Saturday Night In: Springtime Supper Recipes
Get the family together and bring the flavours of Italy right to your table with Mario Matassa In a country that loves and lives to eat well and, as a general rule, adheres to the principle of eating seasonally, it should come as no surprise that for many Italians spring is the most anticipated time in the culinary calendar. It’s partly because we More...
Pan-fried salmon recipe
Pan-fried salmon recipe with toasted pistachio and lemon butter – Salmone con pistacchi tostati e burro al limone This dish is simple and takes moments to prepare. Make sure the salmon is fresh and from a sustainable More...
Pasta primavera
Spring pasta – A Pasta primavera recipe Pasta primavera is a prime example of the principles of Italian cuisine. Pasta, being the most versatile of Italian staples, is well matched to any occasion. Here it More...
Mimosa cake
A recipe for ‘Cheat’s’ Mimosa cake – Torta primavera ‘furba’ By Mario Matassa This cake is an amalgamation of two cakes synonymous with the season: Mimosa and Colomba (which means ‘dove’). Mimosa More...
Strozzapreti
In this instalment of our Make It Simple series, resident chef Mario Matassa shows us how to make an iconic Italian pasta. Strozzapreti… literally ‘priest stranglers’, is one of the most antique pastas, with More...
Cantabrian Anchovy pasta with red pepper pesto
Recipe by Lello Palomba with recipe image taken by David Loftus. For more information visit here. Cantabrian Anchovy pasta with red pepper pesto Anchovies pack a flavour punch in any dish and none more so than More...
Struffoli
Join resident chef Mario Matassa as he shows us how to make perfect struffoli with step by step instructions! These little balls of sweet dough, golden fried and coated in honey, are one of the most characteristic More...
Gnocchi
Join resident chef Mario Matassa as he shows us how to make perfect gnocchi with this step by step recipe! In the kitchen, nothing heralds the beginning of autumn for me like the first bowl of steaming gnocchi. More...
Tagliatelle
Join resident chef Mario Matassa as he shows us how to make perfect tagliatelle with step by step instructions! ©iStock-GettyImages When I first moved to Italy, many years ago now, I quickly realised that there More...
Panna Cotta
Join resident chef Mario Matassa as he shows us how to make perfect panna cotta with step by step instructions! In Italy, panna cotta, like tiramisù, zabaglione and budino, falls within that category of dessert More...