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Italia Squisita - Colomba - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Federica demonstrates the final stages of making the Colomba. Once ready, she cuts it open to show us what it looks like on the inside, with its particular consistency.

Italia Squisita - Colomba - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Federica continues working on the dough, adding various ingredients, and making sure that the dough "meshes" without breaking apart. Finally she will shape the dough into the form of a dove.

Italia Squisita - Colomba - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

If you have ever wondered how to make the traditional Easter bread called la Colomba (the dove), in the shape of a dove, the head of a Turin pastry shop invites us into his laboratory-kitchen where Federica gives us detailed instructions as she demonstrates the first phase. Key is il lievito madre (sourdough starter).

Formaggi - D'autore - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We move on to Valtorta a spot where cheese is king. Here, they produce a special little cylindrical cheese called an agrì, exclusive to this spot. In fact, Slow Food, an organization that's become international but which began in Italy, has it as one of its special products.

Formaggi - D'autore - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The ancient via Priula leads us to the mountains where we visit a herbal laboratory, in which flowers and plants are transformed into beauty products using historical recipes.

Formaggi - D'autore - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We meet some very charming donkeys and hear about how Francantonio and his sons developed a passion for them.

Formaggi - D'autore - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

In the Brembana Valley, the river reigns supreme. In fact, there is still a functioning water mill for grinding corn, as well as people passionate about maintaining centuries-old traditions.

Formaggi - D'autore - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Here and there in the small villages of the valley, there are interesting frescos hearalding back to earlier times. Two local recipes are offered: stuffed curly cabbage leaves and Taragna polenta, a kind of cornmeal with the addition of buckwheat.

Formaggi - D'autore - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The fine white mold that forms on the cheese helps give it its characteristic flavor, but it is also painstakingly scraped off each round. Before the high-altitude pastures are ready for grazing, humans take advantage of the snow and the trails.

Formaggi - D'autore - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Lo stracchino is a soft, mild but flavorful cheese that's spreadable, and we find it in supermarkets all over Italy. But the kind Francesca's family produces in the mountains, with traditional tools, is on a whole other level. Why is this cheese called stracchino? There is a fascinating reason. Watch the video.

Formaggi - D'autore - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Il formaggio (cheese) is rarely missing from an Italian kitchen. This video takes us to the mountains north of Bergamo where the Monaci family has kept the family cheese-making tradition going, beginning in the stable where the cows are taken care of during the colder months.

Pomodori Vulcanici - Pomodori del Vesuvio - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The Romans were the ones to introduce the culture of wine to the area around Mount Vesuvius as can be seen by what was left behind in places like Ercolano. And it is in Ercolano where a unique cooperative has been set up to cultivate a very special variety of tomatoes.

Pomodori Vulcanici - Pomodori del Vesuvio - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Coral has been made into jewelry in Torre del Greco since the fifteenth century. In that same century, a variety of grapes arrived from Catalunya, which over time has produced a wine with a unique personality.

Pomodori Vulcanici - Pomodori del Vesuvio - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Gragnano is a town near Naples known for its pasta production. There are many different shapes and types, but they all are a bit rough to the touch, because they go through a bronze cutter, rather than a Teflon one. That's why the pasta holds the sauce better. Of course, everyone living in Gragnano is an expert about pasta.

Pomodori Vulcanici - Pomodori del Vesuvio - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

This land is not only good for cultivating grapes for wine, but also the special piennolo tomatoes, that keep for several months.

Pomodori Vulcanici - Pomodori del Vesuvio - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Watermelon is another product of this special terrain on the slopes of Vesuvius. In the north, this is called cocomero, but in the south, it's anguria. There are some sensational wines from Vesuvius, too.

Pomodori Vulcanici - Pomodori del Vesuvio - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Patrizia works as an agronomist collaborating with farmers who grow heirloom vegetables of the Campania tradition. She describes a couple of different kinds of tomatoes and what they're typically used for.

Pomodori Vulcanici - Pomodori del Vesuvio - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Even though the tomato is an immigrant in Italy, it has become synonymous with Italian cooking. The soil produced by Vesuvius and the mild climate of the area around Naples and Salerno have allowed the San Marzano tomato to become King.

Casa Pappagallo - Scarpariello

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We have hunted down a video recipe for the dish Letizia serves Lojacono at her trattoria in I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone. With its simple ingredients and preparation, we hope you'll try it sometime! The recipe is likely Neapolitan and its name has to do with shoemakers!

Andromeda - Marmellata anti spreco - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Don't forget the baking soda, but be careful. Basta pochissimo (a little goes a long way). The same goes for the lemon juice. As you will see, this recipe is very simple, so have fun!

Andromeda - Marmellata anti spreco - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

It's a shame to throw away perfectly good fruit, just because some of it is bruised. Andromeda shows us her anti-waste recipe for fruit preserves.

Cocktail - VintRò - Negroni View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

You might be familiar with Campari Soda, which comes in a distinctive little bottle, but the cocktail described in this video uses Campari Bitter, the liqueur Campari Soda is made from.

Cocktail - VintRò - Sahara View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

If you would like a non-alcoholic cocktail (sometimes called a mocktail), try this recipe for the exclusive Sahara from the VintRò bar in Mazara del Vallo in Sicily.

Cocktail - VintRò -Spritz Siciliano View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Vincenzo, a barman in Mazara del Vallo (a place you will certainly want to visit if you go to Sicily), demonstrates how to make a drink you will find exclusively at his bar, called VintRo'.

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