Stir in the oregano, chilli flakes, nutmeg and a pinch of salt and pepper.
The plant is closely related to oregano and marjoram.
Pizza, dish of Italian origin consisting of a flattened disk of bread dough topped with some combination of olive oil, oregano, tomato, olives, mozzarella or other cheese, and many other ingredients, baked quickly usually, in a commercial setting, using a wood-fired oven heated to a very high temperature and served hot.
Culinary varieties, such as Greek or Italian oregano, have a strong aroma and a warm pungent taste.
The wild flowers were just as striking: great fat bunches of purply-pink wild marjoram – that's the oregano you get on your pizza – often growing next to another herb, cream-coloured wood sage, with colour flashes everywhere on the bare stony earth, from the intense blues of scabious (pale) and viper's bugloss (dark) to the egg-yolk yellow of mullein.
The little shop people look at her in a funny way and offer her jars of dried oregano.
Lunch on the run Order an authentic pizza marinara (with tomato, garlic and oregano) or a pizza Margherita (with mozzarella, tomato and basil) at tiny Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba (15), at via Port'Alba 18 (00 39 081 459713; closed Monday and Tuesday).
Add the thyme, oregano and bay leaves and cook for around 1 minute.
4 veal cutlets weighing about 250-300g each 2 heads of Treviso 1tsp chopped fresh thyme or oregano leaves 4-5tbsp oilve oil 1tbsp vincotto or balsamic vinegar Salt and freshly ground black pepper Quarter the Treviso, remove the root and separate the leaves.
To vary this pizza bianco, try adding a little freshly chopped oregano or rosemary over it before cooking, or you could even shave a bit of truffle over the top to make it more luxurious.
Add the peppercorns, garlic, ground cumin, oregano, bay leaves and jalapeños, and cook over a low heat for two minutes, then increase the heat, add the onion slices and vinegar and bring to the boil.
