Gourmet Food

Discover a region in Southern Italy which offers the most tantalizing food, through 75 authentic recipes, cooked with care and attention and using the best ingredients.

Italian food reflects culture. In Italy, cooking is the product of geography, history, and religion. “Italian cooking” is really a patchwork of local and regional cuisines, all fiercely claiming to be the best in the country. Ursula Ferrigno’s own family comes from the south of Italy, and just south of Naples is the Amalfi Coast. It is widely considered to be one of Italy’s most magical locations: breath-taking (literally) winding cliff-top roads, pastel-colored houses tumbling down towards the sea, flower-framed terraces, and trees heavy with the world’s most coveted lemons at every turn. Discover the delicious food the region has to offer. Vegetable dishes take center stage and both meat and fish are eaten and often combined in exciting ways. In this seductive book you’ll find 75 recipes to enjoy, from simple antipasti and ministre (soups) to pane (bread) and pizza, risotto, pollame and carne (fish and meat), and the all-important contorni (vegetable), alongside essays on the food culture and traditions of the area and beautiful scenic imagery.

Portuguese sardines, sustainably caught and packed in a chilli-spiked olive oil. These classic sardines are the very best, sourced from Matosinhos fish market in the morning and canned the same day. Now over a century old, the cannery still keeps every step of its artisanal process in house, which means each tin meets Pinhais’s high standards. Good with a side of scrambled eggs for breakfast, in salad or pasta with the spicy oil drizzled over.

Premium sardines in a spicy tomato sauce - Pinhais cannery is famed for both so this tin is hard to beat. The sardines are the very best, sourced from Matosinhos fish market in the morning and canned the same day. The tomato sauce recipe is still a closely guarded secret - you can see the safe where the recipe used to be locked away in the new museum there. Now over a century old, the cannery still keeps every step of its artisanal process in house, which means each tin meets Pinhais’s high standards. This tin is delicious added to an omelette for some zing, with a fresh cucumber salad or with a side of fluffy white rice.

Premium Portuguese sardines tinned the day they are caught. The sardines are the best ones, sourced from Matosinhos fish market first thing and canned the same day along with Pinhais’s famous, secret-recipe tomato sauce. Now over a century old, the cannery still keeps every step of its artisanal process in house, which means rigorous quality control is possible. Checks at a variety of points in the 37-step process mean each tin meets Pinhais’s high standards. Try these smashed on toast at any time of the day, in an omelette, or added to a tomato, onion and garlic pasta sauce.

Cavatappi, which translates to "corkscrews," is a short, spiral-shaped pasta tube, great for serving with sauces, in salads, and baked in casseroles.

La Fabbrica della Pasta has been making pasta for three generations in Gragnano, a small town nestled in the hills near Naples, famous for its pasta production for over 500 years. Pasta from Gragnano is very special: made with local spring water and high-protein Durum wheat which helps keep the pasta al dente, then extruded through a bronze die, giving the pasta a porous texture that helps it bind with sauce, and dried slowly at a low temperature. La Fabbrica della Pasta is amongst 12 remaining pasta makers in the region (down from the original 300), and became the very first pasta factory in the world to obtain IGP (Protected Geographical Origin) certification for its pasta. They were also the first pasta factory in Gragnano to make a bronze extruded artisanal gluten free pasta.

Orecchiette - literally "little ears" for their small, round shape, are traditionally prepared with sausage and a leafy green like rapini but they are also great with tomato sauces.

La Fabbrica della Pasta has been making pasta for three generations in Gragnano, a small town nestled in the hills near Naples, famous for its pasta production for over 500 years. Pasta from Gragnano is very special: made with local spring water and high-protein Durum wheat which helps keep the pasta al dente, then extruded through a bronze die, giving the pasta a porous texture that helps it bind with sauce, and dried slowly at a low temperature. La Fabbrica della Pasta is amongst 12 remaining pasta makers in the region (down from the original 300), and became the very first pasta factory in the world to obtain IGP (Protected Geographical Origin) certification for its pasta. They were also the first pasta factory in Gragnano to make a bronze extruded artisanal gluten free pasta.

