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Category: Blog
Giada De Laurentiis & Bobby Flay showed up at Locanda Demetra!
What a surprise it was for all of us at Locanda Demetra to receive an unexpected visit from Giada De Laurentiis and Bobby Flay on a beautiful sunny day in September 2019! Giada, Bobby and their film crew spent a week in Montalcino to film an episode of their new series “Bobby and Giada in…
Sogno Demetra Wine
Short story of a dream came true When we arrived at the farm in 2015 the vineyard was abandoned, invaded by ivy and “vitalba” (a strong and invasive vine) and with a lot of failed areas. Slowly we cleaned, restored it and started to propagate the plants. Lately we discover that this was one of…
Bicolored Strawberry Cheesecake
Vegetarian version with agar agar instead of fish glue During the spring and the summer, when in the garden we get tasty strawberries, we propose this dessert to the guests of the restaurant here at Locanda Demetra and the success is granted. In our family we always prepared some sort of cake based on cheeses:…
Tomato Sauce
The original Italian recipe from our grandma “Salsa di Pomodoro”, tomato sauce, is the classic of the classics in Italy; it’s impossible to imagine an Italian cuisine without it. We use this sauce as a starting base for a lot of famous plates like the Ragù alla Bolognese, the Parmigiana di Melanzane, Pizza and much…
Rose Jam
Flowers are one of our big passions. Many are edible and among these there are several kind of roses like the ones we have in the garden. In this video we show you how to pick, clean and cook the petals to prepare a delicious jam. Rose Jam is perfect for garnishing desserts, frozen semifreddo…
No Knead Bread
If you would like to prepare some bread without making your hands dirty and sticky with the dough, this is the perfect recipe for you. But not only: the same process can be used for all those flours with a low strenght (W) that have difficulties to rise vertically like the ancient varieties of wheat,…
Savory Shortbread
Have you ever thought of a savory shortbread to make biscotti and pies? This kind of dough is versatile and tasty, ideal for many different uses in the kitchen. Today Alessandro and Emanuela by Locanda Demetra show you how to prepare the dough of the savory shortbread and a possible use for your creations: salty…
How to make Italian Ravioli
With this new video on YouTube, we inaugurate our first series of video dedicated to a single topic. We start with the classic of the classics: Italian Fresh Pasta. Emanuela and Alessandro by Locanda Demetra explain how to prepare the dough with eggs, how to make sheets by pasta machine or, if you don’t have,…
We are on YouTube!
We were thinking about for a long time and now our YouTube channel is finally online! The period of lockdown is hard and the possibility to welcome international guests only starting from March 2021 gives us a lot of time to invest in those project remained just dreams for too many years. The aim is…