Cheese focaccette from Megli

Cheese focaccette from Megli

Have you ever heard of Megli’s focaccette? Nothing to do with focaccia, the flat Ligurian bread! They are fritters, made of thin layers of  dough, stuffed with creamy melting  cheese (crescenza). For us Genoese, cheese fritters  represent the delicious...
Ricotta fritters: it’s Carnival time!

Ricotta fritters: it’s Carnival time!

The traditional Ligurian fritters for Carnival are bugie, also known elsewhere in Italy as chiacchiere, crostoli, frappe…any Region a different name. I use to prepare them at least twice during Carnival week. This year, though, I developed a fritters’ recipe with...