The Italian Deli Gift Box

The Italian Deli Gift Box brings together six Italian store-cupboard staples, the kind you’d fill a basket with at a good Italian deli. Inside is a peppery DOP olive oil from Puglia and an eight-year-aged balsamic from Modena’s oldest balsamic maker. There’s also a sweet Sicilian datterino tomato sauce, bronze-die fusilli from Tuscany, and two jars of Puglian antipasti: whole artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes in oil.

Everything in the box works together. Cook the fusilli, stir through the datterino sauce, then finish with chopped artichokes, a few sun-dried tomatoes and a swirl of olive oil. That’s a proper Italian supper made almost entirely from the box. Or set the artichokes and tomatoes out on a board with crusty bread and a saucer of oil and balsamic for dipping. It makes a generous gift for anyone who loves to cook, and a good alternative to a traditional Italian food hamper without the hamper price.

What's in this gift box and why we love it

• Villa Vinci DOP Terra di Bari Extra Virgin Olive Oil is made from Coratina olives grown around Castel del Monte in Puglia. It’s fruity, with a gentle peppery finish.
• Giuseppe Giusti 2 Gold Medals Balsamic Vinegar comes from a family that has made balsamic in Modena since 1605. It’s aged for at least eight years in oak barrels, with notes of ripe fruit, liquorice and black pepper.
  
• Contorno Salsa Pronta di Pomodorino Datterino is made in Palermo by Fratelli Contorno, a family producer since 1916, using naturally sweet Sicilian datterino tomatoes.
• Pasta Michele Portoghese Fusilli is pushed through bronze dies and dried slowly. The rough surface helps sauce cling to every spiral.
• Italcarciofi Whole Artichokes and Sun-Dried Tomatoes come from an artichoke specialist in San Ferdinando di Puglia. They’re ready to eat straight from the jar.
  
• Italcarciofi Sun-Dried Tomatoes in Oil, 280g are from the same Puglian producer. They’re intensely sweet and savoury, and easy to chop into pasta, salads and bakes or eat on their own as antipasti.

More information

• Allergens: Contains wheat (gluten) and sulphites. See individual product labels for full ingredients.
  
• Storage: Store in a cool, dry place. Once opened, refrigerate the sauce and jars and keep the antipasti covered in oil.
  
• This gift box will be packed and shipped to withstand the UK mail order system - we have to sacrifice some esthetics to make sure everything arrives in one piece.
• Depending on availability, there may be occasions when we have substitute an item for a different product of equivalent type and value.