MammaLina

Calamari Fritti, crispy fried squid, the Italian antipasto everyone asks me for 🍋

One bite and the memories of my childhood on the Adriatic coast come flooding into my London kitchen. The secret to that golden, light crunch? Semola rimacinata, squid patted properly dry, and oil hot enough to crisp it in moments. Finish with a squeeze of lemon and a little fresh chilli.

This easy homemade fried calamari recipe is ready in minutes and perfect for sharing. Save it for your next summer gathering.

Adele X

For me, l’aperitivo is the most important hour of the day, the moment when everything grinds gently to a halt, you sit back with a spritz in hand, and you let yourself simply enjoy the here and now.

Save this Aperol Spritz recipe, the measures are perfect 🍊✨

Adele X

Molise: the last undiscovered corner of Italy 🇮🇹

Forget the crowds of Tuscany and the Amalfi queues. Tucked between Abruzzo and Puglia lies the region most travellers, and even most Italians, have never set foot in. This is real Italy, off-the-beaten-track, at its most authentic.

Save this post & put these 5 towns on your bucket list:

🏺 Pietrabbondante; a 2,000-year-old Samnite theatre, built by a people as sophisticated as Rome.
🏛️ Saepinum; wander one of Italy’s most complete Roman towns almost entirely alone.
🌊 Termoli; a walled medieval old town and seafront castle, home of brodetto alla termolese, the seafood stew worth the trip alone.
🏔️ Capracotta; one of the highest, snowiest towns in the Apennines, with alpine botanical gardens in summer.
🔔 Agnone; where the Marinelli foundry has cast bells for the Vatican for over 1,000 years.

This is the Italy of Mediterranean gastronomy, ancient craft and empty hilltop views, made for travellers who’d rather discover than queue.

📍 Save this for your next trip to Southern Italy. Which would you visit first? 👇

Come cook, eat and explore Molise with me, luxury food and culture experiences, 25th - 30th September. Follow the link in bio.

‘When the new potatoes come in, this is what I make. Seasonal summer plate, with barely any cooking involved’

Full recipe on the card, swipe and save!

Adele x

Recipe
Boil the potatoes, then toss them in the dressing while they’re still warm so they drink up the lemon and balsamic (that’s the secret). Pile in crisp green beans, edamame, radish and peppery rocket, and finish with pomegranate for a little jewel of sweetness. The way we eat at home in Termoli: simple, seasonal, generous.

Best made for a long lunch in the garden with the people you love. 🌿

🐟 Orata alla Griglia (BBQ Sea Bream)

The simplest Mediterranean recipe you’ll make all summer. Sign up to my newsletter (via the link in bio) to receive this recipe and all the sides I made to go with it.

BBQ Bream Recipe - Ask your fishmonger to clean two sea bream. Stuff each fish with lemon slices, parsley, and a lightly crushed garlic clove. Brush with olive oil, then BBQ with the lid closed for 8 minutes, turning halfway through.

“It tastes like summer on a plate, a summer spent on the Adriatic coast, where I grew up. It’s easy to make, healthy, and absolutely delicious.”

Adele X

The Italy I know is slower, quieter, and deeply connected to tradition.

In my home town of Tremoli life is not rushed.

This is not about ticking places off a list.
It’s about immersing yourself in the culture, the people, and the rhythm of authentic Italian life.

It’s wandering through hidden streets in seaside towns untouched by tourism. Learning recipes that have been passed down for generations. Cooking beside locals who still make pasta by hand the way their mothers and grandmothers taught them ❤️

Everything revolves around the table, long lunches, fresh seafood from the Adriatic, local wine, and traditional Mediterranean recipes.
This is the hidden Italian region of Molise, that even many Italians don’t know about ✨

Adele X

I want to show you the Italy I grew up with 🇮🇹✨

Not the crowded tourist hotspots or the places you see all over Instagram… but the hidden Italy that even many Italians don’t know about.

