Nduja Spicy Salami – A Traditional Calabrian Treat
If you love chilli and foods that have a strong, meaty flavour then you absolutely MUST try one of the tastiest traditional treats from Calabria: Nduja This incredible, spicy salami is a typical Calabrian food and a really versatile ingredient to keep in your...
Fusilli Bucati Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce
This colourful Fusilli Bucati pasta dish makes a quick, easy and healthy lunch or evening meal. It literally takes 15 minutes to prepare and tastes as good as it looks! Fusilli Bucati are long spiral spaghetti strands - ours are the real deal from Naples - lovely and...
3 Colomba Cake Creations You Must Try!
Easter is coming and we can't wait to eat our chocolate egg and a big slice of Italian Easter Colomba cake to celebrate! If you like to try something different there are some great recipes with Colomba Cake, so why not taste this traditional speciality and get baking...
Artichoke Leaf Pasta with Leek ‘Carbonara’
This beautiful, delicate pasta is shaped like an artichoke leaf and has been hand made with artichokes. It has a wonderful texture and generally pairs well with fairly simple sauces. Ingredients for 4 people 400g Artichoke leaf pasta 4 leeks Chunk of old crusty...
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...
Calabrian Food – Simple, Genuine and Healthy.
Calabria is a breathtakingly beautiful region in southern Italy. It is the “toe” of Italian peninsula, surrounded on three sides by sea and characterised by wide sandy beaches overlooked by stunning hill-top towns. Tipped as one of the 'Top 52 places to go" in 2017 by...
The Italian Cupboard: 20 Basic Italian Ingredients
The Italian ingredients in a traditional kitchen cupboard will be fairly consistent across Italy, although there are enormous differences between the Italian regions and huge regional variations in cuisine. Below we've compiled our top 20 list of the Italian...
Top 10 Italian Love Phrases!
Somehow everything sounds so much better in Italian, from simple words such as ‘Fagiolino’ (the word for bean) and ‘Stuzzicadenti’ (tooth pick) to the many ways of expressing ‘amore’. You are never too old (or young) to learn Italian, so in honour of Valentine’s Day,...
Red Hot Chilli Pepper: The Secret Ingredient To a Long Life
Chilli lovers rejoice! There's great news for the red hot chilli pepper lovers among you! Recent studies conducted as part of the National Health Examination Survey III (NHANES) in the US observed more than 16,000 adults over a time span of 18 years and their findings...
Aunt Connie’s Corner – Easy Meat Free Lasagna with Veggies and Tofu
Aunt Connie's recipe for this weekend is easy meat free lasagna with veggies and tofu - a veggie or if you prefer, vegan twist to a staple dish of the Italian cuisine. Follow this step-by-step recipe and make your own, succulent batch of tasty lasagna, full of...