An exclusive giveaway in collaboration with Fine Italy.
Roman cuisine has evolved through centuries of social, cultural, and political changes. Hundreds of years ago it became a major gastronomical centre with cuisine that was highly influenced by Ancient Greek culture. The Roman empire’s enormous expansion exposed them to many new culinary habits and cooking techniques which were then adopted. During the Renaissance, Rome was well known as a centre of high-cuisine, since some of the best chefs of the time worked for the popes.
You can bring a taste of this Italian territory with over 2500 years of history into your own home with the Rome menu from Fine Italy. With this menu you will find some hand selected dishes that the region is famous for; everything you need for a four-course meal for four people including wine!
Roman Starter – Artichokes And Red Pepper Pate Bruschetta
Artichoke and red pepper paté is a cream obtained by crushing together fresh artichokes and red peppers, extra virgin olive oil, sunflower oil, vinegar and salt.
Bruschetta is a slice of bread made of wheat flour, olive oil and salt, which is sliced after baking then toasted to get crispy. The Fine Italy bruschetta is strictly artisan made, so you won’t find two pieces having the same shape.
Roman Pasta Course – Bucatini With Amatriciana Sauce
Amatriciana sauce preparation, according to the ancient, original recipe, is based on light-fried smoked pork meat and chilli pepper in extra virgin olive oil, just flavoured by white wine, in which tomato pulp is poured and cooked until it gets smooth enough.
The bucatini has been selected among the best durum wheat semolina pasta produced in the artisan way in Italy, according to basic principles of homemade pasta preparation: artisan working, bronze die shaping and low-temperature drying.
Roman Meat Course – Slow Cooked Pork With Beans
Preparation of the Fine Italy slow-cooked pork with beans involves slow-cooked the pork for a long time in a soup made by white “cannellini” beans, onions, carrots, celery, extra virgin olive oil, bay leaves, sage, pepper and salt.
Roman Dessert – Cantucci Almond Biscuits And Forest Fruits In Freisa Wine Syrup
“Cantucci (o Cantuccini) alle mandorle” are biscuits obtained by the baking of a long shape cake, then sliced and toasting them in a second bake. The dough is prepared by mixing wheat flour, eggs, sugar and butter, then enriched it with a mix of both whole and coarsely chopped almonds.
Forest fruits are made by putting freshly picked forest fruits in a boiling sugar and water syrup then flavoured by Freisa sweet wine.
Roman Wine – Frascati White Wine
Frascati wine is a white wine primarily produced with grapes from the family of Malvasia (Malvasia bianca di Candia, Malvasia del Lazio) and Trebbiano (Trebbiano Toscano).
Frascati wine has an intense and quite complex nose, savoury with hints of melon and tropical fruits on a mellow citrus background with herbaceous undertones.
On the palate, Frascati is fresh, savoury, soft and full-bodied. It is clean and lingering, finishing with fine citrus notes.
Fine Italy prides itself on sourcing the finest in Italian foods and creating delicious, authentic menu boxes for the discerning UK consumer. The Fine Italy Rome Menu costs just €76.72 with free shipping on orders over £50 or you can purchase a smaller two-course meal: pasta & dessert, or the meat and dessert menu. Each item is also available for sale separately.
Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary has teamed up with Kieba Film
We’ve teamed up with Shetland film-maker Kieba Film! We’re going to be working on many projects over the coming months, and I’m delighted to share with you the first – an unboxing/cooking video of the Fine Italy Rome Menu – just to show you how easy it is to prepare! Let me know what you think in the comments!
I can highly recommend the Fine Italy menu if you are looking for a high quality, easy to prepare menu for a dinner party or special occasion and you just don’t have the time to cook something from scratch yourself. No complicated cooking techniques are required: just boil the pasta and reheat the other ingredients! Simple! It’d make a great foodie gift idea too!
Visit their website to browse their other menus, and you can read my reviews of their utterly delicious Langhe Menu or their superb Portofino Menu.
