Veru Truly Sicilian

Veru Truly Sicilian offers artisan-produced seasonal specialities from Sicily along with authentic recipes made in Dorset. Winners of GTA's gold stars, the range reflects the richness and quality of Sicilian food and represents Sara and Giuseppe Sinaguglia's passion for truly inspiring food.

Bread / baked goods | Petit fours / sweetmeats | Fruit sauce / coulis | Antipasti | Seafood (tinned or in jars) | Clear honey | Flours | Nuts | Marmalade, fruit | Mail order | Relishes | Savoury jellies | Vegetable antipasti | Own label | Chutney, vegetable | European | Christmas ranges | Easter ranges | Savoury dips

Name 'Sospiri', Little Sighs Description These heavenly soft almond paste sweets flavoured with chocolate and/or coffee and rum take their name from the sigh of pleasure when eaten! Each sospiro is individually wrapped to maintain aroma and softness. Category Petit fours / sweetmeats Mail order Own label Christmas ranges Easter ranges Additional Product Criteria Free From – Gluten Free From – Artificial ingredients Non-British Vegetarian

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Name Caponata Melanzane Description Made to Giuseppe's own recipe, this classic Sicilian dish captures the essence of the island. Delicious served with cheese, meat, or straight from the jar! PDF Click to open PDF Category Mail order Relishes Vegetable antipasti Own label European Additional Product Criteria Free From – Gluten Free From – Artificial ingredients Free From – Lactose and/or dairy Vegetarian

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Name Crushed Lemon Marmellata Description Made with seasonal Sicilian lemons, the most intensely flavoured marmellata, perfect on hot buttered bread or as an ingredient in baking. PDF Click to open PDF Category Marmalade, fruit Mail order Additional Product Criteria Free From – Gluten Free From – Artificial ingredients Free From – Lactose and/or dairy Free From – Nuts Non-British Vegetarian

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Name Hand-filleted Anchovies Description Fished from the port of Sciacca, these anchovies are hand-filleted, salted for at least 12 weeks, and stored in Sicilian extra virgin olive oil. PDF Click to open PDF Category Antipasti Seafood (tinned or in jars) Mail order Own label Additional Product Criteria Ethical Free From – Gluten Free From – Artificial ingredients Free From – Lactose and/or dairy Free From – Nuts Free From – Sugar Non-British Vegetarian

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Name Nero d'Avola Jelly Description Mamma Andrea translates tradition and culture into edible delights using only the best Sicilian produce. This intense jelly is made with IGT Nero d'Avola wine and makes a delicious addition to strong cheese, game meats or drizzled over a fresh fruit salad. Ingredients: Nero d'Avola wine (IGT) 49%, sugar, gelling agent: fruit pectin. PDF Click to open PDF Category Fruit sauce / coulis Mail order Savoury jellies Own label Additional Product Criteria Free From – Gluten Free From – Artificial ingredients Free From – Lactose and/or dairy Free From – Nuts Non-British Vegetarian

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Name Orange Blossom Honey Description The beekeepers in Cattolica Eraclea, south-west Sicily, pride themselves on this delicate fresh scented honey, carefully selected from the hives dotted about the orange groves. Ingredients: 100% Italian Selected Honey. PDF Click to open PDF Category Clear honey Mail order Own label Additional Product Criteria Free From – Gluten Free From – Artificial ingredients Free From – Lactose and/or dairy Free From – Nuts Non-British Vegetarian

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Name Pistachios in Acacia Honey Description Great Taste Awards 2008 Gold award winning pistachios from Bronte, picked at their best and stored in Sicilian acacia honey, just perfect on top of yoghurt, ice cream or in a ricotta cake. Ingredients: Pistachios (46%), Acacia Honey. PDF Click to open PDF Category Nuts Mail order Own label Additional Product Criteria Free From – Gluten Free From – Artificial ingredients Free From – Lactose and/or dairy Non-British Vegetarian

