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.
Onion Focaccia Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! Ligurian restaurateur Lucio Galletto makes the most delicious focaccia I’ve tasted (see video below), so my recipe is inspired by his and uses plenty of delicate Ligurian-style olive oil. Lucio calls focaccia ‘Liguria’s answer to pizza’ and I see […]
Olive Focaccia Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! My olive focaccia recipe is inspired by Ligurian restaurateur Lucio Galletto, who uses more water and oil in his recipe than most I’ve seen (see video below). Liguria is famous for the tiny, tasty Taggiasche olives that make the […]
Italian Salsa Verde Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! Salsa verde literally means ‘green sauce’ and variations of it are popular in different cuisines around the world. Italian salsa verde, based on parsley, is delicious drizzled over just about everything – prawns, poultry and vegetables (see video […]
Mandarin Tiramisu Like Italian food? Join me on a small-group food & wine tour to Italy soon! I’m a traditionalist and – especially when it comes to Italian food – a purist. But I’m also pragmatic. So when I came across a bag of freeze-dried mandarins in the pantry I decided to create mandarin tiramisu, […]
Baked Stuffed Zucchini Flowers Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Ligurian cooking class! Colourful zucchini flowers are one of my favourite vegetables – especially baked with an aromatic cheesy stuffing. The creamy spreadable marinated cheese known as ‘Persian fetta’ has very little to do with Greek feta or Persia, but it is delicious and […]
Cialledda Fredda (Tomato & Bread Salad) Like this recipe? Join me on a Southern Italian food & wine tour to discover more regional specialties! On my first visit to Basilicata, the staff at my hotel prepared this delicious tomato and bread salad for me one morning after they discovered I was interested in their regional […]
Fregola Risottata with Clams & Chickpeas Like this recipe? Join me on an Italian food & wine tour to discover more regional specialties! Slightly larger than North African couscous, fregola is a reminder of the Arabic influence in Sardinia. It’s delicious in salads and soups and especially tasty as fregola risottata, stirred with the cooking […]
Passatelli Pasta with Brown Butter Join my small-group food & wine tour to northern Italy to discover more regional specialties. Passatelli pasta is a specialty of Romagna as well as the northern part of neighbouring Marche and Umbria. I was introduced to it at one of my favourite Romagnolo restaurants, Osteria La Corte in San […]
Risotto Milanese (Saffron Risotto) Join my small-group food & wine tour to northern Italy to discover more regional specialties! Risotto Milanese originated in Milan, where it’s the traditional accompaniment to ossobuco. Lombardy is the home of risotto, and my friend Alessandro Pavoni is the king of risotto making. He was born in Brescia in Lombardy […]
Primo Sale Cheese (Ricotta-Style) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Italian cooking class inspired by Giovanni Pilu! Primo sale is a fresh Italian cheese, sometimes aged for a few weeks, sometimes resembling ricotta or cottage cheese. Traditionally it’s made from sheep milk though some versions today use cow milk or a mixture of cow, […]
