Mixed Shellfish

This antipasto is served in just about every coastal restaurant in Italy, where the local seafood is very fresh indeed. The shellfish are cooked just long enough to open and release their juices into the pan, giving this dish a real flavour of the sea. Combined with the oil and wine, the juice is so delicious that you will want to mop it all up from your plate with a piece of bread.

Sea dates and sea truffles are considered real delicacies in Italy but are hard to find elsewh