Sea bass with pistachios, pine nuts and sun-dried tomatoes
Looking for a low-fuss, high-flavour way to serve fish? Top sea bass fillets with a simple…
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🍽 Serves 4⏱ 15 min. Oven time 20 min hands-on · 20 min oven◆ Easy
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Caponata with buffalo mozzarella
Top the beloved sweet-and-sour vegetable dish caponata with creamy buffalo mozzarella in this delicious late-summer recipe…
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🍽 Serves 6⏱ 40 min. Oven time 20 min hands-on · 50 min oven◆ Easy
Bicicletta cocktail
Perfect for aperitivo hour in the garden, a bicicletta is as easy to make as riding…
🍽 Serves 1⏱ 5 min hands-on◆ Easy
Best-of-the-best risotto alla milanese
Sunshine-yellow rice, heady with saffron and rich with bone marrow… This simple risotto from Lombardy is…
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🍽 Serves 4⏱ 45 min hands-on◆ Easy
Socca (or farinata) with prawns, chickpeas and peppers
Debora Robertson shares her easy recipe for the Provençal chickpea flatbread, socca, This popular street-food snack…
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🍽 Serves 4-6 as a starter⏱ 25 min hands-on◆ Easy
Sfincione (Sicilian-style focaccia pizza)
Sfincione is a Sicilian-style focaccia pizza. The pillowy base is topped with a rich anchovy, garlic…
🍽 Serves 8⏱ 45 min hands-on · 55 min oven◆ Medium
Focaccia barese (tomato and olive focaccia)
Make a simple yet delicious homemade focaccia, perfect when served alongside a pasta dish or enjoyed…
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🍽 12 servings
Zabaione with hazelnuts and figs
Eggs, sugar and sweet wine are transformed into the silky cloud of loveliness known as the…
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🍽 Serves 4⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Gamberi alla busara (prawns with cherry tomato sauce)
The joy of this dish – a classic of Venetian cuisine – comes in using your…
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🍽 Serves 2 (or 4 with bread or pasta)⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Pomodori col riso (tomatoes stuffed with rice)
This is a classic Roman dish that sees tomatoes stuffed with anchovy, caper and garlic-flavoured risotto…
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🍽 Serves 4⏱ 30 min. Oven time 1 hour hands-on · 1 hour oven◆ Easy
Pomodori alla marchigiana (Le Marche-style baked tomatoes)
These Le Marche-style baked tomatoes are filled with flavour-packed breadcrumbs and baked until crispy. A tasty…
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🍽 Serves 4 as a side⏱ 15 min. Oven time 30 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy
Focaccia di Recco (Recco-style cheesy flatbread)
Focaccia isn’t always pillowy – as this popular Genoese flatbread shows. The no-yeast dough is stretched…
Vegetarian
🍽 Makes 9 slices⏱ 45 min hands-on · 12 min oven◆ Medium
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