In my youthful flat-sharing days, we used to play a game called ‘World of Booze’. We loved to spring a spontaneous game on an unwitting guest by way of introduction to our adolescent drinks cabinet. There might have been some limoncello, a half bottle of Mexican tequila, some vodka, probably a cheap Polish variety, various [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Sapa Cocktails
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged dolce vita diaries, Jason Gibb, recipe, sapa, cocktails, martini, strawberry, mojito on December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sesame Seed Torrone
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged dolce vita diaries, Jason Gibb, recipe, Christmas, panforte, torrone, sesame, seeds, almonds on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If panforte is too time consuming or complicated a flavour combo, then give this one a whirl. It’s a sort of torrone- light recipe, borrowed from an Ursula Ferrigno recipe book I often use. A crude friend describes it as a posh version of those sweet sesame snaps you can buy in newsagents – and [...]
Festive Panforte for an Italian Christmas twist
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged dolce vita diaries, Italy, Jason Gibb, recipe, italian, Christmas, panforte on December 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s all very well going out and buying your loved one a Fellini box-set for Christmas, but we all know there’s nothing to beat a homemade gift – and a home-baked one is really the king of the castle. One of our favourite presents-you-can-cook is panforte (literally ‘strong bread’) – a fruity, nutty, chewy, sweet [...]
Marmite Spaghetti
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged Anna del Conte, dolce vita diaries, Jason Gibb, Marmite, Nigella Lawson, Nudo, recipes, spaghetti on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
‘But it’s delicious’ I told her. ‘It’s a beautiful fusion of British and Italian cuisine,’ I went on. ‘It’s based on an ancient Italian recipe’. Finally her reply came, ‘But Daddy, Marmite on spaghetti sounds disgusting!’ I did eventually persuade Rosie to try this brilliant simple dish which comes from Anna del Conte via Nigella Lawson. [...]
Book Extract: “Strozzapreti – ‘Choking priest’ pasta”
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged choking priest, dolce vita diaries, Italy, Jason Gibb, Nudo, pasta, strozzapreti on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every little corner of Italy has a pasta that it calls its own, and if you’re lucky it comes along with a bit of history or a nice story. The best I’ve heard so far is Le Marche’s very own strozzapreti. Not only does it have a clever little twist in it that means sauces [...]
