Category: Italian

“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” – Federico Fellini

My ‘best’ pizza dough – with a garlic bread recipe

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My 'best' pizza dough recipe - makes truly fantastic pizza bases or garlic breads, plus a recipe for two garlic bread toppings

Egg pasta dough – pasta all’uovo

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Full instructions and images for egg pasta dough, plus some hints and tips including being frugal/replacement ingredients for lockdown cooking

Sourdough flatbreads

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These are my gorgeous, tangy flatbreads but they do take some commitment as they are fully sourdough, with a pre-ferment stage. I've been making sourdough since 2001... I was already making bread by hand for many, many years before this, but started as my twin baby sons began weaning. I was a little obsessed with… Continue reading Sourdough flatbreads

Flavoured salts – part two

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Salt mixes recipes on Ink Sugar Spice

Four incredible salt mixes: Italian with dried tomato puree, French, Umami with dried @marmite (yes really!) and a pretty and unusual English Summer Sweet - all vegetarian. Part 2 of my salt mixes posts

Bread shapes: making at home

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Making a ball plait loaf by Ink Sugar Spice

A look at the most commonly created bread shapes