Panettone Tradizionale Part bread, part cake, panettone is the star of Christmas both in Italy and at Carluccio’s. Made with dried fruit and candied peel 16.95/1kg. 2 Panettone al Cioccolato Made with pieces of milk and dark chocolate 16.95/1kg. 3 Pandoro This rich star shaped buttery sponge cake comes with a sachet of vanilla flavoured icing sugar. Empty the sachet into the Pandoro bag, close, shake and serve 16.95/700g. No panettone? No Christmas. Simple as that. 1
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10 Porcino 15.95 Box contains: White truffle oil 55ml, carnaroli rice 250g, dried porcini 25g, recipe card. 11 Olio Novello 2014 15.95 New season’s extra virgin olive oil from Emilia – Romagna 50cl. 12 Peperoncino 15.95 Box contains: Nduja chilli salame spead 135g, chilli & garlic oil 25cl, sweet pepper and chilli sauce 160g. 13 Caffé 29.95 Box contains: Two Carluccio’s cups and saucers, Napoli espresso coffee 250g, dark chocolate coffee beans 80g.
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Italians always – always! –take gifts when visiting family and friends. A bottle of new season’s olive oil, a tin of biscuits or pasta with just the right sauce. 4 Festa dei Limoni 29.95 Box contains: Lemon tagliolini egg pasta 250g,
From t h e Mom en t you step out onto the street and try to cross the road, Napoli is a city that picks you up and takes you with it. It knows what it wants (and so do it’s people) and exactly how to get it. Pizza? Served with no airs, no graces. Coffee? It’s strong – very strong. Cakes? Made in the same bakeries for centuries. Spaghetti? Neapolitans won’t eat it anywhere else. And Christmas? It’s all about food. Lots and lots of food. 2
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lemon risotto 300g, babà al limoncello 580g, lemon oil 25cl, lemon torrone 150g. 5 L’ora di Cioccolato 25.00 Box contains: Cocoa pappardelle pasta 250g, dark chocolate and hazelnut truffles 250g, drinking chocolate 250g, cocoa and chocolate biscuits 200g, milk chocolate coin 90g. 6 Lui E Lei 22.95 Box contains: Extra virgin olive oil 25cl, balsamic vinegar 25cl. 7 Vin Santo E Cantucci 25.00 Box contains: Vin santo D.O.C. wine 37.5cl, honey cantucci biscuits 300g. 8 Pasta e Sughi 29.95 Box contains: Bretelle durum wheat pasta 500g, squid ink spaghetti 500g, armoniche egg pasta 500g, sugo alle vongole sauce 180g, porcini sauce 180g, wild boar ragu 180g, Carluccio’s collection pasta book. 9 Il Massimo 75.00 Box contains: Prosecco 75cl, panettone 300g, fiocchi di neve 150g, gianduiotti 150g, trofie durum wheat pasta 500g, pesto genovese 160g, olio di colline extra virgin olive oil 50cl, carnaroli rice 1kg, bricioloni di porcini 60g, pappardelle egg pasta 250g, milk chocolate coin 90g.
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Carluccios, 35 Rose Street London WC2E 9EB www.carluccios.com
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20 Fichi Ricoperti Roberto Aloisio and his small team cut each fig in half and put a walnut and candied peel inside. The figs are then pressed, baked, coated in dark chocolate and packed into a handmade basket 9.95/180g. 21 Bontorrone Layers of liqueur soaked sponge, chocolate and almond torrone, are wrapped in dark chocolate 9.95/230g. 22 Stelline di Pasta Reale New season’s almonds are ground together with sugar, rolled into a sheet, cut, then coated in dark chocolate 9.95/195g. 23 Lunette d’Arancia Made in Sicily from locally grown oranges, the peel is candied then coated in thick dark chocolate 6.95/150g. 24 Mostaccioli A Christmas tradition in Campania, Southern Italy. Chewy biscuits coated in dark chocolate with a little cinnamon. Italians serve them at the end of the Christmas meal 7.95/190g. 25 Torrone al Pistacchio Made from egg whites, honey, almonds and Sicilian pistachios 6.95/110g. 26 Panforte A Tuscan cake made with almonds and spices. Serve thinly sliced with a glass of Vin Santo 9.95/300g. 27 Perle di Mandorlato Chopped torrone, almonds, honey and a pinch of salt are mixed together then rolled into balls and coated in caramel and white chocolate 6.95/130g. 28 Biscotti Tin filled with three types of butter biscuits: Tirá, krumiri and margherite the perfect accompaniment to a cup of coffee 16.95/400g.
