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Enrica Monzani - asmallkitchenigenoa

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I’m Enrica, the face and soul behind A Small Kitchen in Genoa.

My mother and my grandmother, two great cooks, put skillets and spoons in my hands since I was tall enough to get to the cookers and taught me to love through cooking.

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The first morning of this 2020, after a memorable sleep in the most comfortable bed of my life, I woke up with this view, filling my eyes and soul of pristine beauty. With this blessed beginning who knows what this year will deserve to me! If I can choose I would ask for time: tons of happy moments with my kids, time to slow down, to meditate, time to read a good book and to write for me and for the blog, time to observe the world outside and inside. I would ask for some more wisdom to appreciate who I am and all what I already have. Happy new year to all of you, may you too get this year what you are longing for!
#newyearsresolution #2020goals #thehappynow #slowliving #the_sugar_jar #florencegram #firenzemia #theartofslowliving #pursuebeauty #frommywindow #windows_to_the_world

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In these days between Christmas feast and New Year feast I fell the urgency of eating greens and detoxing. So I prepare my granny’s witch soup 🧙🏻‍♀️, made of all greens vegetables including if you have some wild herbs such as nettles and dandelions (this is the witch side of the recipe 😊). I use to add some turmenic powder to even increase its anti-oxidant power!
Here the recipe:

Ingredients

200 g of chards
2 coasts of celery
2 potatoes
1 onion
1 leek
¼ of cabbage
¼ of Roman cabbage
1 fennel
1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
1 handful of coarse salt
Instructions
Clean all the vegetables. Cut them into thin strips, wheels or cubes.
In a large pot pour a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, then add the vegetables. Add cold water to cover vegetables and a handful of rock salt.
Cook over a low heat for 30 minutes starting from the boil.
Serve hot, with a round of extra virgin olive oil, a sprinkling of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and a slice of toasted bread.
I use to add some turmenic powder to even increase its anti-oxidant power!
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A Christmas summary.
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🎄 I wish you a Merry Christmas joyful, cozy, warm, sweet, full of hugs, kisses, presents, friends, children, laugh, good food and amazing wine, jingles and bells!
🎄 Ti auguro un Natale pieno di gioia, serenità, calore, buon cibo e ottimo vino, dolci, baci, abbracci, amici, amori e bambini, canti, cori e sorrisi.

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Santa, these are for you tonight... almost. 🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻🎄
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Stuffing and roasting a turkey gives an ancestral satisfaction: the way you massage the poultry skin with a mince of freshly chopped aromatic herbs, oil and salt; the filling of sausages, apples, dried prunes and walnuts mixed with the hands until smooth; sewing the holes to preserve the juices of the stuffing; layering with care the bacon on top of the turkey. And then looking after your creature in the oven for more then two hours , wishing to obtain a juicy meat inside and a perfectly crunchy skin outside.
This is the outcome of today endeavors: roasted stuffed small turkey (tacchinella attosto ripiena, in Italian, bibinna pinna, in Genoese dialect). We are starting celebrating quite in advance 😊. The recipe - maybe for your Christmas feast - is now on the blog!
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At the end of my Genoese Christmas feast there are always, on top of pandolce, some joyful handmage chocolates, our traditional anise cookies called ANICINI and a plate of mixed dried fruits. My Italian Riviera Christmas menu is on the blog! Follow the link in my bio!! #mychristmashome #onmytable #myliguriantable #eattheworld #ricetteliguri #cucinaligure #Italianriviera #lamialiguria #seasonalsimplicity #foodfluffer #eatprettythings #foodartblog #ilovechristmastime #christmasmagic #tistheseasontobejolly #moodcollectors #amomentofwonder #slowandsimplechristmas

