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...
Get Ready for Christmas with Panettone Cake
The festive season is just around the corner and our thoughts (and tummies!) are turning to some of our favourite, festive Italian treats. In Italy, the nation’s favourite has to be the Panettone cake; with the average Italian buying five of these delicious treats...
10 Truffle Products To Try This Season
As the nights draw in and the temperature dips, it’s time to replace those summer salads with rich, warm comfort food. Adding Italian truffle to your dishes is the perfect way to add a dash of indulgence to your food this autumn and is easier to do than you think....
Celebrating Italian Week on The Great British Bake Off!
In honour of The Great British Bake Off and its first ever Italian Week, we thought it only fitting to dedicate a blog post to one of the episode's food challenges: pizza! With The Great British Bake Off contestants struggling to create the perfect margherita pizza,...
Crushed Potatoes with Spicy Gorgonzola
Spicy Gorgonzola cheese is wonderful for cooking with and can be used in many recipes. It’s great for making sauces, which are ideal for pasta or rice dishes or tasty potato gnocchi. We love it too as a topping for salads or as in this recipe, potatoes. These crushed,...
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!...
Senatore Cappelli Organic Pasta – A Mark of Guaranteed Quality
Just How Healthy is the Pasta in your Cupboard? A recent investigation into the most common pasta brands in Italy, some of which are available in the UK, has found the presence of allarming substances such as DON, glyphosate and cadmium in the grains. DON is a toxic...
Going Natural: Why Natural Wines Are The Next Big Thing
From New York to Sydney, the world's most fashionable eateries are all following the same trend: A move towards serving natural wines. Recntly two more of the Big Apple's most notable restaurants, Rouge Tomate Chelsea and Four Horseman have decided to go natural with...
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...