Dessert
Dessert15 mins
Granita Siciliana
Sicily. It is famous for being more textured and intensely flavoured than an ordinary ice drink while remaining lighter…
Italian favourites
A curated Food Glory collection for Italian favourites, with practical recipes chosen for dependable home cooking.
Italian favourites
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Dessert
Main
Main20 mins
Carbonara
Rome and Lazio. Carbonara is famous for its luxurious texture created from eggs and cheese rather than a cream sauce.
Starter
Starter25 mins
Caprese Salad
The island of Capri and Campania. Caprese salad is famous for achieving balance without a cooked sauce: sweet-acid toma…
Starter
Starter25 mins
Carpaccio
Venice, Veneto. Carpaccio became famous for turning paper-thin raw beef into an elegant first course.
Main
Main25 mins
Risotto
Northern Italy, especially Lombardy and Veneto. Risotto is famous for a texture that is creamy without needing large qu…
Starter
Starter30 mins
Panzanella
Tuscany and central Italy. Its appeal lies in transformation: firm day-old bread absorbs tomato juices, vinegar and oli…
Main
Main35 mins
Cacio e Pepe
Rome and Lazio. It is famous because the ingredient list is extremely short but the technique is unforgiving.
Main
Main35 mins
Lemon Chicken Pasta
A modern Italian-inspired pasta rather than a single historic regional classic. Its popularity comes from the balance b…
Main
Main35 mins
Trofie al Pesto Genovese
Genoa and Liguria. It is famous for the perfume of fresh basil and the creamy-looking emulsion produced without cooking…
Dessert
Dessert40 mins
Tiramisu
Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, with origins disputed. It is famous for the contrast between coffee-soaked biscuits a…
Main
Main45 mins
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina
Sorrento and Campania. It is famous for delivering the flavours of Campania in a particularly comforting form: soft gno…
Main
Main1h
Polenta con Funghi
Northern Italy and Alpine regions. The dish is famous for comfort and contrast: soft, creamy polenta provides a mild ca…
Dessert
Dessert1h 5m
Crostata di Marmellata
Home kitchens throughout Italy. It is famous for being simple, recognisable and adaptable: a buttery, crumbly pastry fr…
Starter
Starter1h 15m
Bruschetta
Central Italy, with variations throughout the country. Bruschetta is famous because a few ingredients create a vivid co…
Main
Main1h 20m
Pasta e Fagioli
Many Italian regions, with strong local variations. It is famous as cucina povera that feels genuinely substantial.
Dessert
Dessert1h 30m
Cannoli
Sicily. Cannoli are famous for textural contrast: a brittle, blistered shell surrounds a creamy ricotta filling that ma…
Main
Main2h 20m
Bolognese
Bologna and Emilia-Romagna. It is famous for depth created through patient cooking: browned meat, soffritto and gentle…
Starter
Starter2h 30m
Focaccia
Liguria and other parts of northern and central Italy. Focaccia is loved for the contrast between a lightly crisp, oil-…
Dessert
Dessert4h 20m
Panna Cotta
Piedmont, northern Italy. The dessert is famous for its clean dairy flavour and delicate wobble.
Dessert
Dessert20 mins
Zabaglione
Northern Italy, especially Piedmont. It is famous for turning three ingredients into a warm, airy foam with remarkable…
Main
Main25 mins
Pasta alla Gricia
Rome and Lazio. It is famous for showing how rendered pork fat and starchy pasta water can form a sauce with grated che…
Main
Main27 mins
Saltimbocca alla Romana
Rome and Lazio. It is famous because three strong ingredients work in a compact preparation: tender veal, salty prosciu…
Starter
Starter35 mins
Fiori di Zucca Ripieni
Central and southern Italy, especially Rome and Campania. They are famous for their fragile crispness: a thin batter sh…
Main
Main35 mins
Spaghetti alle Vongole
Campania and the coastal south, especially Naples. It is famous for tasting intensely of the sea while remaining light.