Gennaro's Cucina: A cookbook of classic Italian recipes that help to budget during a cost-of-living crisis

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I press everyone to learn how to cook because once you’ve learned how to cook, you can use whatever you find in the house. Contaldo grew up in the village of Minori on the Amalfi coast – “the sea was my swimming pool and the mountains were my back garden” – and fondly remembers artichoke season.

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In the Contaldo household in London, where bunches of tomatoes hang from hooks around his kitchen/diner (“they become very sweet and last at least a month”), a meal will last several days. their unique ‘Bring Your Own Table Event here), and works with Italian holiday company Citalia, helping promote the best of Italian food and travel to his beloved Italy.He spoke to Chris about when he first met his young protege, and said that they still “talk every day. With tips and ideas of what to do with leftovers, Gennaro helps home cooks squeeze maximum use from the ‘cucina povera’ ethos, turning humble ingredients into nourishing feasts without taste sacrifice. Cook them with a little bit of olive oil, a crush of garlic, a little bit of chilli, a little bit of water, boil the pasta at the same time, throw in the starch – if you’ve got some breadcrumbs, throw them on top. Restricted choice of scarce ingredients meant they learnt the value what they had, how to cook dishes lovingly and use imaginative methods of preservation to make simple dishes go far: including salting, drying and curing.

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Don't forget, Jamie’s very talented, and also he used to cook since he was a little child, because his mother and father had the restaurant, a pub.The chef says: “There was not much, so whatever you had you cooked in many different ways and nothing used to be thrown away. Talking about gnocchi, the chef said: “If you want to make gnocchi with just flour and water, it’s so simple, but with nice sauce. Cucina povera’ is the food that traditionally fed the poor of Italy yet remains the basis of most Italian dishes we love to eat today.

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This is reflected in his latest cookbook, Gennaro’s Cucina, which focuses on hearty, money-saving meals, or, as he puts it “proper Italian cooking: few ingredients, maximum flavour”.

Line an ovenproof dish with a little of the tomato sauce, then place some pumpkin slices over the top, sprinkle with a little black pepper, dot around some mozzarella, sprinkle over some grated Parmesan and top with some more tomato sauce. During his conversation with Chris, the Italian chef spoke about some of his recipes, including Neapolitan mashed potato.

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Contaldo grew up in the small village of Minori on the Amalfi Coast, developing his love for food from days he spent hunting with his father and grandfather, and collecting herbs for his mother. He married in 1974 and had three children - he later had two more children with his current partner. Italian chef Gennaro Contaldo’s new book, Gennaro’s Cucina: Hearty Money-Saving Meals From An Italian Kitchen, is out today. Before their chat ended, the legendary cook told Chris about how Jamie Oliver gave him a 1996 Jaguar E-Type, 15 years ago.In an era of excessive convenience and disposable food waste, Gennaro’s Cucina could not come at a better time – you will learn how to use simple ingredients in inventive ways, eat seasonally, spend less and, ultimately, eat better. Gennaro Contaldo is widely known as the Italian legend who taught Jamie Oliver all he knows about Italian cooking and is one of the UK’s best-loved chefs, as well as being author of a dozen best-selling Italian recipe books. Jamie Oliver and Gennaro Contaldo cook up Guinness World Records double for new YouTube channel launch".