IB Food Ltd

Fine Italian ingredients for chefs

iB Food Ltd

Suppliers & importers of high quality Italian and
Mediterranean ingredients for discerning chefs

Zuppa Rapida

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 Zuppa Rapida made with a variety of pulses, beans and grains from orzo, lentils, black-eyed beans, tiny white haricot beans to peas. It is a wonderful array of colours and flavours, various textures that work in harmony with a short cooking time, no soaking is required.

Zuppa Rapida

Ingredients for 6 portions:

– 400g Le Marmore Zuppa Rapida
– 1lt Vegetable Bouillon Made Up
– 1 Onion Finely Chopped
– 3 Carrots Finely Chopped
– 3 Celery Sticks Finely Chopped
– 2 Garlic Cloves Crushed
– 3 Potatoes Finely Diced
– 3 Tbs Pesto alla Genovese
– Salt & Pepper to TasteChef
Saute’ in saucepan the garlic, onion, carrots, celery.

Then add the Zuppa Rapida, potatoes and the vegetable bouillon. Cook for about 20 minutes.

Season and add the pesto towards the end.

If it needs more bouillon add a little at a time as this soup should not be too liquid.

Serve with wonderful slices of toasted bread that can be rubbed with garlic as an option.

Grilled Cod Fillet on Medley of Beans

Ingredients for 6 portions:

– 150g x 6 Fresh Cod Fillets
– 200g Antichi Sapori Zuppa Rapida
– 1/2 Lt Vegetable Bouillon Made Up
– 1 Onion Finely Chopped
– 2 Carrots Diced
– 2 Celery Sticks Diced
– 1 Garlic Clove Crushed
– Touch of Chilli Paste

 

Saute’ in a saucepan the garlic, onion, carrots, celery. Then add the zuppa rapida and the vegetable bouillon.

Cook for about 25 minutes until cooked and to a nice consistency as a side dish. If it needs more liquid add as you go along as it needs to absorb it like a risotto.

You can add the chilli to give it more flavour of fresh herbs. Grill the cod fillets and serve on a bed of this bean mixture.

Wonderful and colourful, not to mention tasty!

Zuppa di Farro 850g – Spelt Soup

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Spelt and vegetable soup ( onion, carrot and celery).

Extra virgin olive oil and tomato concentrate. Add half or one tin of water or broth to the contents depending on the desired thickness and heat.

Serve with toasted bread, extra virin olive oil and a pinch of pepper.

Menu Ribollita 830g

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Excellent mix for creating the ribollita, a traditional dish of the Tuscan cuisine, a vegetable, soup with a particular black cabbage as the main ingredient.

All the vegetables are processed when fresh and in season, following the typical Tuscan recipe.

To complete the dish, just add hardened sliced Tuscan bread, heat and serve with extra virgin olive oil in abundance and fresh ground pepper.

 

Minestrone di Verdure 850g – Vegetable Minestrone

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A wonderful concentrated mixture of fresh vegetables: potatoes, peas, carrots, french beans, a variety of beans including tinnellini and borlotti, celery, chard, savoy, parsley, onions and tomatoes.

Excellent as a vegetable soup diluted with broth and to prepare thick vegetable soups with pasta: just add the pasta you prefer and dilute with water or broth.