Italian food is good for the soul! Despite great regional diversity, northern Italy and southern Italy are united by passion for fresh produce, pasta and the shared table. I love the simplicity and seasonality of la cucina Italiana. Here are some of my favourite Italian recipes.
How To Make Ciciones Pasta Join my small-group food & wine tour to Southern Italy and discover more regional pastas! Ciciones (pronounced chee-choh-nes and also spelled cicciones or cigiones) means ‘fat ones’ in Italian, which is such an appropriate name for this hand-rolled Sardinian pasta! Ciciones can be simply cut into little fat chunks, rolled […]
How To Make Lombrichi Pasta Join my small-group food & wine tour to Southern Italy and discover more regional pastas! Lombrichi (pronounced: lom-bree-kee) are a traditional hand-rolled pasta from Sardinia. The name means ‘earthworms’ and the pasta dough for lombrichi is often coloured with squid ink so it looks even more worm-like. This hand-rolled Sardinian […]
Fresh Egg Pasta Dough Join my Small Group Food & Wine Tours to Emilia-Romagna, Home of Fresh Egg Pasta Emilia-Romagna is the home of rich egg pasta, with 1 egg used for every 100g (3½oz) of flour to create pasta sheets that are then cut and rolled into an endless variety of fresh pastas. Popular […]
How To Make Garganelli Pasta Like this recipe? Join my small-group food & wine tour to Emilia-Romagna and discover more traditional dishes! Garganelli are pasta quills – similar to penne rigate but instead of an extruded flour and water dough, they’re squares of fresh egg pasta rolled around a wooden rod (see video below). Traditionally […]
Tajarin al Tartufo Nero Like truffles? Join me for a hands-on truffle hunting food & wine weekend! Tajarin (pronounced tie-yah-REEN) is a very thin, golden pasta from Piemonte. The name is dialect for ‘to cut’, the same verb that gives tagliatelle its name – but tajarin is much finer than tagliatelle, more like Roman tonnarelli […]
Truffled Tiramisu Like truffles? Join me for a hands-on truffle hunting food & wine weekend! Truffles are popular in pasta, risotto and egg dishes, but less often seen in desserts. A few things accentuate the distinctive aroma of these delicious winter treats, fat and carbohydrate among them. So tiramisu, with its Savoiardi biscuits and creamy […]
Gallina in Saòr (Italian Sweet & Sour Chicken) Like this recipe? Join my small-group Venice & Veneto Food & Wine Tour to discover more regional classics! You may be familiar with the Venetian dish of sardines in saòr (sardelle in saòr), sardines marinated in a sweet and sour onion mixture (if not, see FAQ below). […]
Risotto alla Trevigiana (Radicchio Risotto) Like this recipe? Discover more Venetian classics on my small-group food & wine tour to the Veneto & Venice! Risotto alla Trevigiana – also called risotto alla Trevisana or risotto con radicchio – is a classic Venetian risotto from Treviso, traditionally made with radicchio tardivo. The province of Treviso is […]
Risi e Bisi (Venetian Rice & Peas) Like this recipe? Join my small-group Venice & Veneto Food & Wine Tour to discover more regional classics! Risi e bisi (literally ‘rice and peas’ in Venetian dialect) is a classic Venetian risotto traditionally made in spring, when the first of the season’s small, sweet peas arrive. Historically, […]
How To Make Orecchiette Pasta Like this recipe? Join my small-group Southern Italian food & wine tour to discover more traditional dishes! Orecchiette, meaning ‘little ears’, are made using the same southern Italian pasta dough as cavatelli and foglie d’ulivo. It’s easiest to shape orecchiette if the dough is a little drier than for these […]