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Looking for the best ice cream in Scotland? We know the answer. A trip to Restoration Yard is not complete without a little Giacopazzi ice cream deliciousness. Without a doubt it is the best you’ll ever experience. Whatever the weather adults and kids are sure to line up in The Larder at Restoration Yard to bag themselves a dream of an ice cream by one of our favourite suppliers – Giacopazzis. So what is their secret? Will they reveal just how they make ice creams so good? We asked Somers Giacopazzi to enlighten us. Somers Giacopazzi is face and creative mind behind the family’s wholesale business. He was also the first ever recipient of the Ice Cream Alliance Rising Star Award in 2017 aged just 23. He is currently competing in the Gelato Festival World Masters Championships. How long have you been making and serving your delicious Giacopazzi ice cream? Our family has been serving ice cream from Harbour Road in Eyemouth since the early 1900’s, so well over 100 years now. What is the core recipe to a Giacopazzi ice cream? We use fresh Scottish milk, cream and butter from Graham’s Family Dairy combined with the finest Italian fruit purées as well as other ingredients sourced from the best suppliers in the ice cream industry. What’s the secret ingredient that sets your ice creams apart from all the rest? Now that would be telling!!!! But suffice to say it’s the love and passion that goes into every scoop and by fusing traditional ice cream making methods with modern techniques. How do you come up with the less traditional more original flavours? Our new ideas come from a mixture of the experience and knowledge we have built up over the years about flavour combinations that work. We also keep up with industry trends and those within the food industry as a whole. We are always striving to be among the first to trial new products on the market by working closely with our sales reps. What’s your top selling flavour at Restoration Yard? At Restoration Yard, like most ice cream parlours, Vanilla is consistently the most popular flavour. It is followed by Mint Choc Chip with Raspberry Ripple and Kinder Bueno close behind. Are you working on any new flavours right now? And if so what flavours are being considered? Chocolate Fondant is one our newest creations and Lemon & Ginger Ripple will hopefully be introduced to Restoration Yard very soon. What flavours are your family favourites? Vanilla and Strawberry for me but Raspberry Yoghurt for owner Peter Giacopazzi Come along to The Larder at Restoration Yard to discover the best ice cream in Scotland – Giacopazzi ice cream. Also, keep an eye on our social media platforms over on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter for a rather wonderful Giacoppazi competition – coming soon! Want to keep up to date with all our Restoration Yard news? Sign up to our newsletters.

The summer sun is here, well sometimes, so it’s time to check out our hot summer fashion trends that are newly arrived in-store and online. We are all in the mood for dressing up a little more now we can see actual people and these pieces in our new high summer collections are certainly answering our style call. Inject some summer sun into your wardrobe with a burst of yellow, make your moves in monochrome or opt for full on romance in thrilling frills. High Summer Fashion is here…enjoy. Mellow Yellow There is no happier colour in the spectrum than yellow. It’s a colour to make you smile. Embrace it, don’t be scared. Some naysayers believe the British skin tone can’t hold a yellow. We say ‘Pah’ to that. However, if you’re feeling a little overwhelmed by full on yellow, try it in a subtle piping or a pretty print. Selected Femme Dress, £65.00 Selected Femme Top, £45.00 Ilse Jacobsen Sandals, £52.00 Selected Femme T-shirt, £40.00 Ottod’ame Dress, £155.00 Selected Femme Top, £65.00 Designers Society Top, £79.95 Pretty Frilling The new romantics are here for high summer dressing. So it’s time to think frills in soft dusky pinks because a little bit of pretty is a hot summer fashion must. Selected Femme Peach Whip Dress, £120.00 Selected