade bathed in afternoon sunshine, bougainvillea draped from its doorway. Holiday apartments now occupy the old animal sheds and farm labourers’ dwellings above, while the tower…
Les Petits Farcis Niçois
Ingredients: 4 x Round courgettes (zucchini) for 2 people 2 x small white Onions 6 x Garlic cloves Tsp Curry powder 300g Spelt flour (can be substituted with wholegrain rice) 1 cup Split peas 1 cup Barley, 1 cup Lentils 1 cube Vegetable stock TbspPesto 150g Goat cheese cream 40ml…