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Pandolce basso (flat), the ancestor of Genoa cake, is the perfect home made Christmas gift. It enclosed all the flavors of this holly season (nuts, raisins, candied orange peels, fennel seeds, cumin), lasts for a couple of weeks and is quick and easy to prepare (no raising needed).
You still have time! Here is the recipe:
Ingredients:
375 g of butter at room temperature
300 g of granulated sugar
1 vanilla bean (the seeds)
2 eggs
200 ml of whole milk
65 ml of orange blossoms water
1,125 g of all purpose flour
18 g of baking powder
2 g (1/2 teaspoon) of coriander powder
2 g (1 teaspoon) of fennel seeds
100 g of pine nuts
375 g of candied orange peel
875 g of raisin
Process:
Work the butter at room temperature with sugar and vanilla in the kneading machine or in the blender until it becomes a soft and smooth cream.
Add the eggs and knead, increasing the speed, so that the eggs are incorporated perfectly and the dough is slightly whipped.
In a saucepan heat the milk with orange flower water. It must reach lukewarm temperature (ideally 40 ° C).
Add the milk to the mixture and immediately after add flour, baking powder, coriander and fennel seeds.
Knead for 2/3 minutes and then add pine nuts, candied orange and sultanas.
Knead again at low speed for 2 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 210 ° C
Reverse the dough over a well-floured work surface. Form a large sausage with the dough and divide it into 6 equal parts.
Take each loaf and roll it with your hands on the floured work-surface to form 6 smooth balls.
Put the small cakes on baking sheets covered with parchment paper, leaving a space of ab. 6 cm in between each of them.
Slightly flatten the dough with your hands and engrave the characteristic triangle on the surface.
Cook at 210 ° C for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted inside will not come out perfectly dry.
Let it cool completely before serving. 3-4 days after is even better.
📸: @alicesadventuresinwonderland
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Evetually here it is, the recipe of GOBELETTI, the flagship of Italian Riviera pastries. They are my choice for cuddling my beloved ones this Christmas. If you want to know why you can read the story on my blog, the post is now live (ita/ eng), follow the link in bio!
If you are just curious on how to make them, here you are their very easy recipe!

WHAT YOU NEED
For the pastry:
375 g (13 oz, 3 cups) of all-purpose flour
225 g (8 oz, 1 cup) of unsalted butter kept out of the fridge for 10-15 minutes
125 g (4 ½ oz, ½ cup) of granulated sugar
3 egg yolks
1 pinch of salt
1 tablespoon of orange flower water
For the filling:
Bitter orange marmalade
100 g (3 ½ oz, ½ cup) of dark chocolate chip
HOW YOU PREPARE THEM:
Pour the flour on the work surface and form well. Inside the well pour the sugar, butter, egg yolks, salt and orange blossom water.
Mix all the ingredients with your fingertips to obtain a sandy mixture and then knead quickly, just enough to compact the dough.
Form a ball, flatten it, wrap it in plastic wrap and place it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.
Roll out the dough with a rolling pin to a thickness of about half a centimeter (0,2 in), cut with a round mold circles of about 10 cm and line a muffin tin.
Stuff the inside of the pastry with two teaspoons of marmalade and a ½ teaspoon of chocolate chips.
With a smaller mold, cut other circles of dough and cover the pastries. Seal the edges with the help of a fork.
Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from the oven and let cool, then decorate to taste with powdered sugar.

If you prepare them show me the result and tag your picutres with #myliguriantable and/or #asmallkitcheningenoa !
pictures: @alicesadventuresinwonderland, thank you dear Gaia!

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[Engl] How do you decorate your kitchen for Christmas? For a few years- taking inspiration from the great @nigellalawson - I put lights around the windows and on the cook book shelves and I always keep on the table a cakestand full of colored and sparkling dried or candied fruits. They are a great treat to spoil and pumper yourself at the end of these rushing days and they are so joyful! [ita] Come decorati la cucina a Natale? Io da qualche anno a questa parte decoro le finestre e le mensole dei libri di cucina con tante lucine e sul tavolo tengo sempre un'alzatina piena di frutta candita o disidratata, come questi comquat e fette d'arancia. E' colorata, è scintillante e fa subito festa!
Thank you @alicesadventuresinwonderland for this picture!
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