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Christmas gifts for cooking lovers, signed La Cucina Italiana – Italian Cuisine

The most beautiful Christmas gifts for those who love cooking in all its forms. Here are the gifts signed La Cucina Italiana to put under the tree this year!

The countdown to December 25th has officially begun and, as always, the race to the Christmas Gifts it gets more and more hectic as we approach the fateful date. If you are here, however, we want to make it easier for you with our gift ideas for cooking enthusiasts and, above all, fond of La Cucina Italiana. This time the gifts have multiplied for you, there is really something for everyone: for those who love to eat, for those who love to cook, for those who have yet to learn. Are you ready to discard them?

For those who like to receive guests in style: the service of dishes

To celebrate our 90th anniversary, we presented three services with different decorations, a collection that talks about food and great history, designed by our art director Brendan Allthorpe and from our editor Angela Odone in collaboration with Geminiano Cozzi Venezia 1765

You can find it for sale in a selection of Coin stores and in some prestigious wedding boutiques. Look more in the gallery above.

For skilled cooks: the recipe book

The cookbook is a 192 page notebook where you can write down your recipes, with times, ingredients, procedures, combinations and the preferences (or intolerances) of your guests. The recipe book, made in collaboration with the historic Pineider brand and available for purchase at the store Condé Nast Frame (Piazza Cadorna 5/7, Milan) or in the Pineider showroom (Via Monte Napoleone 19), includes a special subscription offer for La Cucina Italiana.

For those who want to learn: cooking classes (and not only)

An experience to give to loved ones or to do together, to learn the secrets of cooking directly from our chefs. The variety of cooking classes a The School of Italian Cuisine (Via San Nicolao 7, Milan) can satisfy all tastes: from cooking classes to pastry ones, from classic themes to the most distant gastronomic worlds.

The gift voucher you can buy it easily online: it is an open six-month coupon that the recipient can use at will to choose the course and date he or she prefers. Buy it here.

The experience of our cooking classes also comes to your home, thanks to digital courses. Every week new video lessons are waiting for you, to become real experts in the kitchen. Find out more by clicking here.

For those who love to discover: the magazine subscription

Every month many recipes, trips, news, stories of great chefs and Italian families. The monthly The Italian Cuisine by subscription at a special price, both in printed and digital versions. Here all the information.

For those in search of recipes: the series of books by La Cucina Italiana

Available in bookshops and online, the monographic manuals created in collaboration with Antonio Vallardi Publisher they are the perfect gift for those who love to cook and always discover new techniques and ideas. Inside, photographs from our archive and detailed recipes to make delicious dishes. See them all in the gallery above.

2019, gourmet gifts for Christmas and the Befana – Italian Cuisine

There is no time to lose: we have prepared ours advent calendar do-it-yourself (and if not, fast: better late than never!), we are preparing to prepare cookies (here around the world in 10 Christmas cookies) and now of course starts the gift panic. No fear! Here are some suggestions of products to taste and give.

Let's start with panettone, because there are occasions in life where the classic of tradition dominates even in the most rebellious songs. And then other great classics, such as baskets and various chocolates and original ideas, even savory ones.

Panettoni, the delicious Christmas tradition

Thirty years of experience in organic products and a panettone, that whole wheat (13,50 €) , which combines genuine taste and gourmet health: never again heartburn thanks to leavening with sourdough, wholemeal cane sugar and acacia honey that sweeten this greedy product by Baule Volante.

180770 Staying on bio, do not miss the Christmas Cake with candied ginger signed Lotus flower (€ 14.50), a brand that since 1972 has been promoting healthy, sustainable and conscious nutrition in the Italian industry. Swithout ingredients of animal origin, perfect to satisfy even the palate of consumers vegans and wrapped in an elegant package.

Panettone with Italian candied apple and cinnamon, the result of three days of slow and wise work, it is a novelty signed this year The Viaggiator Goloso. Without raisins and peel of candied citrus fruits. (€ 8.99)

The inevitable Christmas sweets of the Fratelli Carli prepared with theorlio instead of butter. In classic version, soft, with chocolate and Genoese pandolce. The latter is a low sweet pastry, brown in color and with a generous filling of pine nuts, raisins and candied fruit (1 kg- 14.80 €).

