Movie night treat: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for little fried fish Pile them up on the table and share: flour-coated anchovies or whitebait fried until crisp and delicious The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for fish soup After you’ve tried this quick and easy seafood stew, it’s easy to see why the ancient Romans were once gripped by red mullet fever The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023
Pasta parcel: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for seadas, or Sardinian cheese and honey parcels Moreish and rustic cheese pillows, traditionally made for Sardinian shepherds and bearing a more than passing resemblance to pastry ravioli The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for focaccine soffici – little soft focacce Reviving the ancient ways of making bread and using a wild yeast starter is all well and good, but luckily there is also a quicker way to make this traditional Italian flatbread The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for cheese and chip omelette I first encountered this dish after a night in the pub decades ago. It had been years since I had one, and I can guarantee it won’t be so long until next time The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chicken parmigiana Breadcrumbed chicken, parmesan, tomato sauce and stringy mozzarella: an old favourite that always tastes as good as you remember The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2023
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for bean, herb and pasta soup The secret to this hearty Persian soup? Don’t be shy with the herbs … The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for lamb with potato, tomato and breadcrumbs A homely lamb, potato and tomato bake with a crisp, breadcrumb topping The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2023
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for bread, tomato, cucumber and watermelon salad An ancient solution for using up old bread – panzanella – forms the backbone of this attractive, textured southern Italian salad The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for torta di ceci, or chickpea flour pancakes (in a sandwich) This gram flour pancake has myriad names in its home country and is best served in a bun The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pasta with red pepper and ricotta Pasta in a pepper sauce (as hot as you like it) and topped with a slick of ricotta cream – it’s devilishly good The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2023
Spaghetti with a crunchy crust: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spaghetti all’assassina This fiery ‘killer’ spaghetti is, somewhat counterintuitively, actively encouraged to catch and burn, to create a crisp crust The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2023
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for summer minestrone with chicken and rice A summery, Milanese take on the much-loved Italian soup, to be eaten at room temperature in a cooling breeze The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2023
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for courgette, mozzarella and parmesan layered bake An inventive savoury bake in which layers of softened courgette are squashed firmly between two types of cheese and tomatoes The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023 Rachel Roddy’s recipe for tomato and bay leaf sauce Fresh laurel leaves wreathe this simplest of sauces in pungent glory
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2023 Rachel Roddy’s recipe for potato and tomato frittata A twist on two 18th-century recipes by ‘The Gallant Cook’ who changed Neapolitan cooking
The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2023 ‘It smelled like toffee apples’: how I recreated the 2,000-year-old Pompeii pizza Our Rome food correspondent has a go at making the meal depicted in a newly discovered ancient fresco
The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023 Rachel Roddy’s recipe for braised courgettes with garlic toast Chunky courgettes braised with tomato and onion, to be wolfed down with garlic toasts and perhaps a chunk of feta
The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2023 Rachel Roddy’s recipe for stuffed aubergines Two stuffings in each aubergine, actually: first, the scooped-out flesh mixed with tomato, capers and anchovies, and the second made from breadcrumbs whizzed with tomato, herbs and olive oil
The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2023 Rachel Roddy’s recipe for fried polenta with cheese When fried, polenta develops a lovely crust and a custard-like centre that makes it a great foil for both breakfast or snack
The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023 Rachel Roddy’s recipe for picnic pie with greens and parmesan Taking inspiration from both an ancient Roman breakfast dish and summer school days, this pie is packed with flavour
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023 Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pasta and peas A square meal from Lazio featuring spring peas and lasagne sheets cut up into stamp-sized pieces
The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023 Rachel Roddy’s recipe for oat-and-raisin biscuits ‘A cross between a flapjack, a Hobnob and multi-cereal, and dead easy to make’
The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023 Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spaghetti with asparagus, butter and lemon Introducing a peculiarly Italian kitchen implement, the tagliapuntarelle, which shreds veg into fat strings to be enjoyed in dishes such as this spring-time spaghetti
The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2023 Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chocolate mousse Is chocolate mousse the ultimate party dessert? Centuries of experience seem to suggest it is. Here’s how to make it properly – bowl of whipped cream on the side compulsory)