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Name Semolina Flour Description Winner of 2 gold stars in the 2010 Great Taste Awards. Milled in Giuseppe's home town of Siculiana, this finely milled semolina flour is perfect for pizza, pasta, bread making, and cake baking. Ingredients: 100% Ground Durum Wheat. PDF Click to open PDF Category Flours Mail order Own label Additional Product Criteria Free From – Artificial ingredients Free From – Lactose and/or dairy Free From – Nuts Free From – Sugar Non-British Vegetarian

Recipe Title Lemon & Pistachio Muffins Recipe Details Makes 20 110g butter 150g caster sugar 50g Veru Crushed Lemon Marmellata 1-2 pinches salt 2 whole eggs 250ml milk 15g baking powder 340g Veru Semolina Flour, sieved 15ml vanilla essence 30g roughly chopped pistachios Mix together the butter, sugar, vanilla essence & salt and beat until white and fluffy. Add the eggs and lemon marmellata and slowly beat into the butter mixture. Mix the baking powder into the sieved flour and gently fold into the butter and eggs. Gradually add the milk, a little at a time, until the mixture clings to the spoon before falling. Add the pistachios to the mix. Spoon the mixture into the muffin moulds until almost full. Preheat the oven to 180c/ 350f/ gas 4 and put the muffins in to bake for 15-20 minutes. Delicious served topped with a teaspoon of crushed lemon marmellata and a teaspoon of mascarpone per muffin. Decorate with some finely chopped pistachios or a little dried rosebud. PDF Click here to open PDF Product Categories Cold desserts Other cake Marmalade, fruit Additional Recipe Criteria Vegetarian

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Recipe Title Pizza VERU Recipe Details Makes 4 pizzas 500g Veru Semolina Flour 20g fresh yeast 10g salt 1 pinch of sugar 300ml warm water 1 tbsp olive oil Topping: chopped cherry tomatoes Veru Anchovy Fillets fresh basil black olives capers Baking time 10 minutes, plus rising | Mix the flour, salt, and sugar. In a separate bowl mix the water, yeast, and oil until the yeast has dissolved. Add the water, yeast and oil mix to the flour, salt and sugar, and knead with your hands until a compact dough forms (at least 10 minutes of kneading). Cut the dough into four equal pieces and shape into smooth round balls. Place on a greased oven tray and leave to rise in a warm place. When the balls have almost doubled in size, sprinkle a surface with flour and flatten into a pizza shape. Transfer the pizzas back to the greased oven trays. Top with chopped tomatoes, basil, black olives, capers, and Veru Scalia Anchovy Fillets. Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6. Put the pizza in the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes. PDF Click here to open PDF Product Categories Bread / baked goods Flours Additional Recipe Criteria Free From – Artificial ingredients Free From – Nuts Free From – Sugar Non-British Vegetarian

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Recipe Title POACHED PEACHES WITH A MUSCAT & PISTACHIO SYRUP Recipe Details Makes 4 portions 4 peaches, slightly under ripe 125g mascarpone ½ vanilla pod ½ cinammon stick 2tsp Veru Truly Sicilian Nero d'Avola Jelly ½ litre of water 50g caster sugar 100ml muscat wine 40ml orange flower water 2tbsp Veru Truly Sicilian pistachios in acacia honey Place the vanilla pod, cinnamon, Nero d'Avola jelly, water, sugar, orange flower water and muscat in a pan and bring to the boil. Allow to boil for 5 minutes. In the meantime cut the peaches in half and remove the stone if you can, or leave it and remove after cooking. When the liquid is ready, add the peaches and cook until they become just soft. Remove the fruit from the liquid, leave to cool down. Reduce the liquid until it becomes syrupy. Add the pistachios. Join the two peach halves with a spoonful of mascarpone and place on a plate. Drizzle with the syrup and pistachios, top with a sprig of mint. PDF Click here to open PDF Product Categories Hot puddings Non-fruit sauce / syrup