Cooking with Carmelo: Summer Salad
Summer Salad by Chef Carmelo Serves 4 people Ingredients: 1 Butter lettuce (separated and washed) 2 Oranges (peeled and sliced) 40g Parmesan cheese (cut into thin chunks) 50g Anise (thinly sliced) 2 tbsp Olive Oil 2 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar Method: Wash and separate lettuce and allow leaves to dry (can…
Ciambella Sorana
This bread recipe comes for the Lazio region of Italy, and is a bagel style bread made with anise and herbs. Serves 6 people Ingredients: 1125g/2.5lbs All-purpose flour 2.5 cups of heated water 3 eggs 1/2 package anise seed (rub between hands to release flavour) 1/2 package dried yeast 1…
Cooking with Carmelo: Fettucini con Salsa al Fungo
Hello cooking friends – I hope you’ve been enjoying our healthy recipes these past weeks and months that we’ve been confined at home. Chef Carmelo send his best wishes to you all and hopes you are eating well. Here is another simple and delicious recipe for Fettucini with Mushroom Sauce.…
Recipes from Tuscany
Maria loves to make this dish for her mother and herself, and says it can be cooked several hours before serving as it absorbs the flavour of the sauce if you leave it in the pan. What dish is this?……….Read on……….. Prune Stuffed Pork Filets: Serves 2 people Ingredients: 2…
Recipes from Tuscany
This recipe is for a coffee-flavoured biscuit style dessert using mascarpone cheese! It can be served as a mid-morning snack with a cappuccino or as a dessert – your choice! Either way, its simple and FAVOLOSO! Mascarpone Serves 6-8 people Ingredients: 500g mascarpone cheese, or cream cheese 3 eggs 6…
Recipes from Tuscany
Here is a popular snack for Italians and Spanish people alike – CROSTINI – making use of deliciously ripe, local produce like tomatoes, mushrooms and garlic, and of course the splendid olive oils rich in nutrients and vitamins for that glowing Mediterranean complexion. There are several options to making Crostini…