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Cook like Silvia Colloca alongside her brand-new series on SBS Food (Ch33).

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Prepare like an Italian: How to cook with feel

Italian on the menu? Swap recipes and measuring cups for a playful, hands-on approach.
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Episode guide | Cook like an Italian with Silvia Colloca

Food writer and passionate home cook Silvia Colloca feels most Italian when she is in her kitchen. Catch her brand-new show, 8:30pm Wednesdays from 8 January on...
Italian

Apple, mascarpone and cinnamon cake

The mascarpone gives the cake a creamy density and moistness and a beautiful zest when mixed with the lemon.
Italian

Nonna Irene’s sausage stew with soft polenta

If it's an Italian nona's recipe, you know that it shall be three things: delicious; comforting and served in a quantity that far exceeds the capacity of ones...
Italian

Pizzelle

I like these served simply with a dust of icing sugar but they’re also perfect topped with a dollop of mascarpone and a cascade of fresh berries.
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Recipes

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Neapolitan semolina and ricotta cake

A staple during Naples' Carnival festivities, migliaccio is the region's rustic semolina and lemon cake which is made creamy and moist with the ricotta.
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Yoghurt, blackberry and olive oil loaf cake

Rich and moist don't have to mean heavy and unhealthy, and the olive oil and yoghurt power team achieve this perfectly to produce this berry loaf cake.
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Risotto with spring peas and prawns

Less is more with this risotto as a handful of simple ingredients bring together a bowl of steaming, costal Italian goodness.
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Stale bread pizzette

The toppings on these pizzette can be made from whatever you have on hand. Don’t worry too much about measurements- just go with whatever looks good.
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Pizzelle

I like these served simply with a dust of icing sugar but they’re also perfect topped with a dollop of mascarpone and a cascade of fresh berries.
Italian

Nonna Irene’s sausage stew with soft polenta

If it's an Italian nona's recipe, you know that it shall be three things: delicious; comforting and served in a quantity that far exceeds the capacity of ones...
Italian

Pasta mista with potatoes, pancetta and provola

'Pasta mista' means mixed pasta and involves using the leftover bits of pasta from various packets, resulting in a variety of shapes and sizes, stirred through...
Italian

Apple, mascarpone and cinnamon cake

The mascarpone gives the cake a creamy density and moistness and a beautiful zest when mixed with the lemon.
Italian

Gluten-free schiacciata

Resembling a focaccia, these yoghurt flatbreads are topped with vine tomatoes, chilli and ricotta on one loaf and potato and anchovy on the other.
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Pasta and chickpeas with Tuscan cabbage  

Using passata for the sauce gives it a thick, soup-like consistency and yields a richer bowl of pasta.
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