Menu Speciality Food Ltd (FKA) IB Food Ltd

Fine Italian ingredients for chefs

Menu Speciality 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!

Farfalle

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Granarolo have made us another winning shape, the Farfalle egg pasta, shaped like a bow or butterfly but ribbed, making it retain the sauce much better and is more attractive than the standard one plain and smooth. This egg pasta lends itself to many recipes but as the summer is approaching it will make wonderful pasta dishes and salads.

Farfalle with Sunblushed Tomatoes, Capers, Anchovy & Raw Tuna

Ingredients for 6 portions:

– 500g Granarolo Farfalle Rigate
– 200g Broccoli Heads
– 150g Sunblushed Tomatoes
– 6 Tornatore Anchovy Fillets
– 1 Small Chilli Pepper
– 12 Thin Slices of Raw Tuna
– 1 Clove Garlic
– 20ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil
– 40g Miniature Capers
– Salt & Pepper to Taste

Blanch the broccoli in boiling water and then cool down. In a frying pan heat the oil with the garlic, chilli, anchovy fillets until melted and well amalgamated. Season carefully with salt and pepper. In the meantime cook the pasta in salted boiling water till al dente.
Drain and toss in the sauce. Place each portion in a plate and place on top 2 thinly slices of raw tuna and serve immediately.

Farfalle all’ Antipasto

Ingredients for 6 portions:

– 500g Granarolo Farfalle
– 150g Sunblushed Tomatoes
– 350g Grandantipasto
– 50g Miniature Capers
– 300g Tinned Tuna in Olive Oil
– 40ml Fig VincottoChef
– Freshly Chopped Herbs
– Spring Onions
– Salt & Pepper to Taste

Cook the pasta in salted boiling water until al dente, strain, toss in a little oil and cool down. Chop the fresh herbs like basil, thyme, parsley and the spring onions and toss in the pasta. Add all the other ingredients and season to taste. Leave to marinate for a few hours before serving so that the pasta absorbs all the flavours. A Delicious and colourful Pasta salad

Cucina Antica Sugo Pomodorina 12x290g

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Pomodorina sauce is prepared with the best fresh tomatoes processed at the height of the season and the varieties of vegetables used give the product a homemade taste.

Ready sauce excellent for pasta and rice dishes, but also ideal for crostini, pizzas, bruschettas, for sauces in main courses and stews and where a tomato sauce is required.

This italian tomato sauce excellent if combined with pesto which gives it a very fresh and summery taste.

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.

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.

 

Pomodorina Sauce 10 KG BAG

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Special tomato sauce prepared with fresh pieces of tomato and a great variety and abundance of fresh vegetables, aromatic plants and sunflower oil produced in the middle of the season with the best tomatoes.

Ideal for pasta dishes and also for tarts, pies or for cooking stews, sauces,etc.

Bruschetta

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The Bruschetta bread we have introduced are large oval slices, all of the same dimension, a wonderful taste and texture that need only brushing with some extra virgin olive oil, toasted and then a topping added.
In this era of pizza, crostini, canapé’s, sandwiches etc. it seems opportune to launch this traditional bread that is easy and quick to prepare.
Lovely cut into pieces and served as a starter or even as a main course served whole. A little imagination with the variety of toppings can tantalise any mouthwatering tastebuds!

Bruschette with a medley of toppings

– 1 Packet of Bruschette ( 5 large slices)
– 100g Zingara Sauce
– 50g Five Cheese sauce
– 25g Truffle Paste
– 50g Pesto
– 150g Pomodorina
– 40g Sundried Tomatoes
– 20g Pinenuts
– 100g Goats Cheese
– 80g Walnut Sauce
– 100g Gorgonzola
– 30g Fresh Walnuts

Place the bruschette on a baking tray, brushed with a little olive oil and toast on both sides.
For each one you can vary by the following :

1. Place the zingara sauce on one, add some mozzarella and toast.
2. Place the 5 cheese sauce on the bruschetta then dot the truffle paste around, grill and serve.
3. Spread one with the pomodorina, dot with the pesto sauce, add either mozzarella or shavings of parmigiano reggiano, grill and serve.
4. On another, slice the sundried tomatoes and mix with the goats cheese. Sprinkle the pinenuts on top. Grill and serve.
5. Spread the walnut sauce over the Bruschetta, add bits of gorgonzola and fresh walnuts. Grill and serve.

Delicious!!!!!

(Don’t forget this method can be used as hot canapé’s at cocktail parties etc.)
With a little imagination the toppings are endless don’t forget the chargrilled vegetables, pizzicosa sauce, golfo di napoli etc. all make tasty variations.

Medley of Wild Mushrooms Bruschetta

Ingredients for 5 portions:

– 620g Cocktail of Wild Mushrooms
– 50g Pinenuts
– 100g Sundried Tomatoes
– 10ml Aggazzotti Balsamic Vinegar
– Freshly Chopped Parsley & Thyme
– 5 Bruschette
– Salt & Freshly Ground Pepper
– 150g Pecorino Romano Cheese

Brush the bruschette with extra virgin olive oil and toast on both sides. Drain most of the oil from the wild mushrooms and put them in a frying pan. Chop up and add the sundried tomatoes, pinenuts and the balsamic vinegar.

Heat through, salt and pepper, add the parsley, thyme to taste.

Place the topping on the bruschette, add some shavings of pecorino romano cheese, grill and serve at once.