Review and Giveaway – Delicatezza – Gourmet Italian Food in London:
Would I like to review a gourmet Italian home delivery service? Almost a question that doesn’t need asking, I love Italian food and since I haven’t been to Italy since much earlier this year, I’m now missing some of the treats I brought home with me. One look at the Delicatezza website is enough to convince me that this is the real thing with high quality products and hand prepared pastas and meals. Delivery slots are conveniently on Saturday mornings or Weekday evenings and the website is beautifully laid out and very easy to navigate. I’m sold.
My budget was blown slightly by a love of Panettone (well it is Christmas!). It’s a sweet bread loaf, usually with fruit and sometimes chocolate, that for me is a great alternative to Christmas Cake. Part of the attraction is that you can make any leftovers into a really moreish bread and butter pudding. That is of course if there are any leftovers.
I picked a seemly odd assortment of goods – but one that I hoped would allow me to check out the quality of the produce as well as testing both the pasta and a ready meal. When everything arrived I had obviously not noticed the size of the nduja that I ordered (for £6.29 I got a generous 500g of sausage!). Well I’m not complaining – it has a good shelf life and is something that I love to use in cooking. I’ll be writing more about the products as I use them, for now, I can tell you that the melanzane alla parmigiana made a great supper. There was absolutely nothing that tasted ‘processed’ – and it was a lot better than the version I’ve made myself. It’s a classic northern Italian dish with layers of aubergine, grana padano cheese and a tomato sauce that you bake in the oven. I’ve looked at the ingredient list and it’s squeakily clean…Aubergine, Grana Padano, Tomatoes, Onions, Celery, Carrots, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Fresh Basil, Sea Salt, Pepper – just the sort of things I’d expect to be there with no mysterious sweeteners, flavour enhancers or anything else!
Baked in the oven for 20 minutes it was utterly delicious and the perfect supper for one.
Now, the lovely people at Delicatezza have offered me a £30 voucher for one lucky London-Unattached reader. You DO need to live within the M25 but they’ve offered to extend their delivery range just a little to make sure that anyone living in London can enter.
All you need to do is pop over to the Delicatezza website and then let me know in the comments below which three items you’d put in your shopping basket if you were lucky enough to win. Then follow the rafflecopter through.
Oh and meanwhile, you might just be tempted to shop anyway – it’s a genuine and good value service for anyone who loves Italian food.
The Delicatezza website can be found at http://www.delicatezza.co.uk/ and is full of beautiful treats.
sun dried tomatoes, Parmigiano Reggiano and Balsamic Vinegar
I would like some fresh meals – cannelloni, crespelle, and also a chocolate filled panettone
This is a really good service both for cooks, and those who need help with it. Smart choice.
White Truffle Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Pecorino Fiore Sardo DOP – Matured 7 Months – Hand Cut
Lucanica
I’d go for olives, artichokes and some really good parmesan
I’d go for: white truffle oil, truffle honey, a good olive oil.
Panettone … Balsamic vinegar … and can I have another Panettone please?! I love the stuff!
LOL me too! Good luck!
I’d get the white truffle oil, 20 star aged balsamic and the Umbria EVO.
Crab Lobster and Prawn striped tortelloni, Nduja and probably a lasagbe or the sweet canneloni
I’d stock up my food cupboards with some yummy spicy calabrian salami, parmigiano reggiano and napoletana sauce.
olive oil, parmesan and salami, make a fab pizza xxx
I’ve opted for three things I’ve never tried: Coppa di Parma IGP Sliced
White Truffle Butter
Cotechino Modena IGP
some handmade pasta and pasta sauce and some homemade sausages
i’d love some handmade pasta for spaghetti
Tortelloni, Pomodoro, Black Paranzana olives
mullet bottarga, nodini and large cannoli – Yum
White truffle oil, 20 star aged balsamic and the Umbria EVO
White Truffle Butter, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Home Made Sausages
cannelloni, crespelle, White Truffle Butter
White truffle oil, 20 star aged balsamic and the kalamata olives xx
hand made pasta Tortelloni, hand made chees, Boccocini, and hand made sause. Pomodoro –mmmmmm
White Truffle Butter, Sun Dried Tomatoes & salami
pomodoro, white truffle oil, kalamata olives – yummy, so difficult to choose!
