Entries from Palmabella's Passions tagged with 'Eggs and Cheese'

O Foods for Ovarian Cancer: Onion-Fig Tart

I was inspired by a delicious looking tart I saw in a bakery in Washington. The figs on top immediately got my attention, so I decided to try making one myself. I began with a simple flaky tart crust,...

Pasticcio di Riso

I got the idea for this recipe from Janie at Panini Girl. I decided to use what was in my fridge, and create a version without tomato sauce. Here is what I used. For the rice, I used Janie's recipe...

Potato-crusted Onion Quiche

This was a weird combination of something like a quiche that I made up for dinner. For the crust, I used Emeril's recipe for a "Manly Quiche", and sort of made up the rest. Crust: 3 cups frozen hash brown...

Holiday Guests: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Our weekend guests are appreciative eaters! They love food, but do not spend much time in the kitchen, so they love to visit at the holidays, when I have been known to "keep the goodies coming"! Saturday's breakfast was easy...

Ricotta Fritters

On Sunday, I fixed brunch for the gang. We had an "Italian Amond Tart" (scroll down to yesterday's blog), a fritatta with gouda, bacon, green onions, and basil, and lemon-ricotta fritters with lemon curd. To make the fritters: Combine...

Montisi Party Day: Part 1 Antipasti

It was Thursday, and party day, so this cook was up at 5:30. I owed Jerry and Paul a "breakfast in bed" from a lot of past teasing about not cooking Jerry a proper breakfast on the morning of...

Ricotta Sformata

I ate this as a first course last summer at Cibreo in Florence. It was their potato-ricotta version. Judy posted a recipe for me on her blog, Under a Tuscan Stove. I served it to our guests last night for...

Savory Bread Pudding

We were having pork chops. I wanted something warm and savory to go with it. I browsed through a few recipes, and then I tweaked a few things in a recipe from Emeril, and came up with this: Two large...

Panzarotti

This recipe is ambitious. If you have never made it before, you will have to get over two fears: 1. Fear of fillo dough (or phyllo) 2. Fear of using LOTS of butter These are crispy fillo dough triangles filled...

Pizza Rustica

Friday we leave for San Diego for a Slow Travel weekend. On Friday evening, we are looking forward to dinner with Jane and Ken. On Saturday, we will pick up Shannon, and meet Marcia and Dave, Cheryl and friends...