Tomato and vegetable sauce
A hearty tomato and vegetable sauce that’s wonderful to stir through pasta or, for meat eaters,…
Vegan
🍽 Serves 4-6⏱ 10 min hands-on · 25 min oven◆ Easy
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Great Italian bakes: master maritozzi (luscious cream-filled buns), torta della nonna (lemon custard tart) and moreish cannoli. Then there’s pillowy focaccia…
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Risi e bisi with parma ham (Italian rice and peas)
Rise e bisi, a wonderfully thick Venetian soup, is laden with peas, grated grana padano and…
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 30 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy
Heirloom cherry tomatoes, burrata and herb pesto pizza
A fresh and light vegetarian pizza topped with heirloom cherry tomatoes, creamy burrata and herby pesto;…
Vegetarian
🍽 Makes enough for 3 pizzas⏱ 15-20 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy
Aubergine milanese with spaghetti
Slices of aubergine are coated in a cheesy panko crumb then fried until golden, and served…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 30 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy
Margherita pizza with chorizo
We’ve topped this margherita pizza with a rich tomato and chorizo ragù for extra fiery flavour.…
🍽 Makes enough for 3 pizzas⏱ 15-20 min hands-on · 1 hour 24 min oven◆ Easy
Courgette and blue cheese pizza
This take on pizza bianco omits the tomato sauce completely and combines blue cheese, buffalo mozzarella…
Vegetarian
🍽 Makes 3 pizzas⏱ 15-20 min hands-on · 24 min oven◆ Easy
Basic pizza dough recipe
Before you rush to buy a ready-made version, we urge you to try making your own…
🍽 Enough for 9 x 30cm pizza bases⏱ 50 min hands-on◆ Easy
Broccoli and walnut panzanella
This vegetarian panzanella salad is a brilliant way of using up leftover bread and nuts. Swap…
Dairy-freeVegetarian
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 20 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy
Spring prawn, pea and mint risotto
⏱ 45-50 min hands-on◆ Easy
Surf and turf pasta
This 15-minute surf and turf pasta recipe makes a summery dinner for one. Combine smoky, spicy…
🍽 Serves 1⏱ 15 min hands-on · 15 min oven◆ Easy
Focaccia pugliese with fresh tomatoes
This gorgeous focaccia pugliese recipe is brought to you by Italian food blogger Chiara Lancia. The…
🍽 Serves 8-12⏱ 30 min hands-on · 45 min oven◆ Easy
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