This sea bream recipe with a fresh, zesty flavour, is perfect for a quick meal but looks impressive enough to ‘wow’ a few friends! Sea Bream baked in foil Serves 4 Preparation 15 minutes Cooking 30 minutes Ingredients 2 sea bream, gutted and scaled but with head and skin on olive oil 2 garlic cloves 3 sprigs of […]
Chicken Marsala may have originated with British residents of Sicily in the 19th century. Certainly its popularity extends beyond Italian shores. Serves 2 Preparation 10 minutes Cooking 35 minutes Ingredients 2 medium organic free-range chicken breast fillets, pounded seasoned Italian ‘00’ flour 15g unsalted butter 1 tbsp olive oil 90ml dry Marsala 2 tbsp chicken […]
When opened up and boned, sardines cook in minutes in a hot oven. Marinating them in oil and lemon juice lends piquancy to the delicate flesh Scale the sardines with the blunt edge of a knife. Cut off the heads and slit open the bellies. Remove the guts under running water. Slide your thumb along […]
Dreaming of long walks in the Tuscan countryside? Don’t know where to go next with your summer recipes? We look at Florentine cuisine and the use of garlic, we survey a photographic overview of Italy, and we go to the Apennines, Lake Garda, Venice – and even Australia… Florentine: The true cuisine of florence Emiko […]
New potatoes are abundant at this time of year and as well as being great boiled, they also bake very well. This layered potato pie will draw all the family round the table … Serves 2 – Preparation 15 minutes – Cooking 35 minutes Ingredients 450g new potatoes, scrubbed salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 onions, peeled, finely […]
This Roasted vegetables with lentils, mozzarella and mint oil recipe is a great way to use all those summer vegetables that are so fresh and cheap to buy right now. Don’t be shy to try some variations according to what you can find. ➤ Serves 2 ➤ Preparation 10 minutes ➤ Cooking 45 minutes 2 small courgettes 1 small red pepper 1 […]
This wonderful grissini recipe was sent to us by our friends at Relais san Pietro in Polvano, Tuscany… Ingredients For the Grissini 500 g Focaccia mix flour 50 g Brewer’s yeast 40 ml Olive oil 220 ml Water To decorate: Sesame or poppy seeds ——————————————————————————————- Knead all the ingredients together well or mix using a bread […]
Risotto dolce con susine stufate Risotto can work as a dessert too. Here is a fantastic Risotto rice pudding with stewed plums, using seasonal fruit. ➤ Serves 2 ➤ Preparation 10 minutes ➤ Cooking 15 minutes 350ml milk 25g caster sugar 90g arborio or carnaroli rice 1 vanilla pod 75ml double cream 250g plums 1-2 tbsp water 3 amaretti […]
Risotto ai piselli, menta e mascarpone The pea, mint and mascarpone risotto is one of the great tastes of summer, and it works very well with this creamy cheese. ➤ Serves 2➤ Preparation 10 minutes ➤Cooking 20 minutes 150g peas, fresh or frozen 10 fresh mint leaves 500ml chicken or vegetable stock 1 tbsp olive oil 3 […]
Semifreddo al amaretto ➤ Serves 4 ➤ Preparation 15 minutes plus 4 hours freezing ➤ Cooking 5 minutes This delicious iced dessert, which is almost an ice cream but not quite (semifreddo literally translates as ‘almost cold’), is very easy to make and truly wonderful, combining both amaretti biscuits and the liqueur to make a very grown-up dolce. The cream […]