Olive That! And More, a new gourmet shop is moving into one of Montclair’s most charming spaces, 246 Bellevue Avenue, the former location of The Garden Shop.
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New Chef, New Style and New Name for Cafe Amici in Montclair
Chef Patrick Pierre-Jerome and owner, Albert FrancoCafe Amici, located at 32 Church St., will soon become Albert's Montclair. The change is largely inspired by the new chef heading up the kitchen at Cafe Amici, acclaimed Patrick Pierre-Jerome, the former chef/owner of Yves in Montclair.
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Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe - Ideal for Traditional Italian Easter Pie
Photo credit: John LeeHomemade Ricotta Cheese is really easy to make and doesn’t require any special equipment, save for cheese cloth, which in this recipe it will actually be used for cheese! Hands on time for this recipe is about 25 minutes, plus an hour or so for the cheese curd to drain, and additional time for the cheese to cool. Some tips, tricks and discoveries follow after the recipe.
For 2 cups of Ricotta Cheese
Ingredients :
2 quarts whole milk
Easter Pie Recipe: Pizza Piena
Hot From The Kettle reader, Mario DiBiase, just sent over his mother's recipe for Italian Pizza Piena. There's a great story behind the recipe, too!
First my mother would start off by going to all the Italian delis in the neighborhood and collect the heels (ends) of assorted cold cuts - salami, prosciutto, copacola, mortadela and prusciutto cotta (ham) and D E M A N D a discount for these left over cuts that "nessuno se catta" as she said. This is a medley of meets and I've found everyone uses something different, for Mom it was what ever she got on sale or was available. These are the ones that I thought made the best pie. I've had it made from just hot and sweet dried sausage too.
Here's my families recipe - enjoy:
Traditional Easter Pie Recipes: Ricotta Pie, Wheat Pie
Cross section of a Meat Pie from the Pie Store in MontclairThere's little reason to reinvent the wheel - or to reinvent the Italian Easter Pie(s), after all, the recipe has remained the same for generations.
Since we've worked our tails off (no pun intended) at HFTK this week, I will sign off for the holiday with two traditional Italian Easter Pie recipes. Last year, I posted my grandmother's recipes for Ricotta Pie and Wheat Pie, here again, I offer the recipes to you!
Click Here for the Ricotta Pie Recipe!
Click Here for the Wheat Pie Recipe!
If you've got a great "pizzagaina" (Italian Meat Pie) recipe, please send it over and I'll post.
Enjoy and have a Happy Easter!
Spring Project : Homemade Vanilla Extract
Photo Credit: John LeeEveryone loves vanilla, it’s that great aromatic sensation in freshly made ice cream, its almost as good as the brullee part of crème brullee, it adds just enough magic to pancakes to make brunch guests guess about your secret ingredient. But vanilla extract has some secrets of its own, and most of us don’t realize how big those secrets are until we read the label on the bottle.