THE ITALIAN JOB

BY WHISK HAMPERS

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First rate ingredients like these are called for to make simple dishes work.

Packaged in a fluted box lined in black shred together with a quotation postcard and your message handwritten on a mini whisk tag.

Includes:

montepulciano 'frentano', cantina sociale frentana, abruzzo 75cl: with it's delicious bright cherry fruit, this bouncy red montepulciano provides happy accompaniment to most pasta dishes

organic tomatoes in extra-virgin olive oil 280g:sweet sun-ripened grappolato variety tomatoes in extra virgin olive-oil

basil pesto ligure 80g: excellent with pasta or fish, this is the best pesto we've tasted. made with olive oil, cashew nuts, fresh basil from liguria, sea salt, pine nuts & garlic (but not the usual parmesan)

taggiasca olive tapenade 80g:taggiasca olives are ideal for tapenade because of their mild, aromatic flavour. no additives, preservatives or anchovies - good for crostini but also for flavouring home-made pesto, soups and stews

spaghetti 500g: produced by one of Italy's premier pasta makers, the finest durum wheat is bought locally and mixed with spring water. the pasta is then extruded in bronze dies, giving it a roughened texture and improving sauce absorbency. slow drying maintains the pasta's cereal flavour and improves it's flavour when cooked

spaghetti spoon & measure: the holes in the handle of this spaghetti spoon will ensure perfect portions of pasta

mini whisk tag: your message handwritten on a tag attached to a mini whisk keyring - click on 'view packaging' to see

'spaghetti' quotation postcard:"no man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention" christopher morley