Food, Recipes, Lifestyle and Travel Blog

By the Flavours Holidays Team

Easy pesto sauce recipe

February 8, 2021

Our easy pesto sauce recipe is a winner! We think you’ll find it so easy to make yourself and it tastes so much better than pesto in a jar!

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Homemade rocket pesto recipe

February 7, 2021

Homemade rocket pesto is such an easy recipe, we love the peppery taste from the rocket and it’s such a great alternative to the classic pesto genovese.

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How to make carbonara sauce

January 25, 2021

One of the most famous Italian dishes, pasta with carbonara sauce is a classic and sure to please all the family. Ingredients for 2 people 200g Mezze maniche pasta 2 slices of guanciale (½ cm thick) – Alternatively use bacon or pancetta 3 eggs (2 just yolks a 1 whole egg) Black pepper 40g of…

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Simple pasta all’arrabbiata

One of the simplest and most well known Italian dishes, pasta all’arrabbiata is a classical Roman pasta dish. Literally translated “arrabbiata” means angry and is a reference to the spicy, hot chilli found in the dish, how “angry you want to be, is up to you! Ingredients for 2 200g plums tomatoes Chilli flakes or…

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Spaghetti recipes

January 18, 2021

Spaghetti all’ amatriciana Ingredients 2 slices of guanciale (½ cm thick) 200g plums tomatoes ( in a tin) ½ glass of white wine Chilli flakes 200g Spaghetti Black pepper 100g of Pecorino Romano Method Slice the thick guanciale  (pancetta) into long strips. In a pan cook the guanciale strips and let them release the fat…

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Healthy Artichoke recipes

January 11, 2021

Here are our recipes from Facebook Live – Monday 11th January 2021 Patè di Carciofi (artichoke pate) for 300g patè 4 artichokes 2 garlic cloves 30g mascarpone or 30g butter Salt Pepper 200ml water Method: To make the patè we will use all the parts of the artichokes which are a bit more tough ,such…

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Italian Christmas Cocktail Recipe

December 8, 2020

Incredibly refreshing, this wine-based cocktail is perfect for both summer and winter. It’s also the ideal Christmas cocktail with its effervescent sparkle. Learn how to make an Aperol Spritz with this recipe!

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Travel Bucket List For 2021

December 4, 2020

First published 18th Sept 2021, this post has been update 4th December 2021. We’ve been dreaming (and we’re sure you have too) of exploring a little bit further afield and ticking off our travel bucket list. Our wanderlust has us incredibly excited to get back out into the world and return to travel in 2021!…

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Butternut squash gnocchi recipe

Looking for a butternut squash gnocchi recipe as a delicious alternative to the classic potato gnocchi? In this recipe we’ve combined it with a creamy cheese sauce- a complete carb overload, but the perfect comfort food. GNOCCHI di ZUCCA CON FORMAGGI E NOCI Recipe serves 4 Ingredients for gnocchi 250g 00 flour (or plain flour)…

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Top 5 Italian Christmas Traditions

This blog was originally posted on 4th December 2017 and was updated October 2020. A chill in the air and sparkling lights lining the streets – we love Christmas! It’s a time for peace, joy and love, and it brings some brightness to the colder months in the northern hemisphere. Every European country celebrates Christmas…

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The best risotto recipe for winter

December 3, 2020

As the evenings draw in there’s nothing like a bowl of creamy risotto- we’re delighted to share our best risotto recipe for winter from Flavours chef- Livia de Giovanni. The bitterness of the radicchio and red wine is perfectly balanced with the creamy risotto rice. – Buon appetito! Learn more about our Italian chef Livia…

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Torta di Mela – Italian Apple Tart Recipe

November 23, 2020

Apples thrive in Northern Italy’s cooler temperatures where Italian farmers have been cultivating this fruit for over 2,000 years. While almost every apple-growing country has its own variation of the classic apple tart; this is a traditional recipe from Tuscany called Torta di Mele!

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