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lafocacciaqueen

Self Taught Home Chef.👩‍🍳🇮🇹
💌 lafocacciaqueen@gmail.com
Known as“Focaccia Queen”in my family.
Classic Italian Recipes Our Nonna’s made.
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Befana….Epiphany. Most businesses in Italy are clo Befana….Epiphany. Most businesses in Italy are closed today and families get together and share an amazing meal and yummy traditional sweets. It was a beautiful for my kids to experience all of this when we were in Puglia, Italy in 2009 for Christmas. We also spent New Years and La Befana there too. I even got a stocking too from my sweet Befana.🤣🥳🎉🇮🇹🎄 #instagram #reels #viral #trending #instagood
Lamb Speducci cooked on the stovetop in my new pan Lamb Speducci cooked on the stovetop in my new pan. You can get it on my website LaFocacciaQueen.com. If you want your lamb to remain juicy, I find this is the best way to cook lamb. It remains soft, juicy and so flavourful. Comes together in just few minutes. Keep turning it over on med/high heat. I made 2 batches of 10 as you can see here in the video. I forgot to add garlic in the first batch. Make sure to add your garlic cloves. The combination of the garlic, rosemary and wine is just magical. It adds such an amazing flavour and sweetness to the lamb. When I’m not bbq’ing, I also love to cook my lamb chops this way. My family just loves it. Go on my website and get your pan today. I’ll tag it in my story. Enjoy.👌👩‍🍳 Recipe⬇️ Stovetop Lamb Speducci 10 lamb speducci Fresh rosemary sprigs 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 3 garlic cloves, cut in half Splash of white wine Salt/pepper to taste Note- I ended up making 2 batches of 10 speducci. Method Heat a large nonstick grill pan over med/high. Add garlic cloves, speducci, olive oil, and fresh rosemary. Keep turning on every side once, then add a splash of wine. Turning again until lightly golden and juicy. Depending on how cooked you want them, they should be ready in 5 mins. If you want them a bit more golden, cook for another 2 mins. Do not over cook. They are so delicious and juicy. Make some flat green beans/baked potatoes and a salad and you have a delicious dinner. #instagram #instagood #viral #trending #reels
Castagnelle Cookies. This video is dedicated to my Castagnelle Cookies. This video is dedicated to my mother in law and all her 9 siblings who have passed on.🙏Every Christmas we would smell these amazing cookies in each of their homes. I actually got teary eyed making these. So many beautiful memories with these cookies and many more. Castagnelle are a Pugliese Christmas tradition made throughout the month of Dec. They’re crunchy on the outside and soft and nutty on the inside. Just amazing!! Thank you to my cousin Dorothy for helping me convert all the measurements and bring this recipe back to life. Our Mil’s were sisters & this is exactly how they did it!!👩‍🍳👩‍🍳 I found that they all use to overcook them and make them too crunchy. I bake them a little less.👩‍🍳 My husband is so happy that I am carrying on his Mamma’s Christmas traditions.🤗♥️ Now I will share the recipe and my wish is that hopefully the next generation after me will also take over and continue these beautiful Italian Tradition’s.🙏👩‍🍳🤗 This is her original recipe but I shaped made another version of these biscotti last week which were also amazing. Try them both.👩‍🍳👌🇮🇹 Recipe in my caption below.⬇️ #instagram #instagood #reels #viral #trending
Buttery Citrus Shrimp.🍤 You need to try my brother Buttery Citrus Shrimp.🍤 You need to try my brother in law Vito’s delicious shrimp bursting with flavour.🍤👌😋Secret ingredient is the Grand Marnier liquour. What can I say, we Italians love to add liquor in a lot of our dishes. Don’t worry the alcohol will evaporate and I promise, you won’t get tipsy.🙏👌 You can also bake them in the oven for 20 mins at 400 F. Bbq them on the grill for 2-3 mins on each side. Add them on skewers, turning once until they turn light orange in colour.🍤 (Marinate & refrigerate for a few hrs). Written recipe in my comments below.⬇️ #instagram #viral #instagood #reels trending
