All posts in Italian

Recipes which are as authentically Italian as an English girl gets, even with the help of an actual Italian in the house. I can take criticism so feel free to weigh in with your versions.

Pasta with pomodorini, rocket, olives and basil
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March 25, 2012

My top tips for how to cook perfect, authentic, classic pasta.

Apricot and custard crostata

Apricot and custard crostata

February 23, 2012

Soft custard, luscious fruit and easy pastry. A tart for Tuscany, even if you're in Torquay.

Marinating the beef for the brasato

Brasato al Barolo (Piemontese beef stew) with proper polenta

September 7, 2011

The ultimate wintry stew for the London summer

Cantucci

Classic Italian cantucci

August 11, 2011

The original Tuscan biscuit for dunking.

  • Torta di pane
    Torta di pane
    May 20, 2011

    What northern Italians do with leftover bread.

  • Aubergine and courgette gratin
    Aubergine and courgette gratin
    May 16, 2011

    A no-pasta lasagne with courgettes as the "pasta" layer and aubergines, tomatoes, red onion and basil as the "meat".

  • Lasagne with broccoli
    Broccoli lasagne
    May 7, 2011

    Dreamy lasagne with broccoli and bacon for weight loss. No, really. (OK, not really.)

  • Rum & Reason
    Tenderest, tastiest roast chicken
    January 27, 2011

    Chicken cooked in milk, sage and lemon: think perfect crackly skin and brown meat that literally falls off the bones combined with the tenderest white meat you've ever eaten.

  • Lobster
    Spaghetti with lobster
    January 23, 2011

    How to make a truly authentic Italian pasta dish of spaghetti with lobster, step by step.

  • Alsatian apple tart
    Alsatian apple tart
    August 11, 2010

    Apple tart - an alsatian apple tart baked in a pastry shell, layers of sliced apples bound with a thin custard. Perfect for afternoon tea.