Cook Like an Italian with Silvia Colloca
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2 seasonsEnglish
Silvia Colloca shares her passion for home cooked Italian meals passed down from generation to generation.
1. Episode 1
Silvia goes to an Italian deli that has been running since the 1960s to gather her ingredients. She makes a Tuscan chickpea pasta for her daughter Luna, bakes two schiacciata breads, and makes her mother's apple and mascarpone cake.
2. Episode 2
Silvia shares some family recipes, including her nonna's Sunday lunch spectacular, a rich sausage stew, and her great aunty's famous Abruzzese-style waffles.
3. Episode 3
Silvia starts off with delicious mini pizzas made from leftover bread, and a delicate prawn and lemon risotto, before finishing off with yoghurt and berry loaf.
4. Episode 4
Silvia shares the Italian belief that bread is sacred and should be there at almost every family meal, demonstrating a number of ways to repurpose leftover bread.
5. Episode 5
Silvia tries to impress her friends when they come to stay, preparing one of her nonna's pasta feasts, and a ricotta and semolina cake. Her friend Rose shares a Sicilian savoury doughnut recipe.
6. Episode 6
Silvia whips up ricotta-filled Italian pancakes, before using the leftover ingredients to demonstrate how to make a rustic story pie and a hearty baked pasta.
7. Episode 7
Silvia explores how to make three authentic Italian meals that have become national treasures, such as a recipe so secret that it's protected by the EU and the United Nations: pizza Napoletana.
8. Episode 8
Silvia and her dear friend Lina make ragu Napolitana, Italy's most famous Sunday recipe. Silvia's mum join her via webcam for a special dessert.
9. Episode 9
Silvia prepares a very quick seafood risotto, cooks a Sicilian pesto penne in around eight minutes, and makes a lemon and almond sweet treat.
10. Episode 10
Silvia creates a one-pot pasta that she believes is worth trying, as well as the most simple pasta dish she can come up with.