Femme Skirt, £115.00 Karen By Simonsen Dress, £119.00 Part Two Blouse, £79.95 Cool Blues Feel cool while the weather warms up. Fresh blue and white always looks proper chill as the mercury rises. Try it with stripes or as a block in light cotton shirting for a hot summer fashion win. Selected Femme Shirt, £75.00 Dream Brighton Shirt, £55.00 Vilagallo Blue Tunic, £149.00 Karen By Simonsen Top, £89.00 Nature Inspired Bleeding out florals add prettiness to this season’s hot summer fashion must-haves from strappy tops to shorts, skirts and dresses. Bows and ties add that extra feminine touch. Selected Femme Top, £65.00, and Shorts, £75.00 Part Two Skirt, £79.95 Selected Femme Dress, £120.00 Part Two Dress, £109.95 Black & White Monochrome works as well for summer as it does for winter, especially in gorgeous linen separates, so work it into your summer closet. Love a jumpsuit? Well, we’ve got several that will work hard for you whatever the event. Just add gorgeous flats. Selected Femme Black Jumpsuit, £90.00 Masai Jumpsuit, £115.00

Say thanks with some thoughtful and some pretty unique treats from our Best Father’s Day Gift Ideas. Here’s to the extraordinary dads (and mums who are dads as well as mums) who wore all kinds of hats this last crazy year – teacher, parent, best friend, event planner, storyteller, chef, fairy godmother – and somehow made them all fit. The Foodie Fan Is he (or she) more of a creator or an appreciator, when it comes to all things tasty? Well, The Store is stacked with perfect treats for those who appreciate the finest in foodie fayre and those who like to create delights in the kitchen (or on the BBQ). Gift some memory making magic baking moments with the kids in the form of The Bottled Baking Company Fabulous Unicorn Cake Mix, £12.95, embrace that BBQ love with some Bohns Rubs Steak Mate, £4.95, or enhance those culinary skills with a cook book or two. Oh and how about really spoiling them with one of our amazing new hampers? We can’t decide between the Some Like It Hot Hamper, £80.00, the Great Outdoors Hamper, £200.00, or the Fire It Up BBQ Hamper, £70.00. Ottolenghi Simple Cookery book, £25.00 Bottled Baking Company Fabulous Unicorn Cake Mix, £12.95 Gordon Rhodes Posh Sausage Cassoulet Kit, £2.55 Bohns Rubs Steak Mate, £4.95 The Some Like It Hot Hamper, £80.00 Spice Pots BBQ Spice Kit, £14.95 The Great Outdoors Hamper, £200.00 Food and Fire Cook Book, £14.99 The Fire It Up BBQ Hamper, £70.00 The Garden Lover Looking for the perfect Father’s Day Gift for that garden lover? We have a few great ideas. From beautiful pots to presents that grow with their love and care, The Store is a haven for presents for those with green fingers. We love our Growbars and our Seedballs because they are those gifts that keep on giving. Seedball Bird Mix, £6.95 Kitchen Gardener’s Exfoliating Soap, £6.00 Red Hot Growbar, £12.00 Pizza Herbs Growbar, £12.00 Mini Meadow Seedball Garden Mix, £20.00 Assorted Dutch Pots in Blue and Green, £8.25 The Suave Sartorialist From self-care gifts he will adore to refined closet additions, buying for The Sartorialist is easy. Sharp shirts, luxury knits from our Menswear department or a beautiful scented candle from our Beauty section make for the best father’s day gifts. Swole Panda Bumblebee Yellow Socks, £8.95 Selected Homme Blue Jared Polo, £22.00 Vedoneire Dobby Blue Checked Shirt, £59.95 Restoration Yard Athenaeum Candle, £28.00 Gentleman’s Hardware Shoe Shine Kit, £45.00

Clean, fresh and contemporary, we’ve distilled our Spring/Summer 2021 Menswear key looks and must-haves. Check out the best from our new menswear collections in The Store at Restoration Yard. Opt for fun prints, choose classic striped T-shirts and roll up those chinos. Why? Well, we all want to create that ‘I really am holidaying on the continent’ feel. However, throw a knit in the mix to combat the chillier feel of the British summer. A bit of cover shouldn’t stop us feeling all super summer stylish. Photography by Ditte Solgaard Dunn at First Light Photography Model Jak Lowden at Colours Agency Preppy Perfection The fresh blue shirt layered over a simple white tee and blue chinos