Anelletti al forno

A baked pasta inspired by Palermo

Hi lovely subscribers!

As promised, this week, for my paid subscriber community, I’m sharing a recipe for a really delicious Timballo! An incredibly flavour-filled pasta bake found all over Sicily!

In popular culture, the pasta-draped Timpano from the film The Big Night gave it icon status and likewise in the epic novel Il Gattopardo by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

As a Maltese-Australian, I grew up eating, Timpana, a similar dish but made with pastry instead or pasta, but any kind of baked pasta is close to my heart. Last week I served this version at my Sicilian dinner in Sydney! It is a bit of a mix between the version I grew up eating and influenced by this recipe ! It was a hit! You can leave out the chicken livers if you prefer, however it just adds a lovely richness.

In other news, I am SO thrilled to be headlining The World’s Longest Brunch at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in March 2025! Located in the Royal Botanic Gardens, we will be literally taking a walk in the park, eating food, drinking drinks and having a really good time! I hope to see you there!!

You can read more here !

Save the Date – December 14th, Collingwood, Melbourne.

I’ll be holding a little Holiday Market!

More info coming soon!

Have a great weekend,

Julia

Anelletti al forno 

Serves 8