We are in the beautiful city of Mantova, and Laura shows us how she makes "Tortelli Mantovani" with pumpkin and amaretti biscuits. I love these! She dresses them with a butter and sage sauce, which you'll often see in pasta dishes from Northern Italy ..read more

Donatella makes a delicious vegetable lasagna with carrots, courgettes, onions and fennel ..read more

68yr old Donatella makes some delicious pumpkin tortelli from Mantua, Italy ..read more

70yr old Fiorenza makes “tortello cremasco” from the town of Crema, in the Lombardy region. This pasta has a filling of “amaretti” cookies, candied citron peel, mints (the sweets not the herb!), raisin, nutmeg, “mustasì”cookies and grana padano cheese.  They are served with melted butter and sage leaves and with a generous sprinkling of parmesan cheese. You’ll see the full video on YouTube in the upcoming weeks! In the meantime, enjoy this video ..read more

In this episode, we are in the beautiful city of Mantova, and Laura shows us how she makes "tortelli Mantovani" with pumpkin and amaretti biscuits. I love these! She dresses them with a butter and sage sauce, which you'll often see in pasta dishes from Northern Italy. These tortelli are often served during special occasions, such as holidays or festive meals, and are especially popular in autumn, when pumpkins are in season. Laura shares her recipe: For the dough: 300g 00 flour 3 large eggs a drop of water For the filling: 100g amaretti biscuits 300g pumpkin 80g mostarda di mele 25g Grana Pada ..read more

This winter-warming dish is called polenta with Zin Zin! This is a wonderful crowd pleaser that you should recreate in the colder months ..read more

88yr old Chiara makes "casunziei", beetroot-filled pasta pieces in a half-moon shape, resembling mezzelune, from the Veneto region of north-eastern Italy ..read more

I want Giggina's kitchen! Also I want to be able to have Sunday lunch with her on a regular basis ..read more

Here a dish for you to try if there's frost or snow on the ground. Butter and cream enriched polenta, turned into gnocchi, coated in a creamy, garlicky fontina sauce ..read more

Franchina is a bit of heroine, bringing up her siblings from the age of eight, growing and making everything herself on her smallholding. This is her recipe for fusilli and a goat meat rag ..read more