Ricotta Cookies with lemon glaze.🍋This Cookie is m Ricotta Cookies with lemon glaze.🍋This Cookie is my top 5 Cookies of 2025. Absolutely delicious pillowy soft. The lemon in the glaze compliments the ricotta snd brings the cookie to another level. They are heavenly. Note****Make sure not to over cook them. The top of the cookie will always remain white, it doesn’t mean they’re not cooked. As soon as the bottom of the cookie is lightly golden, remove them quickly bc they’re ready. This is the secret of how you’re going to achieve that pillowy soft cookie.👌👩‍🍳 To all my new followers, this is my gift for you. So why not make them today, tomorrow and forever.👩‍🍳🤷‍♀️Save this recipe bc your friends and family are going to go crazy for them. You can’t stop at just one. You gotta keep going. That’s just the way it goes with these…..sorry. 🤣👌😋👩‍🍳Thanks again Rosanna for sharing these with my niece Sabrina and then of course I had to have this recipe too. So I could share it with the world. Now the world is a better place with these biscotti.🙏🌎😋👩‍🍳 Buon Anno.🇮🇹Happy New Year.🙏❤️So excited for 2026.👩‍🍳 Recipe in my comments below pinned at the top.⬇️ #instagram #instagood #reels #trending #viral
Sautéd Shrimp with butter, extra virgin olive oil Sautéd Shrimp with butter, extra virgin olive oil and finished off with a splash of white wine, topped with fresh parsley! You can substitute butter with extra oil. So easy and delicious. This dish literally comes together in minutes. How do you know when they’re ready?? When their colour changes to a light orange…..they are done. Do not over cook or they will be rubbery. No fuss, no mess. My family and friends love this shrimp dish. I mean…what’s not to love. So delicious and bursting with flavour. Have a safe and happy New Year. Thank you for another beautiful year together. Recipe below.⬇️ #Instagram #viral #instagood #trending #reels
Today we said Goodbye to Our Beautiful Zia Rosa.🙏❤ Today we said Goodbye to Our Beautiful Zia Rosa.🙏❤️😇🪽Zia Rosa was 80 1/2 yrs old and she was blessed with 5 children (2 are twin boys).🙏 12 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren (2 are twin boys).🙏What a beautiful family her and Zio Luigi have created.🙏❤️ She had a larger than life personality!🤩She was so caring, loving and the most generous human being you could ever meet. She was actually my husband’s Zia, but I met her when I was only 17yrs old. We hung out on a weekly basis at my mil’s house. We played cards, we baked cookies, made focaccia’s. We always had so many laughs when we were together.🤣🥳 First thing Zia Rosa asked me when I met her in 1984 was….Do you know I dieci Comandamenti? Do you know the Ten Comandments? I think I know most of them Zia, why!!! She said, No you don’t!! I have to teach you them before you get married. If you don’t know them, then you’re not ready for marriage. Oh geez, ok Zia. What are you?? 1. Go to school 2. Get a job 3. Make money (save money) 4. Learn how to cook 5. Keep your nails short so you can do the dishes 6. Learn how to clean the toilets 7. Wash dirty mutandi (underwear) 8. Find a nice Italian boyfriend 9. Get married 10. Have lot’saa kidz…… Loved to visit Zia and bring her food. It brought her so much joy.🙏❤️ Read more in my comments below.⬇️ #instagram #viral #trending #reels #instagood
Lentil Soup at New Year’s Eve has been an Italian Lentil Soup at New Year’s Eve has been an Italian tradition at my mil’s house since I was a teenager. ❤️🇮🇹👩‍🍳We have these on New Years Eve bc their coin like shape signifies health, wealth and prosperity. Buona fortuna/Good fortune for the entire year.🙏❤️ This dish reminds me of my childhood. It’s home, it’s comfort, it’s one of the most iconic authentic Nonna dishes. Nonna use to make this dish for me on repeat. We ate it as a soup more liquidy, or a bit thicker with pasta (d’adini), rice or on its own. It’s quick, inexpensive & a no brainer. I’ve made many videos of this dish on my page bc that’s how much I love it.❤️Lentil is a great source of iron, which I’ve always been low on in the past. I love the fact that you don’t have to soak them overnight. Just lay them flat on a dish & go through them to make sure there aren’t any tiny little stones. You may find 1 or 2, just remove them & give the lentil a quick rinse. Since it’s such a healthy dish, I usually make lentil all year round. I made sure to introduce this to my children at a very young age, just like Nonna did for me. This recipe was actually my mother in laws. When I was a teenager, she taught me how to make it her way. She never sautéd her veggies. She just added them raw right into her pot of water. I usually do it that way too. But sometimes I like to change things up. People ask me, but where are the onions?? One rule Nonna Lucrezia had #was…..Absolutely No Onions go into her lentil!!!🤷‍♀️Only whole garlic cloves. If the garlic was huge then you cut it in half. As you can see in my video, I added: 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, 2 carrots, 2 celery stalks with the soft leaves, 3 garlic cloves, 3 Romano tomatoes chopped(frozen from my garden), handful of thinly chopped parsley, 3 bay leaves, one tablespoon organic soft veggie bouillon, salt, pepper, 400g dry lentil (2 cups), approx 3 liters of water. Cook for 45mins to 1 hrCooked basmati rice separately. Serve, drizzle some very good extra virgin olive oil on top & freshly ground cracked pepper. Enjoy.👩‍🍳🇮🇹❤️ #instagram#instagood #instadaily#trending
