Spezzatino, Beef Italian Stew

Spezzatino, Italian beef stew

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 30 minutes, cooked in 3-4 hours This is another Italian classic, its easy to make and is one of my favourite stews. Ingredients 400g of diced beef Flour for dusting 1 onion, chopped 1 stick of celery, chopped 1 carrot, peeled and chopped 200g of tinned tomatoes…

Chicken Cacciatore - hunters chicken

Chicken Cacciatore – Hunters Chicken

Serves 4 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 20 minutes and 45 minutes cooking time This is a one pot meal that is good on it’s own or add rice to make more substantial. Ingredients One knob of butter 2 tbsp olive oil 4 chicken thighs or legs, skin removed (before or after cooking) Seasoned…

Classic Cottage Pie

Classic Cottage Pie

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 30 minutes and 45 minutes cooking time One of the ultimate comfort foods, this is my tasty version of an English classic. Swap beef for lamb and you get a Shepherds pie. Ingredients For the filling 250g of minced beef 1 onion 1 small carrot 1 stick…

Sartù Timbale

Sartù di Riso

Serves 4-6 / Difficulty – Hard / Prep 1½ hour and 45 minutes cooking time This is a recipe I have taken from the legendary Italian cookbook Silver Spoon which you can buy here. Sartù is not for the faint hearted as you basically prepare a number of little dishes and then combine to make…

Sicilian Arancini

Sicilian Arancini Recipe

Makes 8 medium balls / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 45 mins and fried in 5 minutes I first discovered arancini existed whilst watching an episode of the Sicilian detective series Inspector Montelbano, and the episode was called ‘Gli arancini di Montalbano’, obviously arancini featured heavily and I had to know what these little balls…