Cheeseboard with Artisanal Jams and Fruity Honey – Organic Sangiovese Ca’ Storta Red Wine

~ mad & delicacy - Italian Food and Wine ~ Leave a comment

A different dinner than usual or a refined appetizer with cheeses and jams? Whatever the occasion, cheese is always a good idea. Make your cheeseboard colorful and tastier by pairing the cheese of your choice with the right jam and some fresh seasonal fruit and crunchy nuts.

Don’t forget to serve a good wine: Sangiovese Ca’ Storta Red Wine is the one we love to pair with this recipe. It recalls wild berries, currants and violets with a pleasant acidity. The sweet tannins make it perfect for every occasion.

The jams we paired come from Calabria, a sunny and beautiful South Italian region.

Many thanks to DeliziedelGusto for sending over its gorgeous products, and to vinimondodk to let us taste this organic Sangiovese Red Wine.

🍷 Francesca & Marinella🍴

Continue reading “Cheeseboard with Artisanal Jams and Fruity Honey – Organic Sangiovese Ca’ Storta Red Wine” →

Flourless Brittle Oatmeal Chocolate-Chunk Cookies

~ mad & delicacy - Italian Food and Wine ~ Leave a comment

After living many years in the Nordics we got obsessed with all the recipes made with oats. The first among all is the porridge, called havregrød in Denmark, that comes in many variations from the sweet to the savoury ones. Today’s recipe uses the oat instead of flour to prepare the traditional chocolate chips cookies making them lighter and a little bit healthier.

🍷 Francesca & Marinella🍴 mad&delicacy

Continue reading “Flourless Brittle Oatmeal Chocolate-Chunk Cookies” →

Homemade Italian Flatbread Piadina Romagnola and a Glass of Organic Sangiovese Superiore Red Wine

~ mad & delicacy - Italian Food and Wine ~ Leave a comment

What is a glorious match!?! A warm Piadina Romagnola filled with some slices of tasty Prosciutto Crudo, creamy and melted Squacquerone Cheese and Arugula paired with a Glass of “E be di Smembar” Sangiovese Superiore Red Wine.

Even if it is not easy to find some of these ingredients outside of Italy, let’s treat yourself making Piadina Romagnola from scratch (quick and easy recipe below), and then fill it with what you prefer most and enjoy!

High acidity and moderate alcohol make Sangiovese a very food-friendly red wine. In specific, “E be di Smembar” Sangiovese Superiore brings to mind ripe berries, like raspberries, as well as the purple-leaf plum. It is fresh to the palate, with good minerality and sweet tannins.

It is an Organic Wine produced in a small, passionate, and family-owned wine producer located in a hilly terrain a few hundred meters high southwest of Cesena (Center of Italy – Emilia Romagna Region).

“E be di Smembar” Sangiovese Superiore Red Wine is imported to Denmark by Vinimondo.dk. Drop by the new Vinimondo.dk showroom to taste or buy it.

🍷 Francesca & Marinella🍴

Continue reading “Homemade Italian Flatbread Piadina Romagnola and a Glass of Organic Sangiovese Superiore Red Wine” →

All Year Round Tropical Pineapple Dessert

~ mad & delicacy - Italian Food and Wine ~ Leave a comment

This dessert is something divine! Despite the tropical ingredients used in it, in my family, this is a dessert that everyone awaits during our gatherings either on Christmas Eve or on a summer dinner where we are finally all together after many months being apart. I got the recipe from my aunt who is always in charge to prepare it and satisfy our sugar cravings. If you also are craving a rich dessert, give this pineapple dessert a try!

(Francesca)

🍷 Francesca & Marinella🍴

Continue reading “All Year Round Tropical Pineapple Dessert” →

Pasta with Pepper, Zucchini, Tomatoes, Olives and Cappers: A 20 min Summery Dish

~ mad & delicacy - Italian Food and Wine ~ 1 Comment

Do you have some veggies in your fridge and would like to prepare a pasta dish full of flavors in only 20 minutes?

Follow the instructions below and enjoy! 😉

🍷 Francesca & Marinella🍴

Continue reading “Pasta with Pepper, Zucchini, Tomatoes, Olives and Cappers: A 20 min Summery Dish” →

Focaccia from Bari: a Traditional Oven-Baked Bread Topped with Olives, Tomatoes and Oregano

~ mad & delicacy - Italian Food and Wine ~ 3 Comments

Crispy on the outside, soft in the inside and full of ripe tomatoes focaccia from Bari is one of my most wanted delicacy from Puglia. Living in Copenhagen makes it hard to find a slice of this baked bread around the city. So I challenged my self to prepare an excellent version of it, and finally I’ve reached it :-).

Like the Baresi, (people from Bari) do, eat a slide of this focaccia any time of the day and on any occasion. To fully enjoy its goodness, cut a slice of focaccia in half and stuff it with some mortadella.

I have to say thanks to the funny, brilliant and nice Maria to telling me the essential tips for making these delicious focaccia.

🍷 Marinella🍴

Continue reading “Focaccia from Bari: a Traditional Oven-Baked Bread Topped with Olives, Tomatoes and Oregano” →

Fill your Summer with Italian Wines and Food …

~ mad & delicacy - Italian Food and Wine ~ 2 Comments

Italy is considered the home country of wine, and is world’s second largest wine producer behind France. Wine is not simply considered a drink in Italy, but it is part of Italian culinary tradition, especially when gathering around a family’s table. A lot of  people in Italy treat themselves to a glass of wine a day whether at lunch, dinner, or as a drink during the late afternoon Aperitivo, the Italian version of Happy hour.

We want to start our journey across the Italian wines, selecting and highlighting the features of the following three grapes, and suggesting a good match with some Italian recipes:

During this hot and beautiful summer do you want to treat yourself with a glass of one of these wines? Take a look at VinimondoDK and buy them with 10% off – FREE DELIVERY

Continue reading “Fill your Summer with Italian Wines and Food …” →

Quickly Baked Giga Oysters from Limfjord (Denmark) and Italian Wines

~ mad & delicacy - Italian Food and Wine ~ 4 Comments

Oysters? You can love them or hate them! In our recipe we prepared the oysters to make you love them, adding a teaspoon of sour cream and a drizzle of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. The oysters in themselves are an aphrodisiac but by adding some Parmigiano, you’ll just find yourself falling in love with them.

If you would like to know more about these giga oysters and what impact they are having on the natural eco – marine – system take a look at bluelobster.app.

🍷 Francesca & Marinella🍴

Continue reading “Quickly Baked Giga Oysters from Limfjord (Denmark) and Italian Wines” →

A Cake to Connect Three Friends From Different Parts of the World

~ mad & delicacy - Italian Food and Wine ~ Leave a comment

The title of this week’s recipe may sound a bit quirky and needs to be explained.

The cake we made is more than a simple cake, it’s a pretext for connecting with our friend Giulia who is currently living in Santiago, Chile. She is a professional photographer and the owner of followingthenorthstar. During this period of quarantine, she baked tons of delicious Italian dishes for her family and amazed us with the stunning pictures of the food she prepared.

Apart from pilfering her the recipe of her strawberry cake (that we made replacing the strawberries with juicy cherries), we got to have a Zoom session to learn the basics of the dark photography from Giulia, by connecting the Chilean capital Santiago with Zurich and Copenhagen. It was so exciting!!!

Juicy Cherries Cake
Continue reading “A Cake to Connect Three Friends From Different Parts of the World” →