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La Dolce
Camping

Italian one-pan recipes for the campsite

Forget those sad toasties and ready-made sauces. With this cookbook you'll cook real Italian dishes on your camp stove. No mountains of washing up. No stress.

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One pan

Every recipe is designed for one pan at most. Minimal washing up, maximum results.

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15 to 30 minutes

From camp stove to plate in fifteen to thirty minutes. Faster than the pizza delivery chap.

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Supermarket-proof

You'll find all ingredients in any Italian (or British) supermarket. Nothing exotic required.

A taster

From pasta to risotto, from stew to soup

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
Pasta · 5 minutes

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

The recipe that makes you the hero of the campsite in five minutes. Three ingredients, zero stress, one hundred per cent Italy.

One-Pan Lasagna
One-pan · Daphne's favourite

One-Pan Lasagna

Everything that makes lasagne delicious, but without the oven. Break the sheets, chuck it all together, cheese on top. Done.

Risotto al Limone e Zucchine
Risotto · Summery

Risotto al Limone e Zucchine

Fresh, light and perfect for warm summer evenings. The culinary equivalent of a dip in the pool.

In the cookbook

What you get

  • 21 Italian recipes, specially designed for the camping kitchen
  • All one-pan dishes: pasta, risotto, stew, soup and quick specials
  • Clever camping tips with every recipe (the "Pro tip for the Tent")
  • Variation tips to adjust each dish to your own taste
  • Beautifully illustrated by Daphne de Jonge
  • Suitable for camp stove, camping hob or campfire
  • All ingredients available at any supermarket
Geert en Daphne aan het koken in Italië
Why this cookbook?

Simple and delicious. It needn't be more than that.

We enjoy eating out just as much as cooking ourselves. Le Marche is full of hidden trattorias and the resort where we work has a fantastic restaurant. But when we do cook, we like to keep it simple. Exactly as Italian cuisine was meant to be.

That's also one of the reasons we love being in Italy: here, food is about simplicity and quality. Good ingredients, one pan, and the rest takes care of itself. This cookbook is the proof.

We're sharing it for free. Find it worthwhile? You can support us with a voluntary contribution via Tikkie. Every euro goes into our dream: our own campsite under the Italian sun.

Geert & Daphne

Shopping tips

You need less than you think.

With a bottle of olive oil, a few cloves of garlic, a tin of tomatoes and a packet of pasta you're already halfway there. Throw in a lemon, a chunk of Parmesan and some chilli and you can make half this cookbook. In Italy you'll find all of this at the smallest supermarket. In Britain too, actually, just without the loudly debating Italians who can't agree in the veg aisle about which tomato belongs in the sauce.

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Find the book worthwhile?

This cookbook is and will remain free. But if it's given you a lovely meal (or made the neighbour on the campsite jealous), you can support us with a voluntary contribution. Every euro goes into our dream: our own place under the Italian sun.

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