180776 The ancient Muzzi pastry shop of Foligno gives this Christmas a very special initiative: famous for its Panettone with wine, it has developed in collaboration with the sommeliers of theNational Association of Women of Wine a guide to wine and panetton pairingsthe. Free with all the panettone from the Wine line. (€ 20)

Nutrifree is a reference brand for guaranteed and certified products lfree. All Nutrifree Christmas Premium line products contain butter, lactose-free milk and are gluten-free. Like the panettone with cocoa and candied apricot or the original one with the soft and delicate dough with the intense flavor of black rice and the rich filling of red fruits (€ 10.99).

The Milanese pastry shop Giovanni Cova celebrate this Christmas on genius of Leonardo with a line of panettoni and artisan pandoro wrapped in its works. The "Classic" wrapped in the Mona Lisa; The last Supper that covers Panettone with white chocolate, raspberry and pistachio drops; The Lady with the Ermine for the turmeric and ginger and many others. Limited and printed edition in very high resolution. (From € 21.30 to € 25.60)

Galup – which also has a lactose-free and gluten-free line and a mark of Piedmontese excellence, the Antica Pasticceria Ferrua – among the novelties it presents the panettone of the Pop Art Line in manga style signed by the artist Max Ferrigno and the Skier's Panettone, to the taste of Apple and Cinnamon with IGP Piedmont hazelnuts glaze, the first and exclusive panettone dedicated to ski lovers (15,90 €).

Chocolate, finally every excuse is good!

BOULE D’OR, sphere of delicious chocolate that contains a creamy filling. They are the work of Backpacks, class 1913. Among the proposals, the elegant gold and blue package closed with a fabric bow, which opens like a book, to be chosen between Boule d'or with milk or dark (€ 5.90 ).

180782 Nougat of gianduja, Boeri, pralines and orange peel, Bodratini in three different consistencies of chocolate and still cremini, bar and tartufini. The collection Bodrato it is renewed every year. For a special package, don't miss the small and elegant hatbox.

With a very competitive price (€ 2.99), the Snowman Ferrero Rocher, sweet, decorative and fun gift in three different versions graphics. For young and old!

The really nice Nutella Xmas Jumper, in a limited edition: the 1 kg Nutella jar. wears the must-have of the holidays: a real Christmas-themed sweater! And that of Christmas Jumpers is now a real fashion … (€ 9.99)

Let's smear Christmas with the creams Pernigotti, luscious in many flavors including gianduia nero, cremino and the new 2019, the cream grain (€ 4.29), enriched with lots of tasty praline hazelnut chunks. All creams are free of gluten, hydrogenated fats and palm oil.

The Pernigotti hazelnut (5.90€) in his version with classical gianduia contains 39% hazelnuts (whole and in paste) and 33% cocoa. Even for those who are gluten intolerant.

Herbal teas & honey, but also cold cuts & cheeses

There Winter Collection by Pompadour encloses a selection of 6 delicious infusions typical winter fruit. Caldo Abbraccio which brings us back to the characteristic aromas of the mountain cabin; Garofano Cinnamon with the aroma of spices, Winter Magic fromthe delicious aroma of homemade strudel; Red Orange and Blackberry Blackberry to delight the palate from the first sip; 1001 Night for a dream trip to the East. (4.20 €)

180785 IS what could be better than sweetening a delicious infusion with a good one honey? The Christmas Mielizia kaleidoscope (8 €) is an original tasting kit in a cylindrical package. It contains 4 single-flower honeys: orange, wood, chestnut and millefiori. And good honey is combined … a good cheese!

And of Giovanni Ferrari S.p.A., tocompany born of the historian dairy Lodi (class 1823), the idea of ‘Vertical tasting’ of cheeses along with others products of excellence Made in Italy. As the Party box with Grana Padano Ferrari in 2 seasonings is the Vergani Panettone, spiced with candied apples and pears, a pinch of ginger and chilli pepper. (9.95 €)

IS so rich and original the Advent Calendar Speck Moser, which can also become a Christmas gift! 24 surprises of the South Tyrolean tradition, including the original Moser Speck Alto Adige PGI, the tasty cold cuts, salami and salami and also some exclusive gadgets like EVA knives. (€ 64.95)

Baskets & boxes, gala dresses from gourmet packages

ALDI, signature of convenient and quality expenditure, proposes the Christmas Basket gourmet "Region that you go" (€ 16.99), with many delicious local specialties, all with the DOP and IGP mark: cantuccini Tuscan, aceto balsamic and cotechino di Modena, orlio ages Terre di Bari, sSicilian style is Pasta from Gragnano. On sale until 12/24/2019.

