Episode 1
Italian Food Safari opens with a celebration of the wood-fired oven, which many Italians constructed in their backyards when they arrived in Australia.
Recipes
Ricotta filled cannoli (cannoli di ricotta)
Spaghetti with baby clams (spaghetti alle vongole)
Featured
Grossi Florentino
80 Bourke St, Melbourne, VIC 3000
(03) 9662 1811
Joseph Olive Oil
Primo Estate
McMurtrie Road, McLaren Vale, SA 5171
(08) 8323 6850
A Tavola
Eugenio Maiale
348 Victoria St, Darlinghurst. NSW 2010
(02) 9331 7871
Episode 2
Italian Food Safari goes to Fremantle to join the last sardine fisherman on the Western Australia coast, the charming Jim Mendolia who supplies the fresh fish market.
Recipes
Stuffed sardines (sarde alla beccafico)
Orecchiette with broccoli rabe (orecchiette con cime di rapa)
Stuffed roasted duck (anatra arrosto ripiena)
Featured
Fremantle Sardine Company
Jim Mendolia
PO Box 4165, Myaree BC,
WA 6960
Journal Canteen
Rosa Mitchell
Mezzanine, 253 Flinders La, Melbourne, VIC 3000
(03) 9650 4399
L’Abruzzese Pasta
Carmelo and Andrew Baldino30 Barnett Ave, Glynde SA 5070
(08) 8336 3006
Simone's Restaurant
Patrizia Simone
98 Gavan Street, Bright, VIC 3741
(03) 5755 2266
Episode 3
Italian Food Safari focuses on the glorious tomato, with presenter Guy Grossi joining tomato grower John Monigatti on Echuca's black soil plains during harvest.
Recipes
Mutton stew with fregola (pecora in cappotto con fregola)
Eggplant parmigiana (parmigiana di melanzane)
Featured
Rich River Tomatoes
Paul Monigatti
RMB 4060 O'Dea Rd, Strathallan, VIC 3622
Zappia Bros
Steve Zappia
Market 'B' No 186-188, Sydney Markets, NSW 2129
Rosa Mato
Sardinian
Pietro Porcu
Da Noi, 95 Toorak Rd, South Yarra, VIC 3141
Tea rooms at Yarck
6585 Maroondah Hwy, Yarck, VIC 3141
Giovanni Pilu
Episode 4
Guy Grossi visits dedicated Melbourne artisan baker Daniel Chirico and tastes bread straight from the oven, drizzled with olive oil.
Recipes
Veal osso buco with anchovy gremolata
Pappardelle with forest mushrooms (pappardelle con funghi di bosco)
Featured
Baker D. Chirico
149 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, VIC 3182
(03) 9534 7799, (03) 9534 3777
White Rocks Veal
Vince Garreffa
Mondo di Carne
824 Beaufort St, Ingelwood, WA 6052
Nino Zoccali
Pendolino
Shop 100, Level 2, The Strand Arcade
412-414 George St, Sydney, NSW 2000
Wild Mushrooms
Aron Michielli
Biricchino
315 Montague St, Albert Park, VIC 3206
(03) 9696 0117
Episode 5
Italian Food Safari goes to the far western end of Australia to visit the crayfishermen of the stunning Abrolhos Islands off Geraldton.
Recipes
Gnocchi with crayfish (gnocchi con astice)
Stuffed artichokes (carciofo alla romana)
Featured
Esposito Seafood Dining
Maurice Esposito
162 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC 3053
(03) 9347 9838
Pizze e fichi
Alessandro D'Auria
321 High St, Kew, VIC 3101
(03) 9853 5155
Green Crop Products (artichokes)
915 Duncans Rd, Werribee South, VIC 3030
(03) 8742 0011
Gelatomassi
Ciccio & Salvatore La Rosa
262 King St, Newtown, NSW 2042
(02) 9516 0655
Episode 6
Italian Food Safari presenter Guy Grossi meets passionate gardeners Lina and Antonio Siciliano who have created a huge vegetable and herb garden in Melbourne's suburbs.
Spaghetti with potato and cavolo nero
Fried potato, peppers and eggplant (patate, pepe e melanzane fritti)
Pasta and beans (pasta e fagioli)
Zucchini flower fritters (fritelli di fiore di zucchini)
Featured
Rose Creek Estate
Lina and Antonio Siciliano
2 Craig St, East Keilor, VIC 3033
(03) 9337 5471
San Marino Smallgoods
203 Hanson Road, Athol Park, SA
Buon Ricordo
108 Boundary St, Paddington, NSW 2021
(02) 9360 6729
That's amore cheese
Giorgio Linguanti
327 Settlement Rd, Thomastown, VIC 3074
(03) 9408 0598
Episode 7
Italian Food Safari joins professional rock fisherman Alex Bellissimo from Rock and Beach Charters at dawn to learn why so many Italians are drawn to the sea to fish for dinner.