I’m from Molise, a beautiful region in southern Italy between the mountains and the Adriatic Sea. A place where life still moves slowly, traditions are deeply rooted, and food is made with love and simplicity ♥️

When I return home, I’m reminded of what makes Italy so special to me:
Long lunches with family ☀️
Fresh pasta made by hand 🍝
Morning markets and quiet seaside villages 🌊
Local wine, simple ingredients, and conversations that last for hours 🍷

This is the Italy I share with you on my Culinary and Cultural Retreat.

Welcome to Molise, the Italy nobody talks about ♥️

Adele X

Ciao! I’m Adele

Founder of MammaLina 🇮🇹✨

I was born and raised in Termoli, a beautiful fishing town on Italy’s Adriatic coast — an undiscovered region in Italy that few people know about 🌊

Some of my earliest memories are of standing beside my Mamma and Nonna in the kitchen, fresh pasta dough on the table, sauces slowly simmering, and long family lunches filled with conversation and laughter.

It was there that I learned food is never just food.
It’s tradition, connection, generosity, and love.

My Nonna always believed that feeding people was one of life’s greatest acts of care ❤️

Before creating MammaLina, I spent years working in investment banking across Europe… a very different world from the one I grew up in 😅

But over time, I found myself returning to what always felt most natural, cooking, hosting, and bringing people together around the table.

I’ve called London home since 2002, yet I still cook exactly the way I was taught in Italy 🇮🇹

Today, MammaLina is my Italian Cookery School in East London, where I share the family recipes, traditions, and techniques passed down through generations ✨

I’m also a proud mum of three beautiful girls, so my kitchen is still wonderfully loud, busy, and full of life 💛

Nothing makes me happier than seeing a table filled with homemade food, good wine, and people creating memories together.

Welcome to my cucina!

Adele X

LA DOLCE VITA – UNDISCOVERED ITALY – Cookery & Cultural Travel Experience

📍 Termoli | Molise & Abruzzo, Italy 🇮🇹
📅 25–30 September 2026 | Third Edition

Join me this September for a carefully curated small-group Cookery & Cultural Travel Experience, discovering a hidden corner of central-southern Italy, far from the crowds.

Together we’ll explore my beautiful and unspoiled home regions of Abruzzo and Molise, experiencing them through the eyes of the locals. I’ll be your host throughout the journey — where time slows down in the best possible way, with shared tables, traditions, landscapes and stories.

Six unforgettable days of slow living, authentic Italian cooking, incredible regional food, coastal adventures, historic villages, wine tastings, olive groves, artisan visits, breathtaking landscapes and golden sunsets in one of Italy’s most undiscovered regions.

Bookings now open - limited ability

Small group (10-12 people)

Fully hosted experience

Find the full itinerary and booking details via the link ⬇️

https://www.mammalina.co.uk/post/la-dolce-vita-undiscovered-italy-cookery-cultural-tour-molise-abruzzo-25-30-september

I can’t wait to welcome you to my Bella Italia 🇮🇹❤️

Adele x

King prawns sautéed in white wine, served on a bed of saffron fregola ✨

Have you ever tried fregola before?

This beautiful toasted Sardinian pasta has a wonderfully rustic bite and pairs perfectly with seafood!
For this dish, the fregola is gently cooked like a saffron risotto, slowly absorbing all the flavour before being topped with king prawns sautéed in garlic, chilli and white wine.
Light, comforting, elegant… and full of Mediterranean sunshine — the kind of dish that instantly transports you to a seaside trattoria on the Italian coast 🇮🇹♥️

If this is your kind of food, you’ll love our next Supper Club at MammaLina (E11)
📍 Thursday 25th June
🕖 7:00pm – 10:30pm
🍷 Authentic Italian supper club experience
🍝 Seasonal, homemade regional dishes, this time inspired by Sardinian flavours
✨ Shared-table dining in a relaxed, intimate setting

Expect an evening of Italian food, wine, stories and atmosphere — just like being welcomed into an Italian home.

