Baked Ziti With Meatballs
Baked Ziti with Meatballs: Baked pasta is popular all over Italy and this version of baked ziti comes from Puglia....
Recipes
Simple caponata
A great recipe for simple caponata: A traditional Sicilian caponata has capers and celery included in the ingredients. We omitted...
Caponata salad lasagna
Yellow tomato and eggplant caponata salad lasagna:Â Â A lasagna doesn't have to be hot out of the oven. As with so...
Pasta fregola sarda – a lesser known pasta
How to make pasta fregola sarda: When we first opened The Big Dream Factory for business, it was journey into...
Mediterranean pasta salad
Mediterranean pasta salad: Many times when you see a recipe title with the word 'Mediterranean' in it, they can actually...
How to make a meatless Gumbo
Meatless Gumbo: If we are not at the farmer's market with you all, it's because we are very busy in our...
Roasted farmers market vegetable and tomato sauce
Roasted farmers market vegetable and tomato sauce:Â Great vegetables often need little preparation, addition or adulteration of any sort. We came...
Jicama slaw, coleslaw
Jicama slaw Mexican-style:Â What is the difference between 'coleslaw' and 'slaw'? The British use the word coleslaw to describe a shredded...
Pasta with salmon and peas
Pasta with salmon and peas: The sauce for this dish is quite creamy and best fits a short pasta like...
Potato and rosemary white pizza
Potato and rosemary white pizza: White pizzas are so-called because they do not have any tomato sauce on them. The...
Pistachio pesto fettuccine
Pistachio pesto fettuccine: Pistachios are one of the most ancient flowering nut trees and are native to the Middle East....
A quick Pesto alla Genovese
Quick Pesto alla Genovese: When Maria delivers you a pile of fresh basil from her garden here on Ponza and...
Spaghetti carbonara with spring onions
Spaghetti carbonara with spring onions: There is nothing quite like a carbonara and since the spring onions are flourishing, we...
Roasted pepper salad
Roasted pepper salad: There are many appitizer dishes that are quintessentially Italian and roasted pepper salad is one of them....
Shrimp scampi antipasto
Shrimp scampi antipasto: Shrimp fished around Ponza have a particularly bright colour and so make a wonderfully colourful addition to...
Pasta bow salad with cherry tomatoes, basil and asparagus
Pasta bow salad with cherry tomatoes, basil and asparagus: When it comes to summer meals, nothing beats a quick and...
The best banana bread ever!
The best banana bread ever!: OH MY!! We love this bread and always have. If you don't like walnuts you...
Garam masala curry spice blend
How to make a garam masala curry spice blend: The Indian word 'Masala' means 'mixed spices. The masala is the basis...
Creamed mashed potatoes with fresh parsley
Creamed mashed potatoes with fresh parsley: Mashed potatoes are a very British tradition and are considered 'comfort food'. Mashed potatoes...
Ciambelle Ciociare bread
Ciambelle Ciociare: We are extremely relieved to have finally got our hands on an authentic Italian recipe for Ciambelle Ciociare....
Italian vegan cookies – Taralli ubriachi
A very Italian vegan cookie - Taralli ubriachi: There are many forms of Taralli and most of them are savoury...
How to clarify butter and why
How to clarify butter and why: Clarified butter is butter with the milk solids removed and is often used in...
Fresh and refreshing farmer’s market salad
Farmer's market salad: The moment we saw this salad we could see it was one to add to our ever growing...
How to make Italian meringue
How to make Italian meringue: We are here to encourage you to whip up some meringue with our foolproof recipe. There...
Make roasted yellow tomato sauce
Roasted yellow tomato sauce: We used the Yellow Taxi tomatoes for this sauce sine they are sweet and very juicy...
Tandoori masala spice blend
How to make a tandoori masala spice blend: Tandoori Masala is an important blend of spices used in Indian cooking. It...
How to oven-dry cherry tomatoes
How to oven-dry cherry tomatoes. The Pasta Maker recently discovered a button on the cooker declaring 'dehydrate' and decided to...
Make your own Tzatziki sauce
How to make your own Tzatziki sauce: Cucumbers are one of the joyous foods of summer. I remember quite clearly...
How to eat like the ancients: Italian farro salad
How to eat like the ancients: Italian farro salad: Farro has been around for a very long time and was...
Fettuccine with bacon and spinach
Fettuccine with bacon and spinach: Fettuccine is one of the most popular fresh pastas we make for you here at The Big...
