If you are looking for a salad that’s a meal in itself, look no further. I confess that I was sceptical when Cath first produced this and maybe even a tiny bit sulky. ’Like, where are the carbs, dude? I’m a growing man, with energy needs’. Cath said ‘Try it before you judge it. And please [...]
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A crunchy Italian salad for summer
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged Nudo, cathy rogers, olives, Jason Gibb, summer, mozzarella, salad, tomatoes, Italian salad, crunchy, ciabatta, croutons on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mandarin breakfast cake
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged Nudo, olive oil, adopt an olive tree, Italy, Jason Gibb, recipe, italian, cake, mandarins, breakfast cake on July 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m very happy that Cathy pulled this one out of the archives (see the previous blog). It was one of our first toe-dippings into the vast sea that is ‘unconventional uses of olive oil’. Since those first tentative steps, we’ve climbed into our speedos and snorkels and jumped in – first with our olive oil chocolate [...]
Half Time Feasts #3: Cacio e pepe
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged Nudo, Italy, Jason Gibb, spaghetti, recipe, football, soccer, World Cup, cacio, peppe, black pepper on July 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We lived in Rome for a year and a half during which time I became addicted to this classic Roman primo. I’d try it at every trattoria we went to, comparing richness, pasta texture, pepperiness and all the other nuances of the dish. As you’ll see it’s ridiculously simple, but then so is that first kiss, so [...]
Half Time Feasts #2: Spaghetti with red onion and anchovy
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged Nudo, Italy, Jason Gibb, spaghetti, recipe, football, soccer, World Cup, half time, red onion, anchovy on June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This recipe is perfect for when you’re too busy (or lazy) to go to the shops or to spend more than 13 minutes cooking your dinner. It’s a football-lovers’, store-cupboard-deploying classic. The flavoursome salty anchovy cuts through the sweet onion like a defence-splitting cross from midfield maestro Pirlo to galloping Gilardino [translation for non-football fanatics: 'very nicely'] Ingredients for 4 Spaghetti – [...]
Halftime cooking: Tagliatelle with the scent of lemon
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged Nudo, olive oil, Italy, Jason Gibb, recipe, football, tagliatelle, lemon, soccer, World Cup, halftime on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The name might not sound the most macho dish out there but don’t be fooled – this is a fantastic feast to knock up in half time. It will keep you fed in body as well as soul (with a bit of help from the beautiful game) and will also keep any non-football-loving-partners moans at [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Spaghetti con prezzemolo e pancetta (parsley and pancetta)
Posted in Jason's Recipes, tagged Nudo, Jason Gibb, parsley, spaghetti, recipe, pancetta, garlic, prezzemolo, shallots on April 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
With the World cup looming I’m getting in practise for my magical half-time meals. Since Italians are football mad I have my suspicions that they invented simple food purely to allow them to cook and scoff a full meal in those precious 15 minutes. Not a minute of the beautiful game need be missed yet there is [...]
