Traditional Italian Ragù alla Bolognese

Traditional Italian Ragù Bolognese

Traditional Italian Ragù alla Bolognese was one of the best dishes my mother would cook for us when we were young. That time we knew it as “Spaghetti Bolognese”. The easiest way to prepared it was using the Knorr Fix sachet which had nothing to do with cooking, but we still loved it! While doing …

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Traditional Italian Spinach Gnocchi with Butter

main traditional italian gnocci

Spinach gnocchi are the most luxurious gnocchi you can ever make. They don’t only look fantastic – they taste fantastic! The dish comes from Lombardy and Tuscany where they call them “malfatti”. They are much lighter than the standard gnocchi, as they contain ricotta cheese and spinach. They make perfect first course along with butter, …

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Traditional Italian Lasagna alla Bolognese

Traditional Italian Lasagna alla Bolognese

Lasagna alla Bolognese comes from Italy, but I guess you already knew that 🙂 Looking at the etymology, most probably the name “lasagna” comes from the Greek word “laganon” which means a flat sheet of pasta dough. Other theory says that it comes from the greek word “lasanon” which means “chamber pot”. In Italy, the …

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Traditional Italian Spaghetti alla Carbonara

Traditional Spaghetti alla Carbonara

Spaghetti alla Carbonara is one of well known Italian dishes which was created in the middle of the 20th century in Lazio – Rome. Three stories are explaining the origins of this Italian dish: 1. After the Allied liberation of Rome in 1944 Italians and Americans were eating eggs and bacon supplied by troops from …

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