中文
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • CREDITS
    • RESOURCES
    • Privacy Policy
  • ITALY
  • RECIPES
  • INGREDIENTS
  • EQUIPMENT
  • TECHNIQUE
  • WINE
  • Free Updates
  • BLOG
  • chinese

Living a Life in Colour

a guide to Italian food, wine and culture

Baccalà mantecato (whipped dried cod) – Veneto

Baccalà mantecato (whipped dried cod) – Veneto   Print Prep time 72 hours Cook time 10 mins Total time 72 hours 10 mins   Baccalà mantecato is a favourite in our family and it has been to my utter disappointment that until now I have not been able to share a perfect recipe for it…. 

Read More »

Esse (lemon and vanilla shortbread biscuits) – Veneto

Esse (lemon and vanilla shortbread biscuits) – Veneto   Print Prep time 30 mins Cook time 20 mins Total time 50 mins   These delicate, lemony biscuits are a hint that winter is over and Easter is on its way. They are deceptively robust so they actually are the perfect dipping biscuit to accompany tea,… 

Read More »

Risotto con radicchio (risotto with radicchio) – Veneto

Risotto con radicchio (risotto with radicchio) – Veneto   Print Prep time 5 mins Cook time 40 mins Total time 45 mins   Radicchio is the perfect foil to fatty meats in particular. Radicchio salad with a selection of salumi is always nice. Cooking radicchio takes some of the bite out of the bitterness. We… 

Read More »

Bigoli con anatra (bigoli pasta with duck sauce) – Veneto

Bigoli con anitra (bigoli pasta with duck ragu)

Bigoli con anatra (bigoli pasta with duck sauce) – Veneto   Print Prep time 5 mins Cook time 40 mins Total time 45 mins   Categories: Kids, Dairy-free *substitute olive oil for butter and eliminate cheese, Gluten-free*use Gluten free pasta Bigoli are a thick spaghetti made with flour, egg and water and pressed through a… 

Read More »

Polenta bianca con scampi (white polenta with langoustines) – Veneto

Polenta bianca con scampi (white polenta with langoustines) -Veneto   Print Prep time 5 mins Cook time 40 mins Total time 45 mins   This dish is healthy, quick and easy and gluten-free. More importantly it is delicious. The slightly sweet succulent langoustine or crayfish are flavoured with slight taste of garlic, wine and olive… 

Read More »

Pasta e fagioli (pasta with beans) – Veneto

Pasta e fagioli (pasta with beans) – Veneto   Print Prep time 24 hours Cook time 1 hour 30 mins Total time 25 hours 30 mins   Categories: Vegetarian (eliminate the meat), Dairy free (eliminate the cheese), Gluten free (substitute gluten free pasta), Healthy Pasta e fagioli is one of the most popular soups in… 

Read More »

Sgroppino (lemon slush cocktail) – Veneto

Sgroppino (lemon   Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 1 min Total time 11 mins   Whoever decided to combine sorbet and a spritz is an absolute genius. Sgroppino is a traditional digestif from Venice which combines lemon sorbet with vodka and prosecco; sort of an alcoholic slushy. It is the perfectly light sweet… 

Read More »

Magrone d’anatra con marasche (duck with cherry sauce) – Veneto

Magrone d’anatra con marasche (duck with cherry sauce) – Veneto   Print Prep time 5 mins Cook time 20 mins Total time 25 mins   Categories: Gluten free, Kids, Dairy free, Quick and Easy This is a recipe from the Padova area in the Veneto and there is a similar recipe of duck with fruit… 

Read More »

Salsa di marasche (cherry sauce) – Veneto

Salsa di marasche (cherry sauce) – Veneto   Print Prep time 2 mins Cook time 30 mins Total time 32 mins   Categories: Kids, Dairy free, Gluten free, Vegetarian, Quick and Easy This is a recipe from the Padova area in the Veneto which is typically paired with duck. I also pair it successfully with… 

Read More »

Aperol Spritz

Aperol Spritz   Print Prep time 5 mins Total time 5 mins   This is my favourite summertime pre-dinner drink, perfect for sitting in a piazza people watching with friends. In Venice, different types of spritz like this one are served in bars called bacari alongside different types of nibbles. Aperol is a bitter Italian… 

Read More »

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »

Learn how to make Italian recipes for family and friends.

Recipes

Connect

Woo Wei-Duan provides practical instruction on Italian cooking and recipes as well as musings on life and family on this website. Read More…

Contact Us

Learn how to make Italian recipes for family and friends.

Featured posts

Venice flooding in 1966 by By Unknown
Panzarotto (a deep-fried pizza pocket filled with molten mozzarella and tomato sauce)
Creative Commons Licence
Mei Man Ren Sheng by Woo Wei-Duan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.