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Pasta with broccoli

Pasta con i broccoli
Pasta with broccoli

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This is a quick, healthy and tasty dish originally from southern Italy which has many possible variations (some add anchovies, some boil the broccoli in the pasta water etc). It is delicious made with orecchiette (ear-shpaed) pasta, but any short pasta will be fine. Read Recipe »

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Pasta e ceci
Pasta and chickpea soup

This dish is lighter than it sounds, but is satisfying enough to have as a one-course meal with bread to dip into the bowl.

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Minestra di pane
Tuscan vegetable and bread soup

This soup, like many others, actually improves if left for a day or so. We make a large batch and have it in varied ways – without the bread soaked into it but served on top of hot toast rubbed with raw garlic or with the bread and served at room temperature

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Minestrone
Tuscan Vegetable Soup

The distinctive taste of this soup comes from the cavolo nero (“black cabbage”). This has recently been popularized by chefs such as Jamie Oliver and is now available in many farmers’ markets.

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Cavolfiore Rifatto
Cauliflower with Tomato, Rosemary & Fennel Seeds

Even self-professed cauliflower haters will love this dish, if you can convince them to try it.

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Stracotto di Manzo
Tuscan “Overcooked” Beef

The vegetables in this slow cooked dish produce a velvety-textured sauce which goes perfectly with the tender meat.

Fagioli all’uccelletto
Cannellini beans with tomato and herbs

Literally the name means “in the manner of little birds”: this is the way that small birds were cooked up when they were brought home from a morning’s hunting. Cannellini beans are so much nicer…

Insalata siciliana
Sicilian orange and fennel salad

The most refreshing of winter salads, this sounds a little odd, but is wonderful!

Pasta e fagioli
Pasta and bean soup

Since Italian cuisine is so regional, there are dozens of versions of this delicious, hearty soup. In Tuscany, white cannellini beans are used (the darker borlotti beans tend to be used further north).

Finocchi gratinati
Fennel gratin

A simple yet delicious way to prepare this nutritious and aromatic vegetable.

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