is always a go-to look for summer. Just roll those chinos up for that more sartorially suave feel. Oh and forget the socks, because we want to ditch that bad reputation. Get The Look Selected Homme Jared T-shirt, £18.00 Selected Homme Flex Shirt, £45.00 Selected Homme Flex Trousers, £55.00 Summer Stripes Summer nautical never goes wrong, therefore we adore fresh blue and white stripes. This failsafe combi is a forever classic just add some seaside air for authenticity. Oh and luxe summer blazer would be the perfect finish. Get The Look Selected Homme Flex Trousers, £55.00 Selected Homme T-shirt, £18.00 Selected Homme Blazer, £120.00 Summer Layering OK staycationing may be the word of this summer. Well, we say embrace it with clever layering. Fine knit sweaters with a sleek zip collar work easily over shirts and tees. Get The Look Vedoneire Shirt, £69.95 Vedoneire Half-sip Sweater, £69.95 Selected Homme Trousers, £55.00 Summer 2021 Must-haves From shirts and tees to sweaters and gilets – take your pick from our Spring/Summer 2021 menswear essentials to lift your wardrobe from mundane to marvellous. The Floral Print Shirt Vedoneire Shirt, £69.95 The Reversible Gilet Ecoalf Reversible Gilet, £155.00 The Bright Knit Vedoneire Sweater, £59.95 The Art Print Shirt Vedoneire Shirt, £69.95 Love these looks? Shop all of our Spring/Summer 2021 menswear online or come and visit The Store because our friendly team will be on hand to help you handpick the best from our collections. Want to hear all the news from Restoration Yard first? Sign up to our newsletters or follow us over on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

For an easy ‘how to do it effortlessly’ here’s our capsule wardrobes by Staycation Tribe. This summer, many of us are still swapping our travels to warmer climes for trips to the British coast, cities and countryside. But how to dress for your perfect staycation? Our holiday packing lists need to adapt for the British summer, of course, and therefore look a little different. The Beach Lover Pack for a British beach break as you would a summer holiday abroad, but just add layers! Bring in a sunny vibe to your capsule closet so that even grey beach days feel like they have a blue sky and sunshine. So, opt for bright blues and sunny yellows to create that picture postcard feel. Ottod’ame Abito Marina Dress, £125.00, is the perfect summer sunshine dress POM925 Scarf, £19.95 Tweedmill Picnic Rug, £85.00 Ilse Jacobsen Sandals, £52.00 Selected Femme Cardigan, £55.00 Karen By Simonsen T-shirt, £59.00 Vilagallo Trousers, £85.00 Masai Sunglasses, £35.00 Vilagallo Dress, £149.00 Roka Small Backpack, £55.00 The City Breaker Oh to wander the streets of Paris, Rome or New York. For now, City Breaker indulge your desires by exploring some of the beautiful cities of the UK. Dress for the occasion. Explore our beautiful home cities from Aberdeen to London and beyond in your perfect staycation best. Dress up blouses and skirts for those drop in lunches and pack a dress for that evening dining experience. A pair of flats or trainers are essential for all those streets you’ll be pounding. Karen By Simonsen’s Graphic Circle Blouse, £99.00, and Skirt, £89.00, are The City Breaker’s best friends Dansk Copenhagen Hairclip, £5.95 Selected Femme Top, £65.00 Selected Femme Trousers, £65.00 Selected Femme Cardigan, £75.00 ICHI T-shirt, £29.99 Selected Femme Skirt, £115.00 Vilagallo Blazer, £179.00 Karen By Simonsen Blouse, £99.00 Ilse Jacobsen Flip Flops, £25.00 The Glamper If beautiful picnic rugs, cushions and solar fairy lights are on your packing list for that weekend away camping then you’re definitely in glamping territory. As such, your outfits will need to be practical yet super-stylish. So, yes a waterproof will be needed but make it a chic one. Selected Femme Mauve T-shirt, £15.00, is a pretty little essential for The Glamper Roka Backpack, £55.00 Happy Few Top, £49.95 Selec

