Mamma Mia: Italian’s back on the Menu

Serve up delicious low cost family meals with our fabulous celebrity Italian mushroom recipe collection. Top Italian chefs Gino D’Acampo and Aldo Zilli and Italian TV cookery presenter and author Silvana Franco have joined forces to show the nation how to cook like ‘“real Italians”.

Sharing top tips on how to make your home cooking really special, they have each devised two Italian mushroom meals which are perfect for today’s busy family. Aldo’s Pappardelle with Pancetta, Pesto & Mushrooms and Mixed Mushroom Risotto will impress the whole family. And keep it simple with Silvana’s Pot Roast Chicken with Mushrooms and Marsala and Super-Quick Creamy Mushroom Tagliatelle.

Gino is a huge mushroom fan: “I love cooking with mushrooms. They’re so versatile and their distinct meaty texture makes them a satisfying recipe ingredient for meat eaters and vegetarians alike. Mushrooms are a very rustic ingredient and best cooked from fresh. Like many other classic Italian ingredients you don’t have to do a lot with them because the flavour is already there.” So enjoy Gino’s Mushroom and Rocket Frittata and Fusilli with Salami and Creamy Mushroom Sauce.  

Despite consuming a whopping 114,000 tonnes of mushrooms a year in the UK, new research has shown that two thirds of us don’t know how to prepare them properly. Learn how with Gino here.

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