On Christmas Eve I asked my Papa to bring me a sma On Christmas Eve I asked my Papa to bring me a small platter of my favourite winter fruits.😋Fichi D’india (prickly pears), Figi (figs), Cachi (persimmons) and Melograni (pomegranates). This is what he brought me. We served it on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and barely made a dent! We even had a separate platter of strawberries, blueberries, and melon that never made it out. This is where my inspiration for presentation comes from.👨‍🍳👌🇮🇹 Growing up in a supermarket, I remember how he always made everything look beautiful….perfectly stocked shelves, spotless, and organized. At 85, he’s still the same: picture perfect 🙏❤️ Anyone that knows my Papa knows that this is his thing! Every Sunday he always prepares the most amazing fruit platters. Depending on the season, you will always see a variety of colourful sweet delicious yummy fruit.👨‍🍳🍒🍓🍇🍎🍉🍑🍊🍍🍏🍐🥝🥭🥥🍈 Grazie Papa. Hai fatto un ottimo lavoro! 😋👨‍🍳You did a great job!👌👨‍🍳 Let’s not forget all my baked goodies!👌👩‍🍳Buonissimi.😋 #instagram #viral #trending #fyp #instagood
Buon Natale a tutti. 🎅🧑‍🎄Merry Christmas Eve to ev Buon Natale a tutti. 🎅🧑‍🎄Merry Christmas Eve to everyone.🎅🧑‍🎄Thank you for always making me feel so special with your wonderful heart felt messages.❤️I read each and every one of them and I’ll cherish them in my heart. Love you all.❤️We are forever family. ❤️🙏🎅🥂🧑‍🎄🎉🇮🇹God bless you all and have a safe holiday.🙏❤️ Salute from wherever you are celebrating in the world!🌍🤩We are all one.❤️🙏 What’s your favourite Christmas movie?? One of mine is The Holiday. #instagram #instagood #viral #fyp #reels
Went to visit my Zio tonight for his 87th birthday Went to visit my Zio tonight for his 87th birthday and surprised him with his favourite things…My homemade Focaccia just like his wife Zia Lycia would make him and my Barese Castagnelle, Calzoncelle and my Sicilian Cuccidati Cookies and of course his fav Canadian Club Whisky!! God bless him.🙏💙🥳🥂 He gave me all these compliments before he even had a bite.🤣He remembered how good it is.😋👌He’s home safe where he belongs.🙏We love you Zio so much.🤩🤗It was such a powerful and beautiful thing to see everyone show up and come together like you did.🤗💙Thank you all for your prayers and community support.😍🙏 I wasn’t suppose to make these Sicilian cookies this year, but my Nonna from up above gave me a sign. I had a little voice inside my head saying “what about Sicily”. 👼🏼🪽🙏Here you go Nonna Concetta.👩‍🍳🇮🇹Hope I made you proud making your fav Sicilian Fig Cookies.🤩I guess I saved the best for last.🇮🇹👩‍🍳 I’ll post recipe tomorrow morning.👌😋You can freeze the filling and dough and make it the same day rather than keeping it overnight.👌👩‍🍳They’re my husband’s fav cookies and he’s not even Sicilian.🤌🇮🇹😋 #instagram #viral #fyp #trending #instagood
All kidding aside, I know it’s not easy to shuck o All kidding aside, I know it’s not easy to shuck oysters…although husband makes it look easy.👨‍🍳 So my husband is challenging me to shuck oysters! It’s a family affair. We all help and have a job to do. From shucking to slicing lemons, and shallots!!👩‍🍳👨‍🍳My husband always makes it look so easy! But it’s not, so be very careful.🙏 I don’t do well with sharp objects. I cut myself yesterday just with those white Nonna knives!🫣 These French Kiss Oysters were so fresh.👌😋 Straight from PEI, Prince Edward Island….right here in my country of Canada.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 #instagram #instadaily #fyp #reels #trending
