Big Mamma Cucina Popolare: Contemporary Italian Recipes

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And when in season, the Pizza Yolo, which has figs, nuts and mozzarella on it - it's the one that won our pizza chef the modern Neapolitan pizza award. The Telegraph "If you're yet to hit up cult London eateries Gloria and Circolo Popolare, Big Mamma, the group behind the buzz, are bringing their twist on Italian cooking straight to your kitchen with a cookbook. A large book with wonderful photographs, a nice grosgrain ribbon page marker, and clearly written recipes. Tuck into Burratelli (Tortellini with burrata and tomatoes), Pizza Yolo (Fig, walnut and mozzarella pizza) and Lob’star Pasta (Linguine with lobster). Publishers Weekly "Big Mammaincludes 130 recipes inspired by its chefs who contributed dishes [with] silly names that reinforce the company motto to embrace food - and life - joyfully.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. If by some miracle you haven’t really cooked Italian food at home, this is a colourful, vibrant way to get started.Transfer the pasta to the plates, top with the mushrooms and garnish with some chopped marjoram leaves. Founded by Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux, Big Mamma serves an Italian cuisine that is contemporary, affordable, and made by a team of real Italians. Contributing to the volume’s lighthearted feel are dishes named after pop culture figures, such as Egg Sheeran (poached eggs with cress cream), Snoop Dogg Pasta (tagliolini with rapini and anchovies), and Daft Punch (fruit punch with prosecco); a variety of witty sidebars (“This dish is perfect for impressing a date. Yet you wouldn’t have been able to discover just how Mamma got quite so big and beautiful, until the publication of Big Mamma Cucina Popolare.

The idea behind these wonderful places, explain the founders in our new book, was to both make authentic Italian food, but also to recreate a place full of warmth and generosity that can be found in the small, out-of-the-way trattorias.Italy is full of gems, and offers an infinite field of possibilities, from its region specialties to sheer variety of its products.

At the helm of a culinary kingdom, the Big Mamma group charmed Parisians, people from Lille and Londoners alike with their warm, cozy decor and enticing menus which boast the best of Italian cuisine.They also boast eight restaurants in France, including La Felicità, a 50,000 sq ft food market in Paris, and Libertino, due to open in Paris on the 6th December. Included throughout is crucial advice from the restaurant group’s chefs that teach readers how to choose a good truffle (“size is all important. I’m not sure in what world it takes 15 minutes to prepare enough cavatelli pasta for four people; as you can see, I gave up and made pappardelle instead. Dishes include classics such as Risotto alla Milanese and Tiramisù, as well as the most creative Italian food today, incluing Burrata Flower Power and Double Choco Love. Though deep-fried mozzarella balls was a rather basic recipe to choose, the promise of a hot, crunchy, cheesy snack was too much to resist.