36 Caffé Coffee Tin containing Milano espresso coffee 10.95/ 250g. 37 Alberelli Christmas tree shaped butter biscuits 7.50/330g. 38 Clemente in Camicia Double coated dark chocolate candied clementine segments. They take much longer to make than they do to eat! 16.95/300g. 39 Pandolce Flavoured with candied fruit, pine nuts, orange flower water, and fennel seeds. Made in Genoa by the same pasticceria for the last 150 years 9.95/350g. 40 Roccette Handmade the traditional way in a copper pan, these ‘little rocks’ are a mix of hazelnuts, egg whites and sugar topped with dark chocolate 9.95/250g. 41 Biscotti Tradizionali This tin contains three kinds of nutty biscuits: brutti ma buoni (it means ‘ugly but good’ – they taste better than they look!), amaretti and golosi (cocoa and hazelnut sticks) 14.95/380g. 42 Advent Calendar The sweetest way to countdown to Christmas. Each window contains a quirky chocolate 11.95/250g. 43 Albero di Natale Christmas tree decoration full of milk chocolate coins. Eat them wisely 2.95/60g. 29
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14 Baci di Dama ‘Ladies kisses’, two hazelnut biscuits sandwiched together with a dark chocolate filling 16.95/875g. 15 Grappa e Bicchierini Italians like to linger at the end of a meal with a grappa: serve it in the dark chocolate cups; the flavours compliment each other perfectly 19.95. 16 Masserini Biscuits from Piemonte made with butter and cocoa 7.50/300g. 17 Stelle di Natale Gianduja filled milk chocolates 11.95/550g. 18 Struffoli A Christmas tradition in Napoli, struffoli are small pieces of dough, deep fried, tossed in honey then dusted with hundreds and thousands and candied peel 2.95/80g. 19 Fichi al Rhum Chopped Calabrian figs, candied peel and walnuts are fed with rum and covered in dark chocolate 6.95/200g.
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29 Sfogliatine alle Mandorle The Renzelli family have a tradition of cake baking that dates back to 1803. These honey and almonds slices are made by toasting thin almonds slices then mixing them with honey and melted sugar which is then poured into a baking tray. Once it is set it is cut into slices 7.95/200g. 30 Pasta di Natale Festive shapes made from durum wheat pasta coloured with tomato and spinach 3.95/500g. 31 Meringhe di Gianduja Made in Piemonte, the home of Gianduja chocolate. Each meringue is patted down while still warm, to knock out some of the air. Gianduja is then piped on top before covering the meringues in dark chocolate 9.95/240g. 32 Ciottoli di Torrone Cocoa dusted balls of almond torrone. The torrone is made from egg whites, almonds and a blend of honeys including one from the Venetian lagoon which has a distinctive salty flavour 6.95/120g. 33 Fiocchi di Neve (Snowflakes) are light mini meringues with tiny pieces of hazelnut and almonds inside. They’re made in Lombardia and wrapped by hand, two at a time 6.95/150g. 34 Ricciarelli Made with almonds, the cakes are lightly baked so that they are crunchy outside but soft and light inside 9.95/250g. 35 La Sorpresa Box of six crackers. Each cracker contains three gianduja stars, a paper hat and an Italian general knowledge quiz question 14.95/180g.
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