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…

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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…

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FOOD & TRAVEL IN 2020

FOOD & TRAVEL IN 2020 MAY – PROVENCE, S.FRANCE: Cooking with Chef Denis Fetisson at Restaurant L’Amandier de Mougins Cooking with Rosa Jackson at Les Petits Farcis in Nice Visits to: Menton, Cap d’Antibes, Villefranche-sur-Mer JULY – KELOWNA, BC: Wine tasting Gran Fondo Bike Race in Penticton (spectator only!) AUGUST…

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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…

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