Authentic Italian Recipes
Family traditions at our home involve baking our favorite foods. At Easter, it is Pane di Pasqua which is a sweet Easter Bread. At Christmas, Mamma makes Croustoweele which is a fried bread; pastries like Skawaylay which are a honey coated pastry; biscotti which is …
Who doesn’t want a flaky pie crust? Without a doubt the flakiest pie crust in the world…Mamma’s. Okay we are a little biased. It is one of our favorites so we thought we would add it. Here is her recipe: Ingredients 1 LB Tenderflake Shortening …
Thanksgiving is a time when Mamma adds so many side dishes to the table we do not even get a chance to sample them all. Cooking with beets and finding different ways to prepare them can be a challenge but Mamma makes these cooked beets fresh from the garden…wow, even carnivores eat them.
Here is her recipe:
Ingredients
Beets
1 tbsp Vinegar
2 tbsp olive oil
Garlic clove
Salt to taste
Light sprinkle oregano
Directions
Wash and boil beets until tender
Rinse with cold water and peel skin. Colder the water the better.
Slice beets and place into serving bowl. Whisk the 1 tbsp of vinegar and 2 tbsp of olive oil together…drizzle over the beets. Mix well. Grate in one (1) clove of garlic. Add salt to taste and sprinkle of oregano….stir and serve. Buon appetito!
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