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Italian recipes

Italian is frequently ranked as the UK’s favourite cuisine. Make traditional pizza, pasta, desserts and more with our authentic recipes.

Crowdpleasing favourites including pasta puttanesca, tiramisu, traditional spaghetti and meatballs, our best-ever lasagne and chicken picccata.
Regional specialities such as risotto milaneseSicilian almond granita, Florentine steak and Tuscan panzanella. Our Italian food guide has recipes from all 20 regions, so you can eat your way across the country.
Favourite Italian cocktails: stir up an easy Aperol spritz, negroni sbagliato or hugo spritz this weekend. You could even make your own limoncello
Love pizza? Get to grips with your pizza oven with our expert guide and keep this basic dough recipe to hand. No pizza oven? No problem. Our frying pan pizza method is a winner.
Great Italian bakes: master maritozzi (luscious cream-filled buns), torta della nonna (lemon custard tart) and moreish cannoli. Then there’s pillowy focaccia…

Explore our Italian starter recipes, Italian pastas and Italian desserts.

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Raspberry cream maritozzi buns

Maritozzi, delightful enriched-dough buns from Italy, are as light as a cloud. We’ve filled them with…

Vegetarian
🍽 Makes 10 buns⏱ 1 hour hands-on · 20 min oven◆ Easy

Italian sea bass with tomato sauce

Cooking whole fish needn’t be scary! This Italian whole sea bass recipe comes from Giovann Attard,…

🍽 Serves 2⏱ 20 min hands-on · 1 hour 5 min oven◆ Easy

Limoncello spritz

Limoncello spritz is a zippy, lemony livener from Salvi’s in Manchester. Mix limoncello, Prosecco and soda…

Dairy-freeGluten-free
🍽 Makes 1⏱ 5 min hands-on◆ Easy

Lemon pasta

Pasta al limone is a classic Italian storecupboard dinner. The key players are anchovies, olives, lemons…

🍽 Serves 2-3⏱ 15 min hands-on◆ Easy

Smoky aubergine pasta

This take on Sicily’s aubergine pasta sauce (pasta alla Norma) uses some of the traditional ingredients,…

Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 40 minutes hands-on◆ Easy

Leek risotto with kale pesto and crispy prosciutto

Elevate homemade leek risotto into a restaurant-worthy dish with kale pesto and crispy prosciutto. This comforting…

Gluten-free
🍽 Serves 6⏱ 30 min. Simmering time 20-30 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy

Chicken and ricotta meatballs

Chicken and ricotta meatballs simmered in rich tomato sauce makes for a delicious midweek dinner. Serve…

🍽 Serves 4⏱ 25 min. Oven time 20 min hands-on · 20 min oven◆ Easy

Gennaro Contaldo’s limoncello

Gennaro Contaldo shares his recipe for traditional limoncello, made with the zest of Amalfi lemons. Serve…

Dairy-freeGluten-free
🍽 Makes Around 1.25 litres⏱ 30 min hands-on◆ Easy

Slow-cooked chicken puttanesca

Cook chicken puttanesca low and slow for an easy dinner with bold flavours. Batch cook and…

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🍽 Serves 4⏱ 25 min hands-on · 1 hour 15 min oven◆ Easy

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