Ingredients for about 16 biscuits Egg whites – 2 Plain flour – 15g Baking powder – 1/3 teaspoon Icing sugar – 125g Ground almonds – 175g Almond extract – 3 drops Preheat the oven to 220oC /gas mark 7. Beat the egg whites until they are stiff. In another bowl, sieve the flour and baking [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Ricciarelli biscuits
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged adopt an olive tree, biscuits, dolce vita diaries, Italy, Jason Gibb, Nudo, recipes, ricciarelli on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Seafood Fritto Misto
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged achovies, crab, cuttlefish, dolce, Dolce vita, dolce vita diaries, fritto misto, Jason Gibb, recipes, sardines, scampi, seafood on July 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We always seemed to arrive at the beach at lunchtime. We headed to the nearest fish restaurant and Cathy and Rosie ordered big steaming heaps of spaghetti alle vongole followed by crispy fritto misto – a mountain of battered scampi, baby squid, anchovies, small crabs, fresh sardines and tiny juvenile flatfish like sole. Trouble is [...]
Spaghetti with Artichoke Hearts
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged artichoke, artichoke hearts, dolce vita diaries, Jason Gibb, recipes, spaghetti on July 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Our favourite new Nudo sott’olio is the artichoke hearts. At a moments notice you can whip them up into a ‘restaurant quality’ dish. Our new organic artichoke hearts are soft yet firm, flavoursome yet subtle, earthy yet fragrant. These are the ying, the yang, the bling the blang. If your heart doesn’t flutter as your [...]
Crunchy Italian salad with Lemon dressing
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged capers, dolce vita diaries, dressing, Jason Gibb, lemon, pine nuts, recipes, salad, sundried tomatoes on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I normally make my favourite salad dressing actually on the salad - adding the ingredients in one by one and then mixing it all in with my hands. But Cathy has trumped my dressing with one she makes in an old glass jar and shakes into an emulsion. It goes really nicely with a crunchy [...]
Spanakopita
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged dolce vita diaries, filo, Jason Gibb, Nudo, olive tapenade, recipes, spanakopita, spinach, spinakopita on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been doing lots of fairs and festivals this year, showing off our wares to discerning foodies. Our black olive tapenade is going down a storm. It’s made from sundried black olives chopped up with herbs and spices and extra virgin olive oil, nice and simple. It’s brilliant with bruschetta, perfect on pasta but also [...]
