Spicy salami and sweet pepper stuffed focaccia Focaccia con salamino piccante e peperone ➤ Serves 8 ➤ Preparation 3 hours, for the dough ➤ Cooking 20 minutes For the focaccia 2 kilos strong white bread flour ½ glass olive oil 60g salt 1 litre cold water 2 sachets dried baking yeast extra flour for dusting […]
Nudo olio d’oliva extra vergine al caffè e al rosmarino Brand new to the UK are these two new flavours of infused extra-virgin olives oils from Nudo: coffee and rosemary. Corrado Corradini is an olive oil evangelist, and tireless experimenter. There aren’t many olive press barons who would be willing to experiment with making things […]
“My family originally came from the small village of Belmonte Castello,Frosinone and all my brothers and sisters were born there, I was born in Scotland but every year I travel back to my ancestral home. This year I did a 10 day tour of Tuscany, making my base in Florence and visited places such as […]
This ‘pasta quiche’ (torta salata con i spaghetti, in Italian!) is a real treat and is so versatile it works for all occasions! ➤ Serves 4 ➤ Preparation 15 minutes ➤ Cooking 35 minutes 200g spaghetti olive oil 1 Italian sausage 1 courgette, finely diced 1 sweet red pepper, finely diced 3 medium free range […]
Leg-over Lamb Cosciotto di agnello ➤ Serves 4-6 ➤ Preparation 15 minutes ➤ Cooking 6 hours 2kg leg of lamb 4 garlic cloves, each cut into 3 3 anchovies (optional), each cut into 4 pieces 2 sprigs of rosemary, cut into 2.5cm lengths 3 tbsp olive oil salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper 4 […]
Hannah Bellis visits the Italian restaurant in Bray to see how Giancarlo and Kate Caldesi are bringing Italy to the Berkshire countryside If there is anywhere outside of London that can be considered a culinary heartland, it is Bray in Berkshire. Bray has been back in the press in recent weeks too as this […]
“My family and I celebrated my brother’s eighteenth birthday with him at Fattoria di Fubbiano in Lucca. After sampling some exquisite wines and tasty oils, in the scorching summer heat, we took this photograph of the verdant Tuscan hills, abundant with vineyards!” Claudia Wardle, Cheshire
Flavia Cresswell-Turner is overwhelmed by the warmth and generosity of the Italians Il mio amore per l’Italia è cresciuto nel corso degli anni, e specialmente dopo la mia visita a Roma quest’ultima Pasqua. Da quando ero bambina, i miei genitori hanno assecondato questa passione, portando spesso me e mia sorella in vacanza in Italia, […]
Superfoodie Iced Coffee Caffè superfood con ghiaccio You can detect blackcurrant notes in many coffees, so it makes sense to pair the two. We’ve used a blackcurrant tea that also contains blueberry and acai berry to really ramp up the goodness in your glass (available in supermarkets). Note: Matcha is a powdered green tea that […]
In Italia 117. Hannah shares her restorative itinerary relaxing in the thermal waters and exotic gardens of Ischia, all within walking distance so you can leave the car at home and really get away from it all. Beautiful Ischia is just one of the islands in the Bay of Naples, with Procida and Capri also […]