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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 milanese, Sicilian 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…

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Baked gnocchi with gorgonzola, spinach and walnuts

This quick, easy and comforting gnocchi recipe, made with blue cheese and plenty of parmesan, takes…

Vegetarian

🍽 Serves 2-3⏱ 15 min oven◆ Easy

This fegato alla Venezia recipe is a classic Italian calves’ liver dish, best served with creamy…

🍽 Serves 4◆ Easy

Sunday morning brunch just got a bit more sophisticated with this quick sausage and sun-dried tomato…

🍽 Serves 2◆ Easy

Sausage and chicken liver pair well in this deliciously rich Italian recipe that will satisfy the…

🍽 Makes 2 meals, each serving 4-6⏱ 50 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy

This fresh and flavourful pea and mint risotto with scallops is bound to impress.

🍽 Serves 6⏱ 10 min hands-on · 25 min oven◆ Easy

This rustic yet sophisticated seafood stew recipe will be a winner with family and dinner party…

🍽 Serves 6◆ Easy

A quick, light and healthy pasta recipe that’s easy to make and, with the combination of…

Dairy-free

🍽 Serves 4◆ Easy

This ham and grilled artichoke calzone is a heartier version of a pizza.

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This quick vegetarian pasta recipe uses ingredients that make a smart alternative to a jar of…

🍽 Serves 2◆ Easy

These crunchy Italian biscotti are sweet and nutty but with a savoury edge from a touch…

🍽 Serves 4⏱ 5 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy

Try this simple autumnal salad recipe made with filling farro, ripe plum tomatoes and button mushrooms…

Vegetarian

🍽 Serves 4◆ Easy

This cheesy tart recipe has a luxuriously creamy filling and deliciously nutty pastry. Serve with a…

🍽 Serves 6◆ Medium

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