Limited spaces available.
BOOKING NOW OPEN — DM to join the waiting list ✉️

Baci
Adele & Carmela XX

"LA DOLCE VITA" | Cookery & Cultural Travel Experice | Italy, Sep 2026 - https://mailchi.mp/7a4bc77281c1/httpswwwmammalinacoukpostla-dolce-vita-undiscovered-italy-cookery-cultural-tour-molise-abruzzo-25-30-september

This is personal ❤️

La Dolce Vita isn’t just a trip I put together…

It’s a feeling I didn’t want to lose.

The Italy I know isn’t rushed. It’s not crowded.
It’s slow mornings, shared tables, home-cooked food, and moments that actually mean something.

And I realised… so many people never get to experience that side of Italy.

So I created this unique experience for you!

A small, intimate experience in my beautiful, unspoiled homeland Molise & Abruzzo - Six days of cooking, exploring, eating, and living like a local. And I’ll be your host throughout it all.

✨ 25–30 September 2026
✨ Small group (8–10 people)
✨ Limited spaces remaining

If you’ve been craving something deeper than just a holiday… this might be it 🇮🇹

DM me “ITALY” for the full itinerary ♥️

A Taste of Puglia is coming to MammaLina’s Kitchen 🇮🇹✨

Join Adele & Carmela from Carmela Sophia Sereno 🇮🇹 Carmela's Kitchen for a very special “Cookery & Supper Club” on Wednesday 29 April (7-10.30pm) for an evening filled with authentic Italian flavours, hands-on cooking, and warm hospitality.

This time, it’s extra special… 💛
Adele will be joined by her wonderful Mamma visiting all the way from Italy, alongside with the super talented pastaia Carmela they will be showing you the true spirit of Puglia in every bite.

Here’s what’s waiting for you:
🥂 Aperitivo & canapés to start the evening
🥗 Fresh antipasti with Panzanella & Burrata, focaccia & EVOO tasting
🍝 Hands-on Orecchiette pasta making workshop, followed by a delicious regional dish “Cavatelli alle Cime di Rapa”
🥬 Seasonal sides
🍰 Homemade crostata with lemony mascarpone
☕ Coffee & Italian biscotti to finish
✨ Plus: a curated gift bag to take a little Italy home with you courtesy of our sponsor Filippo Berio

Expect a relaxed, joyful evening of cooking, sharing, and incredible food — just like being in a Puglian kitchen.
Come hungry, leave inspired 💫

🎟 £75pp – LIMITED SPACES
📍 MammaLina Cookery School, E11
⏰ 7:00–10:30pm

👉 Book now via the link in bio

BOOKING ARE NOW OPEN for our next Supper Club at MammaLina in collaboration with the amazing The Pasta Room - Carmela's Kitchen and one very special guest this time Adele’s mamma joining for one time only all the way from Italy 🇮🇹❤️ Save the Date 29 April 2026 - full program and booking details on the link below ⬇️

https://pay.collctiv.com/cookery-and-supper-club-taste-of-puglia-82420

Our event is proudly sponsored by Filippo Berio UK 💚🇮🇹

A taste of Easter Monday from home 🇮🇹❤️
How many Arrosticini could you eat? 😂

In my Italian home region, today it’s all about fresh air, laughter, countryside picnics and the irresistible smell of arrosticini on the grill ❤️🔥
A true Abruzzo (and the neighbor Molise) tradition—simple skewers of lamb, lightly seasoned, shared with family and friends over long, joyful “scampagnate” (traditional countryside picnics spent eating, grilling and celebrating together).
Because that’s “la dolce vita”… and yes, truly addictive…uno tira l’altro 😉

Buona Pasquetta a tutti… Happy Easter Monday 🇮🇹🐣

COOKERY & SUPPER CLUB - A TASTE OF PUGLIA

Wednesday 29 April | 7:00–10:30pm
MammaLina Cookery School, E11 2EE

Join Adele Ursitti Adele Ursitti and special guest pastaia Carmela Sereno Hayes The Pasta Room - Carmela's Kitchen for a hands-on Orecchiette Pasta Making workshop (little hear shaped pasta typical from Puglia), followed by a seasonal 4-course Italian feast inspired by Puglia.

