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Minestrone – Your 5-A-Day in One Bowl

ByOlivia Caira October 7, 2024January 2, 2025

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Liv • @oliviacaira
Scottish-Italian home baker and cook 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹
Bringing something new to the table 🥣
New recipes every week ⬇️

Stracciatella – Make This Wholesome Soup in 15 M

Stracciatella – Make This Wholesome Soup in 15 Minutes 🥣

Welcome to another instalment of my series where I test out recipes from an obscure 1990s Italian cookbook 🇮🇹

Stracciatella.

A soft cheese made with buffalo milk?

A creamy, chocolate flecked ice cream?

Neither.

I’m talking about the criminally underrated Italian egg drop soup – chicken broth, beaten eggs, parsley, parmesan, and pastina.

Homemade chicken stock is always the best, but the beauty of this soup is that it can also be enjoyed using a good quality shop-bought version, particularly if you’re feeling rather lousy and in need of a quick pick me up 🤧

Whether you end up using a 12-hour broth or a 1 minute broth, I hope this recipe warms you up on a cold day or provides a temporary hangover cure.

Follow the link in my bio ❤️

#italian #stracciatella #italiancooking #italianfood #cooking #90s #parsley #parmesan #pastina #soup #chickenbroth #chickenstock

This is the Easiest Hot Chocolate You Can Make 🍫

As the winter days drag on, we all crave a bit of a pick me up, especially something warm and comforting.

The answer?

Hot chocolate, of course ☕️

Now, before you go hunting for that expired tin of Cadbury instant hot chocolate, I’d like to convince you to make your own. Especially since this version is so easy to make and uses stuff that you’ll probably already have in your cupboards.

To read more and follow the free recipe, visit onourtable.co.uk 🤎

#hotchocolate #hotcocoa #cocoa #chocolate #marshmallows #marshmallow #winter

Pistachio and Almond Torrone – A Wonderful Festi

Pistachio and Almond Torrone – A Wonderful Festive Gift 🎄

Welcome to the twenty-third instalment of my series where I test out recipes from an obscure 1990s Italian cookbook 🇮🇹

I know it’s so much easier to just grab a slab off the shelves when torrone is as widespread as panettone during the festive season, but trust me when I tell you that the homemade version is ten times better. And your friends and family are bound to be impressed by this thoughtful gift ❤️

To read more and follow my revised recipe, visit onourtable.co.uk

#italian #torrone #italianbaking #italianfood #baking #90s #almond #pistachio #nougat #sweets #italiansweets #nuts #honey #vanilla #christmas #christmasbaking #xmas

These Bacon and Chive Macaroni Bites Are The Ultim

These Bacon and Chive Macaroni Bites Are The Ultimate Christmas Crowd Pleasers 🎄

I’m taking a slight hiatus from the Italian cookbook series - with something still semi Italian - and sharing a Christmas party favourite: macaroni bites.

It might seem a bit of a hassle to make your own party food, especially on Christmas Eve when a million and one things are being prepped ahead of the big day, but I promise you that these are worth the fuss.

For the full free recipe, click the link in my bio ❤️

#christmas #christmasfood #christmascooking #newyears #nye #newyearseve #partyfood #party #festive #festivebaking #festivefood #festivecooking #macaroni #macaroniandcheese #bacon #chive #cheese

Arancini – What’s Not To Love About Fried Chee

Arancini – What’s Not To Love About Fried Cheese Stuffed Rice? 🧀🍚

Welcome to the twenty-second instalment of my series where I test out recipes from an obscure 1990s Italian cookbook 🇮🇹

I don’t think I’d appreciated this Sicilian street food enough until I had the privilege of trying the real deal in Palermo, where arancini – and Godfather merch – are available in abundance on every street corner.

Having been quite taken with arancini, I was excited to make them myself, but was thrown off by a few unusual suggestions in the book…

To find out why, visit onourtable.co.uk

#italian #arancini #italiancooking #italianfood #cooking #90s #tomato #cheese #basil #mozzarella #risotto #rice #sicily #sicilianfood

I thought it was high time I introduce the face be

I thought it was high time I introduce the face behind the food to those kind enough to be following me so far!

I’m Olivia, a 24-year-old home baker and cook with a passion for making, sharing, and enjoying food 🥣

Inspired by my Scottish-Italian heritage and culinary adventures around the world, I tend to spend most of my spare time in the kitchen whipping up classics or experimenting with new creations.

With my love for all things food-related, I hope to inspire the novice and the adept with new ideas and techniques, bringing something new to table!

Stay tuned for plenty more Italian instalments and a new series dropping soon ❤️

#food #foodblog #italianfood #scottish #scottishitalian #blog

The Best Way to Make Carbonara? I’m Still Search

The Best Way to Make Carbonara? I’m Still Searching…

Welcome to the twenty-first instalment - yes, I’m still counting - of my series where I test out recipes from an obscure 1990s Italian cookbook 🇮🇹

Carbonara is a controversial dish.

Every ingredient has been scrutinised in one way or another.

Whole eggs? Or just egg yolks?

Parmesan? Or pecorino? Or a bit of both?

Spaghetti? Rigatoni? Bucatini?

Cream? An abomination.

Onion? Garlic? Don’t even think about it.

Pancetta? Fine, but really, you should be using guiancale from your local delicatessen, or there’s just no point really. Bonus points if you reared the pig yourself 🐷

In the face of such online contention, I’m quite accepting of the fact that my version of Carbonara might inevitably strike a nerve with some. Though I’ve tried to stay true to ‘traditions’, this is a dish synonymous with controversy and heated opinions, to the point where it’s sometimes impossible to know what ingredients actually make a ‘real’ carbonara…

To read more and follow my revised recipe, visit onourtable.co.uk ❤️

#italian #carbonara #italiancooking #italianfood #cooking #90s #pancetta #cheese #parmesan #parmegiana #spaghetti #pasta

This Might Be the Best Pesto You’ll Ever Make 🌿💚

Welcome to the twentieth instalment of my series where I test out recipes from an obscure 1990s Italian cookbook 🇮🇹

I was today years old when I discovered the proper way to make pesto – with a pestle and mortar. I’m embarrassed to admit that I always dismissed this method, thinking a blender could give an identical result but without the effort and time required.

To be fair, the book also recommends using a blender but I thought that since I’m finally going to be writing about my favourite condiment of all time, I should probably do it some justice and give the traditional method a go.

And I’m glad I did – this pesto is easily the best I’ve ever made. Smooth and creamy, perfect in colour, texture, and taste, there wasn’t a single pine nut or stem of basil left astray.

To read more and follow my revised recipe, visit onourtable.co.uk - link is in my bio ❤️

#italian #pesto #pestopasta #pasta #italiancooking #italianfood #cooking #90s #parmesan #cheese #basil #oliveoil #garlic #pinenuts

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