Savoury strudel Here's a simple and tasty recipe we'd like to share with you for the festive season. You can quickly prepare this delicious dish as an appetizer or as a savoury alternative, with cakes and biscuits, to accompany a warm afternoon tea with friends. It takes around 15 to 20 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook. Ingredients For a serving of four to six people you will need: Rectangular puff pastry (a packet of 230/250 grams) 8 or 9 walnuts (from Sorrento idea

Dating back to the 16th Century, Casalone used to be one of many farmhouses that belonged to the Montefioralle estate. There are several interesting and unusual features for visitors to explore. A family of farm workers would have shared the house with their livestock, living on the top floor while the animals occupied the ground floor. Over 30 years ago the previous owner bought the property and renovated it, the livestock having to make way for human habitation. One of the

When we bought Casalone there was a lot of work to do on the house and grounds but a priority – of course! – had to be the installation of a pool to make the hot summer days more fun and cooling. We had two big decisions to make. Firstly, where to put it and secondly, what to do with all the stone and earth that would be dug out. Our preference was reuse everything on the property rather than have it carted off elsewhere, and everything did end up being kept on site. We used

We don’t have any fencing around the perimeter of our property, which is in keeping with the local custom, although increasingly fences are appearing. Wild animals are free to roam and we’ve seen many boar, deer, porcupine, hedgehogs and foxes around. Well I say free to roam, but we’d prefer that the boar stay off the lawn between the house and the pool, so we do have an electric fence surrounding that area. It’s not unsightly, is removable and has acted as a good deterrent,