Hanging on to summer with a big bowl of pasta con friggitelli colorati for Sunday lunch. Italians can be a bit funny about the pepper family. They love them, but then complain of digestive problems. The little friggitelli peppers (usually green, here deep yellows and reds) are most often sautéed and eaten whole, but I yesterday I cooked them into a sauce and tossed them through lovely whole grain tagliatelle from @mulino_valdorcia I gently cooked 1 sliced onion in olive oil and added a couple of anchovies, a clove of whole squashed garlic and 6 or so peppers (seeds removed). Cook all of above covered, for 10 minutes or so until soft and collapsing. Add a tin of peeled tomatoes (I had gifted pelati from @ilghiottoneumbro!), a good pinch of salt and cook for a further 10 minutes, adding a little water to help everything blend and reduce. Cook pasta, toss everything in the pan (or a bowl if you need more space) and add grated pecorino and chopped oregano and parsley to serve. This was a hit with all of the family, minus the 100% Italian one with peperoni phobia. #marketinspiration #sundayontheterrace #ifyoulikefrigetelliwhynotwithpasta
Emma keeps asking me, 'Mum, should I dress for Autumn tomorrow?' I'm not sure, days are still warm but the pumpkins have started arriving at the markets.
When I first moved to this part of Rome I would sometimes bump into Leonardo's grandmother haranguing stall holders at the market, pint sized Neapolitan force of nature that Rosa was. In those days it would have been a near miracle to spot a butternut on the stalls, but the brilliant combination of the farmers market movement, @slowfood_international and a general interest in varietals has revitalised what is tumbling off the stalls. All that is missing are the people!!! The world needs ACTION to get people out of the supermarkets and buying produce that is #goodcleanfair #buonopulitoegiusto and totally packaging free. #mercatogregorioVII #romanmarkets #packagingfree #everychangecounts
I drove back from Tuscany last night for a #markettotablerome this morning. Grapes were beckoning at the market after I dropped Alberto at his new Scuola Media (next door to the Gregorio VII market, bonus), so the Maritozzo dough became a sort of Schiacciata all' Uva for our morning coffee. Yep, it was tasty, I tasted a couple of slices waiting for @rachelaliceroddy to arrive with today's (as always) super group. We cooked a feaast of late summer veg, made lombrichell and baked a plum tart. More in my stories. Thanks all for coming, and stay tuned for 2020 Market to Table dates if you would like to come and cook with @carla_tomasi, Rachel and me. #cooktheseason #schiaccataalluva #withcoffee
