In this category you find the traditional recipes of Puglia. From the classic ‘orecchiette con le cime di rapa’ (orecchiette pasta with rapini) to the pasticciotto, typical of the area of Lecce. From ‘panzerotti’ to sgagliozze (fried polenta). Simple ingredients, as they were used by our ‘nonnas’, and flavours that remind of home.
Ingredients 300 g of small Apulian black olives evo oil a few garlic cloves salt to taste Wash the olives well and strain. Heat the oil in a pan and then add olives and garlic. Adjust the salt and keep frying them over a low heat for app. 20 minutes. Stir gently so they don’t get mushy. This is the simplest version of fried olives. There is also a richer preparation...
Ingredients for 8-10 zeppole for the fritters 3 eggs 70 gr butter 40 gr sugar 1 lemon zest 250 ml water 150 gr all purpose flour 2 gr salt for the filling 3 yolks 25 gr flour Vanilla bean 75 g sugar 250 ml milk frying and garnishing 8 cherries in syrup oil Prepare the filling. Heat the milk in a saucepan with half a vanilla bean and its seeds. Whisk in a bowl egg...
Ingredients 1 kg zucchini garlic clove evo oil a small bunch of parsley salt to taste Wash the zucchini very well and cube them. After having sprinkled them with salt strain them in a colander to loose some liquid. Fry the garlic in oil until golden. Remove the garlic, add zucchini to the oil and fry for a while, shaking the pan now and then. Using a spoon to stir...
Although they are considered the “meat of the poor”, the little snails picked up from the dry bushes of the Murgia or from vineyards after the rain are a dainty morsel for gourmets. There are many varieties of them and each one is cooked in a different way in the Puglia cooking. Ingredients 1 kg of little snails 1 garlic clove lemon juice oregano fresh...
Serves 4 4 eggs 1 tbsp of pecorino cheese, grated, a dozen or so fresh mint leaves evo oil salt Separate the eggs and beat the yolks with a pinch of salt and the cheese. Add the mint leaves. Separately beat the egg whites to peaks and then add to the mixture. Fry in a pan with a little oil turning when half cooked. ...