Castagnelle Pugliese.🇮🇹 When a Sicilian girl perfe Castagnelle Pugliese.🇮🇹 When a Sicilian girl perfects an Iconic Barese Christmas Cookie from her husband’s Region of Puglia…..it’s a reason to celebrate.🥂🥳👌👩‍🍳🙏🇮🇹Although I’ve been making these with my mil since I was a teenager. I have tweaked the recipe bc her and sisters would make them too hard. I did post her recipe last year. But this one is absolutely amazing!👌👩‍🍳😋Try them out and I promise you they will be one of your favourite Christmas Biscotti ever.👩‍🍳😋I used regular coffee in my dough mixture, but you can use espresso or sub with water. I used OO flour, but they may still turn out with all purpose flour.🤷‍♀️Bake at 355 degrees F for 12-15 mins. Mine were ready in 16 mins bc I made them a bit bigger. You will get 24-28 cookies depending on how thick you make them. Full recipe in my comments below.⬇️ #instagram #instadaily #viral #reels #fyp
Just came out of the oven now!!!Who can guess what Just came out of the oven now!!!Who can guess what kind of biscotti these are? And from what region?? I just made them now.👌👩‍🍳😋I will share tomorrow morning. If you can spare just a bit of time, I promise you they will be well worth it.🙏So easy to make! No fancy tools….just a spatula, if you don’t have a food processor/chopper, then a knife will do. Just to name a few ingredients…I used “OO”flour, orange and lemon zest, baking soda, cinnamon, almonds, dark chocolate, cocoa powder. The rest of the ingredients you will have.👌👩‍🍳 What can I say, better late than never!!👌👩‍🍳😋🇮🇹 Recipe is in my next reel.👌👩‍🍳 #cookies #viral #christmas #baking #italiancookies
🍋Sicilian Lemon Twist Cookies.🍋 This is for all my 🍋Sicilian Lemon Twist Cookies.🍋 This is for all my new followers in case you missed it.👌 This was my Nonna Concetta’s authentic recipe that she use to make as a little girl back in Sicily 🇮🇹 with her Mamma and Nonna. Now today here I am showing you how her daughter, (my Zia Maria)still continues to honour her Mamma’s cookies.🙏❤️ Zia Maria and Zia Nina are both my mom’s sisters and many years ago they decided to tweak this recipe and add shortening instead of oil but you can use neutral oil instead. 👌They might not come out as soft though. You can make them any shape you like, either round or oval, even the shape of an S cookie. The shape of a twist is just how they made them back home in Sicily.🇮🇹They’re soft, delicious and just the right amount of lemon both inside the cookie, as well as in the icing.🍋 Btw I didn’t say in the video how much flour we added bc she kept adding to the bowl but in the end it was 4 1/4 cup. Make sure to save this recipe! It’s considered a treasure in my family and we absolutely love them.🙏😋Recipe of cookies and icing sugar in my caption below.⬇️ #instagram #instagood #food #instalike #insta @food52 @thefeedfeed
Calamari Fritti. Fried Calamari are a big hit at m Calamari Fritti. Fried Calamari are a big hit at my house.👌😋👩‍🍳🇮🇹Try these as part of your Christmas meal. I always serve them as an appetizer with some freshly squeezed lemon juice, alongside my fresh Canadian Oysters. Thanks to my son for always stepping in to help with the calamari. Make sure to let them sit in milk for at least one hour so they tenderized and also get rid of any fishy smell. Recipe below and also in my comments. Fried Calamari 8 strips of squid with tentacles attached (curly part), cut squid in thin rings 1 1/2-2 cups milk (soak, cover and refrigerate fish for one hour) 2 cups flour 1/2 cup cornstarch 2 tablespoons garlic powder 1-2 tablespoons cayenne pepper Salt and pepper to taste Extra Virgin Olive oil or neutral oil for frying. (Approx 2 inches high) Once calamari have been marinating for 1 hr, remove calamari. Lightly drain and shake off the milk, adding them directly into the seasoned flour. Coat them evenly and have a deep pan ready with oil heating. Once oil is ready and hot, work in batches and add your calamari a bit at a time. Fry until they’re golden brown on each side, approx a few mins on each side. Remove and add them onto a paper towel to absorb the oil. Enjoy! So crispy and delicious.👌😋👩‍🍳🇮🇹 #fish #seafood #reels #reelsinstagram #reel @food52 @thefeedfeed
Zuppa Di Pesce with Clams and Mussels.🇮🇹👩‍🍳Perfect Zuppa Di Pesce with Clams and Mussels.🇮🇹👩‍🍳Perfect for Christmas.👩‍🍳So delicious and bursting with flavour. This dish came together in no time. You can add linguini to this dish.👌😋👩‍🍳🇮🇹 So delicious and simple.👌😋🇮🇹👩‍🍳 Note-Mussels/Clams should be tightly closed and free from cracks. If the shell is a bit open, tap it on the counter and it should close. If it doesn’t, throw it away bc it might be spoiled. You can remove the garlic once it’s sautéed, or just leave it in. Recipe in my caption below.⬇️⬇️ #christmas #explore #fyp #instagram #instadaily
