Recipes

Girolle, octopus & potato skewers - step-by-step instructions

Girolle, octopus & potato skewers - step-by-step instructions

A cursory google of the phrase ‘mare e monti’ will tell you that it means ‘surf and turf’, but that is such a reductive definition as to be almost criminal....
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Gnocchi alla Sorrentina - step-by-step instructions

Gnocchi alla Sorrentina - step-by-step instructions

Everybody loves gnocchi – comforting little pillow-like dumplings, they are simply wonderful in nut, herb, dairy, seafood or meat-based sauces. However, nothing is quite as satisfying as having them baked...
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Peposo & polenta - step-by-step instructions

Peposo & polenta - step-by-step instructions

Tuscan food is hardly ever spiced, with the exception of fennel seeds in the sausages and salumi. Yet strangely, one of the most highly spiced Italian stews I know comes...
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Sperlonga feast - step-by-step instructions

Sperlonga feast - step-by-step instructions

I grew up, since before memory, holidaying in Sperlonga – and still do. It is a small fishing village halfway between Rome and Naples, and over my 40 years grown...
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Campania (veggie) feast - step-by-step instructions

Campania (veggie) feast - step-by-step instructions

FOR YOUR MEAL The timing of this feast is easy. The detailed recipes are here, but in essence: The gnocchi will take 20 minutes to cook – set the oven...
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risotto of red prawns and tomato on a black and white plate

Red prawn risotto - step-by-step instructions

Gambero rosso – the red prawn – is such an iconic Italian ingredient it has given its name to Italy’s leading food guide. These deep-sea crustaceans are blood red –...
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Western (veggie) feast - step-by-step instructions

Western (veggie) feast - step-by-step instructions

TROFIE WITH GREEN BEANS, POTATO & PESTO GENOVESE You will need: 1 large, boiling pot of well-salted water 1 colander Your pack serves 2 as a main (or 4 as...
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BBQ feast - step-by-step instructions

BBQ feast - step-by-step instructions

BBQ Panzanella You will need: A BBQ Your pack serves 2 as a starter or side, or 1 as a main, and contains: Torn stale bread A box of things...
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Southern feast - step-by-step instructions

Southern feast - step-by-step instructions

Burrata with marinated grilled aubergines You will need: 2 plates Your pack serves 2 as a starter, and contains: A fresh handmade burrata, tied with green twine, which is sadly...
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Spaghetti with clams - step-by-step instructions

Spaghetti with clams - step-by-step instructions

Spaghetti alle vongole! What heaven. If ever there was a dish so worthy of the smiles even its mention brings, this is it. And if ever there was a dish...
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Lumaconi con le lumache - step-by-step instructions

Lumaconi con le lumache - step-by-step instructions

Big snails with little snails! Lumaconi are a giant, snail-shaped pasta that is often overlooked, and when noticed, most frequently stuffed then cooked au gratin. Here it is with a...
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Rum babà - step-by-step instructions

Rum babà - step-by-step instructions

Where to get the best French dessert? Naples, obvs! The French have left Naples a splendid culinary legacy, of which the best bit to my mind is the babà. The...
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Cannoli Siciliani - step-by-step instructions

Cannoli Siciliani - step-by-step instructions

Sicily is a land of generosity and abundance and exoticism – and nowhere is this more apparent than in its desserts and ices. Cannoli might just be the most famous...
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Spezzatino & polenta - step-by-step instructions

Spezzatino & polenta - step-by-step instructions

If ever there was a comfort food, this is it! Glorious, wholesome stone-ground Polenta (which we send to you in generous slabs, already grilled over lumpwood charcoal), and velvety tender,...
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Grilled bream - step-by-step instructions

Grilled bream - step-by-step instructions

My grandfather, John Becker, wrote a poem, ‘How to Make a Fish’. The best way to cook a fish is as simple and as beautiful as his words – just...
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Chard & scamorza risotto - step-by-step instructions

Chard & scamorza risotto - step-by-step instructions

Green! This risotto is really, really green – pure and verdant and luscious. It is studded with little morsels of molten, string, gooey scamorza – smoked mozzarella – and the...
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Salt baked bream - step-by-step instructions

Salt baked bream - step-by-step instructions

One of the most lauded dishes in fine Italian restaurants armoury, it is the salty armour that presents a problem: it is not very easy, while cooking the fish, to...
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Risotto nero - step-by-step instructions

Risotto nero - step-by-step instructions

There is something dangerous and sexy about black food. It is the colour of night, of the dark side, of the forbidden and of sin. Black truffles, dark chocolate, ink...
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