You can also find Fine Italy on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
FINE ITALY GIVEAWAY
Fine Italy has kindly offered the Fine Italy – Rome Menu Box worth €78, as a giveaway prize for one of my UK readers. To enter, simply fill out the Rafflecopter entry form below!
HOW TO ENTER
For your chance to win a Fine Italy – Rome Menu Box worth €78 enter using the Rafflecopter form below. Come back and tweet about the giveaway every day for more chances to win!
TERMS & CONDITIONS
This giveaway is open to UK entries only. Entrants must be age 18 or over. The winners will need to respond within 30 days of being contacted; failure to do this may result in another winner being selected.
The prize is offered and provided by Fine Italy. The prize is to win a Fine Italy – Rome Menu Box worth €78. There is no cash alternative and the prize is not transferable.
There is no entry fee and no purchase is necessary to enter this giveaway. The promoter (Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary) reserves the right to cancel or amend the giveaway and these terms and conditions without notice.
Entry into our giveaways will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.
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Closing date is midnight (that’s 00:00 hours, 12 am on Sunday night/Monday morning) on Monday 30 October 2017 (GMT) and the winner will be announced shortly afterwards.
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sounds great chance to learn some new dishes
It all looks mouthwateringly delicious, my tum is now rumbling!
Despite having a massive Sunday Lunch, this made me SO hungry.
Oh it all looks and sounds super delicious! I have a real passion for Italian foods … Perfetto! 🙂 x
The menu looks fantastic,looks like we may be trying a bit more Italian soon
It all looks delicious and so easy to prepare!
All the meals look delicious and easy to prepare and cook. Just what I need after a hard days work.
this looks great i would love to win this and the video was great i love it
It sounds lovely. The slow cooked pork and beans sounds really nice xx
Italian food is my favourite choice when going out to eat. I have not mastered cooking any of their dishes, but with this prize I could learn a new menu to delight family and friends.
Your filming is amazing. Keep it up…
Would love to treat my family to some Italian food I’m trying yo get children to venture out more and experience different food
The menu looks amazing! I do like the video although I now have the munchies
It all looks really delicious!
The menu looks delicious Italian food is 1 of my all time favourite cuisines
This menu looks absolutely delicious. I would really like to give it a try. It’s a long time since I was in Rome so maybe it would help bring back some happy memories.
I love the look of the menu. The slow cooked pork looks divine. Would love to try it
Wow, this all sounds absolutely delicious. The photos were enough to make you climb into the monitor and try them without first reading what it actually was. 🙂 Made me very hungry.
This looks delicious, I’d love to try it
This looks so cool tasty can’t wait to try I love italy
Menu looks great and the video is just right :0)
Looks and sounds delicious xx
One of our most look food, my daughter would be too happy for the chance.
Looks lovely we love Italy and the video brought back many happy memories! Bellissimo!
it looks very yummy and has made me hungry
Love this I’d be in heaven everything looks so yummy
It looks utterly sublime – love sampling foreign cuisine, and Italian is among the best 🙂
The menu and video are great . I’ve been in love with Italy ever since a trip to Florence as a teenager . Too often people assume the “Italian cuisine” is one thing , but there is huge variation across the regions
Both are brilliant, loving the menu, it would be an amazing treat to try these beautiful ingredients .x
Mama king my mouth water and I’m always looking for new ideas and flavours to introduce to my family meal times xx
1Looks great, enjoyed the music too!
This looks amazing – my mum is Italian so this food is my passion and I’d love to win x
Loved the video and the food looks incredible!
It all looks mouthwateringly good. Made me very hungry.
it sounds absolutely delicious, the video is great, now to try it out!
Well, they’ve left me feeling hungry and made my mouth water!
Everything looks so good I’m sure the menu is a gourmet’s dream come true
This is such a lovely menu! I absolutely adore Italian food so this is right up my street! #Dribbling
I think I should not of watched this at lunch time and now I do not want my boring sandwich
Every thing looks so good!I especially love the pasta dishes
Yum!!
