KEEPING AN EYE ON ALL THINGS BRITALIAN
Up-cycled Easter eggs!
Kids (and the big kid in you!) will love making these super-cool hot chocolate spoons. The odds might be slim, but if you’ve got any Easter eggs leftover, melt them down for this recipe and give them a new lease-of -life!
For lack of plentiful Amarene cherry trees in south west London, I headed to a plentiful supermarket instead. From the deep-freeze to warm toast, my hand-picked tubs of frozen cherries embraced a bit of a make-over.
Makes 3 medium jars
KEEPING AN EYE ON ALL THINGS BRITALIAN
This week’s must-haves:
BOOK: Never mind Will and Kate, Milton Keynes received a visit from our favourite King (of the Jungle). The gorgeous Gino D’Acampo has been promoting his new book Pronto, let’s cook Italian in 20 mins. Simple cooking with good ingredients – a great collection of quick, tasty, affordable recipes.
Eggstravaganza Simnel cake
Great British Bake-off contestant Cathryn Dresser’s Easter Simnel cake recipe on This Morning inspired me to get baking. I’ve swapped some of the ingredients to match up with what my Britalian kitchen cupboards had to offer. Hopefully my ‘alternative decorations’ will make the family smile and the camomile won’t send them to sleep!
A foodie twist on The Daily Post at WordPress challenge. Feeding families since 1901 – a tribute to a humble ingredient, can you spot it? Continue reading
KEEPING AN EYE ON ALL THINGS BRITALIAN
Taking the biscuit
With over 100 pieces on display in the Glamour of Italian Fashion exhibition at London’s V&A from fashion houses such as Valentino, Gucci and Sorelle Fontana it really is a feast for the eyes. I thought I would show my appreciation for such sumptuous glamour with some hopefully equally sumptuous biscuits.
In response to The Daily Post at WordPress challenge, here is my 50 word story.
Intrigue
As his knife hit skin, Paolo knew this would be the first and last time, he just wanted to know what it was like. Intrigue had got the better of him. Touching the cold, white blob, he slashed down again. Tomorrow his wife could return to making the Caprese salad.
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See my more standard Caprese salad recipe in tomorrow’s Food News
Sunny chicken with garlic and chilli veg
Dessert: Rhubarb and apple crumble
Lemon and thyme is a bit of a classic but as I’m lucky enough to have jars of freshly dried oregano from Mamma Romeo – which as soon as I open remind me of a peaceful, sunny afternoon in Southern Italy… and pizza! This chicken simply demanded a sprinkling.
KEEPING AN EYE ON ALL THINGS BRITALIAN
Murray vs Fognini: Chill out and have a Britalian iced canapé!
Phowoaar-nini more like! If anyone was going to beat Murray – a gorgeous Italian swiftly moving around the clay is certainly going to soften the blow. If the match was to be decided on style Mr Murray should have certainly stayed in Blighty – the 1980s paperboy look really wasn’t cutting-it.
A modern-retro menu that brought a great big spoonful of nostalgia to the table! A few gorgeous Italian ingredients give my essentially British menu a little magic touch. Can you spot them?
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