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An overhead shot of Italian butter cookies on a star shaped plate covered with chopped nuts and sprinkles. The background is wooden.

Italian Cookies

Italian Butter Cookies (Pasta Frolla Montata)

An overhead shot of a fennel and orange salad on a plate topped with mint leaves and pink peppercorns.

Sides

Sicilian Fennel and Orange Salad

Hot chocolate in a glass mug with ice cream on top and fake snow around.

Christmas

Frangelico Hot Chocolate Affogato

An overhead shot of scallops in their shells with a Nduja garlic butter on top.

Fish & Seafood

Scallops with ‘Nduja Garlic Butter

An overhead shot of mushroom spinach pasta in a blue and white bowl.

Pasta

Mushroom Spinach Pasta with Crispy Guanciale

An overhead shot of a Pumpkin Risotto with a slice of Taleggio cheese and crispy sage on top.

Risotto

Taleggio Pumpkin Risotto with Crispy Sage

An overhead shot of Lasagna Bolognese in a large baking dish.

Pasta

Authentic Lasagna Bolognese (Lasagne alla Bolognese)

A whole tiramisu cheesecake sitting on a wooden board and parchment paper.

Italian Desserts

No Bake Tiramisu Cheesecake

Slices of Italian roast pork on a wooden chopping board with a large knife and lemon at the side.

Mains

Italian Roast Pork Loin (Amalfi Lemon, Fennel & White Wine)

An overhead shot of chicken croquettes in a blue bowl with sprigs of thyme.

Sides

Ricotta Chicken Croquettes

An overhead shot of pizza pinwheels on a wooden board with a basil leaf and glass of wine at the side.

Antipasti

Pizza Pinwheels with Prosciutto and Gorgonzola

An overhead shot of peppered mussels in a blue bowl with fresh parsley and lemon.

Fish & Seafood

Impepata di Cozze (Italian Peppered Mussels)

An Italian pastry called Pasticciotto on a small pink and white plate with pink flowers at the side.

Italian Desserts

Pasticciotti (Italian Cream Filled Pastries)

A select spritz in a glass topped with an olive.

Drinks

Venetian Select Spritz

Veal Milanese (veal cutlet) on a blue plate with lemon wedges at the side.

Mains

Veal Milanese (Cotoletta alla Milanese)

Tuscan sausage pasta with pici in a blue bowl on a light work surface.

Pasta

Easy Tuscan Sausage Pasta

Four Rustici Leccesi (Italian pastries) on a blue plate.

Antipasti

Rustici Leccesi (Tomato and Mozzarella Pastries)

Linguine alle Vongole in a blue bowl with a slice of lemon at the side.

Pasta

Linguine alle Vongole (Pasta with Clams)

Authentic Tuscan Panzanella Salad in a blue patterned bowl with basil around.

Salads

Authentic Tuscan Panzanella Salad

A red wine spritz (prampolini) on a light background with slices of orange, ice and campari at the side.

Drinks

Giostra d’Alcol (Italian Red Wine Spritz)

Two pieces of chicken saltimbocca on a plate on top of cannellini beans.

Mains

Chicken Saltimbocca

Aperol granita in a small glass bowl with a slice of orange at the side sitting on a marble board.

Italian Desserts

Aperol Spritz Granita

A vanilla panna cotta on a plate with a bite out and raspberries at the side.

Italian Desserts

Vanilla Panna Cotta (classic recipe)

Gnocco Fritto (Italian fried dough) on a plate with cheese and prosciutto.

Antipasti

Gnocco Fritto (Italian Fried Dough)

A dome shaped Italian dessert called Zuccotto on a patterned plate with a slice cut out.

Italian Desserts

Zuccotto (Sponge Cake with Ricotta Filling)

A close up of an Italian Pan di Spagna sponge cake with a slice cut out and berries on the top.

Italian Desserts

Pan di Spagna (Italian Sponge Cake)

An overhead shot of a Taleggio and Mushroom Pizza cut into 8 slices.

Pizza

Taleggio Mushroom Pizza

An overhead shot of Nutella cookies on a wooden surface with a ramekin of Nutella at the side and chopped hazelnuts.

Italian Cookies

Italian Nutella Cookies (Nutellotti)

Five Cuccidati cookies on a plate with fake white snow scattered around.

Italian Cookies

Cuccidati (Italian Fig Cookies)

An overhead shot of a large Nduja pizza with burrata cheese and basil cut into 8 slices.

Pizza

Nduja Pizza with Burrata, Parmesan and Basil

Chicken in Puttanesca sauce in a bowl with polenta sitting on a wooden surface.

Mains

Chicken Puttanesca

Three slices of artichoke bruschetta sitting on a wooden serving board with a small ramekin of artichokes beside it.

Antipasti

Artichoke Bruschetta (Quick, Easy & Delicious)

An overhead shot of artichoke pesto in a bowl sitting on a wodden board.

Dips & Pestos

Artichoke Pesto (Quick 5 minute Recipe)

An overhead shot of creamy tomato pasta with Italian sausage in a blue patterned bowl with a serving spoon at the side.

Pasta

Creamy Tomato Pasta with Italian Sausage

An overhead shot of butternut squash ravioli in a white bowl sitting on a wooden serving board.

Fresh Pasta

Butternut Squash Ravioli with Sage and Brown Butter Sauce

An overhead shot of amaretti cookies on a wooden surface some in pink and green wrappers.

Italian Cookies

Soft Amaretti Cookies (Amaretti Morbidi)

An overhead shot of shrimp spaghetti in a rustic bowl sitting on a wooden surface with a glass of white wine at the side.

Pasta

Shrimp Spaghetti with ‘Nduja and Lemon

Two stuffed eggplants on a scalloped edged plate with basil scattered around.

Sides

Italian Stuffed Eggplant (Mozzarella and Tomato)

Chocolate tiramisu in an oval dish sitting on a rustic wooden background with pieces of chocolate at the side

Italian Desserts

Irresistible Chocolate Tiramisu

Orecchiette pasta with a creamy tomato sauce in a rustic ceramic bowl topped with cheese

Pasta

Orecchiette with ‘Nduja Sugo

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