It wasn’t supposed to be another long slow cooked beef dish. It was supposed to be a long slow cooked venison dish, all northern Italian goodness for a quiet autumn weekend As usual, any last minute food plans depend on the local supermarket having what I need, and while my local supermarket is the rather…
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Peperonata, three ways
Those who follow me on Instagram (@libertaincucina) will know that when I tried to make peperonata last week, while also trying make settembrini, it ended badly. Peperonata 1 The weekend rolled around and with nothing planned for dinner (for once!) I thought I would give it another go. The recipe was taken from Rachel Roddy’s…
#TomatoesWithEverything – Passata?
I had a horrible feeling it would go wrong. I didn’t have a nice formal book, propped open at the correct page. I had a hunch, a load of websites telling me how to sterilise jars, and too many tomatoes to know what to do with. I also had RAI Radio 1’s summer evening programme…
#TomatoesWithEverything – Pasta Diciannove
This recipe was born before the tomato invasion, but it has become a firm favourite comfort dinner, with the added bonus of being quick and slightly more virtuous than some other comfort foods (and an excellent use of my tomatoes!) I assume this sauce has a proper name in Italian (either that or it would…
#TomatoesWithEverything
As lockdown took hold, I was grateful that I had some outside space. My balcony is a nice space but it had fallen into disrepair over the winter. With plenty of time on my hands I cleared it and planted flowers and vegetables. I’ve never had much success with veg. But being home all the…
Bisteccha alla pizzaiola
A quick trip round Waitrose this afternoon and I came home with bargain bin steak. I didn’t go out for steak, but seeing as the weather has been rather mixed today, something a little more cosy sounded good. A favourite way to cook steak at the moment is “alla pizzaiola”, cooked in a sauce of…
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