Every time we ate this dish, my grandfather told me: “Pasta e ceci like the Pugliesi”. He told it to me in dialect and till I begin to write the recipes on the blog, I have never asked about: “Do the Pugliesi really eat the pasta e ceci or is it just my grandfather’s invention?” You will tell me, you will confirm it on the comments. For the moment, I am going to introduce you a wonderful recipe, very easy, prepared with the garbanzo beans from my vegetable garden. Read more
There are so many things to do in Salento during the Summer. I asked to my italian community on Facebook to write a list of places to visit, locals where to go, foods to eat … 19 advices were recommended, all of them very original, some mine, the most yours. So here for you the 19 things to do on Summer in Salento! Read more
An amazing April Sunday in Torre Lapillo, a Sunday, in the sign of the sun, the sea and the gentle north wind. The first hot Sunday of the season, a day that foretasted what will come. I took the opening image at the Goa Beach, in Torre Lapillo, in Belvedere zone close to Torre Chianca: a good deal of people who had the first dips of …sun that day after day becomes warmer. An emerald crystalline and transparent sea as an appreciate context. Read more
Who comes to Puglia must eat the orecchiette with turnip tops, in Winter when it’s possible to find them in plenty everywhere. It’s easy to find peddlers who sell fresh turnip tops just picked from the field! The orecchiette with turnip tops compete for primacy with the fava beans puree within the pugliese cooking. I have already told you about the fava beans puree here. I am going to introduce you my personal orecchiette with turnip tops recipe, from the South of the Puglia, where I live. Read more
Among the most beautiful beaches in Puglia there is the beach of the bay of Torre dell’Orso in Melendugno, Salento. A bay extended for about one kilometer with a thin sand, low dunes and at the back a pine forest. The sea is transparent and crystalline because of the tidal currents of the Canal of Otranto. You can reach this beach from the north, from the litoranean Adriatic road, just going beyond Roca; instead from the south beyond Sant’Andrea. The beach is within the bay dominated by the Torre dell’Orso, a sixteenth-century coastal tower, partially in ruins (you can see the following images. I have also included a set of photos of the beach). Close to this tower built by the man, there are two stacks built by the nature. You have already seen them in the opening image. These stacks’ name is Two sisters (Le Due Sorelle). I’m going to tell you the legend about them. Read more
This is a new acquisition of our portfolio concerning the offer of the holiday homes and the villas in Salento: flats (real estate Code: PP03A) at just 50 meters from the sea with the white sand of Punta Prosciutto, close to Lido degli Angeli, in Porto Cesareo. The apartments are just behind the amazing dunes of Punta Prosciutto and they have direct access to the sea. Some of them, those at the first floor, have an amazing sea-view! They are made up of a double bedroom, an alcove with two bunk beds, a bathroom with shower, at the entrance a living room with kitchen area, which works also as dinner room and an outside private place. Ideal for one family made up of four persons. Read more
The beaches of the Salento are so many and all very beautiful. The sea is transparent everywhere. There is, however, a beach that in particular is over the top: Punta Prosciutto, close to Torre Lapillo Bay and Porto Cesareo. These are some pictures that give the idea of this wonderful beach. Absolutely one of my favorite! Read more
I haven’t already told you about the fava beans purée, which in my opinion competes for the primacy of the cucina povera (poor cousine) in Puglia, of course together with the orecchiette with turnip tops. I introduce you my personal recipe from my zone. Then I will show you the other numerous possibilities to prepare this dish. The following recipe is one of my favorite, the classic one: the fava beans purée with vegetable. I want you to know that the fava beans purée always combines with a vegetable. I suggest you the country chicory and you will understand the reason by reading my recipe. Read more
Anyone who comes to Salento, both for a short period as well as for a long holiday during the hot summer, should absolutely visit Otranto, one of the most beautiful town in Italy. To arrive to the white and ancient town of Otranto, exposed on the Adriatic shoreline of the Salento, is very easy: it’s enough to take the 16th state highway which from Lecce arrives to Maglie and goes right towards the Adriatic sea. To drive along the 16th state highway means totally going into the salentine countryside, mainly characterized by the olive trees, a plantation that, in the last part of the way from Palmariggi to Otranto, invades the view by both sides of the roadway, by giving the impression to drive into a real tunnel among the olive trees. Read more
Today I tell you about this beautiful and luxurious villa with pool to rent on the Salento beaches: Villa Teresa (ID: LUX02). The last summer, I looked over the villa for the first time and I was immediately and positively surprised by it. It’s every inch a Mediterranean villa, warm concerning the style, just like the owners, who have furnished it with taste and with a refined simplicity. The villa has 14 beds divided between the central part and the dépendance, ideal for a numerous group of friends or at least for two or three families. Read more
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May 16th, 2013 
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