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Authentic Roman pasta with crispy guanciale, egg yolk, Pecorino Romano and black pepper — no cream, ever.
Crispy charred crust, San Marzano tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella and basil — the pizza that started it all.
Velvety Arborio rice cooked to perfection with porcini mushrooms, white wine and Parmesan.
Layer upon layer of slow-cooked meat ragù, silky béchamel and fresh pasta sheets — Italy's ultimate Sunday dish.
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Rich, slow-cooked Bolognese meat sauce with beef, pork, soffritto, wine and milk — served with spaghetti. This authentic spaghetti Bolognese recipe is the world's most popular pasta dish, made properly from scratch.

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Pillowy, olive oil-rich Ligurian flatbread with a crispy bottom crust, dimpled top and flaky sea salt — no kneading required.
Silky-smooth Italian cream dessert set with just enough gelatine to tremble on the spoon — served with fresh berry coulis.

Italian-style salad of cannellini beans, tuna, and fresh herbs.

Hearty plant-based Bolognese sauce made with green lentils.

Classic Roman pasta with garlic, olive oil, and chili flakes.

Fresh tomato, mozzarella, and basil drizzled with olive oil.

Toasted garlic bread topped with fresh tomato, basil, and olive oil.

Keto carbonara with zucchini noodles, crispy pancetta, and egg.

The real Roman carbonara — silky egg and Pecorino Romano sauce, crispy guanciale, no cream ever. A masterclass in technique over ingredients.

The original layered pasta from Bologna — slow-cooked beef ragù, creamy béchamel and wide egg pasta sheets baked until golden and bubbling.

Milan's golden risotto tinted and perfumed with saffron — creamy, buttery and deeply savoury, the classic partner to ossobuco.

The real Italian tiramisù — espresso-soaked savoiardi, mascarpone-egg cream, cocoa dusting and nothing artificial. Rich, light and impossible to stop eating.

The original Neapolitan pizza — thin char-blistered crust, San Marzano tomato, fior di latte mozzarella and fresh basil. Simple perfection.

Sicily's iconic golden fried rice balls stuffed with ragù, peas and melting mozzarella — crispy outside, rich and gooey inside.

Italy's most elegant simple dessert — just-set cream perfumed with vanilla, served with berry coulis or caramel. Silky, wobbly and effortlessly impressive.

Genoa's famous olive oil flatbread — dimpled, pillowy, generously oiled and scattered with sea salt. The definitive focaccia.

Rome's other great pasta — smoky guanciale, San Marzano tomatoes, Pecorino Romano and a pinch of chilli. Bold, simple and deeply satisfying.

Pillowy homemade potato gnocchi tossed in browned sage butter — one of Italy's most comforting and elegant pasta dishes.

Genoa's bright green basil sauce made by hand in a mortar — fresh basil, Ligurian olive oil, pine nuts, Parmesan and Pecorino. No cooking required.

Sicily's addictive sweet-and-sour aubergine relish with olives, capers, celery and tomato — equally delicious warm, at room temperature or cold.

One of Rome's most famous secondi — thin veal escalopes wrapped in prosciutto and sage, pan-fried and finished with white wine butter sauce.

The ultimate Italian coffee dessert — layers of espresso-soaked ladyfingers and whipped mascarpone cream, dusted with bittersweet cocoa.

Meltingly tender braised veal shanks in a rich saffron-scented tomato broth, finished with bright, herby gremolata — the pride of Milan.
Italy's most beloved dessert — espresso-soaked savoiardi layered with a cloud-light mascarpone cream, dusted with bitter cocoa.
Sicily's iconic fried pastry shells filled with sweetened ricotta cream, studded with chocolate chips and candied orange peel.
Rome's iconic pasta of cheese and pepper — three ingredients, demanding perfect technique for an impossibly creamy sauce.
A thick, deeply nourishing Tuscan soup of cannellini beans, cavolo nero and stale bread — better on day two when 'reboiled'.
Braised veal shanks in white wine, tomatoes and gremolata, served on saffron risotto — Milan's most celebrated dish.
Cold sliced veal blanketed in a silky tuna, caper and anchovy mayonnaise — a Piedmontese masterpiece of unlikely flavour harmony.

Roman pasta with Pecorino Romano cheese and black pepper, nothing else

Creamy saffron-infused rice from Lombardy with Parmesan and butter

Sicilian fried rice balls with ragù, peas, and mozzarella filling

Braised veal shanks in tomato and white wine sauce with gremolata

Hand-rolled meat tortellini in a rich Parmigiano-Reggiano cream — an homage to Massimo Bottura's deep love for Modenese tradition.

Carnaroli rice slowly stirred with porcini, chanterelles and Parmigiano — Antonio Carluccio's beloved 'MOF MOF' philosophy in one bowl.

Carnaroli risotto finished with aged Parmigiano-Reggiano, Pecorino, abundant cracked pepper and a few drops of traditional Modenese balsamic.

Spaghetti, tomatoes, garlic, basil and olive oil cooked in a single pot — pasta water becomes the sauce in 12 minutes flat.

Bell peppers stuffed with seasoned ground beef, rice, tomato and Parmigiano — a complete one-dish dinner from a single tray.

Roman veal cutlets with prosciutto, sage, and white wine — three ingredients, perfect harmony.

Sicilian pasta with eggplant, tomatoes, basil, and salty ricotta — Mediterranean summer in a plate.

Cold sliced veal with creamy tuna sauce and capers — Piedmont's elegant summer antipasto.

Sardinian pasta with grated cured mullet roe, garlic, and olive oil — five ingredients, oceanic intensity.

Roman semolina dumplings — discs of cooked semolina layered with butter and Parmesan, baked until golden.
Pillowy Italian potato dumplings — the technique demands patience but the result is what Italian grandmothers have made for 400 years.
Rome's signature pasta — guanciale, eggs, Pecorino Romano, black pepper. No cream. Ever.

Catania's classic Sicilian pasta: rigatoni in a tomato-basil sauce with fried aubergine and a generous blanket of salted ricotta salata.