5 lucca Recipes

extra virgin olive oil, garlic cloves, large, unpeeled, lightly crushed, fresh thyme, oil-cured black olive (about 2 cups), nicoise olive (or arbequina, about 1 cup), orange zest

bittersweet chocolate, chopped, salted butter, eggs, vanilla extract, almond extract, instant coffee, sugar, flour, flour, walnut pieces, chopped, bittersweet chocolate, chopped, heavy cream, milk, salted butter, white chocolate

blue cheese, buttermilk, mayonnaise, garlic powder, sour cream, juice of 1/2 lemon, worchestershire sauce, splash of tabasco

extra-virgin olive oil, spanish onion, thinly sliced, celery stalks, thinly sliced, leek, white and light green part only, thinly sliced, faro (may substitute wheat berries), borlotti beans, rinsed and drained, tomato paste, salt and freshly ground black pepper, water, fresh green peas, carrots , cut into 1/4-inch half moons, fresh basil leaves , cut into chiffonade, freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano