Luca’s Key Ingredient S2

1. Garlic

On this episode of Luca’s Key Ingredient learn all about garlic & its health benefits, one of the most important ingredients in Italian cooking.

Episode’s recipes

• Slow roasted sweet garlic crostini with anchovies & whipped butter
• Spaghetti Chitarra ‘aglio olio e peperoncino’, vongole & bottarga
• Cod in a bag with potato, stracciatella, crispy capers & olives, Prosciutto di Parma, black garlic cream

2. Prosecco

On this episode of Luca’s Key Ingredient learn all about Prosecco wine, one of the most iconic Italian sparkling wine.

Episode’s recipes

• Tagliatelle with prosecco sauce, smoke salmon, salmon caviar, smoked butter
• Squid ink Risotto, burrata, prosecco, prawns & lime
• ‘Sgroppino al limone’ & prosecco jelly

3. Basil

On this episode of Luca’s Key Ingredient learn all about basil & how creative you can get with it. The most liked & famous herb used in Italian cooking.

Episode’s recipes

• Basil Pesto Genovese
• Basil & Ricotta gnocchi with crab, porcini mushrooms & guanciale, pesto
• Basil Sorbet, crumble with tomato basil & chilli jam, crispy basil

4. Buffalo Cheese

On this episode of Luca’s Key Ingredient learn all about buffalo cheese, from a classic mozzarella snack to a yogurt dessert Luca will take you on an exciting cheese journey.

Episode’s recipes

• ‘Mozzarella in carrozza’ with Prosciutto di Parma & Wood Smoked Mozzarella
• Caramelised Onions, anchovies & tomato tart with Buffalo ricotta & feta, basil pesto & black olives
• Buffalo yogurt pannacotta, limoncello & strawberries, crumble biscotti

5. Small Goods

On this episode of Luca’s Key Ingredient, Luca’s highlights the importance of smallgoods in Italian cooking and its traditions. From Prosciutto Cotto with Gnocco fritto, to a very unique modern approach to Carbonara, using guanciale of course.

Episode’s recipes

• Gnocco fritto with smoked scamorza, prosciutto cotto & olives
• ‘Fancy’ Tagliatelle alla Carbonara
• Grilled prawns with pancetta, rosemary, sambuca butter sauce

6. Olives

On this episode of Luca’s Key Ingredient, Luca features a variety of amazing olives. From fried stuff olives to an epic GF focaccia and to finish in handmade pasta dough.

Episode’s recipes

• GF Olive focaccia with Prosciutto di Parma, rainbow olives, olive taponade, buffalo mozzarella, panino mix
• Olive Ascolane (Fried stuffed olives)
• Black Olive hand made ricotta Cavatelli with capocollo, razor clams, zucchini flowers, bottarga

7. Gorgonzola

On this episode of Luca’s Key Ingredient learn all about cooking with Gorgonzola, one of Luca’s favourite cheese. From ‘dolce’ to ‘piccante’ Luca creates a few delicious and iconic Italian classic with a twist

Episode’s recipes

• Gnocchi with gorgonzola, speck and saffron
• ‘Mini polentine’ with gorgonzola & salame
• Prosciutto di parma wrapped figs, gorgonzola sage and walnuts