
Pan-fried potato and beef patties, crisp outside and soft inside
Patties made with mashed boiled potatoes and ground meat, pecorino, Parmesan, garlic and parsley, coated in breadcrumbs and pan-fried flattened in a drizzle of olive oil.

Patties made with mashed boiled potatoes and ground meat, pecorino, Parmesan, garlic and parsley, coated in breadcrumbs and pan-fried flattened in a drizzle of olive oil.

Soft Italian olive oil rolls made with just six ingredients and a double rise: a thin golden crust, a white cottony crumb and no butter, milk or eggs at all.

Aubergine rounds baked until meltingly soft, then cooled and topped with finely chopped cherry tomatoes, olive oil and basil. A very simple summer cold dish.

A baked potato and pumpkin gratin with thin slices stacked upright, seasoned with parmesan and rosemary and roasted until the top edges turn crisp and golden.

Genuinely crispy roast potatoes: parboiled, shaken to roughen the surface and roasted with rosemary and garlic until deeply golden and crunchy.

Classic hachis parmentier: a base of minced beef braised with onion and carrot, covered with mashed potato and gratinated until the top is golden and crisp.

Creamy, velvety mashed potatoes: potatoes boiled in their skins, riced while hot and beaten with warm milk and cold butter, with no lumps and no gluey texture.

Baked stuffed aubergines with tomato, mozzarella, breadcrumbs and basil: the scooped-out flesh goes back into the filling, so nothing is wasted.

An autumn savoury pie with a crisp puff pastry shell and a creamy filling of ricotta and roasted pumpkin, scented with rosemary and parmesan.

Soft savoury muffins with cooked ham, parmesan and milk: ready in forty minutes and perfect for drinks, buffets and lunchboxes.

Silky chickpea hummus with tahini, lemon and garlic: the classic Middle Eastern dip, ready in fifteen minutes, with the trick that makes it genuinely smooth.

Baked Roman supplì with tomato rice and a mozzarella heart: a golden crunchy crust and a filling that stretches, with no deep frying at all.