
Pale Pumpkin and Almond Cake Diamonds
Grated pumpkin squeezed dry and cooked in milk, combined with almonds and eggs and baked gently over a thin plain pastry base.
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Grated pumpkin squeezed dry and cooked in milk, combined with almonds and eggs and baked gently over a thin plain pastry base.

A delicate pale ricotta and almond cake baked gently over a thin water-and-flour pastry base, then chilled and cut into diamonds.

A whole butterflied hake with anchovy oil and breadcrumbs, baked until lightly crisp and served with anchovy-butter crostini.

Small uncoated chicken pieces fried in lard, drained of excess fat and finished with chopped tomatoes.

A large beef steak gently cooked with whole garlic and rosemary, with potato chunks finished in its strained pan juices.

Lamb leg gently roasted with a whole garlic clove and rosemary in the pan, served with its strained reduced juices.

Turkey hindquarters studded lightly with garlic and rosemary, cooked with cured pork, butter and tomato, with potatoes in the same juices.

Veal loin rolled around its attached kidney, browned in a little oil and butter and gently finished with scant broth.

Soft clusters of bread, egg and Parmesan gently set in clear broth, with a little nutmeg.

Small soft bread dumplings with prosciutto, marrow and Parmesan, simmered in clear broth.

Wide egg noodles with small diced hare, kidneys and pancetta in a rich meat-jus sauce finished with butter and nutmeg.

Wide pasta with coarsely chopped braised hare and kidneys in a buttery tomato gravy thickened with a pale roux.

Wide noodles dressed with the tomato-rich juices of rabbit braised with liver, pancetta and vegetables; the rabbit is served separately.

A warm foamy punch of egg yolk, sugar, cognac and hot water.

Grated Parmesan and ricotta bind finely chopped artichoke, shaved fennel, cucumber, oregano and basil. Serve the topping on crisp pita triangles.

White and brown rice are combined with courgette, onion, garlic and balsamic vinegar, then baked with Parmesan.

Small buttered white-bread shapes decorated with parsley leaves and curved anchovy strips.

Tender breadcrumb, Parmesan and egg strands scented with nutmeg or lemon and served in clear broth.

A rich sweet pastry made with finely powdered sugar, butter, fresh lard and eggs, mixed briefly and chilled before rolling.

A light round sponge made with potato starch and lemon juice, cooled before a vanilla-sugar finish.

A simple flour, water and salt dough, kneaded until it can be rolled into a sheet for another preparation.

Pasta and fennel simmer with sage, oregano and onion. Finely grated Parmesan is stirred into the finished soup, with the rest served alongside.

Fennel and onion soften with rosemary before ricotta is stirred in. Pasta and couscous are folded through the creamy vegetables and finished with parsley.

A layered butter pastry dough, prepared with repeated folds and rested between turns.