Italians, I have to say, are pretty snobby about Greek olive oil. They are deeply scathing of the sometime Greek approach to harvesting (which involves laying a net down around the tree, sitting back and waiting for the olives to fall in) when, in Le Marche at least, there is a lot of hard labour combing each [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Lemon hummus and rosemary focaccia
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged Nudo, olive oil, Italy, Jason Gibb, recipe, focaccia, rosemary, hummus, lemon hummus, Greece on May 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Guida’s Ciambellone
Posted in Jason's Recipes on May 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Nudo farm’s nearest neighbours are the inimitable Guida and Daniele. They run Il Maniero, a fantastical new-age manor house packed to the oaken rafters with modern art, sculpture and intriguing paraphernalia. The venue plays host to weddings, funerals, christenings and any other excuse for an Italian knees-up (it doesn’t take much). They’ve recently taken also to selling [...]
11 hungry men, 2 rabbits and 1 cook
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged Nudo, olives, le Marche, Italy, Jason Gibb, recipe, pruning, olive trees, Italian farmers, working up an appetite, linguine, duck on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I suspect the person who coined the phrase ‘working up an appetite’ had in mind a morning spent pruning olive trees followed by a three-course Italian lunch. I have no wish to romanticise what is a bloomin’ tough job – but the rewards that met our sturdy band of pruners was, I think, worth the pain. This [...]
