Two recipes from the Italian South

Orecchiette con le cime di rapa and pizza di scarola, two recipes that tick all the boxes for Lent.

My grandfather Biagio was from the Italian South, from Basilicata, a tiny region in between Campania and Puglia. The food there has a marked southern accent - lots of seasonal vegetables, garlic and extra virgin olive oil, good bread, chilli pepper, dried oregano - and I think I must have a strong liking for it in my DNA. Whenever I stumble upon a reci…