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Taralli alla Pizza
Taralli are our favourite snack in the world: they are healthy and very easy to make at home! Try this pizza flavoured recipe from Puglia!

Maria-Lucrezia
Mar 4, 20212 min read


Ricciarelli
If you love almonds, you will not resist these biscuits. Incredibly easy to make, Ricciarelli are perfect with coffee or Passito wine!

Benedetta
Mar 3, 20212 min read


LASAGNE alla BOLOGNESE
Lasagne alla Bolognese is the perfect Sunday Italian meal, combining fresh egg pasta, béchamel sauce and ragù.

Benedetta
Mar 1, 20213 min read


Pasta e ceci (pasta with chickpeas)
Pastamadre's recipe for a typical and beloved Italian dish: Pasta with chickpeas

Maria-Lucrezia
Oct 7, 20192 min read


Sun dried tomatoes
Impressions from the gastronomic festival 'Tinos Food Paths 2018' and a dried-tomato pesto recipe inspired from my visit in Tinos.

Maria-Lucrezia
Jun 15, 20184 min read


Pizza at Pastamadre, part #2: The recipe
This is the sourdough pizza recipe at Pastamadre

Maria-Lucrezia
Mar 19, 20183 min read


PIZZA, part #1: It's all about crust
TThis is about home pizza baking and the science of flours...

Maria-Lucrezia
Mar 19, 20186 min read


Cooking for Jesus in Palermo
This is about pasta with sardines

Maria-Lucrezia
Dec 29, 20175 min read


Where is the liver
This is my recipe for paprika colored ravioli with liver in tomato sauce

Maria-Lucrezia
Nov 1, 20173 min read


Brown tastes good
This is about the Maillard reaction

Maria-Lucrezia
Sep 12, 20174 min read


Pasteli, sweet snack as real food
The sweet snack of ancient Greeks

Maria-Lucrezia
Jul 25, 20173 min read




Ravioli with Asparagus and Ricotta
This is a Pastamadre’s spring ravioli recipe with asparagus and ricotta filling.

Maria-Lucrezia
May 18, 20173 min read


Bye-bye winter or how not to rape a pasta recipe
This is about pasta carbonara

Maria-Lucrezia
Apr 9, 20174 min read




Pane di Altamura, aka. my favourite bread
Among best breads of all time

Maria-Lucrezia
Feb 15, 20173 min read


Maria Lucrezia interviewed by Runa Juhanisdotter
Maria Lucrezia Schiavarelli interviewed by Runa Juhanisdotter

Maria-Lucrezia
Jan 19, 20171 min read


Biscotti Regina (Queen Cookies)
Pastamadre's lighter and healthier version of a traditional Sicilian biscuits recipe.

Maria-Lucrezia
Jan 19, 20171 min read


Sourdough Pancakes!
How to use your sourdough starter to make delicious, light, healthy and incredibly tasty pancakes!

Maria-Lucrezia
May 30, 20162 min read


How to make Preserved Zucchini
Few days ago I got a really huge round Zucchini. It was cropped just the day before I bought it from a local organic farm and it was...

Maria-Lucrezia
Aug 13, 20151 min read


My little Stone Mill
When I was researching for my artwork Nutrice, an installation based on seven different cereals, I went deeper and deeper in the...

Maria-Lucrezia
Jul 23, 20152 min read


The Geometry of Pasta
Thanks to a suggestion of a dear friend of mine, I've just got a copy of this little jewel: The Geometry of pasta. This book is a great...

Maria-Lucrezia
Jul 8, 20151 min read


Lupini beans: the healthy snack food that tastes of Mediterranean!
I like starting this blog with something that reminds me my childhood and the loud and lively street markets of my natal region, Puglia....

Maria-Lucrezia
Jun 20, 20151 min read
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