180794 Pfor a version luxurious we choose the Basket Diamond by The Viaggiator Goloso: a real triumph of flavors enclosed in 28 products, from bronze-drawn Pasta di Gragnano to Franciacorta Satèn Millesimato D.O.C.G., passing through hand-made tuna fillets, all enclosed in an elegant trunk with handles.199.90 €).

THEto Xmas Gingerbread Box Molino Rossetto (€ 14.90 ) is a magical tin box containing the Prepared for Biscuits Gingerbread along with aromas, utensils and decorations to achieve, with ease and guarantee of results, the characteristic "little man" Christmas cookies.

Probios, organic since 1978, proposes the Bio Delizie basket, purchasable only online (7€ 3.03 discounted ): gingerbread and chocolate-coated orange peel; pistachio pesto and artichoke risotto; panettone and sparkling wine. And many other organic delicacies.

TOanother round, another gift! From coffee to zampone, passing through good oil

180809 Among the Gift Boxes Fratelli Carli, all rich in goodness and strictly dressed up for celebration, stand out this year rich packaging "Bio" (from oil to honey, from lentils to herbs).It's new "Four Oils Bucket" (28,80 €). Qfour precious varieties of Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Delicato, Fruttato, Cento per Cento Italiano and Bio.

Guido1860 and the new brand designed by Guido Novaro, descendant of a family that has always been linked to oil (founders of the Oil Sace). Among the packs available online, the casket (60 €) contains a bottle of very precious oil Genesis of Taggiasca olives, along with goodies like the pesto Genoese DOP and various pate: olives, artichokes & tuna, dried tomatoes.

The Zampone Consortium and Cotechino Modena PGI jealously guards the over 500 years of history of these excellences all Italian, which during the Christmas holidays embody the tradition at the table. But also the revolution! The zampone, for example, becomes hamburger: why not?!?

Caffé Vergnano, authentic Italian espresso since 1882, promotes Women in coffee, in support of projects of women working in coffee plantations. That was why created one Pink Collection: a part of the proceeds of the products of the line will be donated to them.

Carola Traverso Saibante
December 2019

DISCOVER THE COOKING COURSES OF SALT & PEPE

a homemade idea for Christmas gifts – Italian Cuisine

It is red, it is a good omen, it is perfect after meals and, if prepared at home, it is made with the heart. What better gift for these holidays?

You want to impress your friends with a homemade gift?
Prepare the pomegranate liqueur, perfect for all parties … and also a good omen!

Handmade gift = Gift made with the heart

A bottle of homemade liqueur is always a welcome gift during the holidays because it is a gift made with your own hands, with love and passion, a gift that warms up … especially if it is an alcoholic beverage.
What is the ingredient symbol of luck, wealth and prosperity Christmas and New Year holidays? Without a doubt the pomegranate and therefore we want to suggest you use it for the preparation of this delicious ruby red liqueur, perfect after meals and to serve without ice.

Pomegranate liqueur recipe

To prepare the pomegranate liqueur, the starting point is always the same as that used for all alcoholic preparations.
First let themselves be soaked pomegranate seeds for about 10 days in alcohol. Once their taste, color and taste are released, they should be filtered and the alcohol should be diluted with one water and sugar syrup.
The liqueur must rest for a couple of weeks before being consumed because all the aromas must be mixed to the fullest.
For the proportions between ingredients considered two pomegranates for 500 ml of alcohol to then add to the prepared syrup by dissolving 350 g of sugar in 500 ml of boiling water.

Small jewel bottles

If you want to donate your homemade liqueur we suggest you choose some glass bottles particularly elegant.
You can find beautiful ones in the flea markets or you can recycle old liquor bottles or even old ones bottles of old perfumes, obviously after having carefully sterilized everything.

How to clean the pomegranate

To prepare a sweet and aromatic liqueur you must pay attention to the cleanliness of the fruit. There must be no white residues inside the alcohol at the time of maceration, therefore when shelled pomegranate remove them carefully.
A trick to get only the beans out of the rind is to cut the pomegranate in half and then tap the back with a spoon.