Italian peasant food at its best. It is not quite the traditional Italian recipe, but when it tasted as good as it did, it hardly mattered. The pancetta gave it a smokey rich meatiness. The four can bean mix was not traditional, but the chick peas added a different texture and the kidney beans were thick and creamy. It wasn’t quite a soup consistency, more of a stew.
Learning from the masters: Italian Cooking Lessons
I recently went to the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA’s cooking demonstration with Burswood’s Modo Mio head chef Gianpaolo Maffini. It was held in the beautiful Scavolini kitchen showroom in Claremont. Gianpaolo generously shared his tips for cooking…