Choux pastries with lemon custard, a family recipes for delicious pastries made with olive oil

[Recipe] Home made rigatoni with cooked ham and stracchino

Zuppa inglese, a Tuscan trifle-inspired dessert with custard, lady fingers and chocolate custard

Crema fiorentina, a classic and elegant custard and amaretti gelato flavor

Mozzarella in carrozza, a thick slice of melting mozzarella sandwiched between two slices of deep fried bread, an Italian classic.

Chickpea flour quiche from North Africa, naturally gluten free.

Fried zucchini flowers stuffed with mozzarella, anchovies & basil. An Italian antipasto which can easily become the highlight.

Crème caramel, an old fashioned and simple dessert made just with milk, eggs and sugar.

Let me entertain you: dried apricot and white chocolate biscotti.

A marbled bundt cake, the most classic Italian ciambellone for breakfast

The Italian croissants, better known as cornetti sfogliati, soft, buttery and perfectly laminated.

An elegant potato salad with chive flowers, salad burnet and soft boiled eggs. Perfect for Spring picnics and barbecues in the garden.

Tuscan scarpaccia, a sweet zucchini cake from the coastal town of Viareggio.

Chocolate chips muffins as a sweet break during mountain trekking in the Tuscan Apuan Alps.

A simple blackberry jam and strawberry crostata: thank you for the ordinary that becomes extraordinary.

Sugo finto – The Italian vegetarian version of a meat sauce.

A tiramisu in an eggshell, or my sweetest wishes for a Happy Easter.

Roasted lamb – The traditional Easter lunch in Tuscany with a roasted lamb shoulder, green peas with pancetta and blessed eggs.

Baked apples with almonds, raisins, cane sugar and orange juice. Enjoy them warm after an afternoon walk.

Thin slices of veal breaded, fried and cooked in a thick tomato sauce.

Stale bread pudding cake with cocoa, hazelnut and almonds. Begin the new day with a smile and a slice of cake.

Love takes time, patience and passion, just like a cuttlefish soup.