Sunday lunch 17th April Ursula Ferrigno – Umbrian delights

Ursula (hands clasped) teaching Italian cooking
in the RSJ's kitchen: March 2016

Italian Lunch at RSJ Restaurant: Sunday 17th April 2016
We are delighted that renowned Italian cook and writer, Ursula Ferrigno is coming to RSJ on the above date to cook and talk about Umbria , the ‘green heart’ of Italy.

There are a few places available in the kitchen to learn from Ursula [£30.00 per person]

The lunch will start at 1.00pm  [£32.00  per person].


Umbria
Umbria, the ‘green heart’ of Italy is the only region in central and Southern Italy entirely surrounded by land and the beautiful soft, hilly landscape is like a Renaissance painting.

Ursula has spent many happy years teaching cookery in this area and has grown to love the food as much as the landscape.

Menu:

Crostini di Olive – Olive toasts & lentiche toasts 

Tagliatelle alla Olive – Pasta with olive & mushroom sauce

Sardine alla scapece  – Sardines in spicy sauce

Fave stuffate al cacio –  Broad beans with goat’s cheese

Albicocche torta  –  Apricot tart

Formaggio  –  Specially selected cheese


To book please contact:

Tom King:
RSJ Restaurant, 33 Coin Street, London SE1 9NR
Tel: 020 7928 4554
tom.king@rsj.uk.com

Early morning in Umbria

Ursula and 'her gals' preparing a Sicilian Sunday lunch

 Much activity in the kitchen: preparing pasta 

 

 Frying aubergine cubes 

Head chef – Paul  

George – the dessert king

Ursula knows how to deal with awkward photographers 

 

Celebration harvest Italian lunch – Sunday 27th September

Italian Lunch at RSJ Restaurant  -  Sunday 27^th September 1.00pm      £32.00  

                                                   

Ursula @RSJWaterloo

 

Ursula Ferrigno, celebrated Italian cook and food writer will be at RSJ on this date.

The lunch starts at 1.00pm and you will be given a glass of wine on arrival.

 

Vendemmia

Vendemmia, the Italian harvest – this is surely the best time to enjoy sun ripened produce. The light is changing at this time of year but the days remain cool and bright – nature’s bounty is to be celebrated and enjoyed!

Antipasti

Melanzane con carciofi – Aubergine with artichoke

Zucchine alla griglia – Grilled courgettes

Involtinidi pepperoni – Stuffed peppers

Risotto ai frutti di mare – Seafood risotto

Pizza con radicchio, papate e fontina – Pizza with radicchio, potatoes & fontina cheese

Pomodorial forno – Roasted tomatoes

Insalata mista – Mixed salad
Torta di limone e mandorle –Lemon & almond tart
Formaggio e fichi di stagione - specially selected seasonal cheese and figs

 Fine Sicilian Olive oil will be available for purchase on the day along with signed copies of Ursula’s new book “A gourmet guide to oil & vinegar”

 

For reservations please contact:

tom.king@rsj.uk.com   Tel: 020 7928 4554

RSJ Restaurant  

33 Coin Street

London SE1 9NR

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Events at RSJ Restaurant in early 2014

Details of events at the RSJ Restaurant in the first part of 2014 

Italian Sunday Lunches with dynamic Italian cook & food writer, Ursula Ferrigno.

These lunches start at 1.00 pm and you will be welcomed with a glass of wine on arrival.

Sunday 23rd February ‘Truly Italian’ £32.00

Cream of chick pea soup with wild mushrooms with parmesan bread

Freshly made pasta using Italian eggs with ricotta, spinach & herbs, anointed with fine oil

Sarde con finnichio - Sardines with Fennel

Mixed seasonal salad with blood oranges from Sicily

Lemon & Almond tart

Seasonal cheese, mountain honey and fruit

Sunday 30th March  ‘Italian Country Table’  £32.00

Pizette polenta crusted dough topped with Olives, artichokes & peppers

Gnocchi with walnuts & rocket pesto

Fish stew in saffron based broth served with crusty bread

Frisee, black olive &green bean salad

George’s exceptional profiteroles

Specially selected cheese

We have a few places available in the kitchen to learn from Ursula

as well as assisting in the preparation of this food [price £30.00 per head]

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Wine Tastings and Dinners [start at 7.15pm]

Monday 10th February   Bourgueil & St. Nicolas de Bourgueil £49.50

We will be tasting wines from a number of vintages going as far back as 1996 and 1989 and will feature growers including Frédéric Mabileau, his father Jean-Paul, Pierre Breton as well as other leading vignerons.

25th anniversary celebration: July 2005
Noël Pinguet (Domaine Huet), Thomas Meunier (Frédéric Mabileau)
Tom King, Frédéric Mabileau, Nigel Wilkinson
Christine and Eric Nicolas (Domaine de Bellivière)   

Monday 17th March RSJ 34th Anniversary Dinner £55.00

It is hard to believe it but RSJ opened in 1980 – where have the years gone? We shall be tasting wines from these four decades to accompany a special dinner to commemorate this anniversary.

