The Italian Kitchen - Maxine Clark

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Résumé :
Over 100 recipes for the best-loved dishes and a masterclass in Italian cooking from a hugely experienced teacher. Expert step-by-step instructions to achieve perfect results every time you cook. Choose from antipasti, pasta, gnocchi & polenta, pizza & bread, plus salads, vegetables, meat, and sweet things.

With good ingredients, a little basic cooking knowledge and a big warm cook's heart, you will be ready to cook the best Italian food. Italian cooking techniques are simple, because good natural ingredients need nothing much done to them to create great food.

Beginning with the basic principles and moving on to more sophisticated recipes, the masterclasses included cover everyday foods as well as more ambitious dishes. In addition, mini step-by-steps offer professional tips on preparing key Italian ingredeints, guaranteeing perfect results every time you cook.

Choose from Antipasti such as Fresh Tuna Carpaccio and Traditional Peasant Tomato and Garlic Bruschetta, or Soups like La Ribollita or Chestnut and Pancetta Soup, through to meaty offerings such as Meatballs with Porcini Mushrooms and Pecorino and Grilled sausages with Tomato and Sage Bean Stew. Italian Chocolate Truffles and Zabaglione, to name just a few, finish off this wonderful collection of authentic Italian recipes....

Biographie:
Maxine Clark has taught in well-known cooking schools, such as Leith's in London, and Alistair Little's Tasting Places in Sicily and Tuscany. While in Italy, she has collected recipes that best display its strong and sunny flavours, and teaches them to students from all over the world. Her writing work regularly appears in magazines and newspapers such as BBC Good Food and Food and Travel....

Sommaire:

Over 100 recipes for the BEST-LOVED dishes and a?masterclass in Italian cookery from hugely experienced author and teacher MAXINE CLARK.

EXPERT step-by-step instructions to achieve PERFECT RESULTS every time you cook.

Choose from ANTIPASTI, PASTA, GNOCCHI & POLENTA, PIZZA & BREAD, plus salads, vegetables, meat and sweet things.

With good ingredients, a little basic cooking knowledge and a big warm cook's heart, you will be ready to cook the best Italian food. Italian cooking techniques are simple, because good natural ingredients need nothing much done to them to create great food.

Beginning with the basic principles and moving on to more sophisticated recipes, the masterclasses included cover everyday foods as well as more ambitious dishes. In addition, mini step-by-steps offer professional tips on preparing key Italian ingredeints, guaranteeing perfect results every time you cook.

Choose from elegant Antipasti such as Fresh Tuna Carpaccio, rustic Soups like La Ribollita, classic pasta plates like Pasta all Norma plus meaty offerings such as Meatballs with Porcini Mushrooms & Pecorino. Italian Chocolate Truffles and Zabaglione, to name just a few, finish off this collection of authentic recipes.?First published in 2009, this is a new edition