Laid-back lunch or a special family and friends gathering? We have some top tips on how to picnic…perfectly Picnics, they always sound good, however, too often the reality is a little less so. Al fresco dining is very much having a moment as we want to gather in larger numbers, safely. All of a sudden, dining outdoors is the go-to solution for every social event – birthday brunches, baby showers, romantic dates or just because. Even a little rain won’t deter us – we are British after all. Check out our guide on how to picnic perfectly. Take A Little Comfort Tweedmill do the perfect picnic rugs from £24.95 Well, what would a perfect picnic be without a suitably stylish picnic rug? Go for a lightweight roll with its own carry handle if you’re on foot. Packing up the car for your outdoor dining experience? You can indulge in a slightly more lavish affair by bringing along a picnic rug plus cushions. Tweedmill Newbury Grey Palm Leaf Quilted Picnic Rug, £55.00 Tweedmill Summer Stripe Throw, £59.95 Tweedmill Navy Bannockbane Picnic Rug, £105.00 Plates, Packs & Paraphernalia Cute kids’ tableware from Sass & Belle can double up as picnicware, from £2.50 Save the arguments on picnic day. Pack plenty of plates, cutlery and food wraps for your outdoor feast. Who needs squabbles over whose is whose on a lovely laid-back day? Perhaps use serving boards for a more relaxed vibe, with napkins in place of plates, keeping the weight of your picnic basket down. Choose Lightweight & Lovely Afro Art Wooden Butter Knives, £9.95 each Chopping Boards, find a selection in store Afro Art Striped Wooden Spoon, £8.95 Kids Stuff Sass and Belle Space Explorer Bamboo Table Set, £16.50 Sass and Belle Narwhale Bamboo Table Set, £16.50 Sass and Belle Treetop Friends Lunch Bag, £16.50 Food & Drink Find the perfect ingredients to your picnic in The Foodhall at Restoration Yard The Foodhall is stashed with delights for the perfect picnic. Come on in-store to create a bespoke hamper of pickles, biscuits, I.J Mellis cheese and so much more. Or drop by to pick up our readymade cheese and wine hamper, some condiments and other delicious savoury treats. A good how to picnic perfectly guide wouldn’t be complete without a little chin chin of alcohol. Our wines, spirits and beers will add that extra dimension. Foodie Finds Pea Green Boat Cheese Sables with Fennel & Chilli, £3.50 Restoration Yard Hot Yellow Mustard, £3.95 Cheese & Wine Celebration Hamper, £85.00 Tenuta Marmorelle Spicy Vegetable Condiment, £4.95 Edinburgh Preserves Ploughman’s Gift Pack, £18.95 Restoration Yard Chilli Jam, £3.95 Picnic Perfect Drinks Art Du Vin La Jara Prosecco Frizannte, £15.95 The Old Curiosity Pink Elderflower & Jasmine Gin, £35.00 Art Du Vin Les Équilibristes Picpoul de Pinet, £19.95 Happy picnicking. Check out our online store or come in-store for all the perfect ingredients to the perfect picnic. Want to hear all the news from Restoration Yard first? Sign up to our newsletters or follow us over on or follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

Our food & beverage team is excited to be back, after way too long, offering delicious all day dining in The Kitchen, our beautiful restaurant, and outside on The Terrace. Whether you choose outdoors or in, you’ll enjoy stunning views over the River Esk as well as great food. Breakfast, or call it Brunch, Lunch and now our lovely Light Bites too, there is something for everyone…including kids. Here’s a quick round-up of what you can expect from across our menus. Breakfast with a Bang Breakfasts in The Kitchen are served from 9.30am every day Yay, our famous eggs are back. Choose your favourite. Are you a Benedict, Royale or Florentine fan? It’s so hard to decide because they are all soooo good. Choose our Full Restoration for proper brunch fayre of Midlothian sausage, smoked back bacon, Stornoway black pudding, Portobello mushroom, beans, roast tomato, tattie scone, two poached eggs and toast. We also have delicious vegetarian and vegan options as well as a selection of gorgeous choices for kids. Lush Lunches Lunch is available every day from 11.00am throughout the week Our new Lunch menu is all so tempting that you’ll have to come more than once to enjoy all of our Marvellous Mains selection. Steak lovers will adore our gorgeous chargrilled 6oz iron steak cooked pink and teamed with chimichurri, roasted baby vine tomatoes