Sabato 5 aprile 10am-12pm

Freemans Bay Community Centre

52 Hepburn St

Freemans Bay, Auckland

Dante Rooms, Freemans Bay Community Centre

52 Hepburn St

Freemans Bay

Join us for our monthly colazione at the Dante, and for an early Easter celebration and a taste of Colomba, the Italian Easter cake, plus a second hand book sale and a raffle to win your own Colomba!

Colomba (which means dove in Italian) is the Easter cake that all Italians eat during the Easter period, a bit like Panettone during Christmas time. The cake takes its name from its shape, baked in the form of a dove, which is a symbol of peace, as well as the sign of spring. 

Today's recipe comes from a very talented blogger and home cook, Loredana from the Blog La cucina di mamma Loredana. Loredana lives in Abruzzo, but she comes from Molise, and her family eat these traditional cheese pastries at Easter. In fact the handwritten recipe is from her grandfather! Can you read it? Cacio dolce, pecorino and rigatino are all cheeses (that you can substitute with other types), and for the pastry you can use vegetable oil or sugna; can you guess what sugna is? Try to find out!

Casciatelli alla molisana

From La cucina di mamma Loredana

Ricetta di Pasqua che di più non si può.

Direttamente dal pugno di nonno Gino la ricetta tradizionale dei rustici che si preparano a Pasqua a casa dei miei, nel Molise.

I Casciatelli

Gli ingredienti

Il ripieno                                                                                               La ricetta

Prima di infornare

Pronti per essere mangiati

PS Io ho omesso il prezzemolo, i miei li preferiscono senza.

Source: http://lacucinadimamma-loredana.blogspot.it/2011/04/casciatelli-alla-molisana.html