Definitely artichokes, probably some more artichokes and then some truffle butter!
I’d go for some artichokes, biscotti & some pasta sauce
If I were able to get there, I would most certainly buy a couple of sauces: Polpette alla Pizzaiola is one for sure
the fresh made tortelloni in butternut squash (and probably 2-3 more flavors) and the Traditional Gift Hamper
because I would want to try lots of things..
canelloni, sun dried tomatoes and white truffles yum
Wow – such a choice of mouth watering products! But if I had to choose 3 I would go for some home made pasta, the freshly made pasta sauce and the hand made sausages ! What a treat !
Id choose http://www.delicatezza.co.uk/collections/fresh-meals/products/crespelle-ricotta-and-spinach Fresh meal, http://www.delicatezza.co.uk/collections/bakery/products/cantuccini-almond-biscotti-pan-ducale biscuits & some http://www.delicatezza.co.uk/collections/drinks/products/pear-nectar-santal Pear Juice.
Ravioloni, Modini balsamic vinegar and some delicious Ritornelli
sundries tomatoes and olives – my favourite!
Olive oil, parmesan and sundried tomatoes.
Potato gnocchi, Fresh Funghi pasta sauce and 12-Star Aged Modena Balsamic Vinega 🙂
Pasta, pasta sauce, and olives
Black Chalkidiki Oven Baked Olives (250g), Napoli (avg. 400g) and Cinquina Extra Virgin Olive Oil (500ml) – what a treat!
Himalayan Pink Salt with Black Truffle , napoli sausage, Arrabbiata sauce x
truffle oil, nice pasta and sun dried tomatoes
Parmigiano Reggiano, Truffle Oil and Pannetone
white truffle oil, White Truffle Butter and olives 🙂
i would have to grab the saccottino cioccolato, mozzarella and some peach nectar juice – some of our holiday favourites! with love, faye 🙂 xx
Fab site i would choose 20-Star Aged Modena Balsamic Vinegar (250ml),
Parmigiano Reggiano DOP – Matured 36 Months – Hand Cut and
Triangoli with basil mozarella and sundried tomato
olives, Parmesan and sun dried tomatoes
Olive oil, truffle oil and pasta
pasta, truffle butter and sundried tomatoes
Burrata http://www.delicatezza.co.uk/collections/hand-made-cheese/products/burrata
Cannoli http://www.delicatezza.co.uk/collections/hand-made-cannoli/products/small-cannoli
and some Girasoli – but don’t ask me what filling, I’m torn! http://www.delicatezza.co.uk/collections/hand-made-pasta/products/girasoli
olive oil , sun dried tomatoes and truffles!!
Home made sausages
Lucanica sausage, black truffle salami and some burrata. I’d get a bit of everything if I could!
Himalayan Pink Salt with Black Truffle, White Truffle Honey and Prosciutto di Parma Sliced
White Truffle Extra Virgin Olive Oil
20-Star Aged Modena Balsamic Vinegar (250ml)
Sundried tomatoes
The fresh lasagne (beef)
The triangoli pasta
The girasoli pasta
Modena Balsamic Vinegar, Prosciutto San Daniele Sliced, Cinquina Extra Virgin Olive Oil – was very difficult to choose as it all looks wonderful
Treccia cheese, some small cannoli and Pesto Genovese sauce 🙂 x
Balsamic vinegar, large green olives and artichokes
I’d go for olives
White Truffle Oil
Sun Dried tomatoes
Olives
lovely meats and cheeses…yum
20 star aged balsamic , sun dried tomatoes , parmesan
Parmigiano Reggiano, Balsamic Vinegar and White Truffle Oil.
