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From 8th
September to 26th October, visitors to Carluccio's will have the
opportunity to discover the rich culinary traditions of the food and
wine from Italy's Piemonte region. One of the most productive regions
of North-West Italy, Piemonte is world-famous not only for its
cuisine, but also for its history, Baroque art and architecture.
Carluccio's
guests are invited to experience this delectable cuisine in all its
caffès. Recipes include sumptuous dishes such as:
* Antipasto
Piemontese (salami and mortadella, roast pepper with bagna cauda and
olives, £6.95)
* Vitello
Tonnato (roast veal topside, thinly sliced, served with caper and
tuna mayonnaise, £6.75)
Main
dishes during this regional celebration will focus on mushrooms,
truffles, and wine. For example:
* Tagliolino
di tartufo (pasta in a truffle butter sauce, £7.95)
* Lasagnetta
con porcini (vegetarian baked lasagna with layers of porcini
mushrooms and bechamel sauce, £7.50)
* Risotto al
vino rosso (creamy red wine risotto, £9.25)
The main
courses are perfectly well suited to Piemonte's renowned wines. The
region's dominant grape, the Nebbiolo, is grown in the vineyards of
Alba (South of Piemonte). From this grape, winemakers produced
Barolo, a dark red, warm and full-bodied wine; the perfect
accompaniment to any autumn dish.
For white
wines, Gavi is the leading D.O.C.G. It is dry and fresh making it
also an ideal aperitif wine. As a feature of its autumn market,
Carluccio's offers bottles from a great Piemonte producer,
Fontanafredda, featuring both Barolo (75cl £21.00) and Gavi di
Gavi (75cl £10.50).
Other
Piemonte regional specialities will be available for take away in the
foodshop. Guests wishing to recreate the delicious dishes on offer in
the caffè can make them at home for friends and family. They
need only use the delicate Tagliolini al tartufo (250g £7.95)
served with a simple spoon of Salsa di Funghi e Tartufi (80g
£4.95), a creamy mushroom and truffle sauce. Burro al tartufo
(80g £4.75), truffle butter is also for sale to flavour delicate
sauces or spread on good Italian bread.
Carnaroli
risotto rice, typically from the Vercelli area, is in store at
Carluccio's all year round (1kg £4.95). Bricioloni (60g
£6.25), pieces of dry Porcini mushrooms, can be used to create
the perfect autumn risotto. The recipe for a mushroom risotto will be
featured in the Piemonte leaflet available in all stores,
downloadable from the website, and unveiled with plenty of secrets
and other recipes that can be found in The Complete Mushroom Book by
Antonio Carluccio (£14.99).
Desserts,
biscuits and sweet delicacies complete the Piemontese meal. The
counters of Carluccio's deli will be brimming with boxes for sale,
such as:
* buttery
Torcetti (430g £5.95)
* soft almond
based Amaretti (250g £6.50)
* light
hazelnut meringue Spumini (130g £3.25)
* hazelnut
and chocolate Baci di Dama (200g £.3.25).
Interestingly,
it is claimed that solid chocolate was first created in Piemonte's
capital Torino. Visitors to Carluccio's foodshop will find Hazelnut
chocolate bars (75g £1.95), Porcini di cioccolato (150g
£5.95), a selection of mushroom shaped chocolates, and
Carluccio's classic Grissini Ricoperti (250g £6.95) breadsticks
covered in chocolate - simply delicious!
Mercato
D'Autunno (Autumn Market) Carluccio's traditional open-air markets
will once again create the atmosphere of a bustling Italian market
allowing customers to discover the best seasonal products and the
best methods for home preparation. A wide selection of fresh wild and
cultivated mushrooms and truffle grocery products will be available;
essential ingredients to create delicious autumn dishes and authentic
Italian street food. All these products will be used in most of the
caffès recipes during the regional celebration, to help
educate customers on how to choose, combine and cook them at home.
The Autumn
Markets will be held at the following caffès:
* 13th and
14th September 2008: 1 Jubilee Street, Brighton, BN1 1GE
* 25th and
26th September: Spitalfields, 27 Spital Square, London, E1 6DZ
* 27th and
28th September 2008: 7-8 Christopher's Place, St Albans AL3 5DQ
* 3rd,4th and
5th October 2008: Royal Station, Windsor, SL4 1PJ
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