We will also have a very special guest this time: Adele’s mamma, visiting all the way from Italy! She’ll join in the cooking and delight you with some surprise dishes.

On the menu:

🥂 Mediterranean aperitivo & canapés

🥗 Antipasti: watch Adele demonstrate how to assemble a fresh Panzanella salad with seasonal ingredients, creamy burrata, homemade focaccia & Filippo Berio EVOO tasting

🍝 Primo: Cavatelli alle Cime di Rapa

🥬 Contorni: Seasonal vegetable sides

🍰 Dolce: Crostata di Marmellata with whipped lemony mascarpone cream

☕ Tea/coffee & Italian biscotti

What’s included:

✅Welcome prosecco & canapés ✅Orecchiette workshop with all ingredients & equipment
✅Seasonal 4-course dinner
✅Gift bag with Italian cooking goodies

Learn new skills, enjoy authentic homemade food, and share a relaxed evening of Italian flavours, creativity, and good company.

£75pp – LIMITED SPACES

👉 BOOK HERE: https://pay.collctiv.com/cookery-and-supper-club-taste-of-puglia-82420

Visit our website for our services and events ⬇️

https://www.mammalina.co.uk

Happy Easter from my family to yours, to all my wonderful clients, family, and friends 💛🐣
So grateful for our beautiful community at MammaLina Cookery School.

Throwing it back to this pretty Easter Pavlova we baked a couple of years ago with my girls - berries, mini eggs, and all the love! 
There’s still time to make it this Easter weekend… recipe below 👇
Save & share with anyone who would enjoy a sweet treat 💫
Buona Pasqua! 🇮🇹🐣

Ingredients (serve 8-10 people)
180g egg white (6 medium eggs white)
280g sugar
15g cornflour
1.5 tsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1g salt
2g cream of tartar

Method:
Preheat oven to 120°C and line a baking sheet with parchment, drawing a 20 cm circle.
Whisk egg whites until soft peaks form, then gradually add sugar, salt, cornflour, vinegar, vanilla, and cream of tartar, whisking until glossy and smooth (8–10 mins).
Spoon mixture into the circle, saving a little to add pink food color and create marble veins with a toothpick. Build edges slightly, leaving a gentle cavity in the center.
Bake 1 hr 15 mins, then let cool in the oven 4–5 hrs.
Fill with whipped cream and top with fresh strawberries, mini eggs, and edible flowers.

What an incredible supper club this week ✨

Hosted with the wonderful Carmela Sereno from .pastaroom at MammaLina Cookery School, we explored a 4-course menu celebrating all things risotto. From hands-on arancini making to a delicious Italian feast featuring risotto al radicchio e gorgonzola and torta di riso, it was truly a night to remember.

Beautiful food, lovely people, and such a warm, welcoming atmosphere — moments like this are exactly why I love what I do ❤️

Amazing feedback all around — thank you to Riso Gallo and Filippo Berio for your support!

Save the next dates 🇮🇹 DM to book, LIMITED SPACES!
April 29 – Panzanella & Orecchiette (Puglia-inspired menu)
June 25 – Seafood & Fregola (Sardinia-inspired menu)

Thank you for the love … Mia Bella Carmela The Pasta Room - Carmela's Kitchen ❤️

Sourdough focaccia ready for the oven. Just gorgeous 😍 Made by my beautiful Adele from MammaLina ❤️

Sunday ritual 🇮🇹
Fresh tagliatelle, slow moments, a table full of love ❤️
Just flour and eggs — two simple ingredients, yet endless flavor in every bite.
Did you make any fresh pasta recently? If so share your shapes below in the comment 😉
Buona Domenica ❤️☀️