It can be difficult to get your risotto to the perfect oozy consistency but with these handy tips and this delicious recipe for wild mushroom and lemon risotto, you shouldn’t be too far off. Ingredients (serves 4-6): 30g dried mushrooms...
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Italian cooking is synonymous with three foods; pizza, pasta and risotto. Of these three, risotto is my firm favourite but just how do you get that perfect ‘oozy’ consistency? Here are my top tips. 1. Temperature It’s all about the temperature,...
We have a lot to thank Italians for. A language that rolls off the tongue like music, key breakthroughs in art throughout the ages, fantastic opera and music from the likes of Bellini, Corelli and Monteverdi and glorious food. Ever...
A recipe without a beautiful photo, is a fish without fins, and for our Italian job recipe series we teamed up with food stylist genii, Callie Maritz and Mari-Louis Guy of CakeBread, and Dirk Pieters to capture the magic of Italia in...
The Italians know how to entertain in style; they’re masters at gathering la famiglia around the table to eat, drink and be merry and we reckon pizza and pasta have a lot to do with it. Here’s how to make tip...
Imagine a world without pizza, pasta, gelato and tiramisu. Scary, right? Fortunately there was and always will be fair Italia, the grand bastion of global food culture, and this month we’re celebrating this glorious fact. Whether it’s the freshness and simplicity...
Is ravioli new to you? Italia has been crafting glorious stamps of goodness since way back in the fourteenth century. From humble beginnings, these crinkle-cut squares have taken the world by storm and now line supermarket shelves (top dollar for...
New to the pasta stamp game? No worries, making ravioli from scratch is a delight. Make some pasta dough, brush up your ravioli-making skills and then try your hand at this delicious pumpkin and sage ravioli filling. It serves four,...
Learning to make pasta at home will change your world, and how you feel about Italian food heritage. It’s not expensive to make (it’s mainly flour and egg after all) and gives onlookers a chance to get involved in the...
Where would we be without Pavarotti, pasta, pizza and racy political scandals? We’ve got a lot to thank Italia for and nearing the top of our list are Tiramisu and ice cream, so here, in its full glory, is an...