Amaretti Cookies are probably the most authentic I Amaretti Cookies are probably the most authentic Italian delicious cookie of all time.👩‍🍳👌🇮🇹So crispy on the outside and soft in the inside. They’ve been around for centuries and thanks to my cousin Santina and my sisters mil Cathy for sharing our family secret. These recipes are the same except my cousin makes them with ground almonds as seen in my video, Cathy makes them with almond flour as I shared another video a few wks ago using almond flour. There are so many versions of this one famous cookie and today I will show you one.👩‍🍳I have many more to share. They’re so easy and quick to make with just a few ingredients.👩‍🍳Secret ingredient here is….Almonds! 👌👌 Note-I made half the recipe, approx 32-35 cookies depending on how big you make them. I forgot to show me adding the baking powder. Just add a pinch to the dry ingredients. (Optional) Your family will be very impressed and they will think these took you all day to make.🤫👩‍🍳 Full recipe in the comments below, pinned at the top. (Makes approx 80 cookies)⬇️ Enjoy!! #instagram #foodie #instadaily #instagood #instalike #cookies #italiangirl#yummy#delicious #biscotti #italian #fyp #amaretti#foryou #instadaily #recipe #italiancookies #explore #baking #viral#reels #reel #viralreels#trending #trendingreels #instamood #instagramreels #reelsinstagram #love #christmas @thefeedfeed @food52
These tasty fritters from Bari where they’re known These tasty fritters from Bari where they’re known as “Cartedatte.” They are associated with the City’s Patron Saint, San Nicola and are traditionally prepared during the month of Dec. Cartellate are now common not only in Bari but all around Puglia and their neighbouring regions. Their rose shape is perfect for absorbing the sweet cooked wine or dried fig syrup. Enjoy these amazing Barese desserts that are our family favorite. These are one of the best dessert I have ever had.👌👩‍🍳😋 Recipe in my comments below pinned at the top. ⬇️👩‍🍳 #reels #reel #reelsinstagram #instagram #instagood #instadaily #insta #instafood #love #foodporn #foodie #foodblogger #trending #trendingreels #viral #viralvideos #viralreels #dessert #christmas #family #familytime #delicious #video #italianfood #italiancookies #instagramreels #reelsvideo#explore #fyp
Part 1….Intro. This was last year but we did it al Part 1….Intro. This was last year but we did it all over again last wkend.👩‍🍳👩‍🍳👩‍🍳👩‍🍳👩‍🍳Who wants to learn how to speak English, Italian, Sicilian or the Barese Dilect? I want to teach and preserve these beautiful languages so that you can one day learn how to speak them and pass them on to your children. Our Italian culture/heritage is not just about the food and cookies.🇮🇹👩‍🍳The language is a huge part of who we are. I learned how to speak Sicilian before I even knew English. This is how it was back in the day in the 60’s and being first generation born in Canada. Our first language was Italian bc my Nonni lived with us and they couldn’t speak English. My dad couldn’t either. My mom learned English at an early age, but we hardly saw my parents bc they had a supermarket to run day and night. You’re probably wondering…how does a Sicilian know how to speak Barese. Everyday I would listen to my mil and her family and I learned on my own. 🇮🇹 My cousin Santina and I made 2 of our family favourite Barese Christmas Cookies that both her mom and my mother in law made since they were young kids. It’s one recipe, same dough, yet we created 2 different amazing cookies. Cartellate E Calzoncelli filled with sweet ricotta and Vin Cotto/or fig juice poured on top. I’ve been eating these since I was a teenager. They are so delicious and bursting with flavour. Both are topped with this delicious fig juice mixed with a bit of honey/white wine that’s so rich in flavour and just the right amount of sweetness. Thank you Santina for spending the day here in my kitchen with my family creating beautiful memories on the eve of my mother in laws birthday. I’m sure she (along with your Mamma) were both looking down on us so proud of what we’ve created.🙏♥️🇮🇹👩‍🍳 Santina’s mom and my mil were both sisters.👩‍🍳👩‍🍳 Stay tuned for the full reel and recipe.👌 #italiancookies #memories #family #pugliese #christmas #cookies #baking #homemade #foodie #foodporn #reels #reel #italian #reelsinstagram #instagram #instagood #instadaily #instalike #instafood #trendingreels #trending #foodblogger #viralvideos #reelsvideo #viralreels #viral #delicious#familytime #explore #fyp
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