Alibert – la Pasta Fresca Italiana
Baked custard pots with rhubarb & mint
Every time I ever make a dish that requires egg whites only I struggle to find something quick and easy to use up the yolks. It’s that dilemma of in order to make one dessert you’re obliged to make two leading to the inevitable question of “do I really need to eat 2?” Obviously not … Read more
Hot Cross Bun Bread – Not just for Easter
Last Easter I made Hot Cross Buns for the first time as they are one of my favourite Easter treats that I miss now that I live in Italy, home to the equally delicious but, not quite the same, Easter Colomba (think Panettone but with candied fruit). Having painstakingly rolled out 20 or so buns last year it … Read more
Making marmalade with mum
I’ve come to the realisation that renovating and decorating an extremely old property and managing an 8 month old baby are detrimental to blogging! So if you’ve been wondering about the prolonged silence here at An eye for food I hold my hands up and admit that I am not the super women I believed … Read more
Green Tomato and Lentil Soup
We’ve had snow, rain and most recently fog here in Milan and so there is nothing better than hunkering down in front of a roaring fire and enjoying a steaming bowl of hot soup and freshly baked bread. Snuggling up with a hot water bottle or soaking in the bath provide similar pleasures for me and not because I’m … Read more
Coconut Boobies. A fairly healthy sweet treat!
So it’s a new year and a new start for many as new year resolutions and diets are top of the agenda. My own resolution is to pick up where I left off on my exercise regime and continue eating healthily. I’m not a fan of diets and as such could never willingly give up … Read more
Christmas Stuffed chicken breasts
Why carve a turkey when you can stuff a chicken? I admit, not a question that one is faced with very often but when it arises I vote for the chicken breast any day. It’s not that I don’t love a big turkey with all the trimmings but I am a self confessed loather of … Read more
Sabine’s super Schneckennudelkuchen
For those of you who followed my recent “Christmas dinner” post I made mention of my German friend Sabine’s “Schneckennudelkuchen” that she kindly made for our dessert. Despite being quite possibly one of the hardest things ever to pronounce, the recipe is in fact very simple and in terms of description the closest thing I … Read more
Pâte Sablée Mince pies
You can’t beat a home made mincemeat pie with crumbly pastry and that buttery goodness that shop bought pies quite simply don’t have. Last year I laboured over home made puff pastry with its many folds and turns but this year I’ve elected for the easier “Pâte Sablée” which is a more delicate pastry that … Read more
The first Christmas dinner of the season
I love Christmas! Last weekend we had our first Christmas lunch of the season with a mixed group of Anglo-Italian and German friends which inevitably led to an ecclectic array of dishes reflecting our various traditions. To say we ate well is an understatement as there was enough food to feed a small army but … Read more
Rice and Peas…
Rice and Peas, and no not the caribbean kind, but good old fashioned long grain rice and green peas make for a great autumn-winter rice salad as you can cheat and use tinned or frozen peas together with other ingredients easily sourced all year round. I can’t manage to say “Rice and Peas” without affecing … Read more
