CARTOCCIO RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat a grill on medium-high to high heat.
• Tear 2 squares of heavy-duty aluminum foil, approximately 20 by 20 inches, and lay them side by side and flat on a work surface. Divide the potatoes and layer them evenly on each piece of foil with the pancetta, sage, salt and pepper. Fold up the sides slightly to form a bowl shape. Drizzle with the olive oil (about 2 tablespoon per pouch). Secure the tops of the pouches by folding over the foil to seal in the steam and keep the olive oil from leaking out. 
• Cook on the shelf of the grill for 20 minutes, or over direct heat for 10 minutes and indirect heat (with half of the burners ignited on the grill or coals pushed to one side) for another 10 minutes. When done, the potatoes should be tender and cooked through, with some of them beginning to caramelize on the bottom of the pouch. 
• Being careful of the steam inside the pouch, open the pouch and transfer to a serving vessel--or serve from the aluminum foil.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C.
• Heat the oil in a sauce pan and add the whole garlic. Sauté the garlic until it is browned. Discard the garlic and retain the oil.
• Add the tomatoes to the oil (they will spit, so stand back) and cook gently for 20 mins until broken down.
• Add the chilli to the tomatoes and blitz the mixture in a blender until smooth.
• Pour the blended tomatoes back into the pan and simmer for a further 20 mins. This thick liquid will spatter a bit, so keep the heat low.
• Meanwhile, cook 400g of spaghetti in rolling, salted water until al dente (about 10 mins).
• Add the olives and half the parsley to the tomatoes, and stir the sauce into the spaghetti, coating thoroughly.
• Place a portion of the spaghetti onto each of four large cut squares of baking paper. The olives always seem to get left behind in the pan, so share these between the portions too. Gather up the edges of the baking paper and twist together to make loosely sealed packets (these are the 'cartoccio,' or 'cartouche' as the French call them).
• Place the cartoccio on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 7 mins.
• Serve the cartoccio sealed in bowls and let your family or guests open their own little packets of joy and add their parsley and parmesan to garnish.