Lottie Lomme
Every year more than ten new 'authentic' Italian cookbooks. Do you want them all? New! But this again: Delightful Rome by Eleonora Galasso.
Cookies
Eleonora Galasso has written a wonderful book and in two weeks I tried four recipes that were all clearly described and really tasty. Biscottini da inzuppo (cookies to dip in your cappuccino). Turns out I really needed a cookie tin for that. The recipe stated that I could put the dough on a baking tray with a piping bag, but these turned out to be rather messy cookies because the dough spread a lot. They were very tasty though.
chocolate cake
In addition, I made a chocolate cake with amaretti and tutti frutti (delicious, but order good cherries in syrup from a specialty store and don't add the watery supermarket cherries like I did), spaghetti carbonara (the classic recipe) and a recipe with sea bream (dorade). Dorade is a fish commonly eaten in the Mediterranean region. Well, I did need some help from a friend who knew how to clean fish (thanks Chafia!), but you can also look it up at home on YouTube if you don't have a handy friend nearby. Also here was: delicious!
Classics and newcomers
The recipes are full of classic Italian flavors, but there were also some recipes that I really couldn't have come up with or seen somewhere before. That's always fun. Furthermore, the book is illustrated with beautiful photos and a clear, well-arranged layout. Publisher Good Cook makes good cookbooks. They bring in the international bestsellers, but not only those of the well-known TV chefs. The publishing house specializes in cookbooks and shows that it really understands food.
Eleanor Galasso
The writer behind this cookbook is a beautiful lady, who appears in many photos in beautiful elegant clothes with high heels and an aubergine in her hand. Whether she's Italian or not (that's not entirely clear to me), it doesn't really matter. It is clear that at least she is at home in Rome. And being at home in Italy, that once again turns out to be the basis for the best italian cookbooks.
Delicious Rome
by: Eleonora Galasso
240 pp.
€ 24,95
Good Cook, March 2017
ISBN 9789461431639
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