Cookies & Cream Homemade Icecream, Amaretti Semifreddo with Wild Berry Compote

Summer in Italy means gelato, and lots of it! However we don't have an icecream machine and in our house, homemade semifreddo is just a...

Rustic Apple and Pine Nut Roll with White Wine & Olive Oil Dough

If you like to cook/bake with wine, olive oil & sambuca - this is the dessert for you! A favorite dessert at our farmhouse is la roccia...

Lavender + Orange Cake = Love at First Bite

The perfect balance of orange & lavender makes for an absolutely heavenly cake that it is quick & easy to make! Each year I add a fe...

Profiteroles & Chantilly Cream

  Jason made these years before in cooking school at The French Culinary Institute (called choux à la crème) but I wanted to find an Italia...

Autumn's Apple Harvest: Apple Cinnamon Cake

  I love fall's crisp cool nights, sweater weather & endless cups of tea. Along our property we collect crates of wild apples to ...

Poached Pears in Wine

A beautiful simple dessert absolutely perfect for a dinner party incorporating the flavors of fall. Use any red or rose you like or that ...

Cherries in Limoncello

Fresh picked cherries macerated in homemade limoncello , it doesn't get much better than that! A perfect combination of sweet & ...

Vanilla Panna Cotta with Dark Chocolate Ganache

As the weather gets hotter, so does the kitchen making oven-free desserts ideal, try this no-fail creamy Panna Cotta with rich dark choco...

Lick-Your-Plate-Amazing Tiramisu

This is one recipe worth recreating, a rich & creamy classic, tiramisu!  I am not a big fan of Tiramisu in the States, it can be a boozy...

Chocolate Nutella Walnut Cake

If you're a fan of brownies - then this one is for you, big boys & girls! A rich chocolatey Nutella walnut cake that is ridiculously...

Rustic Italian Jam Tart - Crostata

Crostata is the most classic rustic dessert in Italy, it is a jam filled pastry crust & recipes vary greatly across the country.  You...

Carnival Sweets ~ Castagnole, Italian Fritters

What better way to celebrate Carnival & Fat Tuesday than with fritters fried in pork fat! Castagnole are a specialty of Carnevale an...

Italian Christmas Chocolate & Nut Cake

Snow covered Piobbico   Italian Christmas Chocolate Cake with walnuts, hazelnuts & chestnuts 6 oz unsalted butter 6 oz sugar 325 gr dark...

Panna Cotta with Fresh Wild Berry Sauce

An easy dessert to make that is always a crowd-pleaser is panna cotta with fresh picked wild berries -...

Poached Pears

A beautiful simple dessert absolutely perfect for a dinner party. Use that bottle of wine that's been collecting dust in the back of you...

La Rocciata: Rustic Apple Roll with Pine Nuts, Cinnamon & Sambuca

If you like to cook/bake with wine, olive oil & sambuca - this is the dessert for you! A favorite fall/winter dessert at our farmhouse i...

Cherries with Mascarpone

Cherries with Marscapone Serves 4 Pound of pitted cherries 3-4 leaves of mint, plus more for garnish 2 tablespoons of liquor of your choice ...