Recipes from our Venetian kitchen

Starters

Octopus and potato salad plate with herbs

Octopus and potato salad

Two jars of vibrant giardiniera - Italian pickled vegetables on a striped tea towel

Giardiniera – Italian pickled vegetables

Serving plate with asparagus and boiled eggs. Two plates full of asparagus and eggs are also beside the plate on the table, alongside rustic cutlery and trinkets with oil, plus a small bottle with parsley leaves.

Asparagus and boiled eggs with parsley oil vinaigrette

Person placing mussels on a baking tray. Some of them have already been dusted with breadcrumbs and parsley, some others not yet.

Mussels au gratin

Charred melon and prosciutto panzanella salad - the Venetian kitchen

Charred melon and prosciutto panzanella salad

Fried sage leaves

Salvia fritta (fried sage leaves)

Polenta e funghi (polenta and mushrooms)

Polenta e funghi (polenta and mushrooms)

Gamberi in saor (prawns 'in saor')

Gamberi in saor (prawns ‘in saor’)

Main courses

Pan full of cooked linguine alle vongole.

Homemade linguine alle vongole

Plate full of gnocchi al ragu

Homemade gnocchi al ragù

Octopus and potato salad plate with herbs

Octopus and potato salad

Table with tray of sea bass and roasted potatoes, alongside plates full of roasted potatoes, cherry tomatoes, and sea bass slices

Baked sea bass with roasted potatoes and white wine sauce

Bowl of Venetian rice and peas

Venetian rice and peas

Serving plate with asparagus and boiled eggs. Two plates full of asparagus and eggs are also beside the plate on the table, alongside rustic cutlery and trinkets with oil, plus a small bottle with parsley leaves.

Asparagus and boiled eggs with parsley oil vinaigrette

Hands of a person serving pasta using fork and knife from a serving plate full of bigoli in salsa

Onion and anchovy spaghetti

Shot from above of a woman eating pasta e fagioli from a terracotta bowl she is holding

Pasta e fagioli

Pan of Rustic orzotto of barley with potato and garden rosemary on a table dressed with a light grey tablecloth. Two vintage plates, two glasses of red wine, a pepper mill, a vase with pink flowers and a trinket with salt visible in the background.

Rustic barley orzotto with potato and garden rosemary

Bowl of pumpkin gnocchi

Homemade pumpkin gnocchi with brown butter and crispy sage

Side dishes

Pan of pan-fried tomatoes with fresh garden herbs on a table covered in a white tablecloth. Next to the pan some trinkets with salt and oil, fresh oregano and two empty places and cutlery

Pan-fried tomatoes with fresh garden herbs

Two jars of vibrant giardiniera - Italian pickled vegetables on a striped tea towel

Giardiniera – Italian pickled vegetables

Pan with green beans in garlicky tomato sauce on a wooden chopping board

Green beans in garlicky tomato sauce

Person holding pan of slow-braised cabbage with pancetta and placing it on a table covered in light cotton cloth, with vintage cutlery, orange powder, a small brass pot full of raw cabbage and some wildflowers

Venetian slow‑braised cabbage with pancetta

Sweet and sour onions the Venetian kitchen 2

Sweet and sour baby onions

Fasioi in tocio

Fasioi in tocio (“beans in their sauce”)

Milk braised fennel - the Venetian kitchen

Fenoci al latte (milk-braised fennel)

Desserts

Yoghurt and rose loaf cake (Italian plum cake) on a table

Yoghurt and rose loaf cake (Italian plumcake)

A beautifully styled authentic Italian panna cotta with strawberry sauce turned out on a vintage ceramic plate, topped with vibrant violas.

Panna cotta with strawberry sauce

Tin of tiramisu partially eaten. A large serving spoon is in the tin. On the side a plate with tiramisu on it.

Tiramisu

Man wearing blue shirt lifting a slice of carrot cake placed on a cake stand

Italian carrot cake with honey‑thyme whipped cream

Person taking one fritella from a serving plate filled with frittelle with zabaione

Carnival frittelle with zabaione

Hands of a person holding a ceramic mug filled with hot chocolate and a wafer twirl

Italian hot chocolate

Chestnut and pear cake surrounded by fallen leaves and two pears, on a white wooden table

Chestnut and pear cake

Person holding apple cake on a white round serving plate with autumn leaves in the background

Venetian apple cake

Sgroppino - the Venetian kitchen

Venetian lemon sorbet (sgroppino)

Zabaione with pan roasted strawberries

Zabaione with pan roasted strawberries

Bread

Woman holding a rosetta bread roll and a tray of other rolls.

Soft rosetta bread rolls

Jams, pickles and preserves

Two jars of vibrant giardiniera - Italian pickled vegetables on a striped tea towel

Giardiniera – Italian pickled vegetables

Drinks

Two bottles of pink homemade apple juice, a small pan with juice and a cinnamon twig on a green gingham tablecloth.

Homemade apple juice

Man wearing white striped t-shirt and holding a bottle of homemade limoncello

Homemade limoncello

Hands of a person holding a ceramic mug filled with hot chocolate and a wafer twirl

Italian hot chocolate

Sgroppino - the Venetian kitchen

Venetian lemon sorbet (sgroppino)