The Marmellata di Cipolle Rosse di Acquaviva, how delicious it tastes, how sweet! I can say it might be as sweet as the big man I met in Acquaviva two years ago: Eustachio Sapone, a big, very tall guy, maybe he was a little scary… but no way, he is as sweet as the Marmellata…
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The story of the Parmigiano Reggiano Vacche Rosse (or Red Cows Parmigiano Reggiano) is a beautiful story, a family story: a love story. It was December 2014, by the fireplace I was talking to my brother about qui: my project about sharing the knowledge of Italian regional culinary culture, its little secrets and great traditions. And…
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The “favetta” (fava bean purée) is a typical vegan dish of the Apulian tradition: a green purée, which can be enjoyed alone, or alongside greens, cooked or raw as for a salad. A simple yet tasty dish, poor yet rich because it is a full meal, very nourishing, very easy to cook, according to the…
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Ingredients for the dough 1 big boiled/smashed potato 250g – 300 g tepid water 1 teaspoon sugar 1 cube of fresh yeast 500 g flour (Farina Senatore Cappelli) 2 tb spoon Evo (Olio Supremo Calemone) 1 tb spoon salt (Fior di Sale Sa.ni.ma) 10 tomatoes (Pomodoro Fiaschetto semisecco di Torre Guaceto) How to make it 1. Mix…
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The Orecchiette al Ragù di Braciole is a typical Apulian dish served on Sundays, especially during the colder seasons: while walking through the alleys of the old town centre, you can smell its irresistible fragrance in the air! The preparation is very easy, but the cooking is quite long: you start from the braciole, which are…
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A very poor Apulian dish, the Acqua Sale in Italian means “Water and Salt”. It’s a summer dish, based on stale homemade bread baked in a wood-fired oven (so, a very good bread!), water, oil, tomatoes and salt. The Acqua Sale is made within one single bowl, because that’s how the poor farmers did, they…
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Hi! Welcome to qui, my grocery, my website, my savoury world. My name is Grazia, woman, mother and foodie behind qui. qui is a story about unconditional love for Italy, quality, food, traditions and people. qui is a story about sharing passions, and this is how it started. qui – short name that stays for “Qualité…
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Le Murge is a sub-region of southern Italy, the most part of which lies within the central part of Puglia, and corresponds to the Altopiano delle Murge (Italian for “plateau of the Murge”). Within Le Murge we find La Valle d’Itria: a vast area wish goes until Bari city and includes the comune of Martina…
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I dedicate the qui project to my family: my parents, my brothers, my husband, my children. But, together with me, within this project, there’s another important person: my aunt, zia Rita. Zia Rita belonged to the Masseria Castelluccio, where I spent almost all Sundays until I was 18, and all my summer holidays, often with my brother Ugo…
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