A little while ago I mentioned the new ASK Italian cookbook, with recipes by Theo Randall and Carla Capalbo. I had made the Spaghetti Carbonara – a winning family recipe in our household always met with smiles. We also recently ate at ASK and we were really impressed by their new 2013 menu, showcasing Italian inspired dishes created by Theo Randall and Head of Food, Jeena Rodrigues.
We loved the seasonal ‘spring specials’ on offer; asparagus wrapped in prosciutto or Fettucine Primavera Con Prosciutto – a spring pasta dish with asparagus, peas, courgettes and a creamy pecorino sauce. The children were quick to start colouring and to tuck into their pizza with fresh vegetables to nibble on and garlic bread, too. ASK have come a long way since I worked as a waitress in their Tottenham Court Road branch back in 2000! They now have 118 restaurants and endeavour to source high quality Italian ingredients from local growers in Italy, with Theo and the chefs taking regular trips to Italy for menu inspiration. If you have an ASK near you, try the Panzerottini – baked dough balls with Pancetta and cheese and chilli, a classic Bolognese is served with the more authentic fetuccine, rather than spaghetti. Puddings are tasty too – especially the dessert sharing board…
For a chance to win a copy of the ASK Italian Cookbook and a £20 voucher to put towards a nice meal out enter the rafflecopter giveaway below –
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With thanks to ASK Italian for the cookbook and vouchers as a prize for one of my readers.
Hannah Whitling says
Pasta
jackie curran says
vegetable pizza
Emma Boitoult says
Pizza! Though saying that I absolutely adore pasta, especially Spaghetti Bolognese. 🙂
Jayne B says
PIZZA
Julie Davies says
lasagne and garlic bread
Lyndsey Beckford says
My favourite Italian food is definitely pizza. I LOVE pizza! 🙂
ALLISON CAMPBELL says
I love a real Italian Tiramisu
Jasmine Taylor says
Gnocci in olive oil. mmmmmm
Brian Chapman says
Pasta with some sort of meat ragu.
Kuli says
I really do enjoy experimenting with Italian cooking.
Andrea K says
lasagne
Helen Garner says
Canneloni
Rachel Blackburn says
lasagne
katrina walsh says
salmon linguine
Anthony Clements says
Pizza
Sue D says
love vegetable lasagne
antonia richardson says
gotta be pizza love it
trevor linvell says
the classic margherita pizza
Sandy Port says
Lasagne
leanne williams says
I love any type of pasta or pizza.
joanne holton says
always looking for new pasta ideas, so quick and easy with a busy family
Charlotte Jones says
Proper Italian pizzas are amazing – we went to Italy when I was a teenager and I had seafood pizza all the time – delicious! 🙂
Pat Stubbs says
Cannelloni with meat
Richard says
Pizza for sure
Chris Bell says
Lasagne with nice salty garlic bread! Of course homemade!
Cherry Mischievous says
I like spaghetti bolognese 🙂
Jen Boucher says
I love Spaghetti Bolognese
Honora Livesey says
Tiramsu Mmm 🙂
Mark Johnson says
lasagne
Janet Rumley says
Spaghetti Carbonara – a real luxurious treat
denise s says
gnocchi with a basil and tomato sauce
Kelly E Hirst says
Pizza all the time! Quick and tasty!
Andrena says
pizza
Nancy Bradford says
Has to be pizza 🙂
sara says
tagliatelle with pesto and pine nuts
Martina says
mushroom pizza
Leanne Abel says
I love a nice Carbonara
Simon C says
Pizza! 🙂
Simon.
Joanne Crosby says
pizza!
Hannah Smith says
Spaghetti Carbonara
Yvette Duignan says
I love pasta but don’t get to eat it often as my husbands not a fan! : (
Alison Bruce says
Meatballs with spagetti
Sheri Darby says
spaghetti Bolognaise
Joanne Blunt says
Probably lasagne
Nicola McC says
I’m a pizza addict!
Pauline Dring says
Pizza!
Hannah says
I love lasagne!
