This is another recipe to prepare biscuits, speciality of Venice. Mix together in a bowl 300 gms. of yellow flour finely ground, 1 tablespoon of white flour, 2 eggyolks, 150 gms.
of melted butter, 150 gms. of sugar, 100 gms. of raisins (left to soffen in tepid milk), 100 gms. of pine-seeds. Mix well with a [...]

This recipe brought to Venice with a load of spices some centuries ago, endured time also because G. Maffioli brought up to date and adapted it to the modern cuisine. Cook 300 gms.
of rice in 1 litre of milk with 100 gms. of sugar. Drain the rice before it is cooked and place it in [...]

It is a very delicate dessert, the Casanova way. First beat 4 eggyolks and 4 tablespoons of sugar until you obtain a nearly silver cream.Crown it with ½ litre of whipped cream. Mix gently, add the necessary quantity of isinglass melted in tepid water. Pour the lot in a mould and place it in the [...]

First melt 100 gms. of baking-powder in tepid milk and mix it with some tablespoons of flour. Place about 900 gms. of flour on the table, make a hole in its center and put into it the melted baking-powder, together with 4 eggs, 100 gms. of sugar, a pinch of salt, 200 gms. of lard [...]

This recipe, elaborated by N.H. Pietro Gaspare Moro-Lin, originates from the last century.
“These fritters, made of wheat fine flour, kneaded with baking-powder, pine-seeds, sugar, grapes from Calabria vine-yards, were fried in hot boiling oil”.
According to a recipe brought up to date by G. Maffioli, these fritters are made as follows. Mix together about 500 gms. [...]

This recipe, elaborated by N.H. Pietro Gaspare Moro-Lin, originates from the last century.
“These fritters, made of wheat fine flour, kneaded with baking-powder, pine-seeds, sugar, grapes from Calabria vine-yards, were fried in hot boiling oil”.
According to a recipe brought up to date by G. Maffioli, these fritters are made as follows. Mix together about 500 gms. [...]

Place on a rolling-board about 1 kilo of white flour, break 3 eggs in it, then add 300 gms.
of sugar, 200 gms. of melted butter, a 4 grated rind of lemon, a pinch of lemon, a sprinkling of powdered cinnamon, ½ glass of sweet wine. Knead well and form some ring-shaped buns, which are to [...]

These are the most well-known, crispy, light and tasty biscuits. They need a rather long preparation, but it is worth doung. Put 70 gms. of flour on a table, make a hole in its center and pour into it 15 gms. of brewer’s yeast (melted in tepid water). Mix into dough so as to obtain [...]