Linguine with spicy prawns
This linguine with spicy prawns or linguine con gambrel picanti is a fantastic dish for a midweek meal. Make this for your family this week – you can make it as hot or as mild as you like! Linguine with More...
Creamy blackberry puddings
This Crema al formaggio con more is the perfect in season pud this September. Ingredients: 250g blackberries 250g mascarpone 125g fresh ricotta 3 heaped tbsp icing sugar 4 sponge fingers 1 tbsp chopped almonds Method: Wash More...
Aubergine with Quartirolo Lombardo and chilli
This Melanzane con quartirolo e peperoncino is the perfect veggie dish served with some crusty bread! Ingredients 4 tbsp olive oil 1 large aubergine, diced 1 large garlic clove, peeled, finely chopped 1 tbsp More...
In season: September
This is the month of the great harvest. These are the fantastic fruit, vegetables and fish that is in season right now… Blackberries – more There are few family activities more enjoyable than foraging More...
Apricot and cream tart
Treat your friends to this yummy Crostata alla crema pasticcera e albicocche! Ingredients: 600g sweet pastry 350ml whole milk 3 medium free-range egg yolks 100g caster sugar 50g plain flour 8 firm but ripe apricots, More...
In season: August
Early summer vegetables such as beans and courgettes are joined this month by a variety of fruits and fish as the year’s main harvest really begins come in… Apricots – albicocche In the peak of its More...
In Season: July
By now summer is in full swing and there is no shortage of interesting ingredients to try in your dishes. Vegetables, fruit, herbs and edible flowers are all in good supply… Strawberries – Fragole The ultimate More...
Broad bean piadina
This Piadina con fave is a beautiful way of using up delicious broad beans whilst they are in season. Ingredients: 1kg broad beans, in pods 1 small bunch of spring onions, trimmed, finely chopped 100g Quartirolo More...
In Season: June 2017
Artichokes, for example, began their season in Italy before Easter, but the British season often lags some way behind. Mario Matassa is your guide to your local market’s fare… Mackerel – Sgombro This More...
Pistachio Crusted Lamb Cutlets
These Costolette d’agnello con crosta di pistacchi are the perfect midweek meal. Serves: 2 Prep: 10 minutes Cooking: 10 minutes Ingredients: 6 lamb cutlets 40g pistachio nuts, roughly chopped 2 More...