You asked me to relate the story of the time in my youth when my father (Luigi — the grandfather you never knew) made some homemade wine. Well, we have to go way back to, I believe, the year 1940. We had recently moved to Swanzey, NH. The house Dad had bought was a two story…
Tag: Len Farina
Len’s Guidelines for Making Pasta
Most books will say use one cup of flour for each egg. My experience has been less rather than more flour is safer. I would use about 9/10ths a cup of flour to an egg. The goal is to make dough that has barely enough flour to absorb egg. There is no precise way to…
Bapa’s Pistachio Pudding Cake
1 pkg white cake mix 1 pkg pistachio pudding ½ c orange juice ½ c water ½ c oil 4 eggs ½-1 c pistachio nuts ¾ c chocolate syrup (i.e. Hershey’s) Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix all ingredients except for chocolate syrup well to make batter. Fill a well-greased bundt pan with ⅔ of the…
Pistachio-Apricot Biscotti
8 T (1 stick) unsalted butter ¾ c sugar 2 large eggs 1 t pure vanilla extract 1 t freshly grated lemon or orange zest 2½ c all-purpose flour 1½ t baking powder ¼ t salt 1 c shelled pistachios 1 c dried apricots cut into ¼-inch dice Heat oven to 350°. In the bowl…
LF’s Soft Chocolate Cookies (aka Sour Cream Chocolate Cookies)
2 eggs 1 c sugar 2 sq unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled 2 c sifted cake flour ½ t salt ½ t baking powder ½ t baking soda 1 c sour cream 2 t pure vanilla Beat eggs til thick and lemon colored. Gradually add sugar. Add melted chocolate. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with…
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