This is a great recipe for a quick but hearty lunch. The organic chickpeas make the dish super healthy too. Ingredients for 2 servings: 250g of boiled organic chickpeas. We stock the 'Alce Nero' ones in a jar - they taste amazing! 1 small onion 1 litre of vegetable...
Comfort Food: Treat Yourself the Italian Way!
Comfort Food Italian Style Raise your hand anyone who gives in at least once in a while to the pleasure that only a beautiful chocolate cake can give! Let's talk about comfort food: the food that pampers! Comfort food is that food, that dish that refreshes the soul...
Caprese Pasta Salad: The Sunshine In Your Plate
Caprese Pasta Salad Recipe This is one of our family's favourite quick summer meals. Pasta salad it's really easy to make and the flavours go really well together. You need just three main quality ingredients: some fresh Buffalo Mozzarella, the tastiest tomatoes you...
A Summer Recipe: Fettuccine with Courgette Carpaccio
This easy summer recipe makes a really refreshing and delicate lunch or dinner and could also be make ahead of time to eat al-fresco! Summer Recipe: Ingredients for 4 People 6 Fettuccine nests 10 cherry tomatoes 1 large courgette Dried mixed herbs such as mint,...
Panettone French Toast with Berries
Recipe for Panettone French Toast with Mixed Berries Panettone French Toast is a great recipe for a delicious dessert or a luxurious breakfast using left over Panettone slices. If yours disappeared well before Christmas it's a great time to find bargain Panettone in...
The Health Benefits of Balsamic Vinegar
Balsamic vinegar is an original artisan product that hails from Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy. Made from white, sweet grape, it is simmered to a concentrate (known as must) before being left to ferment in wooden barrels: much like wine. The must is moved between...
5 Italian Vegetarian Recipes for Christmas
Catering for vegetarians over the festive period can be tricky - with often uninspiring results! At Vorrei, however, we're firm believers that vegetarian food doesn't need to be dull, and delicious Christmas inspired veggie food and drink is more than achievable. To...
Black Summer Truffles: The Great Taste You Expect at a Price You Won’t!
Experiment with Black Summer Truffles - All The Flavour at a More Accessible Price! Who doesn’t love the delicious, earthy flavour of fresh truffles? That wintery aroma that fills your nostrils and tingles your taste buds, leaving your mouth watering with craving!...
Treat “Mamma” To An Italian Lunch On Mother’s Day
“La mamma è sempre la mamma”: ‘Mum is always Mum,” so goes an Italian saying - a fitting quote to start our Mother's Day inspired blog post. The mother figure is one of the most important since ancient history, dating back to the Palaeolithic age where Mother...
Paccheri Pasta with Roasted Pumpkin and Gorgonzola
This paccheri pasta recipe looks so inviting - perfect for a chilly evening! If you can't find pumpkin, butternut squash would work just as well. Ingredients for 4 people 320g Paccheri Pasta 400g pumpkin 100g gorgonzola dolce 200g button mushrooms 1 tablespoon...