The Italian Pantry: 10 Ingredients, 100 Recipes – Showcasing the Best of Italian Home Cooking

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At the pantry there is a collection of oils and vinegars from varying locations, including beautiful Sicily. Derived from various olives, you can have your taste of each oil before you make your decision, and every age of balsamic – or of course treat yourself to varying types for different occasions! Whether it’s for cooking, dressings, or just a drizzle, there’s an olive oil for you here. Please note that the Regional Tasting menu is created by Chef Theo to represent one particular Italian region with carefully selected unique products and wines. Due to this, we are not able to offer vegetarian and vegan alternatives and may not be able to accommodate other dietary needs. I got you my friend! If you've started reading this post, this means you're seriously obsessed with Italian cuisine. And I can't blame you! Italian food is amazing! Today, I want to tell you about a few basic ingredients. If you have them in your pantry, you can whip up any Italian recipe in a blink of an eye. Other fresh spices and herbs to have in your Italian pantry are Parsley (Prezzemolo), Rosemary (Rosmarino) and Sage (Salvia), dry Oregano (Origano), Thyme (Timo), Nutmeg (Noce moscata), and White Pepper (Pepe bianco). Saffron (Zafferano) is a wonderful (and expensive) spice that it’s used to make Risotto alla Milanese and other dishes. Beans

Bomboloni are light and fluffy deep-fried Italian doughnuts. Their name comes from the Italian word “bomba,” meaning “bomb,” to describe their small grenade-like shape. A delicacy amongst many culinary cultures; truffles are a beautifully rich fungus that grow beneath the ground – unlike their mushroom cousins. We have a wide range of truffle products, starting with whole truffles of course, followed by an exciting range of options like honey, oil, balsamic vinegar, pesto and much more!

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Favoured in Venetian cooking, Vialone Nano is a semi-fino rice with an unpolished oval-shaped grain. Its starchy exterior helps to create risotto's creamy texture. These Taggiasche pitted olives are brined and stored in extra-virgin olive oil. Serve them as an antipasto, scattered on a pizza or pressed into focaccia. In some English-speaking countries, such as the US, sfogliatella are also called lobster tails. Possibly because it’s one of the more difficult Italian pastry names to pronounce. There are so many choices, I suggest that you try a few small samples first. I usually buy local fresh mozzarella, ricotta and mascarpone, but Parmigiano Reggiano or others must be from Italy. Caffè

My family’s Italian pantry. Growing up in a small Italian seaside town, I was often asked by my mother or grand-mother to get on my bicycle and go shopping at their favorite Alimentari, a grocery store located 3 miles away. Cannoli are tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough filled with a sweet, creamy filling that usually contains ricotta – the popular Italian whey cheese. The ends of cannoli are sometimes sprinkled with chocolate, candied fruit, or nuts. In the local dialect, sporcamuss means ‘dirty mouth’. The unusual name highlightsthe fact that it’s pretty much impossible to bite into one without getting cream and sugar all over your mouth and face. Don’t forget to grab a napkin! Hot Dinners Best Cookbooks of 2022The Times Best Food Books of 2022"I love this book, full of joyfully simple, scrumptious, honest cooking - Theo has created the most delicious dishes. Extra Virgin Olive Oil is what you’ll find at most stores in U.S., and it’s excellent for salads or to add fine touches to any meal, including cooked vegetables and meat.Pan roasted Sea bream fillet with Datterini tomatoes, capers, Taggiasche olives with Swiss chard and slow roasted Sicilian red peppers 380kcal Cornmeal flour is used to make polenta. You can also get a pre-cooked polenta that comes in plastic rolls. It’s delicious when sliced and sauteed or grilled with cheese and other toppings. Guests can enjoy a round of golf at Parkstone Golf Club – one of the best-known and finest courses on the South Coast. Nearby, you have the surrounding areas of Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs village, Lilliput and Westbourne where there are ample shops, restaurants and cafes to explore. Being right on the coast you are a short walk from our award-winning blue flag beaches where you can enjoy the sun, sea and many water sports. Once I have my main ingredients like tomatoes, olive oil, Chili Peppers, garlic and basil, I can make my own marinara sauce or any other sauce, it’s really not that difficult.