Tapenade pappardelle with ricotta
A quick and easy pasta dish for two that’s ready in just 15 minutes. Whizz up…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 2⏱ 5 min hands-on · 10 min oven◆ Easy
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Brown butter caramel and rye bread gelato
Celebrate your love for the frozen stuff with our Italian-style gelato recipe, made with a decadent…
🍽 Serves 10 (Makes about 1.5 litres)⏱ 45 min hands-on◆ Easy
Caesar tagliatelle
Tagliatelle is stirred through a creamy Caesar dressing in this quick and easy pasta dish. Salty…
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 15 min hands-on◆ Easy
Quick vegetable minestrone
A fresh, vibrant bowl of goodness that’s ready in just 20 minutes. And it contains two…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Meatball and taleggio subs
Make a big batch of our meatballs in tomato sauce and use the second half to…
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Classic meatballs in tomato sauce
A proper pot of spiced meatballs cooked in a rich tomato sauce. They make a fabulous…
Gluten-free
🍽 Serves 8 (2 meals for 4 people)⏱ 35 min hands-on◆ Easy
Tomato and burrata salad with basil oil
The beauty of Italian cooking lies in its simplicity and use of quality ingredients; this burrata…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 6⏱ 15 min hands-on · 45 min oven◆ Easy
Mushroom tagliatelle alfredo with chicken milanese
You could easily serve this creamy mushroom alfredo dish as a speedy midweek dinner. Or, if…
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 50 min hands-on · 50 min oven◆ Medium
Cheesy potato frittata with radicchio, salami and olive salad
This cheese and potato frittata makes a fabulous lunch served with the radicchio salad. And it’s…
🍽 Serves 6⏱ 35 min hands-on◆ Easy
Cavatelli with crab, lemon and chilli sauce
Cavatelli pasta can be a little fiddly to make, but is easy once you know how.…
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 35 min hands-on◆ Easy
Aubergine al forno with ’nduja
Aubergines are cooked in a rich tomato sauce and layered between plenty of mozzarella in this…
Gluten-free
🍽 Serves 6⏱ 30 min hands-on◆ Easy
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