TASTY ITALIAN DINNERS

Angus Beef Carpaccio with Gorgonzola

Carpaccio was invented and popularised by Giuseppe Cipriani, in Venice. This version is too good to miss, with tasty Angus beef & crumbled Gorgonzola.

Preparation: 15 Minutes
Cooking: 5 Minutes
Basil Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce

Gnocchi is an Italian dish of little dumplings made from potatoes and flour. This simple recipe is one my family has used for many years

Preparation: 20 Minutes
Cooking: 1 Hour 10 Minutes
Caponata

Caponata is a Sicilian aubergine dish consisting of chopped, fried eggplant and celery seasoned with sweetened vinegar and capers.

Preparation: 20 Minutes
Cooking: 30 Minutes
Chicken and Pea Risotto

Chicken and Pea Risotto is a light and summery risotto recipe that can be rustled up in no time.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 35 Minutes
Healthy Salmon & Egg White Frittata

Healthy Salmon & Egg White Frittata is made in the same way as a traditional frittata but using only egg whites, so it's very low in calories.

Preparation: 5 Minutes
Cooking: 15 Minutes
Lamb Burgers in a Parma Blanket

Lamb Burgers in a Parma Blanket is an unusual way to present lamb but you'll find that everyone from the kids to grandma will love them.

Preparation: 15 Minutes
Cooking: 15 Minutes
Mini Frittatas

Mini Frittatas is an egg-based Italian dish similar to an omelette or crustless quiche. You'll get about 40 light-bites that are buffet perfect.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 10 Minutes
Mozzarella en Corrozza

Mozzarella en Corrozza is a more-ish and tasty traditional Italian fried cheese sandwich. You have to try it to appreciate its rich flavour.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 10 Minutes
One Pot Risotto

One Pot Risotto is a simple store cupboard risotto that cooks in the oven while you get on with something else. The result is still wonderfully creamy

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 35 Minutes
Wild Mushroom Risotto

Wild Mushroom Risotto is soooooo good, you just keep making it and making it. A tasty, succulent risotto that will make you keep going back for more.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 20 Minutes
Panzanella

Panzanella is a dish with its origins in the Tuscany region of Italy. Some of the best dishes in the world have their origins in peasant cooking.

Preparation: 15 Minutes
Cooking: NIL
Pasta and Fresh Tomato Sauce

This recipe is an ideal way of using Fresh Tomato Sauce You will notice a distinct difference between your own tomato sauce and that found in jars.

Preparation: 4 Minutes
Cooking: 8 Minutes
Pasta Jumble

Pasta Jumble is an unusual way of serving pasta. It looks very professional but is, as you will see, quite simple.

Preparation: 15 Minutes
Cooking: 20 Minutes
Pasta Salad

Whether you take Pasta Salad on a picnic, in your lunchbox, or eat it at home, this is a perfect quick pasta salad - light and lip-smacking.

Preparation: 15 Minutes
Cooking: 5 Minutes
Prawn and Peas on Capellini

Capellini is a very thin variety of Italian pasta. Like spaghetti, it is rod-shaped, in the form of long strands, but is sold in a nest-like shape.

Preparation: 5 Minutes
Cooking: 10 Minutes
Shrikhand

Shrikhand is popular milk based dessert of western Indian state of Gujarat. This dish always ends a great Gujarati meal. A treat for the whole family.

Preparation: 30 Minutes
Cooking: NIL
Sicilian Stuffed Sardines

Sicilian Stuffed Sardines is, as you might imagine, a dish of butterflied sardines stuffed with a delight of lovely ingredients. Quite delicious.

Preparation: 15 Minutes
Cooking: 10 Minutes
Sicilian-style Cauliflower with Wholemeal Pasta

Sicilian-style Cauliflower with Wholemeal Pasta is a great summer dish either at lunch or on a fine summer evening.

Preparation: 15 Minutes
Cooking: 30 Minutes
Spaghetti Bolognese

Spaghetti Bolognese has probably caused more wars than the black death! Why? Because everybody's recipe is the best - much better than anyone else's!

Preparation: 20 Minutes
Cooking: 30 Minutes
Saltimbocca

Saltimbocca is thought to have been invented in Brescia, where the name loosely translates as 'jump in the mouth'.

Preparation: 30 Minutes
Cooking: 15 Minutes

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