Sarah Parker says
spag bol
Mickie Bull says
Risotto
Scott Caldon says
Leek risotto with parmesn
Sarah Ballantyne says
Spinach and ricotta cannelloni – I love it!
Karen says
Pasta, just had some!
Lani Nash says
I love pizza and pasta, wonderful inventions 🙂
Joanna Sawka says
It have to be pizza!
Diana Semionova says
Pizza! Nom Nom! ;D
Claire Appleton says
spaghetti carbonara
Solange says
Lasagne
Raych Bonness says
Carbonara!
Sheila Reeves says
Tagliatelle Broccollo
Tim says
Home Made lasagne for me!
nikki reynolds says
pizza 😀
Philip Thomas Boyle says
Lasagne & Garlic bread.
Kieran says
Pizza
Karen R says
I love carbonara
Jenny Rogers says
Carbonara and tiramisu.
Rod Curtis says
Cannelloni
Emma Smith says
crab and leek risotto
Rachel says
Pici al ragu
cassie bedford says
pastina
Claire Wilkinson says
spag bol!
rennene hartland says
Has to be pizza 🙂
Maxime Goodwin says
Love Love Love Italian food!! Antipasti & Spaghetti alle vongole are my fav dishes!!
Daniel Stacey says
pizza
Catriona Pavey says
Tiramisu
Joanne Kelly says
Conchiglie with Italian mince & topped with cheese. Or spag bol. Tough choice!
Angie Hoggett says
mushroom risotto
Holly Detre says
Seafood risotto
John Lynch says
lasagne
Isabelle Smith says
pizza!!!
Mark Palmer says
Risotto
Amanda Oakley says
Spaghetti cabonara. Mmmmmm!
Charlotte Hoskins says
Four cheese pizza, especially if it’s with gorgonzola – mmmmm
Jamie Walker says
This is a really hard question; i’ll go say pasta 🙂
Emily Fowler says
Having just come back from a holiday in Tuscany, I would have to say my (new!) favourite is maccheroni (flat squares of pasta) with truffles!
Chloe says
Blue cheese gnocchi!
Chloe says
Stilton
Emily Hutchinson says
It’s got to be pizza!
Alistair Richardson says
Tagliatelle Carbonara. My favourite restaurant is Ask in Swansea
Emma Howard says
I love my mum’s lasagne
James Holyland says
Lasagne
Alison says
Clichéd but its actually spaghetti bolognese
Lucy robinson says
I love homemade carbonara. X
Tina Lawton says
It’s got to be pizza all day long! Mmmm
Stu W says
Lasagne
kelli flanagan says
Homemade Lasagne
Lucy Pasifull says
Parma ham
antonia richardson says
i love pizza
Clare Davies says
carbonara is prob my fav! or lasagna or spag bol! anything with pasta! but have a new obsession at the moment for tirramisu – never used to like it but now ive found a proper recipe for it im obsessed and cant get enough!!
Tracey Belcher says
Calzone
Vanessa Miller says
My familys favourite Italian food is lasagne
Geraldine McCambridge says
Has to be lasagne
Marina Frow says
pizza!
Louise Walton says
lasagne!
Jeremy Hards says
Tuna pasta bake. Not sure how Italian it is but it is easy to make and tastesgood.
Mary-Ann Pollard says
I love all seafood pastas or ravioli
Aimee Wright says
Calzone 🙂
Natalie Phillips says
spaghetti carbonara
Dawn F says
I love pine nut pasta. 🙂
Jocelyn Clark says
Spaghetti marinara
Angela sandhu says
Lasagne
Aimee R says
Canelloni
Amy Ripley says
Lasagne!
dave johnston says
Lasagne
Alison Wakefield says
Lasagne love it
Tammy Tudor says
Lasagne 🙂
Anne-Marie Large says
Pizza. Yum!
Lynsey Buchanan says
ravioli
Louise Comb says
Carbonara with any pasta 🙂
Karis says
Panna cotta is delicious.
Natalie Warne says
Definitely pizza!
