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

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To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose. Restricted choice of scarce ingredients meant they learnt the value of 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. Only paid guests who are actively taking part in a cookery lesson are permitted to be at the cookery school whilst classes are in progress. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. In this inspirational cookbook, Gennaro takes you on a culinary journey of regional basic Italian staples and turns them into beautiful meals.

Along with the majority of post-war Italian families, a young Gennaro was raised on a diet harvested on a limited budget. Join the don of Italian cooking for an exclusive 3-hour class, with recipes from his new cookbook Cucina .Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan, add the remaining two garlic cloves and sweat for a minute. 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. Heat through the blended beans mixture, remove the whole garlic gloves and then serve with the greens, drizzled with a little olive oil. It originates mainly from rural areas, where meals were created using the limited number of ingredients available – either what people grew or what little they could afford.

Cucina povera’ is a simple philosophy – turn delicious affordable ingredients into hearty nourishing feasts. The duration of the lesson includes the teaching time as well as time taken to enjoy eating what you have made.For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password.

In an era of excessive convenience and disposable food waste, Gennaro’s Cucina could not come at a better time – you will learn how to use simple ingredients in inventive ways, eat seasonally, spend less and, ultimately, eat better. In this inspirational cookbook by the much-loved Italian chef and personality, Gennaro takes you on a culinary journey of regional basic Italian staples and turns them into beautiful meals.Add the greens and stir-fry over a medium-to-high heat for 2–3 minutes, then season with salt and pepper. 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. Remove from the heat, discard the bay leaves and garlic, then blend the beans until smooth using a handheld stick blender. In doing so, they learnt to value what they had and to lovingly cook dishes to ensure they tasted better, using all their imagination to make dishes go as far as they could. He is renowned for being a mentor to Jamie Oliver and teaching him, with Carluccio, everything Jamie knows about Italian cooking.

With t ips 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. Next up, you’ll rustle up Pasta e piselli cremosi (creamy pasta with peas), before cracking on with your main course – Sgombro alla pizzaiola (mackerel fillets cooked in a tomato, caper and oregano sauce). To kick things off, you’ll enjoy a glass of bubbles while Gennaro demonstrates how to make his Polenta concia al forno (the most outrageously cheesy baked polenta) for you to try at our chef’s table. Gennaro Contaldo's warmth, Italian spirit and sense of fun have led him to be one of the UK's most-loved chefs.

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. He is a favourite on Saturday Kitchen, has his own YouTube food channel, and is an ambassador for Citalia, Parmigiano Reggiano and Birra Moretti. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). Cucina povera' is the food that traditionally fed the poor of Italy yet remains the basis of most Italian dishes we love to eat today. 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.