Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / 5 minutes prep and 10 minutes cooking time. My mother in law introduced me to peverada pasta, I added the broccoli, truffle oil and cheese to pimp it up a bit. Ingredients 1 head of broccoli with stems remove 180g of fusilli pasta 6 tablespoons of peverada Truffle…
Serves around 12 / Difficulty – medium / 20 minutes prep – 1 hour cooking time. Peverada sauce is a strong flavoured meaty sauce originating from Venice that is served with game and goes amazingly well with poultry. This particular recipe was passed to me by my mother in law, who learned it from her…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / 20 minutes prep and 4 hours cooking time. This is a dish that has its origins in the Venice region. We have it every year when in Italy on Christmas day. When I cook this meal my wife often says to me that the smell makes her think…
Serves 4 (or 2 very hungry people) / Difficulty – medium / 10 minutes prep and 45 minutes cooking time. I cook these jerk chicken thighs on the BBQ during the summer or in the oven when the weather won’t allow it. Ingredients 800g chicken thighs For the marinade 1 medium onion, cubed 2-3…
Makes 8 dumplings / Difficulty – easy / 10 minutes prep and 10 minutes cooking time. Ingredients 300g self raising flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 15g of butter 150ml of water About 300ml of oil for frying Method Sieve the flour and salt into a mixing bowl and stir in the salt. Cut the butter into small…
Serves 4 / Difficulty – easy / Ready to eat in 15 minutes This recipe came to me after having an amazing tuna pizza in Sardinia. The addition of capers, anchovies and olives makes this a very tasty dish, you can add more (or less) of these 3 ingredients based on your tastes. Ingredients 200g…
Serves 4 / Difficulty – easy / Prep time 20 minutes and 1 hour cooking time. One of my favourite comfort foods and so easy to make in a big batch for a group of friends. Leaving to cool for a little while after cooking improves the flavour. Like lasagne this dish tastes even better…