Recipes
Seared Scallops with Apple Cider-Balsamic Glaze
Ingredients: 10 scallops 3 slices bacon 10 ounces baby spinach 4 ounces mushrooms Azzuro Blend olive oil Butter Sea salt and freshly ground pepper 3/4 cup Due Vittorie apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoons Due Vittorie Oro balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon Azzuro bush honey Method Place scallops on paper towels and blot...
Chicken Thighs with Apple Vinegar
This is a chicken recipe that can be done in the oven or on a grill. It has a very salty/vinegary taste and a crispy outside. To do on a grill, follow same recipe but you may use a folded foil 'pan' instead of a baking dish. Ingredients 2 cups...
Shoulder of pork with apple cider vinegar
It’s time to dig out the slow cooker and make the most of cheaper cuts of meat. Get them chugging away early in the day, so that by dinnertime the house is filled with gorgeous savoury aromas and you’ll have everyone clamouring around. Ingredients 2.9 kg pork shoulder on the bone,...
CHICKEN, CHICKEN, WHERE ARE YOU
Find the chicken: the Italian chef Massimo Bottura has hidden its taste between colourful vegetables, creating a surprising chicken and vegetables recipe. For the broth Chicken bones of 8 chickens Scallion 1 bunch Ginger root 1 Leek 3 each Garlic head 1, cut in half Celery 1, whole Shitake mushrooms 200 g, dried Kombu algae 1...
Harty's Salad Dressing
We are often asked to write out our salad dressing so have decided to publish the recipe here; Ingredients Makes 1/2 cup 1/3 cup Azzuro Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 heaped tsp Dijon Mustard 1 clove garlic crushed pinch of rock salt ground black pepper to taste 1 tsp Oro...
Simple Apple Flan with Olive Oil
This apple flan is made with New Zealand Envy apples (Envy apples are rated as the best in America right now), a minimum amount of flour to bind it together, and olive oil. This is a healthy tart that is no more than 140 calories. Prep time: 20 mins, Cook...
Crostini with Fresh Figs, Ricotta and Balsamic Reduction
Ingredients Fresh baguette Fresh figs Whole milk ricotta (homemade or store-bought) Due Vittorie Oro balsamic vinegar Method Make crostini: Place oven rack in middle of oven and preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Slice baguette into thin, diagonal slices. Spread slices on ungreased baking sheet and toast until lightly brown, turning once. (5-10 minutes)...
Chicken-Leg Confit With Potatoes And Escarole
Ingredients 2 SERVINGS 2 chicken legs (thigh and drumstick) Sea salt, freshly ground pepper 2 large shallots, unpeeled, quartered 1 head of garlic, unpeeled, halved crosswise 8 sprigs thyme, divided 1½ cups Azzuro olive oil 10 ounces fingerling potatoes 1 small head of escarole, leaves torn into bite-size pieces 1 tablespoon...
Balsamic Zucchini
Makes 6 side-dish servings INGREDIENTS 4 medium zucchini, cut diagonally into 3/4-inch-thick slices 1/4 cup Azzuro Blend extra-virgin olive oil 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper 1/4 cup Due Vittorie Oro Gold balsamic vinegar 1/2 cup finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano 1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted and finely chopped ...
Grilled Cheese with Tomato Chutney
Tomato chutney is at once rich, sweet, and tart. This recipe by Emily Han calls for simmering tomatoes, shallots, and golden raisins with brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, and aromatic spices like mustard seeds, coriander, and cloves. The resulting relish is the perfect complement to sharp cheeses like Cheddar or...
Bacon-Wrapped Filet Mignon
There is probably no better combination than beef fillet steak wrapped in bacon. This creamy mushroom sauce is delicious , but a good dollop of butter full of fresh chopped herbs is just as good. Ingredients 4 x 225g filet mignon at room temperature Olive Oil (Azzuro of course) Salt...
Avocado with Prawns and Balsamic Dressing
The marriage of avocado, prawns, garlic and balsamic vinegar are a match made in heaven. This makes the perfect light lunch or would be great as a starter and any leftover dressing is excellent on salad. First make the dressing by shaking all the ingredients together. Then prepare the avocado,...