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Summer Vegetable Soup – Zuppa di Vedure Estivi

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Vibrant Summer Vegetable Soup is perfect for a light dinner | labellasorella.com

Thoughts of summer soups often bring to mind something chilled to stave off the off the heat, but why shy away from a warm soup – I mean I’m not suggesting that it be bubbling hot.  Summer Vegetable Soup is a light, bright tasting soup featuring the best of summer produce topped with a bit of aromatic basil paste.  The local markets are overflowing with the colors of the season’s vegetable gardens just waiting to become part of this delightful soup.  The ingredients for Summer Vegetable Soup are merely recommendation; select your favorite vegetables along with a good stock and you are on your way…. 

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Summer Celebration Cake – Una Torta per Una Festa d’Estate

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Let them eat Summer Celebration Cake | labellasorella.com

So, you need to prepare a notable cake for someone special – it’s summertime and to tell the truth who really feels like getting fussy?  Summer Celebration Cake is the answer to your prayers – a one pan almond chiffon cake, dressed with freshly whipped cream and ripe strawberries along with a garnish of caramelized almond slices.  Enter the room with Summer Celebration Cake majestically placed atop of your favorite cake plate and trust me you will become a superstar – if only for that moment…. 

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Deviled Eggs with Anchovy – Uova Ripiene con Acciughe

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Deviled Eggs with Anchovy, an Italian inspired appetizer, perfect with a pre-dinner drink | labellasorella.comI’ve always thought that Deviled Eggs really don’t get the respect they deserve: so often associated with homespun church supper style gatherings.  Deviled Eggs with Anchovy is an Italian inspired variation, perfect with an early evening aperitivo like Lo Spritz.  Oh it’s nothing like those sad looking mayonnaise ladened eggs many of us grew up loathing.  Deviled Eggs with Anchovies are vibrant with a subtle scent of lemon which perfectly balances the briny capers and salty anchovy; surprising even the most ardent anchovy objectors…. 

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Aperol Spritz – Lo Spritz

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The Aperol Spritz, enjoying a summer evening | labellasorella.com

The Aperol Spritz or Lo Spritz as it is called in Italy, is an essential part of the pre-dinner ritual while sitting in the piazza as the sun sets after a long summer’s day. The streets become lively as locals arrive to “prendiamo un aperitif” or have an aperitif and socialize.  The florsecent orange colored  Aperol Spritz gently eases one into the evening, as the alcohol content is lower than your standard cocktail.  I silently chuckle each time a cherished Italian friend firmly refuses a cocktail deferring to Lo Spritz instead; his way of thinking renders a Spritz as virtually nonalcoholic, thereby perfectly respectable.  Relaxing in the shade with an Aperol Spritz, a few little snacks and some friends typifies what many have come consider emblematic of La Dolce Vita, the sweet life.

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