This is the Italian version of the old favourite, with the same principle of using left over bread. Soak bread in milk for 1 hour to soften. Pour excess milk into a bowl and stir until a course puree.

This is quite a soft pudding, not too dense, perfumed with citrus and fennel, full of dried figs and sultanas, and it is to be washed down with a glass of sweet wine, such as Marsala. Credit: Hardie ...

Everyone needs a good breakfast on Christmas morning and this is my go-to treat! I absolutely love panettone, a sweet bread with roots in Milan that's studded with dried fruits and candied ginger, to ...

This savoury bread pudding is rich with mushrooms, leeks, proscuitto and Italian-style cheese. I routinely get recipe or column requests from Times Colonist readers and they can really vary. Recently, ...

Although Torta di Pane translates as "bread cake," the round is really a baked bread pudding cake, which starts with a batter similar to bread pudding, without the milky quality. It bakes into a cake ...

Randazzo’s Italian Market, at 240 Capitol St. in Denham Springs, is a modest 1920s bungalow with some Spanish revival decorations, a metal awning and large arched windows. Walking in, I was met with ...

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and the holiday season is now fully upon us. We love this time of year and everything that comes with the holidays: the music, parties, decorations, bell ringers and ...

In his book, “Cooking By Hand,” chef Paul Bertolli suggests pears in this gently steamed pudding. “To my mind,” he writes, “the most gentle and soothing of fruits is the pear, particularly when baked ...