Video Recipe of the Week by Lorena Merighi - How to Prepare Italian Apple Fritters

It's apple Season and our dear friend Lorena from Bella Italia Store, will show us how to make Italian Apple Fritters a true Autumn delicacy. A base Italian batter recipe enhanced with the zest of  a lemon along with the apples is a true match and a wonderful delight.




Base Ingredients

                                                              Refer to video for directions

Apples
Italian 00 flour
Sugar
Lemon (zest and juice)
egg
milk 
baking powder

Video Recipe of the Week by Lorena Merighi - How to Make Focaccia

Have you ever heard of anyone saying,  they don't like focaccia? Personally I've never heard of anyone saying "no" to focaccia. Focaccia, this famous pizza like white bread, which easily accompanies very well many Italian cold cuts and cheeses, is part of Italy's culture and makes a great meal. In the recent years Focaccia has become very popular in the US and many restaurants, cafes and pubs have introduced it on their menu. Now you can make your very own focaccia at home and  in this video Lorena, shows us how sage and rosemary come together in this amazing, delicious and easy to make focaccia recipe. 





Easy to Make Focaccia Recipe by Lorena Merighi


How to prepare focaccia! Easy to follow recipe, step-by-step, from beginning to end!
Ingredients are:
240 gr. lukewarm water (1 cup)
30 gr. Italian extra virgin olive oil (about 3 tbsp)
7 gr. dry active yeast (1 envelope or 1 tsp)
7 gr. salt (1 tsp)
345 gr. Italian 00 flour (about 2 1/2 cup)
Measurements in grams are more accurate, if you have a scale that weighs them, use it. Recipe Courtesy of Bella Italia Photo Credit: Google