Notes about Recipes in this book

• Almond torta with chocolate chips (Torta di mandorle con gocce di cioccolato)

  • Jane on January 11, 2018

    I made the variation with dried cranberries. A nice simple cake, very straightforward to make. I thought the lemon flavor as a bit too pronounced, overpowering the almond flavor. My lemon may have been on the large side but I would suggest zest from just one small lemon or half a large one.

• Tagliatelle with wild mushroom sauce (Tagliatelle con salsa di funghi)

  • kari500 on March 03, 2021

    I liked this sauce a lot. I used fresh fettuccine, and it clumped up, but I'd definitely do this again with either better fresh or dried pasta. Make the whole amount of sauce but with just a pound of pasta.

• Minestrone, vegetarian or with pork (Minestrone vegetariano o con maiale)

  • stockholm28 on February 14, 2021

    I made the vegetarian version. I pretty much followed the recipe as written, except I soaked the cannellini beans overnight and I added a rutabaga. I ended up cooking it an extra 30 minutes to further reduce the liquid. Even with that, I ended up with more than 3 quarts of soup whereas she states this makes 2 quarts. I removed half of the soup to put in the freezer for the future before adding the zucchini and ditalini. I liked the soup, but it was definitely better today than it was yesterday. I would have liked more tomato and I think it would have been tastier with broth rather than water. For me, it needed the parmesan to boost the flavor.

• Spaghetti and pesto Trapanese (Pesto alla Trapanese)

  • Rachaelsb on April 24, 2018

    Quick and easy...less a main dish and more a side.

• Chicken cacciatore (Pollo alla cacciatore)

  • julesamomof2 on December 02, 2020

    Pretty standard recipe however the peppers and mushrooms got lost in the dish. Next time I would at least double the quantities of vegetables to get a higher ratio. Very tomatoey.

• Almond pine nut cookies (Amaretti con pignoli)

  • Lepa on November 27, 2015

    These cookies are amazing. Maybe the best I've ever had?

• Ziti with roasted eggplant and ricotta cheese (Ziti alla Norma)

  • bwhip on February 27, 2022

    SO good, this was fantastic for us. Prep was pretty easy, just need to allow an hour and a half to drain and roast the eggplant. Wonderful flavor, just a lovely dish.

• Ziti with sausage, onions, and fennel (Ziti con salsicce, cipolla, e finocchio)

  • bwhip on November 01, 2019

    This was outstanding. Amazing flavor, with a wonderful, silky sauce. Hard to believe it only takes a half hour or so, and turns out so great. I used rigatoni, as the store didn’t have ziti. Delicious.