Recipes from Marche, Italy

For this entry, I made two recipes. Neither of them were especially good, but I don't blame the people who posted the original recipes or any of the traditions they came from, I blame myself and my propensity for Googling things that might kill me. It just so happens that shortly before I made this meal, I learned that the...

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Recipes from Marche, Italy: Filone Casereccio

Filone Casereccio from forchettaepennello.comIt could have baked for longer, plus I did not use the water tip, hence the lame-looking crust.Ingredients 7.2 cups bread flour 2 3/4 cups water 3 g fresh brewer's yeast 2 1/4 tsp fine salt Instructions Mix the flour with 2 2/3rds cup water and let rest for half an hour. Meanwhile,...

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Recipes from Marche, Italy: Brodetto

Brodetto from Great Italian Chefs If you aren't afraid of it, I'm sure it's delicious.IngredientsFor the stock: Fish bones, (saved from the plaice and mullet) chopped into about 6 pieces 1.5 quarts of water 1 white onion, sliced 1/2 fennel, sliced 1 celery stick, sliced 2 garlic cloves, sliced 1 handful...

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Recipes from Malta: Roasted Garlic Ftira

Ftira is kind of like a giant sourdough bagel. According to the Food and Wine Gazette, it's been around since at least the 16th century, when it was baked in the ovens of the Knights of St. John. Of course, Food and Wine Gazette also explains that ftira is a flatbread, and the recipe I made had yeast in it so doesn't exactly...

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Recipes from Malta: Imqarrum

Imquarrum (also called Imqarrun il-forn) is descended from a dish served in Sicily, but the Maltese have adopted it as a traditional staple. The key to making this dish is to be patient ... it has to be simmered for a long time, and then it has to be baked for a long time.from the Maltese food blog I Love FoodImquarrumIngredientsVegetable...

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Recipes from Malta

Fort St. Angelo, Birgu Malta. Photo by Spike28742, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.This is actually the third time I’ve cooked a meal from Malta. The first time, I cooked the meal and then just did not write the blog post. Years went by. One day I went, “hmm, maybe I should...

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