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

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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. As a result, it meant that his family had to learn to value what they had and make meals using accessible and affordable ingredients. You’ll leave with a signed copy of Cucina , a full belly, and the ability to elevate humble ingredients and spend less, without compromising on flavour. With tips and ideas on 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.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. In this inspirational cookbook, Gennaro takes you on a culinary journey of regional basic Italian staples and turns them into beautiful meals. Join the don of Italian cooking for an exclusive 3-hour class, with recipes from his new cookbook Cucina .

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. If you can get dandelion or puntarelle from your greengrocer, remember to remove the heart, which you can then use in a salad (see Insalata di Cuore di Cicoria recipe on page 129). 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. 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. 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. With tips and ideas of what to do with leftover, Gennaro’s Cucina squeezes the most from the ‘cucina povera’ ethos’, ensuring that every part of the ingredient, and your budget, is put to good culinary use. 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. Learn how to use simple ingredients in inventive ways, eat seasonally, spend less and, ultimately, eat better.

Biography: Gennaro Contaldo's warmth, Italian spirit and sense of fun have led him to be one of the UK's most-loved chefs. 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). Restricted choice of scarce ingredients meant they learnt the value 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. 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.

Heat through the blended beans mixture, remove the whole garlic gloves and then serve with the greens, drizzled with a little olive oil. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. In Genaro Contaldo's new and exciting book, Cucina, you will learn how to use simple ingredients, eat seasonally, spend less and eat better.