EXCLUSIVE: From a little-known ingredient to a one-minute cooking trick, a top chef and restaurant owner shared his tips for elevating pasta

A top chef says Brits are missing a trick by overlooking a rather surprising ingredient in homemade tomato-based sauces. Nima Safaei, trained by chef nutritionist Salvatore Ferrara – who has collaborated with Marco Pierre White and Aldo Zilli – is the owner of Soho hotspot 40 Dean Street, an Italian restaurant and bar.

Sharing his expertise in this cuisine, Nima says cooks should use an unusual ingredient to create a "rich" and flavourful sauce.

Asked whether he believes there is one ingredient that can jazz up any meal, he said: "It’s hard to choose just one! But one that Brits often overlook in Italian cooking is anchovies, but it has to be t

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