Mafaldine is a pretty, ribbon-shaped pasta with wavy edges. It pairs well with sauces of meat, game, fish, spices based on seafood, and creamy cheese sauces.

La Fabbrica della Pasta has been making pasta for three generations in Gragnano, a small town nestled in the hills near Naples, famous for its pasta production for over 500 years. Pasta from Gragnano is very special: made with local spring water and high-protein Durum wheat which helps keep the pasta al dente, then extruded through a bronze die, giving the pasta a porous texture that helps it bind with sauce, and dried slowly at a low temperature. La Fabbrica della Pasta is amongst 12 remaining pasta makers in the region (down from the original 300), and became the very first pasta factory in the world to obtain IGP (Protected Geographical Origin) certification for its pasta. They were also the first pasta factory in Gragnano to make a bronze extruded artisanal gluten free pasta.

This delicious, garlic fused extra virgin olive oil is part of Galantino’s line of flavored oils. Using an ancient technique revived by Galantino in the 1990s, this fused oil is produced by crushing together the olives and fresh garlic, without the use of any added essences. The result is an intense, bright and savory flavor, recommended for flavoring soups, bruschetta, meat, vegetables and for spaghetti.

Discover the passion of the Galantino family, masters of extra virgin olive oil since 1926. They only select the best olives from their groves near Bari, in Puglia, a region that produces more olives than anywhere else in the world. Galantino’s Ogliarola and Coratina olives are hand-harvested the traditional way, by shaking the branches of the olive trees so that the olives fall gently onto canvas “hammocks,” then milled with traditional granite millstones. Through cold extraction and strict quality testing, Galantino ensures that their extra virgin olive oil is consistently the best. With artistic packaging and fresh and smooth qualities, Galantino oils have won the most important international awards and accolades.

This delicious, spicy, chili pepper fused extra virgin olive oil is part of Galantino’s line of flavored oils. Using an ancient technique revived by Galantino in the 1990s, this fused oil is produced by by crushing the olives and peperoncino together without the use of any added essences, the result is an intense, bright and spicy flavor, recommended for seasoning legumes, soups, pasta and pizza. 

Discover the passion of the Galantino family, masters of extra virgin olive oil since 1926. They only select the best olives from their groves near Bari, in Puglia, a region that produces more olives than anywhere else in the world. Galantino’s Ogliarola and Coratina olives are hand-harvested the traditional way, by shaking the branches of the olive trees so that the olives fall gently onto canvas “hammocks,” then milled with traditional granite millstones. Through cold extraction and strict quality testing, Galantino ensures that their extra virgin olive oil is consistently the best. With artistic packaging and fresh and smooth qualities, Galantino oils have won the most important international awards and accolades.

This delicious, aromatic, basil fused extra virgin olive oil is part of Galantino’s line of flavored oils. Using an ancient technique revived by Galantino in the 1990s, this fused oil is produced by crushing together the olives and fresh basil, without the use of any added essences. The result is an intense, bright and herbaceus flavor, recommended for sauces, bruschetta, pasta, pizza, caprese salad, mozzarella and tomatoes.

Discover the passion of the Galantino family, masters of extra virgin olive oil since 1926. They only select the best olives from their groves near Bari, in Puglia, a region that produces more olives than anywhere else in the world. Galantino’s Ogliarola and Coratina olives are hand-harvested the traditional way, by shaking the branches of the olive trees so that the olives fall gently onto canvas “hammocks,” then milled with traditional granite millstones. Through cold extraction and strict quality testing, Galantino ensures that their extra virgin olive oil is consistently the best. With artistic packaging and fresh and smooth qualities, Galantino oils have won the most important international awards and accolades.