Tortellino

Simple, affordable Italian and Sicilian home cooking, told through the stories behind the food. New films every Wednesday and Saturday at 3pm UK.

I am Francesco, and here I am Tortellino. Welcome to TortellinoTime. A CFO by profession and a Sicilian cook by heritage, I cook the dishes I grew up with, many handed down in my family, using ordinary ingredients, garden vegetables and a kitchen that wastes nothing. The thread through it all is Food That Looks After You: meals that nourish you, cost little and taste of home.

Some of life’s greatest pleasures are also the simplest. Cooking from scratch. Sharing it with family or friends. Growing a few vegetables. Taking the time to enjoy the present instead of rushing through it.

As I cook, I share the stories and memories that happen in an ordinary kitchen, because food is never just what is on the plate.

This is not a channel about perfection. It is about real food, real conversations and making the most of the time we have.

Francesco