Susan Ellams says
pasta with pesto sauce with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese
Emily Jayne Phipps says
Carbonara
Louise A says
Canelloni
C Parkin says
Seafood linguine
c howes says
Carbonara yum yum yum!
Penny Crumpton says
Lasagne
Taylor Jones says
My favourite is Spaghetti carbonara, yum!
Rachael G says
Quattro Formaggi pizza!
Rachel Bramley says
Four cheese pizza!
Sarah Benn says
Lasagne
Laura Baker says
My absolute fave is spaghetti carbonara – all that pasta, cream and bacon…I think I know what we’ll be having for tea tonight!
Leigh Larkin says
Lasagne for me everytime!
Simon West says
I love any risotto.
Ali Thorpe says
Pizza. Not very sophisticated but delicious!
Charlotte Ingham says
Spaghetti Carbonara!
Anna Markwell says
Tiramisu, all the way 🙂
cassie bedford says
pea and ham pasta
Alison says
Definitely Pizza! I would love to go to Italy and experience a proper one though!
Alan C says
Pizza is my favourite
Emma Jackson says
It was always ravioli but recently I tried my hand at making pasta and now it’s homemade lasagna x
Bethan lloyd says
Al Forno Al Forno
Stephanie Tsang says
I love lasanga
HANNAH WELSH says
I love lasagne. the creamier the better!
Gary Topley says
Spaghetti Bolognese is my favourite.
Andrew Dommett says
Seafood Pasta
Sarahann Tonner says
Carbonara 🙂 x
Lucy says
woo
michael wilkinson says
Love the ask meatballs pasta bake with chillies!
Victoria says
a nice thin pizza topped with plenty of mushrooms!
Pamela Gossage says
Lasagne
liz denial says
lasagne
Barbara Bunning says
Definitely quattro stagioni pizza drizzled with olive oil
Joanne Baldwin says
Seafood linguine is my favourite pasta dish, and there are so many variations it’s just a mouth-watering treat each time!
Stephanie Burchatt says
Carbonara 🙂
Kelly Koya says
I love spaghetti, I do a spaghetti with crab, lime chilli and tequila that always goes down rather well!
Mary Heald says
LASAGNE
darren Johnston says
would have to be Cannelloni yum
amelia avossa says
Gnocchi
i am half italian I LOVE italian food
stephanie Llewellyn says
liver and onion
Phil Darling says
Mines Risotto – especially wild mushroom
Caroline H says
Love risotto, loaded with parmesan – and lots of salad.
Dale Askew says
Cannelloni is my absolute favourite
Susan Crosswaite says
My favourite amongst all the yummy Italian dishes is Lasagne
Laura Harris says
Just saying the other day how much I love calzone but haven’t had it for ages.
Heidi Lee says
A spicy italian pasta sauce like Penne Arrabiata.
maureen findley says
I love lasagne
Rachel Ray says
Ooooh – so hard! I love risotto or spaghetti primavera or a simple caprese salad or yummy bruschetta.
Natasha Male says
A yummmy lasagne with tons of mozerella!
Sarah Clarke-Feltham says
ravioli or lasagne
Nicola Lynch says
I can’t resist Italian ice-cream!
Claire Smith says
Gnocchi
Hannah Oneill says
Pizza!
Helen Broddle says
My favourite has to be mushroom risotto and tiramisu for afters
Amy B says
Carbonara
Karen Barrett says
Lasagne is a family favourite.
C Hui says
It would be pizza for me.
Ursulab says
Avery cheesy Cannelloni with garlic bread
Agata Pokutycka says
Pizza 🙂
TAMSIN dEAN says
lOVE PASTA WITH PESTO AND A LITTLE CHEESE
Greig spencer says
loooove pizza lol
Joanne Smith says
pesto
Denise Gunn says
Tiramisu (yum!)
Holly Smith says
Spag Bol
Laura Pritchard says
Spaghetti bolognaise
esther james says
hmmm, I love it all! Meatballs are lovely
Paul Walshaw says
Lasagne
emily omara says
Fab prize, Italian food is my favourite!