Recipes
Baked snapper with parsley, chilli and oregano
Featured
Bellissimo Charters (fishing)
Alex Bellissimo
0408 283616
Donovans
Robert Castellani
40 Jacka Bld, St Kilda, VIC 3182
Cucina Italiana Cooking School
Luciana Sampogna
84 Johnston St, Annandale, NSW 2038
Pizzini Wines
175 King Valley Rd, Whitfield, VIC 3678
Episode 8
Italian Food safari visits Mario Mammone and his family who own large citrus orchards in the fruit bowl of Australia outside Mildura – they came to pick oranges and now own the farm.
Recipes
Featured
Orange WorldMario Mammone
Silver City Hwy, Buronga, NSW 2541
(03) 5023 5197
Mason Bros. Vegetable FarmsAmadeo Mason
1 Masons La, Werribee South, VIC 3030
(03) 9742 168
masonbrosvegetablefarms.com.au
Porchetta
Tony Marino
52 Gouger St, Adelaide, SA 5000
(08) 8231 2565
Stefano’s Restaurant
Stefano de Pieri
Quality Hotel Mildura Grand, Langtree Ave, Mildura
(03) 5023 0511
Episode 9
This episode of Italian Food Safari celebrates the tradition of preserving the best in season.
Recipes
Trenette with pesto, potato and green beans
Featured
SartiRicardo Momesso
6 Russell Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000
(03) 9639 7822
Lucio's
Lucio Galletto
47 Windsor St, Paddignton, NSW 2021
(02) 9380 5996
(02) 2 9361 0219
Sfogliatelle
Claudio Ferraro
Episode 10
Italian Food Safari discovers an Italian breed of cattle called Chianina now being reared in Australia by Daniela Mollica, who brought the Slow Food movement to Melbourne.
Recipes
Ravioli of potato and ricotta with speck and cavolo nero
Florentine t-bone steak (bistrecca alla fiorentina)
Featured
Vini (ravioli)
Andrew Cibej
3/118 Devonshire St, Surry Hills, NSW 2010
(02) 9698 5131
Dolcetti (nougat)
Marianna Di Bartolo
223 Victoria St, West Melbourne, VIC 3003
(03) 9328 1688
Chianina
Daniela Mollica
Dolce Vita Fine Foods
45 President Ave, Kogarah, NSW 2217
(02) 9587 4818
Episode 11
Presenter Guy Grossi goes hunting with his chef friend Daniel Airo-Farula in the wintry hills of Bulla, later cooking up a marvelous Sicilian style sweet and rabbit dish.
Recipes
Prosecco pannacotta (pannacotta al prosecco)
Quail, porcini and chestnut involtini
Featured
The Beresford
Danny Russo
354 Bourke St, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010
(02) 9357 1111
Bells At Killcare
Stefano Manfredi
107 The Scenic Rd, Killcare Heights
(02) 4360 2411
Enoteca Vino Bar
Adelina Pulford
920 Lygon St, Carlton North, VIC 3054
Di Lorenzo Caffe
2/18 Hickson Rd, Walsh Bay, NSW 2000
(02) 9251 4009
GS Roasting
Unit 3, 32 Lillian Fowler Pl, Marrickville, NSW 2204
Episode 12
Italian Food Safari savours the seafood introduced to us by Italians – the squid that was once used as bait and is now a delicacy.
Sicilian black spaghetti (spaghetti nera)
Risotto with sausage, red wine and peas
Salt-cod paste (baccala mantecato)
Featured
Beppi's
Beppi Polese
21 Yurong St, East Sydney, NSW 2010
Largo Butchers
Roger Ongarato
411 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, VIC 3065
(03) 9417 2689
Ormeggio
Alessandro Pavoni
D'Albora Marina, The Spit
Il Piave (crostoli)
Vanessa Martin639 Darling St, Rozelle
(02) 9810 6204
Episode 13
In this final episode, Italian Food Safari visits the Vanella Cheese Factory in Far North Queensland and presenter Guy Grossi learns how buffalo mozzarella is made.
Recipes
Featured
Vanella Cheese Factory
18 Hollingsworth St, Portsmith, QLD 4870
Icebergs Dining Room
Robert Marchetti
1 Notts Ave, Bondi Beach, NSW
(02) 9365 9000
Online excluive recipes
Braised mussels with tomato, chilli and olives (cozze alla Siciliana)
Veal with tuna sauce (vitella tonnato)
Slow-cooked tripe with pine nuts and sultanas
Taglierini with porcini mushrooms (taglierin con porcini)
Egg soup (stracciatella alla romano)
Spaghetti with garlic and olive oil (spaghetti aglio e olio)
Praline semifreddo (semifreddo croccante)
Pasta with sausage and mushroom (pasta con salsicca e funghi)
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