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Italian Puttanesca with MAMMA FLORA'S Red Tomato Sauce

Serves: 4Prep: 10minCooking: 10minDifficulty: easy When I was studying abroad my mum prepared for me and my friends her favourite sauce placing it in vacuum jars. We literally used to stock hundreds of jar and after a busy day at uni or at work, we would eat a tasty Italian pasta with her sauce. That's her way to still share her love for food even if we don't eat at the same table.Mamma Flora’s Tip: olives and capers are essential in this recipe, make sure they taste very good. I usually use the black Gaeta olives, try to find them at your Italian deli, otherwise, there are some greek ones, the kalamata which might do the job.Method: Firstly, boil the...

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Quick Easy Fish Dinner

Serves: 2 Cooking: 15min Difficulty: easy This recipe gives a nice fragrant taste to a fish dinner and is perfect for the people that don't particularly like to eat fish but would yet like to include it in their meal plan.  Ingredients: Fish (sea bream or sea bass) Salt Pepper Rosemary Olive oil Lemon zest thyme Tools: 1 tray 1 pot Method: When talking about fish it is important that the first cardinal rule of success is fresh ingredients. For this specific platter, I suggest using a bluefish (Pesce Azzurro) which is a fish rich in Omega 3 and unsaturated fats, which is good for growth and cells reparations.   Turn on the oven at a heat of 180 degrees. Firstly, place...

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Antipasto Polenta Sticks

Serves: 6  Cooking: 15min Difficulty: easy This recipe is quick and delicious for these winter days. It combines together seasonal ingredients into a mouthwatering traditional Piedmontese polenta dish. Ingredients: 1 jar MAMMA FLORA sundried tomato pesto 1 sachet of instant polenta  Salt Pepper Rosemary Olive Oil Parmesan Tools: 1 pan 1 pot Baking Tray  Knife Method:   Firstly, make the polenta as per instructions depending on whether its instantaneous or not. Once the polenta is almost cooked add a bit of salt, pepper, parmesan and rosemary to give it an earthy flavour. Then, pour the hot polenta on a tray, and let it cool down. Once the dense polenta is cool cut it in stick looking shapes, preferably with a width...

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Italian Cannellini Soup

Prep: 4-5 hours (only if using dry cannellini) Cooking: 30min for pre-cooked beans. 45 min - 1h for dry beans Serves: 4 Difficulty: Easy Lately I have rediscovered the power of legumes, they are healthy, cheap and perfect as comfort food. My mum serves a legume based dish at least twice per week at home. She has many delicious recipes I want to share with you in the next cold months. Cannellini is a more delicate version of beans and in Italy we love cooking with them. You need more prep time if you use dry cannellini otherwise buy the pre-cooked ones in can Mamma Flora's Tip: Pasta and legumes are perfect when paired together, they become a complete dish. Try cooking our Gnocchetti Sardi in...

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