Italian recipes
Italian cooking is all about taking quality ingredients and cooking them simply. Learn from the nation who brought pizza and pasta to our tables and eat like an Italian tonight.
Explore our Italian starter recipes, Italian pastas, and Italian desserts.
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Weekend baking recipes
Maritozzi (Italian cream buns)
A maritozzo is an Italian brioche bun, filled with fluffy vanilla cream. Learn how to perfect this classic with baker Roberto Nitti.
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Christmas gift recipes
Bejewelled festive torrone (Italian nougat)
This version of torrone (Italian nougat) includes pistachios, almonds, dried apricots and candied peel to create a bejewelled festive treat.
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Pear recipes
Beef carpaccio with pickled pear and parmesan mayonnaise
This carpaccio is a masterpiece on the plate, with butter-soft beef, pear, umami-rich mayo and crunchy nuts, A perfect make-ahead starter.
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Venison recipes
Herby venison shank ragù
Having this slow-cooked venison shank ragù in the freezer makes weeknight dishes a doddle. Great with pasta, creamy polenta or mashed potato.
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Pickled recipes
Giardiniera
Giardiniera are crunchy Italian pickles, commonly served in the north as an antipasti, that are incredibly moreish and simple to make.
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Italian dessert recipes
Chocolate budino
With only five ingredients, this creamy Italian pudding – chocolate budino – is incredibly simple but beautifully smooth and indulgent.
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Easy dinner party mains
Classic saltimbocca
Italian saltimbocca sees thin tender slices of veal wrapped in sage leaves and prosciutto and served with a white wine pan sauce.
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Tomato pasta recipes
Pasta pomodoro
Pasta pomodoro is the original – and best – tomato pasta. This recipe is quick and easy but uses a few tricks to really amp up the flavour.
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Italian pasta recipes
Classic pasta puttanesca
One of the most famous classic pasta dishes of all time, pasta puttanesca includes anchovies, garlic, capers, olives and tomatoes.
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Italian dessert recipes
Theo Randall’s torta sacripantina (cherry and raspberry genoise)
Torta sacripantina is a dessert from Liguria. Theo Randall shares his recipe for this genoise cake with cherries, raspberries and zabaione.
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Italian dessert recipes
Theo Randall’s torta barozzi (flourless chocolate, almond and rum cake)
Torta barozzi is a rich and fudgy flourless chocolate cake from Northern Italy. Perfect when you need an easy make-ahead dessert.
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Italian dessert recipes
Theo Randall’s torta della nonna (lemon custard tart with pine nut topping)
Torta della nonna is a lemony custard tart topped with pine nuts, popular across northern Italy. Chef Theo Randall shares his recipe.
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Chicken thigh recipes
Chicken with capers, lemon, chillies and thyme
Give chicken thighs and drumsticks an Italian spin with a citrussy caper, lemon, chilli and thyme marinade. An easy midweek chicken dinner.
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Sea bass recipes
Sea bass with pistachios, pine nuts and sun-dried tomatoes
Top sea bass fillets with a pistachio and sun-dried tomato crumb, and serve with discs of golden potatoes in this healthy dinner recipe.
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Mozzarella recipes
Caponata with buffalo mozzarella
Top the beloved sweet-and-sour vegetable dish caponata with creamy buffalo mozzarella in this delicious recipe from Amber Guinness.
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Cocktail recipes
Bicicletta cocktail
Perfect for aperitivo hour in the garden, a bicicletta cocktail is easy to make. The bitter bite from the Campari is delightfully refreshing.
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