Phyllis Ellett says
At the moment its Steak Pizzaiola. Just love it
claire gray says
i love lasagne…mmmmm 🙂
Becky John says
Calzone Pizza, but only when on holiday in Italy, they just don’t taste the same anywhere else!
Fiona McMillan says
Lamb shanks with rich tomato sauce
Angie McDonald says
My favourite Italian food is Norma, I fell in love with it after trying it at Bella Italia!
iain says
love lasagne
RenaPlumrudge says
Spaghetti bolognese
claire woods says
Pizza
aj says
Pasta especially anything that contains mince
Hazel Rea says
Lasange.
pete says
Lasagne
Angela Dunne says
tough ask – all italian food is delicious. For the sake of argument I’ll say prawn linguini with chilli and lime
Amanda Steel says
Pasta
Helen Marshall says
Risotto
Florence Cross says
Tiramisu
megan nelson says
thanks for the chance to win!
tamalyn roberts says
my home made spaghetti bolognese!
Ingrid Warren says
Simple Italian Pizza without all the strange toppings you get in the UK
Christine Caple says
Pizza
Lauren says
Amatriciana
isabella hakimian says
pizza
Kelly Harper says
bolognese
Katherine L says
I love spaghetti vongole!
alisha barrett says
i love lasagne and pasta dishes. im not too crazy on pizza but will eat it once in a while
Erin Fahey says
I love a good ragu, so simple yet perfect!
Melanie Edjourian says
spaghetti carbonara 😉
Azra says
Nothing says italian like pizza, i love any pizza as long as it’s covered in mozerella!
licirose says
my nonna’s homemade tirimisu mmmmm…
Charlotte Clark says
Canneloni mmmmm 😀
Paula hambly says
Spinach and ricotta cannelloni
laura banks says
my favourite is gnocchi but my pudding is tiramasu
Hussy London Housewife says
I have no particular Italian food as favourite. I just love and admire Italian cookery for its simplicity and the use of best, seasonal and local produces.
Hussy London Housewife says
I have Theo Randall pasta book and absolutely love it. This book looks fab
Sheley White says
Great prize!
Eileen Teo says
i like pizza.
anna says
my fave is cannelonni
tracy sinclair says
Spaghetti Bolognese!
Jayne K says
Homemade pizza
Jessica Valentine says
I am Italian! I love ALL Italian food! Gnocci is one of my favourites! (with rabbit & spinach) as well as my mother’s veggie lasagne with mushrooms & spinach!!
Michael Rattray says
Home made spaghetti bolognese
winnie says
mushroom risotto 🙂
Helen Dickinson says
I am a huge fan of Pizza!
Annie Costa says
Cannelloni or gnocchi
Sandra says
Pasta
Tasha Corder says
Homemade lasagne is fab!
Liz Thomas says
i love pretty well all Italian food and would be so happy to win the ASKITALIAN Cookbook!
EMMA WALTERS says
pizza!!!!! 🙂
Jane Willis says
Risotto. Almost any kind, but a well made mushroom one takes a lot of beating.
melanie stirling says
Lasagne,yum!
frances hopkins says
carbonara 🙂
Maya Russell says
My favourite Italian food is spaghetti carbonara.
ashleigh says
Pasta – i could eat it everyday – oh and ice cream too!
Katherine Coldicott says
Seafood linguine
Helen Moulden says
Gnocci! Preferably gnocci with a fish sauce!
Gillian Holmes says
Pasta
Jayne Sullivan says
I like to eat spaghetti with a plain tomato sauce.
Gill Bland says
That’s actually quite tough. I had some amazing spelt tagliatelli in the lakes last year with smoked mountain cheese. However, the highlight of the trip was their roasted chestnuts, so I’ll go with those
Corina says
I love any type of pasta or pizza.
Craig - The Usual Saucepans says
I really love a good risotto, definitely my favourite Italian treat.
Linda Hobbis says
I love pasta with arrabiata sauce, lots of olives and a good red wine.
Tracy Nixon says
My favourite Italian food is homemade lasagne made with homemade pasta!