Gennaro's Cucina: A cookbook of classic Italian recipes that help to budget during a cost-of-living crisis

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But I feel this is a bit of a let down and will just leave pasta lovers a bit thicker round the waistline and lighter in the wallet. Recipes are from all over the Italian peninsula, and each recipe is accompanied by a short paragraph on the background of the dish.

With tips and ideas of what to do with leftovers, Gennaro helps home cooks squeeze maximum use from the 'cucina povera' ethos, turning humble ingredients into nourishing feasts without taste sacrifice.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Recently I had no inspiration for what to cook - I opened this book to a random page (Pasta e Piselli Cremosi - Creamy pasta with peas) and made it from what we had in the house, and it was perfect - it is now a. He regularly appears on Saturday Kitchen and more recently his own TV series, “Two Greedy Italians” on PBS. We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions.

He is a favourite on Saturday Kitchen, has his own YouTube food channel, and is an ambassador for Citalia, Parmigiano Reggiano and Birra Moretti. Many meals are quick and simple—including cannellini beans in tomato sauce and linguine alla puttanesca—and Contaldo’s straightforward instructions make even the most elaborate dishes—like the showstopping Timballo di Riso (a multi-step baked risotto) or the meatloaf with eggs, ham, and provolone served with roasted baby potatoes—feel approachable.The duration of the lesson includes the teaching time as well as time taken to enjoy eating what you have made. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan, add the remaining two garlic cloves and sweat for a minute. In this inspirational cookbook, Gennaro takes you on a culinary journey of simple regional Italian staples and turns them into beautiful meals. Restricted choice of scarce ingredients meant they learnt the value what they had, how to cook dishes lovingly and use imaginative methods of preservation to make simple dishes go far: including salting, drying and curing. We first met Gennaro Contaldo as the chef who inspired Jamie Oliver when they had worked together at Carluccio's.

Ben Guterson makes excellent use of his trademark ability to create puzzles and conjure clues in this innovative tale that pits clever and intrepid preteens against dark forces, dodgy family secrets and dastardly adults. The philosophy of his book is simple, delicious, hearty meals using accessible and affordable ingredients. Place them in a saucepan, cover with plenty of fresh cold water, add the bay leaves and three garlic cloves, then bring to the boil and cook, partially covered, over a medium heat for about 45 minutes, until the beans are cooked through and tender. For the baked frittata with zucchini, cooks can “use any cheese you have on hand” while the tortellini al magro can be filled with either swiss chard or spinach, depending on personal taste.Encouraging an ethos of zero waste, Gennaro’s Cucina ensures that every part of the ingredient, and your budget, is put to good culinary use.