To book any of these events please contact:

Tom King on tom.king@rsj.uk.com

RSJ Restaurant

33 Coin Street

London

SE1 9NR

Tel: 020-7928 4554

27th October: Italian Sunday lunch with Ursula Ferrigno

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Ursula and her helpers

Italian Sunday lunch at RSJ

with Ursula Ferrigno

Sunday 27th October

[starts at 1.00pm]

‘The Italian Country Table’

£32.00

Passionate Italian cook and food author Ursula says:
“The aroma of good food for me is an instant rush of happy memories. Most of these dishes have been gathered from family & friends or just  sheer greediness on my part visiting countless trattorias on holiday or business trips”

Cream, of chick pea soup with wild mushrooms

Spinach Lasagne

Fillets of sole ina sweet & sour onion marinade

Braised fennel with lemon & chilli

Formaggio – specially selected cheese

Caramelised fig tart

We also have a few places available to learn from and assist Ursula in the kitchen  [£30.00]

For bookings please contact: 

Tom King

RSJ Restaurant

33 Coin Street

London  SE1 9NR

Tel: 020 7928 4554

E-mail: tom.king@rsj.uk.com

Italian Sunday Lunch at RSJ: Sunday 21st April

Ursula demonstrating to her small group of students

Our next lunch in 2013 with the passionate Italian cook, prolific food writer and personality, Ursula Ferrigno, is on Sunday 21st April at the RSJ Restaurant. Starting at 1.00pm this event will include a glass of wine on arrival.                                                                    

Sunday 21st April: ‘The Italian Riviera - Liguria – where the land meets the sea’  £32.00

“If a person wished to retire it should be in some of the little villages of this coast, where the water and earth concur to offer what each has most precious.” Thomas Jefferson

“Needless to say this is a most inspiring stretch of coastline full of the flavours of herbs and sea,”  Ursula Ferrigno.

Ligurian caponata, salad of tomatoes, black olives, anchovy and tuna with mozzarella.  Focaccia slices on the side.

Fresh ravioli with herbs and greens topped with a walnut cream sauce

Stoccafisso – classic Ligurian dried saltfish stewed with vegetables and white wine, pine nuts, olives & dried porcini

Stuffed lettuce leaves simmered in wine

Specially selected artisan cheese of the region

Hazelnut & coffee panna cotta

We have a few places [strictly limited] for anyone who wishes to assist Ursula during the morning, making bread, pasta soup and sauces associated with these lunches.

This will cost each person an additional £30.00 for this cookery tuition.

           

RSJ Restaurant

33 Coin Street,

London   SE1 9NR

Tel : 020-7928 4554   E-mail:  tom.king@rsj.uk.com

Ursula Ferrigno Sunday lunch on 17th February

Ursula making pasta with one of her helpers

We still have a few spaces available for this lunch

Italian Sunday Lunch at RSJ

Our first lunch in 2013 with the passionate Italian cook, prolific food writer and personality, Ursula Ferrigno, is on the following date at the RSJ Restaurant. Starting at 1.00pm this event will include a glass of wine on arrival.                                                                     

Sunday 17th February ‘Venetian Feast’ £32.00

Ursula says of Venice : “This unique and enchanting place has such special memories for me as a child and as an adult teaching there. I would love to share with you some of my all time favourite dishes that relive those powerful memories”

Chick pea and vegetable soup served with golden semolina bread anointed with delicious extra virgin olive oil.

Hand made ravioli with roasted mushrooms in a herb dressing

Fish cakes Venetian style – lightly spiced

Winter salad of roasted roots and spinach

Chocolate cake with orange sauce

Specially selected cheese from the region, served with fruit

We have a few places [strictly limited] for anyone who wishes to assist Ursula during the morning, making bread, pasta soup and sauces associated with these lunches.

This will cost each person an additional £30.00 for this cookery tuition.

           

RSJ Restaurant

33 Coin Street,

London   SE1 9NR

Tel : 020 7928 4554                        E-mail:  tom.king@rsj.uk.com

Italian Sunday Lunch at RSJ: 17th February 2013

Ursula demonstrating the pasta machine

Our first lunch in 2013 with the passionate Italian cook, prolific food writer and personality, Ursula Ferrigno, is on Sunday 17th February at the RSJ Restaurant. 

Starting at 1.00pm this event will include a glass of wine on arrival. 

Sunday 17th February ‘Venetian Feast’  £32.00 
Ursula says of Venice: “This unique and enchanting place has such special memories for me as a child and as an adult teaching there. I would love to share with you some of my all time favourite dishes that relive those powerful memories.”

Chick pea and vegetable soup served with golden semolina bread anointed with delicious extra virgin olive oil.

Hand made ravioli with roasted mushrooms in a herb dressing

Fish cakes Venetian style – lightly spiced

Winter salad of roasted roots and spinach

Chocolate cake with orange sauce

Specially selected cheese from the region, served with fruit

 Chop! Chop! Helping and learning from Ursula is always a popular and fun option

 (above and below)

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We have a few places, strictly limited, for anyone who wishes to assist Ursula during the morning, making bread, pasta soup and sauces associated with these lunches. This will cost each person an additional £30.00 for this cookery tuition.

           

RSJ Restaurant
33 Coin Street,
London   SE1 9NR
Tel : 020 7928 4554     E-mail:  tom.king@rsj.uk.com

Ursula Ferrigno and her students@RSJ 4th November

Ursula Ferrigno: always dynamic, always enthusiastic, always moving!

 

Her students preparing the Celebrating the Italian Harvest lunch under instruction 

(above and below)

 

 

Grilled peppers

George, the RSJ's long serving pastry chef, getting acquainted with seafood

Abby

Stuffing for the ravioli

Ursula demonstrates making the pasta for the ravioli (above and below)

Now her students take over...

Kitchen in the round