Chocolate, Orange And Hazelnut Biscotti

Your gift boxes look great! Still working on cookies for the library bake sale and a birthday cake. The gift boxes are next I hope.

Orange Liqueur Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potato Side dish for Holiday dinner Orange Liqueur Sweet Potatoes Ingredients 5 sweet potatoes/yams 1/2 cup honey 1 stick melted butter 1 teaspoon ground cardamom 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 cup tangerine (or orange) juice 3 tablespoons orange liqueur Directions Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F. Scrub, peel and dry the potatoes, then … Continue reading Orange Liqueur Sweet Potatoes

What Is In Season In December? — jovinacooksitalian

This month the market offers lots of festive ingredients in anticipation of the coming holidays. I find it is a great time to perk up your winter dishes with lots of fruit flavors. This week I picked up fennel and apples to enhance some pork cutlets and oranges to give swordfish a new look. Carrots […] … Continue reading What Is In Season In December? — jovinacooksitalian

Best Damn Fruitcake The Start Of Holiday Baking

This fruitcake actually looks good! Love the name.

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Festive

It’s been a little while since I’ve posted anything, things have been kind of crazy and time has gotten past me. Cooking has not been a priority except what I need to sustain myself. I am going to make a concerted effort to post more, cook more, develop recipes, it’s my passion that frankly has taken a back seat to other things and I feel like I am unbalanced. I need to get back in the groove so to speak and am hoping that all the cooking that I am doing will help me to get my mojo back. In January my blog will be 5 years old, thats a long time and I am proud of how this site has evolved and also saddened that I have let it slip away lately. It has taken me a while to get some balance after the passing of Nando and…

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Fresh Pear and Cranberry Pie

Fresh Pear and Cranberry Pie Ingredients 1 recipe Single-Crust Pie 8 cups sliced red and/or green ripe pears (7 to 8 pears; 3 to 3-1/2 lb. total) 1 cup fresh cranberries 1/4 cup sugar 3 Tbsp. cornstarch 2 Tbsp. apple cider or water 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg 1 Tbsp. sugar 2 Tbsp. caramel-flavored ice cream … Continue reading Fresh Pear and Cranberry Pie