Category: Italian Food
Rachel Roddy’s Pomodoro Al Riso
Filled with herb risotto rice and nestled amongst golden, crispy/squidgy potatoes, these best-in-class stuffed tomatoes make a very special meal for vegetarians and carnivores alike.
Herb Confit Tomatoes
Delicious as a fancy antipasti option, confit tomatoes also work beautifully as the star of simple pasta dishes. Their flavour concentrates amazingly as they cook, and they keep their shape really well throughout roasting, making them a bit more elegant than ordinary roasted tomatoes.
Chickpea & Chard Eggs
Chickpeas on toast has been one of my favourite comfort food dishes ever since I was a teenager. This slightly swankier version of the original would make for a brilliantly bostering brunch or light supper.
River Café & January Salad
One thing I’ve learned over the last few years is that cities are a lot more fun if you avoidContinue Reading
Roasted Carrots With Yogurt Sauce
Although it may be changing now, I’ve often thought that Ireland’s food trends are about a month behind the UK’s,Continue Reading
Ballinteer Pizza Night, September 2014
Ballinteer’s main culinary attraction used to be Superquinn, and I really was fairly devastated when it was turnedContinue Reading
Peach & Almond Ice Cream, August 2014
Just as you start to think it’s time to dig the winter coat out, it warms up and feelsContinue Reading
Middle Eastern Salad Plate, August 2014
Apart from a takeaway beetroot and falafel wrap eaten on the fly near the Coombe a few monthsContinue Reading
Fougasse, July 2014
Another dish from Provence, this time a bread called fougasse, a foccaccia-like ‘everything’ bread which varies greatly from regionContinue Reading
Roasted Salmon & Fennel Aïoli, July 2014
Rose Prince has a recipe for a Provençal, Grand Aïoli-style dish in the Telegraph this weekend – a plate of baked codContinue Reading
Summer Carbonara, June 2014
A lovely, light pasta dish that I made last week because there was ricotta open in theContinue Reading
Bank Holiday Bagels With Ricotta, Strawberries & Basil
I love taking time over breakfast on Bank Holidays, but I don’t like going to my usual brunch haunts –Continue Reading
Lovage & Wet Garlic Soup, May 2014
I went to the launch of Donal Skehan’s new book, The Pleasures of the Table: Rediscovering Theodora FitzGibbon at the Royal SocietyContinue Reading
Pizza Bán, 17 March 2014
I wanted to make something for St Patrick’s Day that would celebrate both Ireland and mid-March in equal measure; somethingContinue Reading