Lasagne are one of the most famous dishes in the world. While in the USA the version with ricotta ismore popular (and originally comes from southern Italy), and several other regional variations exist in Italy, the default Italian (and consequently European) version are lasagne alla bolognese: lasagne sheets, ragú alla bolognese (classic Bolognese sauce), bechamel…
Category: noodles
Farfalle alla puttanesca 🇮🇹
When I am stressed, sometimes making my own pasta can calm me down a bit. At least as long as it is not with more than 200 g flour, i.e. not for more than two persons 🤣 Yesterday I had one of such days so I took 100 g flour, a pinch of salt, an…
Tortellini alla panna con funghi finferli 🇮🇹
Yesterday I realised – even if most of my cooking is either Turkish or Italian, and even if Italywas on the Simplon Orient Express route, I still had not publisbed a single Italian recipe! This omissionis hereby now removed 🙂 Yes, I often make traditional pasta dishes like spaghetti carbonara, or penne all’Amatriciana, or buccatini…
Spätzle or Knöpfle? 🇩🇪
When one thinks of noodles, usually the first association is Italian pasta. However, noodles in many varieties have existed since prehistoric times. One of my my favourite sorts is Spätzle, a South-German type. Spätzle have existed for centuries and they seem to have originated in the Schwabenland, nowadays the Baden-Württemberg region with capital Stuttgart. The…
Cooker on the Orient Express 