• Creamy Chicken Pie

    Rarely do I see a dish that is as versatile as it is easy, but the Chicken Pie is exactly that. The crust is made in a blender, there’s no pre-baking anything, and it’s a great dish for brunch, lunch or dinner.  This recipe could be easily adapted to suit vegetarians.  Ingredients: Dough 2 eggs 1 cup flour 250ml milk 125ml vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tbs grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese or Grana Padano 1 tbs baking powder Filling 2 cups (cooked and shredded chicken 1 medium onion 3 cloves (more or less to taste) garlic 3/4 cup peas (frozen) 1/2 cup olives 1/2 cup corn (Canned or Frozen) 2…

  • Ricotta Pie

    I still remember the first time I tasted Ricotta Pie. I was at one of my best friend’s house studying, and her mother, Tia Telma, a Paulista of Italian descent, brought us this fresh and hot out-of-the-oven deliciousness as our afternoon snack. It was so good that this pie was forever marked in my mind. Recently, in a fit of nostalgia and sweet cravings, I asked Tia Thelma for this recipe, but she didn’t even remember she used to make this pie for us!  Haha! After endless search on the internet, I found a recipe that didn’t really look the same to Tia Thelma’s but luckily for me it tastes exactly the…