Archives for August 2019

As well as its reputation for inspiring creative courses, the Watermill is also becoming well-known for the quality and variety of its food, prepared by Lois and our local cooks, Arianna and Mirella, using the freshest local ingredients. Our aim is to serve Italian cooking at its best, not just traditional dishes, but modern ‘takes’ on la cucina italiana. We plan to give you some of our recipes in our blogs and newsletters over the coming months, but today we thought we would tell you about the famous Watermill Sunday lunch.

Here’s the menu:

• Finocchio al forno (fennel braised in a white wine, cream and cheese sauce); 
• Bresaola (air-cured beef)with parmesan shavings, olive oil and rucola (rocket);
• Panzanella (the watermill’s own version of a classic Florentine recipe);
• Uova ubriache (drunken eggs: hard-boiled eggs with mayonnaise and capers);
• Insalata verde (green salad, from the Watermill garden in season) with edible borage or nasturtium flowers and a mustard and honey vinaigrette dressing.

Add to that fresh fruit in season and soft almond biscuits with your tea or coffee and it’s a meal to remember.

Why not come and taste our cooking for yourself? For more about our 2020 creative courses, please click here.