as well as truffle and parmesan fries. Fish aficionados can enjoy our tempura seabass, Daikon and Nori salad, skinny fries, burnt lime and Nam Jim. And we don’t leave anyone out. We give our vegan and vegetarian options as much love and attention as all the rest. Choose rigatoni served with butternut squash, toasted cashews, pumpkin seeds, edamame, sorrel and red pepper sauce or a mighty bean burger in a toasted seeded bun, cucumber and mint slaw with hand-cut chips. Finish with one of our died-and-gone-to heaven desserts to finish off. Highlights include our dark chocolate brownie, strawberry compote and mint syrup and our raspberry sorbet cranachan. Dining with kids? Little eaters’ mains are delightful too. And the best bit is £1 from every children’s main course ordered goes to our charity partner Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS), which provides support to Scottish children with life limiting conditions and their families. Drinks with Nibbles? Book a table on The Terrace to enjoy drinks and Light Bites too It’s a time for enjoying ourselves with other people once again. If you’ve missed catching up with friends over a glass of something lovely choose a table on The Terrace. We can offer our Drinks Menu outside. Not fancying a full-on lunch with your cold glass of Pinot Grigio? Choose one of our Light Bites from our main Lunch menu. A classic RY Caesar or roasted heirloom tomato salad? Perhaps our buddha bowl or clam chowder? Yes, we have the perfect nibble pleasers to team with our wine list. The Terrace is Dog Friendly too Furry four-legged’s can join you on The Terrace Calling all dog lovers. Diners on The Terrace can now bring along their pooches for the experience too. Hurrah. Fancy coming to enjoy some all day dining in The Kitchen? Book your table online. In keeping with Government regulations, the maximum bookable table size for outdoor dining is six, including children under 12 years, from a maximum of six households. Indoors, we can accept bookings for parties of up to six people, including children, from two households.

To celebrate National Garden Week 2021, from 27th April to 2nd May, we have pulled together our 10 Best Garden Lover gifts. If you have a green-fingered loved one or a budding gardener in your family – we have a whole selection of growing gifts in our Online Store and in The Store at Restoration Yard. Over the last year, we’ve come to rely on our green spaces more than ever. Many of us have rediscovered the importance of connecting with nature for our mental and physical wellbeing. So now is the time to spread the feel-good love of plants – go green and full-throttle floral with these best garden lover gifts. 1. Wildlife Wonder Seedball Wildlife Collection, £14.95 This is just the perfect gift for young and old wildlife lovers. What’s not to love about the enchanting Seedball Wildlife Collection, £14.95? A set of beautifully illustrated wildflower seed boxes that will grow in the garden to encourage visits from birds, bats, butterflies, beetles and hedgehogs. 2. Glorious Growbars Medieval Herbs Growbar, £12.00 A trio of herbs cultivated in medieval times, for medicinal, culinary and household uses. The Bee Bar Growbar, £12.00 An easy way to grow beautiful bee friendly blooms to create a buzz in your garden. Tudor Growbar, £12.00 For most of history the garden was an essential source of food and medicine. 3. Delightful Dutch Pots Grand Illusions Blue and Green Assorted Dutch Pots, £8.25 Back by popular demand. Our assorted vintage style Dutch pots are a clear favourite with happy gardeners and now they come in these beautiful selection of blue and green tones too. Perfect for adding a little colour to a garden all the year round. 4. Seeds of Success Seedball Pots, £6.95 These little tins of wonder by Seedballs are the perfect garden lover’s gift. The collection has tins curated to grow pretty flowers that attract everything from bees and butterflies to hedgehogs and bats, these seed balls are failsafe for creating pretty garden spaces. Seedball Shade Mix Tin, £6.95 A mix of British native wildflowers these seed balls are designed for spots which receive only dappled sun or sun for just one part of the day. Seedball Artist Meadow Tin, £6.95 Artist Yvonne Coomber’s ‘Here Is Where All The Wildflowers Grow’ painting inspired this seed mix. So yes you can grow the flowers from the painting. Seedball Butterfly Mix Tin, £6.95 This lovely collection of mostly purple, pink and blue flowers is designed to attract butterflies to balconies and window boxes. 