Rustic Restaurants, punctures and snow in Southern Italy
Posted: March 12, 2012 Filed under: Campania, Drinks, General, Liqueur, Regional Cuisine, Uncategorized, Wine | Tags: food, Italian Food, Italian lifestyle, italy, living in Italy, restaurant, rustic, snow 4 Comments »Il Brigante, Sieti (SA)
The name of this restaurant is “the robber”, but it won’t run away with your money, honest! This was one of the very first restaurants I came to with the Italian boy and friends, and where I first experienced a group meal “the Italian way”, that is to say with a lot of gesticulating, shouting across the table, good natured banter and free flowing red wine.
Homemade red wine in chipped ceramic ware...
If that sounds like your thing (and to be honest, it it isn’t then Italy isn’t really your thing either) then look no further than here. Even if it is a pain in the proverbial to get there and back. More on that later…
Mandarinetto liqueur
Posted: February 6, 2012 Filed under: Campania, Drinks, Liqueur | Tags: amalfi coast, Campania, Christmas, citrus, citrus liqueur, digestif, digestivo, food, food and drink, fruit, homemade liqueur, Italian drink, Italian Food, italian liqueur, liqueur, mandarin liqueur, Mandarinetto, mandarins, Winter Leave a comment »Mandarinetto from Campania
Most people have heard of limoncello, that sweet, tangy oh-so-mediterranean liqueur from the Amalfi Coast which just screams of summer, sun and after dinner drinks on a balcony surrounded by the scent of the sea. Yes, limoncello is deservedly famous. And easy to make… but that’s for another post.
How many of you have heard of its equally delicious winter equivalent, mandarinetto? Not many of you I bet.
Yummy mandarin liqueur
With its richer, darker colour and sweeter, even more aromatic flavour, mandarinetto is every bit as goos as limoncello as well as even easier to make. So when I saw a basket full of mandarins sitting in the corner of the green grocer’s on the corner for 80ç, I bought them.
Coffee liqueur
Posted: December 17, 2011 Filed under: Drinks, Liqueur | Tags: alcohol, coffee, coffee liqueur, coffee liqueur recipe, drinks, Italian Coffee, italian liqueur, Italian recipe, liqueur, recipe 4 Comments »
Italians like their liqueurs… and so do I. For the Italians, liqueurs are made to be sipped out of small glasses after dinner as a digestivo, ie. to help their food go down. You can get liqueurs made out of almost anything, but probably the easiest to make at home is liquore al caffé, coffee liqueur.
You will need:
Excuse the messy table...
One litre of pure, food grade alcohol
500g (minimum!) of caster sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla essence
One litre of STRONG coffee
The coffee maker in the above picture is a Moka, used to make Italian espresso at home. Read the rest of this entry »
