Italian savoury pancakes (soffiatini)
These savoury pancakes from food writer Ursula Ferrigno hail from southern Italy, where they’re known as…
🍽 Makes 6⏱ 1 hour. Oven time 12 min hands-on · 12 min oven◆ Easy
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Grilled peaches with burrata, basil and courgette shavings
You can’t not be happy when eating this… Grilled peaches with burrata, courgette and lemon makes…
Gluten-freeVegetarian
🍽 Serves 6 as a side⏱ 15 min hands-on◆ Easy
Italian nectarine and almond tart
This golden nectarine and almond tart from food writer Ursula Ferrigno makes a perfect summer dessert.…
🍽 Serves 6-8⏱ 20 min hands-on · 45 min oven◆ Easy
Puttanesca focaccia
Ligurian focaccia collides head-on with Neapolitan puttanesca in this incredible loaf. Our light and pillowy focaccia…
Dairy-freeFreezable
🍽 Serves 10⏱ 55 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy
Crab and courgette pasta
Grating courgettes into pasta allows them to retain their fresh flavour while melting into a sauce,…
Dairy-free
🍽 Serves 2⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Runner beans with pesto, roast cherry tomatoes and lemon ricotta
The colourful Italian combo of tomatoes, pesto and cheese is joined by a beautiful tangle of…
Gluten-freeVegetarian
🍽 Serves 4 (or 8 as a side)⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Best pesto pasta
As far removed from any jarred pesto as you can get, this is the pesto pasta…
🍽 Serves 2⏱ 25 min hands-on◆ Easy
Peach caprese salad
The fruit amplifies the saltiness of the cheese and the sweetness of the tomatoes, with avocado…
Gluten-freeVegetarian
🍽 2 servings
Semi-dried tomatoes
Even though we don’t have the weather to dry tomatoes in the sun like they do…
Dairy-freeGluten-free
🍽 Serves 4-6 ⏱ 15 min. Oven time 2-3 hours hands-on · 3 hours oven◆ Easy
Strawberry spritz
Our strawberry scorcher is based on a Bicicletta, an Italian spritz containing Campari, white wine and…
Dairy-freeGluten-free
🍽 Serves 1⏱ 5 min hands-on◆ Easy
Olive oil ice cream
Different olive oils offer up a surprisingly vast range of flavours, and if you get one…
FreezableGluten-free
🍽 Makes about 1 litre (serves 8-10)⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Raspberry cheesecake ice cream
Just one scoop of this raspberry cheesecake ice cream will transport you to Italy. A rippled…
FreezableVegetarian
🍽 Makes about 1 litre (enough to serve 8-10)⏱ 1 hour hands-on◆ Easy
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