6. Pretty & Practical Gisela Graham Assorted Coasters, £3.25 Bring your coffee table to life with a selection of Gisela Graham’s coasters. Mix and match the designs to create the perfect garden lovers gift. There are beautiful fruits, herbs and flowers printed on rustic stoneware to protect that precious table from glass and mug rings. Wonderful garden lover gifts! Gisela Graham Herb Paint Swatch Coasters, £3.25 Add a little flavour to your table with these adorable herb paint swatch Gisela Graham coasters. Perfect garden lover gift-age. Gisela Graham Floral Paint Swatch Coasters, £3.25 Delightful Floral Paint Swatch Resin Assorted Coasters by Gisela Graham are a charming addition to any table. Gisela Graham Fruit Paint Swatch Coaster, £3.25 Bring some zest to a table setting! These taste bud tingling coasters are the perfect addition to a tea party. 7. Memory Making Fun Pick A Flower Memory Game, £12.99 From marigolds in Mexican Day of the Dead displays to Japan’s cherry blossom season, and from Van Gogh’s Sunflowers to the first flower germinated in space, this memory game will appeal to young and old. The gist is that you pair up the flowers with their typical uses and meanings in this beautiful yet simple memory game. 8. Inspiring Books The Book Nook in The Store at Restoration Yard is filled with gardening books to inspire We love a good book at Restoration Yard and books on all things garden rate highly on our must-have list. From encyclopaedic knowledge based books on plants and how to grow them to inspiring coffee table lust-throughs, we have the perfect book for every garden lover. Come visit The Store for a peruse. 8. Boxfull of Blooms Seedball Mini Meadow Bamboo Pots, £20.00 Another stroke of genius from those wonderful beings at Seedball. These Mini-meadow Bamboo Pots are an all-you-need-in-one-pot garden game changer. Bee Bamboo Pot, £20.00 Help save the bees with this cute pot of wonder. Butterfly Bamboo Pot, £20.00 Bring on the pretty butterflies with this little beauty. Garden Meadow Bamboo Pot, £20.00 Create a mini garden meadow with this clever all-in-one. 9. Garden Lover’s Beauty

OK so we can’t venture to Venice or roam to Rome right now. But cooking authentic Italian food can bring that little bit of Italy to your table. Restoration Yard Tenuta Marmorelle range in The Foodhall makes creating that authentic Italian dinner all the more easy. Here’s our round-up of our key Tenuta Marmorelle must-haves that will have you travelling in your head to Italy via your taste-buds. ALSO Nick Carlucci from Tenuta Marmorelle gives us a few hints and tips on how to cook your way to Italy, authentically. “Our products are all made in Italy by small artesian producers who love and care about the quality of the products,” say Nick Carlucci. He adds: “The secret to Italian cooking is quality ingredients done well and not too complicated.Normally in Italian cooking it is simple fresh ingredients cooked very simply. Some of the best pasta dishes are only using a few ingredients so carbonara is only eggs, cheese, pancetta and pasta. Amatriciana is onion, tomatoes, pancetta and pasta. Simple dishes with great ingredients.” Sundried Cherry Tomatoes Tenuta Marmorelle Sundried Cherry Tomatoes, £5.95 Bursting with flavour, these Tenuta Marmorelle Sundried Cherry Tomatoes, £5.95, can be tossed into a salad, eaten indulgently with cheese or enjoyed as a beautiful addition piled up on an antipasti selection board. Amatriciana Sauce Tenuta Marmorelle Amatriciana Pasta Sauce, £5.25 Tasty and versatile, made with tasty cured pork and juicy tomatoes, this Tenuta Marmorelle Amatriciana Pasta Sauce, £5.25, works well on it’s own with pasta tossed through or as a base for pizza. Lovingly made for Tenuta Marmorelle