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

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With tips and ideas of what to do with leftovers, Gennaro helps home cooks turn 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. He is renowned for being a mentor to Jamie Oliver and teaching him, with Carluccio, everything Jamie knows about Italian cooking. In Genaro Contaldo's new and exciting book, Cucina, you will learn how to use simple ingredients, eat seasonally, spend less and eat better. Along with the majority of post-war Italian families, a young Gennaro was raised on a diet harvested on a limited budget. Learn how to use simple ingredients in inventive ways, eat seasonally, spend less and, ultimately, eat better.

This simple but highly nutritious dish originates from rural Puglia where two main ingredients – fava beans and wild chicory – are widely available. To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose. 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. 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. Biography: Gennaro Contaldo's warmth, Italian spirit and sense of fun have led him to be one of the UK's most-loved chefs.

Cucina povera’ (poor kitchen) is the sort of cooking that traditionally fed the poorer communities in Italy, but it remains the basis of many much-loved Italian dishes today. 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. In this inspirational cookbook, Gennaro takes you on a culinary journey of regional basic Italian staples and turns them into beautiful meals.

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.

The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. 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. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. 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.

Remove the leaves from the dandelion (and the heart if using puntarelle) and save the roots to make a salad (see recipe intro).