Marche recipes

Pork tenderloin baked in a savory broth of Worcestershire, soy sauce, coriander, fennel, and chervil with mushrooms and scallions. Works in the oven or Crockpot.

No-bake strawberry-shaped confections made from crushed coconut macaroons, sweetened condensed milk, strawberry Jello, and almond extract. Rolled in Jello crystals for a sparkly finish.

Crescia, an onion-topped focaccia from Le Marche, Italy, with a soft olive oil dough and slowly sauteed onions baked golden on top. A regional Italian flatbread with a velvety crumb.

Stir-fried chicken and linguine in a spicy sesame sauce with soy, hoisin, sherry, and fresh ginger. East meets West in this Asian-Italian fusion pasta dish.

Spaghetti tossed with toasted walnuts, black olives, pimientos, garlic oil, and Parmesan. A no-sauce Mediterranean pasta that's nutty, briny, and endlessly satisfying.

Marco Island key lime pie features a butter-sautéed pecan and graham cracker crust under a creamy filling of seven egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk, and key lime juice. Baked in a water bath for the silkiest custard.

The laziest, most crowd-pleasing dessert you'll ever make. Cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, yellow cake mix, melted butter, coconut, and pecans. Just layer, dump, and bake.

In central Italy, from Umbria to Marches, the Easter Pie is more of a bread than a pie and is known as "torta di pasqua" or "pizza di pasqua.

A vegetable cawl recipe specifically created for St. David’s Day which is celebrated every year on the 1st March, in remembrance of the patron saint of Wales. As the Welsh say, “Do the little things” and nourish your body. The recipe serves 6 bowls, as per the image, with 3 quenelles each.

Recipe made by the ambassador for Olives from Spain José Pizarro. The four main varieties of Spanish table olive available from major supermarkets in the UK are: Manzanilla, Gordal, Hojiblanca and Cacereña. Spanish table olives can be served in a different number of ways including: whole, pitted, stuffed with one or more ingredients such as pimento, onion, tuna, anchovy, salmon, almond, etc. It is a healthy seasonal ingredient, with the Spanish olive harvest running from September-March.

Recipe made by the ambassador for Olives from Spain José Pizarro. Spain is the largest producer of olives in the world. The four main varieties of Spanish table olive available from major supermarkets in the UK are: Manzanilla, Gordal, Hojiblanca and Cacereña. Spanish table olives can be served in a different number of ways including: whole, pitted, stuffed with one or more ingredients such as pimento, onion, tuna, anchovy, salmon, almond, etc. It is a healthy seasonal ingredient, with the Spanish olive harvest running from September-March.

Crescia: Italian onion focaccia from Le Marche, with slow-caramelized onions on a tender yeasted dough. Regional Easter and harvest specialty.

The now defunct Jordan Marsh made the absolute best blueberry muffins. This recipe comes close. Hope you enjoy.

Marco Pierre White's tartare sauce from the Mirabelle restaurant. This was served with grilled dover sole but work well with any white fish dish.

Toss vermicelli, cucumber, radishes, lettuce with store-bought or homemade peanut sauce. The dish can be made a few hours or one day ahead. A deliciously refreshing summer dish.

Different kinds of fresh vegetables are tossed with this flavourful vinaigrette, it goes well with any kind of main dish, or even good on its own!