This has made me hungry, it all looks and sounds delicious. I hope the new project will be very successful.
looks great, I love everything Italian especially the food
Love Italian Food- it looks so colourful and is so filling. These meals look delicious – especially the slow cooked pork with beans.
Looks great. You can’t beat Italian food and ingredients.
The best Frascati wine I’ve ever had was in Frascati – go figure! Recipes look amazing.
mmmm making me hungry sounds tasty looks tasty mmmm yum yum
everything looks yummy, great job!
Look delicious
I’m sure the menu is a gourmet’s dream come true and the video is very professional in my opinion. Great on both counts.
Italian food always looks and tastes good – especially with a nice bottle of red!
Looks amazing – I want to try it all
Looks tasty. Nice selection of ingredients
Looks absolutely delicious !
I love cooking pasta, the menu looks exciting especially the pork
Looks fantastic and I bet tastes even better
I love Italian food.
looks good!
love these meals
Ooh, this has made me feel hungry, just looking at it. The ingredients look such good quality
it looks great. I love Italian food, everything with Parmesan!
I give it 10 out of 10 🙂
It looks great – as I have a sweet tooth, the desert looks especially tasty!
It looks interesting. The menu is different. A tasty range.
It looks fantastic! Love the video – very professional. Italian food is definitely my favourite cuisine!
Both menu and giveaway look fabulous!
Looks absolutely delicious!
looks amazing
This looks great, Italian food is amazing! Can’t fail with a good old italian recipe
Simply amazing, would love to win!
It looks really tempting. Takes me away to a balmy Italian night, sitting outside a restaurant, watching the city go by.
It looks absolutely stunning
it all souds so delicious, i love bean and pasta dishes combining the two is a winner for me!
I love Italian food, so simple but cooked with passion
Looks lovely, making me hungry looking at it!
it loks absolutely scrummy thankyou
All of it looks amazing, such a good idea!
love it its all so yummy
This takes me back to my first holiday abroad which was in Rome – the box strangely makes me think of a Masterchef mystery box though.
Looks super delicious and very tasty – love Italian food!
looks super delicious
The food looks fantastic, I want it all! 🙂
It looks fantastic, wish i has some of these for lunch right now.
fantastic, the food looks amazing
Love Italian food
fantastico – I love Italian food and this looks – well – good enough to eat – only kidding – it looks great
Looks good. I even liked the box it came in.
All looks fabulously delicious, thank you
Italian food is so wonderful because I think Italians take real pride in the food they eat and ussing good ingredients. Mealtimes are something to be savoured. Such comforting food full of flavour and life. Yum!
It looks absolutely delicioucs!! The bucatini would have to be my fav though 🙂
It has everything that I would enjoy, It’s 11am & you’ve made me feel very hungry LOL 😀
delicious warming family food.Nice and tasty
Enjoyed the video. Everything looks appetizing. Food all the family would love and talk about.
The food looks really tempting, especially the slow cooked pork
food looks amazing
Wow! It all looks so delicious. I do love Italian food.
It all looks and sounds fab – and now I’m hungry!
Fantastic menu and love the video!
It looks delicious!
It looks absolutely delicious
Looks delicious! Love the Mediterranean cooking. Italy is one of the places I would love to go to!
Looks delicious! I love Italian food.
It all looks delicious! Italian food is the best
It makes it all look deliciously easy
Really inspires me to try out a few more Italian ideas myself when cooking! Food for family gatherings 🙂
looks lovely, my daughter has just come back from Rome and she raved about the quality and range of food
OMG..it all looks so yummylicious!! Cannot beat Italian food 😉
The video makes it all look so easy – and so deliciuos! There is a lovely balance of flavours within each course and a nice contrast between the courses. I’m now feeilng quite peckish! I agree it would make a great present for a foodie.
It all looked so delicious! Would love to win 🙂
Looks good, definitely my kind of food x
Excellent
Love the new video – so professionally shot. You were already on the ball presentation wise and your photography is incredible but with Keiba on board the pair of you should have your own show. Really looking forward to seeing the upcoming stuff. As for the food itself – Italian cuisine is my fave so I was sold on that as soon as you opened the box 😉
Mouthwatering, exactly my kinda food!
Salivating 🙂
it all looks lovely!
The whole menu looks delicious I would try the ROMAN MEAT COURSE
Everything looks delicious, warm and comforting.
Yum, I shouldn’t have looked at lunchtime! I’m starving now!
Fantastic menu just reading it took me straight back to Rome
MOUTHWATERING
Mmm pasta
Making me very hungry!!! Looks lush 🙂
Everything looks delicious.
It looks like a glorious menu, especially the pork and beans dish. Sorry if this comes through twice, I’m having problems posting my comment.
It’s making me hungry!
pasta is my favourite meal of all time
looks absolutely amazing
It looks and sounds amazing- especially the starter and the dessert. I’d have to eat over a couple of sittings though- no way could I manage all that in one go!
the box sounds interesting and makes it easy to prepare a lovely meal
I’d love to try to cook the SLOW COOKED PORK WITH BEANS – it looks delicious. Love the music in the video and the setting is lovely and rustic
The food looks lovely – and super simple to prepare, even my partner could do it (he’s a very lazy cook – he doesn’t do much more than punching holes in cellophane before popping in the microwave)
It all sounds so delicious and how perfect that it all comes i a box, so not too much thinking about the menu.
QUALITY RECIPES FOR QUALITY FOOD CHEERS BON APETITE
It all looks fabulous.
Personally would pass on the starter but the other courses look fantastic. Something special about really well cooked Italian food.
It all looks delicious I would love to try these
Looks good to me! I’m a huge fan of Italian food, and these look nice and simple too!
Looks delicious guys – I’d love to win
It is my ideal menu because I love Italian food
Everything looked really delicious and I would really love to win this prize! Thank you!
It looks great. I’d love to try the artichoke and pepper pate.
I am a great fan of Italian food, so this menu really appeals to me.
love the new video and the box of food sounds amazing! I’d love to give some of these recipes a go, pasta is my absolute favourite! Italian food is so wonderful in its freshness and simplicity
Looks great and very tempting.
Video fascinating and all the food sounds amazing – wish I lived in Italy!
I love the sound of slow cooked pork. I enjoyed seeing the produce in the hamper being used in the video.
Sounds absolutely delicious. Would love to have go making the slow cooked pork!!!
Looks divine! The videos made me hungry!
It looks amazing, the menu is very well put together and there is something for everyone. We love Italian food and visiting Italy when we get the chance.
I love Italian food so it sounds amazing.
looks delicious
I cannot lie, I LOVE Italian food, the pastas, pizzas, meat dishes, these pics and the vid all made me hungry…. and desperate to go to Italy and explore the cuisine, the sights, the culture… especially as its pouring down with rain outside on this cold dreary night.
It all looks lovely and the menu is making me hungry!
it is a really nice menu, very Italian and because I love pasta, it is just perfect 🙂
Looks absolutely delicious !
The Rome menu is really interesting. It’s full of ingredients I haven’t encountered before.
Italian food is my favourite cuisine. The slow cooked pork with beans look delicious and the video looks good too
Looks delicious- Love Italian food, going back next month and can’t wait x
The cantucci almond biscuits sound divine!
Everything looks lovely, Italian food is my favourite
The slow cooked pork with beans is a knockout . The video makes me hungry !
Sounds absolutely amazing! I love anything Italian.
everything is looking really tasty, i would really love to win
it sounds lovely but i have always loved italian food since i went to italy when i was 16
I like the idea of this Italian menu from starter through to Dessert and with wine. I would like to see a range of reviews to reassure me that the sauces and pate coming out of a jar tastes authentic and tasty.
Everything looks delicious! My fave were the bucatini, I can imagine a lovely bowl of bucatini with loads of sauce and grated cheese, either Parmesan or Grana Padano. Yum!
I’m sure the menu is a gourmet’s dream come true and the video is very professional in my opinion. Great on both counts.