in the Abruzzo region of Italy, this sauce is a failsafe for creating an authentic Italian meal. Artichoke Hearts Tenuta Marmorelle Artichoke Hearts, £7.50 These Tenuta Marmorelle Artichoke Hearts, £7.50 are simply delicious. A classic antipasti board addition. Pair with cheeses, sundried tomatoes and tapenades for a perfect appetiser. Summer evenings in Italy are easy to recreate with these on the menu. Gluten Free Penne Rigate Pasta Tenuta Marmorelle Gluten Free Penne Rigate Pasta, £4.95 “Our Gluten Free pastas are so light to eat and easy to digest. There are only three ingredients cornflour, rice flour and water and that is it. It took 2.5 years to perfect the mix and it is amazing the best gluten free pasta on the market,” explains Nick. Thought you knew how to cook pasta? Check out Nick’s blog on doing it the right way! Tomato & Basil Sauce Tenuta Marmorelle Tomato & Basil Sauce, £5.25 A simple yet divine pantry staple. Try this Tenuta Marmorelle Tomato & Basil Sauce, £5.25. Just boil up your favourite pasta, heat this sauce through and combine for an easy family pasta course. It is also perfect as a base on homemade pizzas. Just add your favourite toppings as well as some (or indeed lots of) grated mozzarella and hey presto. This gorgeous sauce is made in the Abruzzo region of Italy, it is rich in flavour and full of five-a-day goodness. Yay. Truffle Risotto Tenuta Marmorelle Truffle Risotto, £4.50 This Tenuta Marmorelle Risotto, £4.50, is the base of a wonderful and special Italian meal. Prepared according to traditional methods with Carnaroli rice and truffles, which add a wonderful nutty flavour. Add a little bit of butter, water and a splash of wine as well as a few of your favourite risotto ingredients – perhaps shallots, mushrooms or peashoots. Simmer, stir and serve with a few shavings of parmesan. Delicious. Check out Nick’s recipe idea here. Bomba Pugliese Condiment Tenuta Marmorelle Bomba Pugliese Spicy Vegetable Condiment, £4.95 Mixed with chillies and sun-dried tomatoes, this little jar of Tenuta Marmorelle Bomba Pugliese, £4.95, will lift your pasta dishes up more than a few notches. Just stir in with your favourite pasta to create a most delicious Italian main. Looking to up your BBQ game? Spoon directly on to a BBQ burger bun to give your garden party a little oomph. Punchy and delicious it is a little jar of wonder that is great to have in your cupboard for that impromptu dinner. Two Year Aged Balsamic Vinegar Casanova Two Year Aged Balsamic Vinegar, £6.25 Searching for the perfect balsamic? Look no further. This Casanova Two Year Aged Balsamic Vinegar, £6.25, has a tangy piquant flavour. It’s created in Modena, the designated region of Italy famous for balsamic vinegar. Storage in wooden barrels for a minimum of 2 years along creates its tangy flavour perfect for salads. Add some olive oil to create a fantastic vinaigrette. Casanova has been creating Balsamic Vinegar for four generations. Taste of Italy Medium Hamper Taste of Italy Medium Hamper, £55.00 Send someone or gift yourself our gorgeous Taste of Italy Medium Hamper, £55.00. It’s an escape to the Mediterranean in a basket. Taste buds will come alive with all of the delicious flavours – many of them are Tenuta Marmorelle favourites. Our expertly curated Italian hamper, filled with staff and customer favourites, will transport you or someone you love to those sunny climes. Taste of Italy Large Hamper Taste of Italy Large Hamper, £85.00 Go large. This bumper Taste of Italy Large Hamper, £85.00, has all the delights for an Italophile who loves to cook authentic Italian food but this also includes a little wine and delicious Italian pastries. It will make the perfect grand gesture of a gift for someone that you want to treat just because you’ve missed them, they have a big birthday or indeed an anniversary. Or perhaps it’s you that deserves this treat? Check out our Tenuta Marmorelle collection in our Online Store. To see the full Tenuta Marmorelle collection of delicious pasta, sauces and antipasti come visit us in the Foodhall. Want to know from Restoration Yard? 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