Sun Dried Tomatoes
Large Green Nocellara and San Agostino Olives
White Truffle Extra Virgin Olive Oil
White Truffle Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Pannetone, Parmigiano Reggiano and Truffle Oil
Probably Panettone, sweet tooth at heart 🙂
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Grilled artichokes, Paranzana olives and Molinetti
I would put some prosciutto di parma, Sori Bocconi di Bufala Campagna DOP, and Lingue – Olive Taggiasche in my basket!
Siciliana Pasta Sauce, Pan di Stelle biscuits and Settembrini biscuits. I had fig biscuits very similar to these ones when I went to Naples.
sun dried tomatoes, Parmigiano Reggiano and panattone
White Truffle Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Fresh Lumaconi and Handmade Culurgiones!
Tagliatelle, Parmigiano Reggiano DOP – Matured 36 Months & Napoli sausages sounds like a perfect pasta dish.
Soo many yummy choices! Extra virgin olive oil infused with lemon IGP, white truffle honey and Caciocavallo Bianco – Matured 2 Months.
The White Truffle Extra Virgin Olive Oil, olives & parmesan
Hand Made Mozzarella, Extra Virgin Olive Oil infused with Orange and another infused with Chilli – they sound amazing!
Grilled artichokes, Paranzana olives and Molinetti
Olive oil, parmesan and salami have so many uses
Parmesan, Canelloni & Olives 🙂 mmm xxx
cannelloni, crespelle, and also a chocolate filled panettone
Crab Lobster and Prawn striped tortelloni, Nduja and chocolate filled panettone
cannelloni , parmesan,olives
sun dried tomatoes, Olive oil, parmesan
olives, olive oil and sun dried tomatoes
I would give my fiance a chance to choose 🙂
Homemade pasta, Homemade sausages and chocolate filled Panettone 🙂
Burrata di Andria in paper, nduja and the marinated anchovies!
Lucanica, Pan Di Stelle and La Tur
Freshly made pasta, mozzarella and grissini bread sticks!
Lucanica, Settembrini and Gocciole Extra Dark
White truffle oil, homemade pasta and homemade sausages.
I would choose white truffle extra virgin oil, tuscan salami and culurgiones
sun dried tomatoes, Parmigiano Reggiano and Balsamic Vinegar
Balsamic Vinegar, sun dried tomatoes, truffle oil x
Tagliatelle, breadsticks and olives!!
Good luck everyone!
Homemade pasta, artichokes and olives
Grilled Mushrooms, Nastrine and Pan di Stelle – Merendine
Napoli Sausage, Coppa di Parma, Polpette alla Pizzaiola though all of the products look and sound fab!
sun dried tomatoes, Parmigiano Reggiano and Grilled Mushrooms
Omg it would be so hard to choose but deffo would have Biscotti, Saccottino Cioccolato (never had the proper Italian stuff but love the imitations available!) San Pellegrino Sparkling Water and Flavoured sparkling drinks (personal faves).
oscano Extra Virgin Olive Oil. home made Raviloni and olives
sun dried tomatoes, olive oil and balsamic Vinegar.
Cannelloni, parmesan and olives
spicy calabrian salami, lingue parmigiano, extra virgin olive oil infused with chilli, for dipping. mouth is watering just thing about it! i got into eating this type of food after reading Playing for pizza by John Grisham. talks about italian food and sounds awesome!
olive oil, parmesan and tortelloni
fresh pasta olive oil and parmesan for a yummy supper
A load of good olives, sun dried tomatoes and some lovely fresh pasta for as great meal!
i love olives and meat’s
Fusilli dried pasta, Apple juice and Arboria Risotto Rice (Apologies if anything spelling incorrect).
The handmade pasta – Tortelloni, Mezzelune and Caramelle
Sundried tomatoes, olive oil, fresh pasta
Buffalo mozarella, some salami, and delicious Amaretti.
Black Truffle Salami
Pan di Stelle – Merendine
Tagliatelle
Buffalo mozarella, truffle honey and amaretti