Open a couple of bottles of your favourite Prosecco (one to sip whilst taking turns stirring and one to cook with) and have fun in the kitchen on Valentine's Day with this delicious, warming Italian risotto recipe. Good quality Italian ingredients are the key for this...
Liquorice Crème Brûlée
If you are a liquorice lover you'll love this fabulously decadent dessert! Making Crème Brûlée is easier than you think and the addition of our organic Calabrian liquorice powder gives these gorgeous little pots a wonderful subtle flavour. Ingredients for 10 people 1...
Vesuvius Fusilli
This is a traditional Neapolitan pasta dish, simple to make and suitable for a quick lunch but without sacrificing taste! It’s packed full of tasty Southern Italian flavours and typical local ingredients such as mozzarella and tomatoes. This Fusilli pasta recipe can...
Liquorice, Saffron & Pistachio Risotto
We love this unusual risotto recipe packed with interesting flavours, it's pretty quick and easy to make and it's tasty and healthy too. We have used organic liquorice powder from Calabria, the home of some of the best liquorice in the world. Just a spoonful of this...
Colatura di Alici: the Ancient Roman’s Sauce
Colatura di Alici Sauce: the fishy Italian sauce known in ancient Roman times as 'Garum' is a magical amber essence extracted from fresh anchovies, which have been preserved with salt inside a chestnut barrel with a heavy weight on top of them! The name Colatura comes...
The Top 5 Italian Pasta Recipes Every Fresher Needs to Know!
When it comes to cooking easy, filling and tasty food on a budget you can't beat pasta! Perfect for Freshers fending for themselves for the first time, a bag of pasta plus a few key quality ingredients can be quickly transformed into a range of satisfying meals that...
Paccheri alla Parmigiana: A Traditional Recipe from the South of Italy
Paccheri alla Parmigiana Parmigiana is a traditional dish made from aubergines. It originally comes from Sicily, but is found in slightly different variations all over the South of Italy. There are many different methods and recipes for making Parmigiana. We have...
3 Easy Ways to Use Up Your Leftover Pasta
Do you often make way too much pasta and end up with a pan full after your meal? The fight against food waste can start in the kitchen with these 3 tasty recipes which will help you recycle your leftover pasta! We recommend using Vorrei's bronze die cut pasta in all...
Roasted Pear Salad with Pomegranate and Hazelnut Vinaigrette
Did you know that pears can be an excellent source of dietary fibres? And using them in a salad makes them even more exotic! Pears can be perfect in a salad as their sweetness will balance out the salt and pepper and other ingredients. We will also be using hazelnut...
Courgette Salad: A Healthy Recipe
This easy and healthy courgette salad with a vinegar and herb dressing is a very popular dish in the hot summers of southern Italy and would be great as a side dish for your barbeque or a refreshing and quick summer lunch (if and when summer arrives in the UK!) ...